Iron Defense (move)
- Iron Defense redirects here. For the Pokémon Battle e card pack, see Iron Defense (Battle e).
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Iron Defense is a non-damaging Steel-type move introduced in Generation III.
Effect
Iron Defense raises the user's Defense stat 2 stages.
In the anime
- Iron Defense Anime.jpg
Torkoal using Iron Defense.
- Bronzong Gyro Ball 1.JPG
Bronzong's hands being tucked against its body.
One of the most effective defense moves, the Pokémon hides in its own body, or protects itself with its arms.
Pokémon
Torkoal. Its head and extremities hides in the Pokémon's shell, so the balance when is hiding is in its belly.
- Used by Flannery's Torkoal in the official battle against Ash Ketchum. Thunderbolt, Iron Tail of Pikachu and ViceGrip, Crabhammer of Corphish couldn't do any damage to Torkoal.
- Used by Ash's Torkoal from Manectric Charge! to ??? as its only defense move, used in mostly all of its battles.
Bronzong. It tucks its arms to its body and a shine goes down its body. Any attack used on it is deflected.
- Used by Lucian's Bronzong in An Elite Meet and Greet! in a battle with Ash's Buizel while it was under Dawn's command.
Learnset
Generation III
By leveling up
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF" | Larvitar
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Slowbro, Slowking
Cubone, Marowak
Pupitar, Tyranitar
Aron, Lairon, Aggron
Shieldon, Bastiodon
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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By move tutor
In Pokémon Platinum
In other languages
- Spanish: Defensa Férrea
- Portuguese (animé only): Defesa de Ferro
- Latin American Spanish (anime): Defensa de Acero
- Italian: Ferroscudo
- German: Eisenabwehr