Friend Guard (Ability)

Friend Guard

フレンドガード

Friend Guard

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Generation V
Reduces damage done to allies.


Generation VI
Reduces damage done to allies.


Generation VII
Currently unknown


Generation VIII
Currently unknown


Generation IX
Currently unknown

Friend Guard (Japanese: フレンドガード Friend Guard) is an Ability introduced in Generation V. Eight Pokémon have this Ability. This Ability is exclusively obtained as a Hidden Ability.

Effect

In battle

Friend Guard reduces the damage done to an ally by 25% in Double and Triple Battles.

Outside of battle

Friend Guard has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Friend Guard

#		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0035	Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
0039	Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
0173	Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
0174	Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
0440	Happiny	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Friend Guard
0664	Scatterbug	Bug		Bug	Shield Dust	Compound Eyes	Friend Guard
0665	Spewpa	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	Friend Guard
0666	Vivillon	Bug	Flying	Shield Dust	Compound Eyes	Friend Guard
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Trivia

Prior to Generation VI, all Pokémon with this Ability were small, round, pink, pre-evolved Normal-type Pokémon who evolve by means other than leveling up normally, such as high friendship or Moon Stone.

In other languages

Language		Title
European French		Garde Amie
German		Freundeshut
Italian		Amicoscudo
Korean		프렌드가드 Friend Guard
Portuguese		Proteção Amiga
Spanish		Compiescolta

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.