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Harden

Type	Power	Accuracy	PP	Priority
Normal	-	-	30	0

Description

Boosts the user's Defense by one stage.

Competitive Use

Harden is an utterly useless move and should never be used seriously. Its only value is the comedic one when used by Metapod, and that got old about twelve years ago. Don't use this move.

Related Moves

Acid Armor has less PP, but raises Defense by two stages.

Barrier has less PP, but raises Defense by two stages.

Reflect doubles the Defense stat up to 1024 Defense instead of 999.

Pokémon	Type	Tier	HP	Atk	Def	Spc	Spe	BST
Beedrill	Bug / Poison	UU	65	80	40	45	75	305
Butterfree	Bug / Flying	UU	60	45	50	80	70	305
Golem	Rock / Ground	OU	80	110	130	55	45	420
Kabutops	Rock / Water	UU	60	115	105	70	80	430
Kingler	Water	UU	55	130	115	50	75	425
Muk	Poison	UU	105	105	75	65	50	400
Onix	Rock / Ground	UU	35	45	160	30	70	340
Pinsir	Bug	UU	65	125	100	55	85	430
Snorlax	Normal	OU	160	110	65	65	30	430
Starmie	Water / Psychic	OU	60	75	85	100	115	435