Friend Guard (Ability)

Friend Guard (Japanese: フレンドガード Friend Guard) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Friend Guard reduces the damage that other allied Pokémon receive from attacks (from any Pokémon) by 25%. It does not reduce the damage dealt by moves that deal direct damage. It does not affect the Pokémon with the Ability itself.

If multiple of a Pokémon's allies have Friend Guard, Friend Guard stacks multiplicatively. For example, if both of a Pokémon's allies have Friend Guard in a Triple Battle, the damage that that Pokémon receives is multiplied by 9/16 (56.25%), which is a damage reduction of 43.75%.

Outside of battle

Friend Guard has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Friend Guard

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0035		Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic GuardGen IV+	Friend Guard
0039		Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	CompetitiveGen VI+	Friend Guard
0173		Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic GuardGen IV+	Friend Guard
0174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	CompetitiveGen VI+	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
0925		Maushold	Normal		Normal	Friend Guard	Cheek Pouch	Technician
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.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 友情防守 Yáuhchìhng Fòhngsáu Mandarin 友情防守 Yǒuqíng Fángshǒu French Garde-AmiVIII Garde AmieV–VII German Freundeshut Italian Amicoscudo Korean 프렌드가드 Friend Guard Spanish Compiescolta Vietnamese Phòng Vệ Bằng Hữu

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