Minimize Move Detail
Minimize is a Normal-type status move. It does not have power or accuracy as it does not deal direct damage. Instead, Minimize increases the user's evasiveness by two stages, making it harder for opponents to hit. In earlier generations, Minimize also caused specific moves like Stomp to deal double damage when used against a minimized Pokémon. This move is commonly used in strategies that focus on evasion to avoid attacks and whittle down opponents over time.
Details
- Power: None
- Accuracy: None%
- PP: 10
- Priority: 0
- Damage Class: Status
- Generation: Generation-I
Effect
- Raises the user's evasion by two stages. stomp and steamroller have double power against Pokémon that have used this move since entering the field.
Category
Flavor Texts
- gold-silver: Heightens evasive ness.
- crystal: Heightens evasive ness.
- ruby-sapphire: Minimizes the user’s size to raise evasiveness.
- emerald: Minimizes the user’s size to raise evasiveness.
- firered-leafgreen: The user compresses all the cells in its body to raise its evasiveness.
- diamond-pearl: The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller. The user’s evasion stat is boosted.
- platinum: The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller. The user’s evasion stat is boosted.
- heartgold-soulsilver: The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller. The user’s evasion stat is boosted.
- black-white: The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller, which sharply raises its evasiveness.
- black-2-white-2: The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller, which sharply raises its evasiveness.
- x-y: The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller, which sharply raises its evasiveness.
- omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller, which sharply raises its evasiveness.
- sun-moon: The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller, which sharply raises its evasiveness.
- ultra-sun-ultra-moon: The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller, which sharply raises its evasiveness.
- lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller, which sharply raises its evasiveness.
- sword-shield: The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller, which sharply raises its evasiveness.
Minimize Pokémon
Clefairy
35 - Fairy
Clefable
36 - Fairy
Wigglytuff
40 - Normal, Fairy
Grimer
88 - Poison
Muk
89 - Poison
Chansey
113 - Normal
Staryu
120 - Water
Starmie
121 - Water, Psychic
Qwilfish
211 - Water, Poison
Blissey
242 - Normal
Drifloon
425 - Ghost, Flying
Drifblim
426 - Ghost, Flying
Happiny
440 - Normal
Litwick
607 - Ghost, Fire
Lampent
608 - Ghost, Fire
Chandelure
609 - Ghost, Fire
Silicobra
843 - Ground
Sandaconda
844 - Ground
Overqwil
904 - Dark, Poison
Grimer-Alola
10112 - Poison, Dark
Muk-Alola
10113 - Poison, Dark
Qwilfish-Hisui
10234 - Dark, Poison