Friend Guard (Ability)

Friend Guard	フレンドガード
	Friend Guard
Flavor text Generation V Reduces damage done to allies. Generation VI Reduces damage done to allies. Generation VII Reduces damage done to allies. Generation VIII Reduces damage done to allies. Generation IX Reduces damage dealt to allies.

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
	Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
	Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
	Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
	Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
	Happiny	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Friend Guard
	Scatterbug	Bug		Bug	Shield Dust	Compound Eyes	Friend Guard
	Spewpa	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	Friend Guard
	Vivillon	Bug	Flying	Shield Dust	Compound Eyes	Friend Guard
	Maushold	Normal		Normal	Friend Guard	Cheek Pouch	Technician
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation IX games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later. For Generation VIII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IX or later.

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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