Defense Curl
Scarlet & Violet
Raises the user's Defense by 1.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- —
- PP
- 40
- Hits
- The user
Changes over time
How Defense Curl changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen III
Raises the user's Defense by 1 stage.
dropped: Whileadded: As long as the user remains active, the power of the user's added: Ice Ball and Rollout will be doubled (this effect is not stackable).dropped: Baton Pass can be used to transfer this effect to an ally. - Gen II
Before: Raises the user's Defense by 1 stage.
Now: Raises the user's Defense by 1 stage. While the user remains active, the power of the user's Rollout will be doubled (this effect is not stackable). Baton Pass can be used to transfer this effect to an ally.
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Gen IX
Raises the user's Defense by 1 stage. As long as the user remains active, the power of the user's Ice Ball and Rollout will be doubled (this effect is not stackable).
“The user curls up and boosts its Defense stat.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Defense Curl, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Boosts it
1
- Prankster+1 priority
Good to know
- Snatch can steal it.
Who learns Defense Curl
It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.