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+
0039		Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	CompetitiveGen VI+
0173		Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic GuardGen IV+
0174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	CompetitiveGen VI+
0440		Happiny	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace
0664		Scatterbug	Bug		Bug	Shield Dust	Compound Eyes
0665		Spewpa	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None
0666		Vivillon	Bug	Flying	Shield Dust	Compound Eyes
0925		Maushold	Normal		Normal		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.

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