Protect (move): Difference between revisions

Protect protects the user from all effects of moves that target it during the turn it is used, including damage. This does not include damage afflicted by [[weather]] it is susceptible to, or damage from a [[status condition]] that it obtained on a previous turn. Using Protect, {{m|Detect}}, or {{m|Endure}} consecutively (not counting turns spent using items) decreases the chance of success by 50% each use, whether it is successful or not. Protect has an extra 1/256 chance of failing at any consecutive use, due to the accuracy check in the first two generations.<ref>[http://pokemon-online.eu/forums/showthread.php?8236-Protect-rate&p=92750&viewfull=1#post92750 Pokémon Online forums]</ref>

Protect now has a 50% decaying rate of success on the current turn if Protect, {{m|Detect}}, or {{m|Endure}}, was used successfully on the previous turn. This was intended to cap at 12.5% on the fourth consecutive turn, but a glitch causes the cap to not work, causing Protect's success rate on the fifth and future turns to follow an erratic sequence given in the table below:<ref>[http://no2.pic.bz/document/waza/each/6F.html ポケットモンスター情報センター　2号館] (Japanese)</ref><ref>[http://nicoviewer.net/sm19862416 【ポケモン】TASさんがまもるの限界に挑戦してみた【ルビー】] (Japanese)</ref>

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In {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}} only, if an attack is given perfect accuracy through the effect of a move ({{m|Lock-On}}/{{m|Mind Reader}}), the weather ({{m|Thunder}} in [[Rain]], or {{m|Blizzard}} in {{weather|Hail}}), a [[Micle Berry]], or an Ability ({{a|No Guard}}), it has a chance to hit through Protect equal to <code>(100 - move {{stat|accuracy}})%</code>. [[One-hit knockout move|OHKO]] moves are unaffected, and will never hit through Protect.

Protect no longer has a minimum success rate, and still has 50% decay, which now includes {{m|Quick Guard}} and {{m|Wide Guard}} as well.<ref>[http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3715158&postcount=772 Smogon forums]</ref>

The moves {{m|King's Shield}} and {{m|Spiky Shield}} now also decrease the chance of success of Protect. Even though Quick Guard and Wide Guard no longer fail due to consecutive use, they still decrease the chance of success of Protect on consecutive turns.

Additionally, Feint, Shadow Force, and Phantom Force lift Protect's protection for the rest of the turn.

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===In the Ash and Pikachu manga===

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