Friend Guard

Decreases all direct damage taken by friendly Pokémon to 0.75×.

Flavor text

Reduces damage done to allies.

Short effect

Decreases all direct damage taken by friendly Pokémon to 0.75×.

Effect

All friendly Pokémon take 0.75× as much direct damage from moves while this Pokémon is in battle. This effect stacks if multiple allied Pokémon have it.

Details

Pokémon

As Hidden Ability

Introduced

Generation 5

Games with pages

Pokémon

10 Pokémon, including forms, can have Friend Guard.

Clefairy

#0035 • Hidden Ability

Fairy

Jigglypuff

#0039 • Hidden Ability

NormalFairy

Cleffa

#0173 • Hidden Ability

Fairy

Igglybuff

#0174 • Hidden Ability

NormalFairy

Happiny

#0440 • Hidden Ability

Normal

Scatterbug

#0664 • Hidden Ability

Bug

Spewpa

#0665 • Hidden Ability

Bug

Vivillon

#0666 • Hidden Ability

BugFlying

Maushold

#0925 • Slot 1

Normal

Maushold Family Of Three

#0925 • Slot 1

Normal

How each game describes Friend Guard, newest first. Every row links to that game's own ability page.

Scarlet and Violet

Reduces damage dealt to allies.

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Sword and Shield

Reduces damage done to allies.

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Reduces damage done to allies.

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Reduces damage done to allies.

X and Y

Reduces damage done to allies.

Black and White

Reduces damage done to allies.