Friend Guard (Ability)

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Friend Guard フレンドガード
Friend Guard
Flavor text
Generation V
Reduces damage done to allies.
Generation VI
Currently unknown
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. Five Pokémon have this Ability, all Normal-type and none are fully evolved. 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

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0035   Clefairy
Normal Normal Cute Charm Magic Guard Friend Guard
0039   Jigglypuff
Normal Normal Cute Charm None Friend Guard
0173   Cleffa
Normal Normal Cute Charm Magic Guard Friend Guard
0174   Igglybuff
Normal Normal Cute Charm None Friend Guard
0440   Happiny
Normal Normal Natural Cure Serene Grace 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

  • All Pokémon with this Ability are small, round, pink, pre-evolved Pokémon who evolve from means other than leveling up normally, such as high friendship or Moon Stone, and they all have it as a Hidden Ability.
  • Happiny is the only Pokémon with this Ability that doesn't have an evolution that can also have this Ability.

In other languages

Language Title
  European French Garde Amie
  German Freundeshut
  Italian Amicoscudo
  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.