Crafty Shield (move)

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Crafty Shield トリックガード Trick Guard

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Battles Type  Fairy Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +3 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user and all allies

Availability Introduced  Generation VI Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Clever Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Excites the audience a lot if used first.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Crafty Shield (Japanese: トリックガード Trick Guard) is a non-damaging Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is one of the signature moves of Klefki.

Effect

Crafty Shield protects all Pokémon on the user's side of the field from status moves. It does not protect against damaging moves. Crafty Shield can be used consecutively without failing.

Most status moves that can bypass Protect, Detect, and Spiky Shield are blocked by Crafty Shield (such as Sketch and Play Nice), but it will not block Perish Song.

Feint, Hyperspace Fury, Hyperspace Hole, Shadow Force, and Phantom Force lift the effect of Crafty Shield from the target's team.

Description

Games Description XYORAS The user protects itself and its allies from status moves with a mysterious power. This does not stop moves that do damage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
707		Klefki	Steel	Fairy	23
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other languages

Language Title French Vigilance German Trickschutz Italian Truccodifesa Korean 트릭가드 Trick Guard Spanish Truco Defensa

Variations of the move Quick Guard
Quick Guard • Wide Guard • Crafty Shield

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