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
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

#		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0035	Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard^{Gen IV+}	Friend Guard
0039	Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive^{Gen VI+}	Friend Guard
0173	Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard^{Gen IV+}	Friend Guard
0174	Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive^{Gen 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
Chinese	Mandarin	友情防守 Yǒuqíng Fángshǒu
French		Garde-Ami^VIII Garde Amie^V–VII
German		Freundeshut
Italian		Amicoscudo
Korean		프렌드가드 Friend Guard
Spanish		Compiescolta
Vietnamese		Phòng Vệ Bằng Hữu

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