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

# 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 AmieVVII
  German Freundeshut
  Italian Amicoscudo
  Korean 프렌드가드 Friend Guard
  Spanish Compiescolta
  Vietnamese Phòng Vệ Bằng Hữu
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