Protect (move)
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Protect (Japanese: まもる Protect) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.
Effect
Generation II - III
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 conditions it is susceptible to, or damage from status ailment that it obtained on a previous turn. Using Protect, Detect, or Endure consecutively decreases the chance of success by 50% each use, whether it is successful or not. Protect cannot prevent the effects of Perish Song.
Generation IV - V
Protect now has a 50% chance of success on the current turn if Protect, Detect, Endure, Fast Guard, or Wide Guard was used successfully on the previous turn. Protect fails if the user goes last in the turn.
The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:
Additionally, Feint lifts Protect's protection for the rest of the turn.
In Diamond and Pearl Lock-On, Mind Reader, and No Guard give moves a (100 - move accuracy)% chance to hit through Protect. Thunder during rain and Blizzard during hail have a 30% chance to hit. One-hit knockout moves always fail when Protect is successful, even if Lock-On, Mind Reader, or No Guard is in use.
Learnset
Generation II
By leveling up
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By TM17
All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II can learn Protect.
Generation III
By leveling up
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By TM17
All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Protect.
Generation IV
By leveling up
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By TM17
All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Protect, except Regigigas.
Generation V
By leveling up
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By TM17
All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation V can learn Protect, except Regigigas.
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Pokémon is protected from all attacks for a set amount of turns. Protect ends on the user's turn.
In the anime
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Gyarados's eyes glow red. Then, Gyarados releases small shockwaves from its mouth that can block an attack. | ||
| Misty's Gyarados | Cerulean Blues | Debut | |
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Poliwag's body becomes outlined in blue and it can stop attacks. | ||
| A Poliwag Max borrowed from the Pokémon Trainer's School | Gonna Rule the School! | None | |
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Two yellow discs are created in front of Ludicolo's hands. It can then block any attacks that hit the disks. | ||
| Poncho's Ludicolo | Go Go Ludicolo | None | |
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Deoxys crouches together and a purple barrier appears around it, blocking any attacks. | ||
| Deoxys (Purple Crystal) | Destiny Deoxys | None | |
| Deoxys (Green Crystal) | Destiny Deoxys | None | |
| A wild Deoxys | Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 1) | None | |
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Electabuzz blocks the opponent's attack with its arms, or Electabuzz's body becomes surrounded by gold and a green barrier appears around its body, protecting it from attacks. Sometimes its body glows yellow before using the attack. | ||
| Jump's Electabuzz | Saved by the Beldum | None | |
| Paul's Electabuzz | A Pyramiding Rage! | None | |
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A blue force field surrounds Misdreavus's body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Unknown Trainer's Misdreavus | Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | None | |
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Snorlax tenses up its body and it flashes bright white for a couple seconds. Snorlax can then take attacks and not get hurt much. | ||
| Ash's Snorlax | Wheel of Frontier | None | |
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Swampert's body becomes surrounded in light green and a green barrier appears around it. Swampert can then block any attacks that hit it. | ||
| Tucker's Swampert | Tactic Theatrics!! | None | |
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Marshtomp's body becomes surrounded in a green shield, blocking any attacks shot at it. | ||
| Brock's Marshtomp | What I Did for Love! | None | |
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Butterfree's body glows light green and a green forcefield appears around it, blocking any attacks. | ||
| Drew's Butterfree | The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing! | None | |
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Electivire creates a green barrier or forcefield around its body, protecting it from attacks, or Electivire puts its arms in front of its face and its body starts to glow yellow-green. A green forcefield then surrounds its body and protects it from attacks. | ||
| Gary's Electivire | Home is Where the Start Is! | None | |
| Paul's Electivire | Casting a Paul on Barry! | None | |
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Elekid crosses its arms and a green barrier appears around its body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Paul's Elekid | When Pokémon Worlds Collide! | None | |
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A green barrier appears around Burmy's body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Cheryl's Burmy | Some Enchanted Sweetning! | None | |
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A pink barrier appears around Palkia's body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Palkia (anime) | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
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A dark blue barrier appears around Dialga's body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Dialga (anime) | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
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Slowking's body becomes surrounded by a light green barrier that it pushes out of its body to surround others. | ||
| Conway's Slowking | Tag! We're It...! | None | |
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Magmar lifts its arms and its body becomes surrounded by a green outline. A light green barrier then comes out of Magmar's body around it, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Unknown Trainer's Magmar | Tag! We're It...! | None | |
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Glalie's body glow's gold and a green forcefield appears over Glaile's body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| A Pokémon Poacher's Glalie | The Drifting Snorunt! | None | |
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Cherubi's body becomes outlined in gold and a green forcefield comes out of its body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Marilyn's Cherubi | Battling a Cute Drama! | None | |
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A green forcefield appears around Milotic's body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Palmer's Milotic | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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The 16 Life Plates circle around Arceus's body and a forcefield that is pink in the front and blue in the back appears around Arceus's body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Arceus (anime) | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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The gray circle on Heatran's forehead glows white and a silver forcefield appears around Heatran's body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Marcus's Heatran | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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A green forcefield surrounds Golbat's body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Team Galactic Grunt's Golbat | Gateway to Ruin! | None | |
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Shuckle holds out two tentacles and a green forcefield appears over its body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| A Coordinator's Shuckle | Dressed for Jess Success! | None | |
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The gem on Azelf's forehead glows red and a light green barrier surrounds its body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Azelf (anime) | The Battle Finale of Legend! | None | |
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The gem on Mesprit's forehead glows red and a light green barrier surrounds its body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Mesprit (anime) | The Battle Finale of Legend! | None | |
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The gem on Uxie's forehead glows red and a light green barrier surrounds its body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Uxie (anime) | The Battle Finale of Legend! | None | |
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Lopunny crosses its ears and a green forcefield surrounds its body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Nando's Lopunny | Coming Full - Festival Circle! | None | |
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Armaldo crosses its claws and a green forcefield surrounds its body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Nando's Armaldo | League Unleashed! | None | |
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A bluish-green forcefield surrounds Pururiru, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Shooti's Pururiru | BW010 | None | |
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Ishizumai ducks into its rock and a bluish-green forcefield engulfs the rock, protecting Ishizumai from attacks. | ||
| Dent's Ishizumai | BW011 | None | |
| Two wild Ishizumai | BW011 | None | |
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A bluish-green forcefield surrounds Haderia, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Aloe's Haderia | BW016 | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
 Sneasel
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Sneasel puts up both of its arms to block and protect itself from an attack. | ||
| Silver's Sneasel | Sneasel Sneak Attack | Debut | |
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Magnemite creates a forcefield around its body, protecting it from attacks. | ||
| Lt. Surge's Magnemite | Electrifying Magnemite | None | |
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Rapidash stands upright, holding its front hooves together to block an attack. | ||
| Platinum's Rapidash | VS Rapidash | None | |
Trivia
- In Generation II, after the "[Pokémon's name] protected itself!" message appears, another message saying that the opponent's Pokémon's move missed appears. The second message was removed in Generation III, likely to avoid redundancy.
In other languages
- Chinese: 守住 Shǒuzhù
- Dutch: Bescherming
- French: Abri
- German: Schutzschild
- Greek: Προστασία
- Hindi: Bachao, Rakshaw Kavach
- Italian: Protezione
- Korean: 방어 Bang'eo
- Portuguese: Proteção, Proteger
- Spanish: Protección
- Serbian: Zaštita
| Variations of the move Protect | ||
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| Generation II TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
| Generation II HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 | |
| Generation III TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
| Generation III HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE | |
| Generation IV TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
| Generation IV HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 | |
| Generation V TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 | |
| Generation V HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 | |
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