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Protect
まもる Protect

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	+4*
Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
Affects the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation II
TM17 in Generation II TM17 in Generation III TM17 in Generation IV TM17 in Generation V TM17 in Generation VI

Contests

Condition	Cute
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	0
Can avoid being startled by others.

Super Contests

Condition	Cute
Appeal	0
Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jamming	0
Prevents the user from being startled one time this turn.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Protect (Japanese: まもる Protect) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II. It has been TM17 since Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

Protect protects the user from all effects of moves that target it during the turn it is used, including damage.

This does not include damage inflicted by weather it is susceptible to, or damage from a status condition that it obtained on a previous turn (as these are not moves that targeted the user this turn). If the user goes last this turn, the move will fail.

Each time any of Protect, Detect, or Endure is successfully used without other moves used in between, the success rate will halve. In this generation, the success rate is implemented as a single byte over 256 which starts at the maximum of 255 and is floor-divided by 2 each time, effectively causing an extra 1/256 chance of failing on any use. This causes the success rate to drop to 0 on a ninth consecutive successful use.^[1]

The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:

Move	Type
Curse	???	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Future Sight	Psychic	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Perish Song	Normal	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Psych Up	Normal	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Sketch	Normal	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Transform	Normal	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}

Generation III

Like in Generation II, the success rates of Protect, Detect, and Endure halve each time any of the three are used successfully and consecutively. In this generation, the halving was intended to cap at a 12.5% success rate on the fourth consecutive successful use, but a bug^{[citation needed]} causes the cap to not work, causing the game to read garbage values and causing Protect's success rate on the fifth and future turns to follow an erratic sequence.^[2]^[3]

The following success rates are accurate to Ruby and Sapphire; from the 53rd turn onward, FireRed and LeafGreen have a different sequence of values, as does Emerald^[4]. It is currently undocumented whether these numbers represent success rates out of 65535 or out of 65536.

Turn	Success Rate	Turn	Success Rate	Turn	Success Rate	Turn	Success Rate	Turn	Success Rate
1	65535	17	168	33	89	49	2000	65	110
2	32767	18	266	34	56	50	100	66	90
3	16383	19	289	35	57	51	65535	67	64
4	8191	20	270	36	61	52	65535	68	95
5	118	21	343	37	157	53	22	69	69
6	165	22	271	38	247	54	30	70	99
7	166	23	264	39	129	55	23	71	187
8	102	24	65535	40	129	56	40	72	1
9	65534	25	51201	41	100	57	2	73	3084
10	68	26	38404	42	20	58	50	74	2820
11	243	27	25609	43	250	59	68	75	2827
12	182	28	20496	44	40	60	60	76	1285
13	197	29	10272	45	500	61	19	77	0
14	203	30	5168	46	60	62	70
15	194	31	78	47	1000	63	24
16	214	32	75	48	80	64	80

The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:

Move	Type
Curse	???	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Doom Desire	Steel	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Future Sight	Psychic	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Imprison	Psychic	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Perish Song	Normal	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Psych Up	Normal	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Role Play	Psychic	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Sketch	Normal	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Transform	Normal	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}

Generation IV

Protect now properly caps at a minimum success rate of 12.5% on the fourth and future consecutive turns.

In Diamond and Pearl only, if an attack is given perfect accuracy through the effect of a move (Lock-On/Mind Reader), the weather (Thunder in Rain, or Blizzard in Hail), a Micle Berry, or an Ability (No Guard), it has a chance to hit through Protect equal to (100 - move accuracy)%. OHKO moves are unaffected, and will never hit through Protect. This behavior was reverted in Platinum.

The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:

Move	Type	Damage category
Acupressure	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Curse	???	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Doom Desire	Steel	Special	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Feint	Normal	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Future Sight	Psychic	Special	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Imprison	Psychic	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Perish Song	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Psych Up	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Role Play	Psychic	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Shadow Force	Ghost	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Sketch	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Transform	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}

Additionally, Feint and Shadow Force lift Protect's protection for the rest of the turn.

Generation V

Protect's success rate halving now no longer caps at 12.5%. Quick Guard and Wide Guard now also count toward this halving.^[5]

The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:

Move	Type	Cat.
Acupressure	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Conversion 2	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Curse	Ghost	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Doom Desire	Steel	Special	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Feint	Normal	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Future Sight	Psychic	Special	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Imprison	Psychic	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Perish Song	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Psych Up	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Role Play	Psychic	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Shadow Force	Ghost	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Sketch	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Transform	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}

Additionally, Feint and Shadow Force lift Protect's protection for the rest of the turn.

Generation VI

Successfully using Protect, Detect, Endure, Wide Guard, Quick Guard, Spiky Shield, or King's Shield consecutively now divides the chance of success of Protect, Detect, Endure, Spiky Shield, and King's Shield by 3 for each consecutive use, with a minimum (1/3)^6 (1/729 or ~0.1%) chance.^[6]

The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:

Move	Type	Cat.
Acupressure	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Aromatic Mist	Fairy	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Confide	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Conversion 2	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Curse	Ghost	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Doom Desire	Steel	Special	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Feint	Normal	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Future Sight	Psychic	Special	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Hyperspace Fury	Dark	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Hyperspace Hole	Psychic	Special	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Hold Hands	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Imprison	Psychic	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Perish Song	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Phantom Force	Ghost	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Play Nice	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Psych Up	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Roar	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Role Play	Psychic	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Shadow Force	Ghost	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Sketch	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Transform	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Whirlwind	Normal	Status	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}

Additionally, Feint, Shadow Force, and Phantom Force lift Protect's protection for the rest of the turn.

Description

Games	Description
Stad2	Completely foils an opponent's attack. If used consecutively, its success rate decreases.
GS C	Foils attack that turn. It may fail.
RS EColoXD	Evades attack, but may fail if used in succession.* Negates all damage, but may fail if used in succession.*
FRLG	Enables the user to evade all attacks. It may fail if used in succession.
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	It enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.
XY ORAS	Enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
#	Pokémon		Type		I		II		III		IV		V		VI
007		Squirtle	Water		Water	28			28			22				22			22
008		Wartortle	Water		Water	31			31			24				24			24
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	31			31			24				24			24
090		Shellder	Water		Water	25			25	29	16				16			16
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice	1			1			1				1			1
098		Krabby	Water		Water	34			41	39	29				29			29
099		Kingler	Water		Water	38			49	42	29				32			32
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	37			37			34				34			34
139		Omastar	Rock	Water	37			37			34				34			34
204		Pineco	Bug		Bug	1			1			1				1			1
205		Forretress	Bug	Steel	1			1			1				1			1
258		Mudkip	Water		Water				37			37				37			37 28
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground				42			42				42			42 32
260		Swampert	Water	Ground				46			46				46			46 32
269		Dustox	Bug	Poison				17			17				17			17 37
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying				25			25				25			25
304		Aron	Steel	Rock				34			32				32	29	29 16
305		Lairon	Steel	Rock				37			34				34	29	29 16
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock				37			34				34	29	29 16
313		Volbeat	Bug		Bug				29			29				29			29
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire				27			36				36			1, 36 30
341		Corphish	Water		Water				23	22	23				23			23 17
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark				23	22	23				23			23 17
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug				31			25				25			25 49
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug				31			25				25			25 53
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice				25			22				22			22 32
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice				25			22				22			22 32
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon				30			30				30			30
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying				30			30				30			30
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic				25			25				25			25 4
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel							1				1			1
411		Bastiodon	Rock	Steel							1				1			1
412		Burmy	Bug		Bug							1				1			1
413		Wormadam	Bug	Grass							10				10			10
414		Mothim	Bug		Flying							10				10			10
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting							50				53			53 49
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic							16				16			16
541		Swadloon	Bug	Grass											20			20
543		Venipede	Bug	Poison											15			15
544		Whirlipede	Bug	Poison											15			15
545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison											15			15
562		Yamask	Ghost		Ghost											1			1
563		Cofagrigus	Ghost		Ghost											1			1
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock											11			11
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock											11			11
594		Alomomola	Water		Water											21			21
616		Shelmet	Bug		Bug											28			28
665		Spewpa	Bug		Bug														9
704		Goomy	Dragon		Dragon														9
705		Sliggoo	Dragon		Dragon														9
706		Goodra	Dragon		Dragon														9
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM

#	Pokémon	Type	Machine
#	Pokémon	Type	I --	II TM17	III TM17	IV TM17	V TM17	VI TM17
All Pokémon who can learn TMs can learn Protect except Unown, Wobbuffet, Wynaut, Kricketot, Regigigas, and Tynamo.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The user is protected from all attacks for a set amount of turns, which ends on the user's turn. However, items such as toss items can still hit.

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	The user gains the Protect status, preventing damage from enemy attacks and moves.
SMD	You can evade moves until the next turn. Its chance of failing rises if you use it in a row.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Armaldo Landorus Surskit Herdier
The Pokémon blocks any attacks that hit it with a sphere.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Gyarados's eyes glow red. Then, Gyarados releases small shockwaves from its mouth that can block an attack.
Misty's Gyarados	Cerulean Blues	Debut
	Poliwag's body becomes outlined in blue and it can stop attacks.
A Poliwag Max borrowed from the Pokémon Trainer's School	Gonna Rule the School!	None
	Two yellow discs are created in front of Ludicolo's hands. It can then block any attacks that hit the disks.
Poncho's Ludicolo	Go Go Ludicolo	None
	Deoxys crouches together and a purple barrier appears around it, blocking any attacks.
Deoxys (Purple Crystal)	Destiny Deoxys	None
Deoxys (Green Crystal)	Destiny Deoxys	None
A wild Deoxys	Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 1)	None
	Electabuzz blocks the opponent's attack with its arms, or Electabuzz's body becomes surrounded by gold and a green barrier appears around its body, protecting it from attacks. Sometimes its body glows yellow before using the attack. If the barrier is kept for too long it might fail.
Jump's Electabuzz	Saved by the Beldum	None
Paul's Electabuzz	A Pyramiding Rage!	None
	A blue force field surrounds Misdreavus's body, protecting it from attacks.
Unknown Trainer's Misdreavus	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew	None
	Snorlax's body flashes white and then it is able to withstand attacks from the opposing Pokémon.
Ash's Snorlax	Wheel of Frontier	None
	Swampert's body becomes surrounded in light green and a green barrier appears around it. Swampert can then block any attacks that hit it.
Tucker's Swampert	Tactic Theatrics!!	None
	A green barrier appears around Mew's body, protecting it from attacks.
A mirage Mew	The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon	None
	Marshtomp's body becomes surrounded in a green shield, blocking any attacks shot at it.
Brock's Marshtomp	What I Did for Love!	None
	Butterfree's body glows light green and a green force field appears around it, blocking any attacks.
Drew's Butterfree	The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!	None
	Electivire creates a green barrier or force field around its body, protecting it from attacks, or Electivire puts its arms in front of its face and its body starts to glow yellow-green. A green force field then surrounds its body and protects it from attacks.
Gary's Electivire	Home is Where the Start Is!	None
Paul's Electivire	Casting a Paul on Barry!	None
	Elekid crosses its arms and a green barrier appears around its body, protecting it from attacks.
Paul's Elekid	When Pokémon Worlds Collide!	None
	A green barrier appears around Burmy's body, protecting it from attacks.
Cheryl's Burmy	Some Enchanted Sweetening!	None
	A pink barrier appears around Palkia's body, protecting it from attacks.
Palkia (movie)	The Rise of Darkrai	None
	A dark blue barrier appears around Dialga's body, protecting it from attacks.
Dialga (movie)	The Rise of Darkrai	None
	Slowking's body becomes surrounded by a light green barrier that it pushes out of its body to surround others.
Conway's Slowking	Tag! We're It...!	None
	Magmar lifts its arms and its body becomes surrounded by a green outline. A light green barrier then comes out of Magmar's body around it, protecting it from attacks.
Unknown Trainer's Magmar	Tag! We're It...!	None
	Glalie's body glow's gold and a green force field appears over Glalie's body, protecting it from attacks.
A Pokémon Poacher's Glalie	The Drifting Snorunt!	None
	Cherubi's body becomes outlined in gold and a green force field comes out of its body, protecting it from attacks.
Marilyn's Cherubi	Battling a Cute Drama!	None
	A green force field appears around Milotic's body, protecting it from attacks.
Palmer's Milotic	Arceus and the Jewel of Life	None
	The gray circle on Heatran's forehead glows white and a silver force field appears around Heatran's body, protecting it from attacks.
Marcus's Heatran	Arceus and the Jewel of Life	None
	A green force field surrounds Golbat's body, protecting it from attacks.
Galactic Grunt's multiple Golbat	Gateway to Ruin!	None
	Shuckle holds out two tentacles and a green force field appears over its body, protecting it from attacks.
A Coordinator's Shuckle	Dressed for Jess Success!	None
	The gem on Azelf's forehead glows red and a light green barrier surrounds its body, protecting it from attacks.
Azelf (anime)	The Battle Finale of Legend!	None
	The gem on Mesprit's forehead glows red and a light green barrier surrounds its body, protecting it from attacks.
Mesprit (anime)	The Battle Finale of Legend!	None
	The gem on Uxie's forehead glows red and a light green barrier surrounds its body, protecting it from attacks.
Uxie (anime)	The Battle Finale of Legend!	None
	Lopunny crosses its ears and a green force field surrounds its body, protecting it from attacks.
Nando's Lopunny	Coming Full - Festival Circle!	None
	Armaldo crosses its claws and a green force field surrounds its body, protecting it from attacks.
Nando's Armaldo	League Unleashed!	None
	Frillish holds out its tentacles with the bottoms facing toward the opponent and a turquoise force field surrounds Frillish's body.
Trip's Frillish	A Rival Battle for Club Champ!	None
	Dwebble pulls its body into its shell and the whole shell flashes white. Then, a wave of turquoise energy starting from the top of Dwebble's shell and moves downwards. Once the energy moves downwards, it leaves behind a darker turquoise glow, protecting Dwebble from attacks, or Dwebble pulls its body into its shell and a turquoise force field surrounds it, protecting it from attacks, or Dwebble lowers its head and a turquoise force field appears around its body, protecting it from attacks.
Cilan's Dwebble	A Home for Dwebble!	None
Two wild Dwebble	A Home for Dwebble!	None
Burgh's Dwebble	Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!	None
	A turquoise force field comes out and surrounds Herdier's body, protecting it from attacks.
Lenora's Herdier	Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!	None
	Gothitelle puts one of its hands out in front of it when the opponent is about to attack it and a turquoise energy shield appears in front of Gothitelle's hand, protecting it.
A wild Gothitelle	The Lost World of Gothitelle!	None
Anthea's Gothitelle	Secrets From Out of the Fog!	None
	A bluish-green force field appears around Leavanny's body, protecting it from attacks.
Burgh's Leavanny	Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!	None
	Lampent holds its arms out and a turquoise energy shield appears around its body, protecting it from attacks.
A wild Lampent	Scare at the Litwick Mansion!	None
	Litwick bows its head and holds its arms out in front of it. Then, a turquoise energy shield appears around its body, protecting it from attacks.
Four wild Litwick	Scare at the Litwick Mansion!	None
	A small turquoise energy shield appears in front of Duosion's body, and the shield grows larger until it surrounds Duosion's body. The shield protects it from attacks.
Officer Jenny's Duosion	Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!	None
	Timburr holds the wooden timber it holds in front of it with both of its hands horizontally. The timber then glows turquoise and a turquoise energy shield comes out of it and surrounds it, protecting it from attacks.
Linda's Timburr	The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!	None
	Landorus holds one or both its hands out in front of it and a turquoise energy shield appears in front of it, protecting it from attacks.
A wild Landorus	Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2	None
	Shelmet closes its shell over its face and a turquoise force field appears in front of it, protecting it from attacks.
Bianca's Shelmet	Evolution Exchange Excitement!	None
	A turquoise force field appears in front of Durant, protecting it from attacks.
Multiple wild Durant	Battling the Leaf Thieves!	None
	A bluish-green force field appears around Eevee's body, or Eevee stands on its hind legs and projects a bluish-green force field, protecting it from attack.
Virgil's Eevee	Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!	None
Serena's Eevee	A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!	None
	Gardevoir holds both its hands out in front of it and a turquoise energy shield appears in front of it, protecting it from attacks.
Concordia's Gardevoir	Secrets From Out of the Fog!	None
	Mega Mewtwo Y forms a large blue, dome- shaped force field around itself. The dome protects everything inside from oncoming attacks.
Mewtwo (Best Wishes series)	Genesect and the Legend Awakened	None
	Surskit forms a turquoise force field in front of it, protecting it from attacks.
Viola's Surskit	A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!	None
	Spewpa's eyes glow turquoise and it forms a turquoise force field around its body, protecting it from attacks.
A wild Spewpa	To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!	None
	Espurr raises its hands and forms a turquoise force field in front of its body, protecting it from attacks.
Elise's Espurr	Seeking Shelter from the Storm!	None
	Meowstic unfolds its ears, and circles form on its revealed inner ears, resembling eyes. It then forms a turquoise force field in front of its body, protecting it from attacks.
Heath's Meowstic	Splitting Heirs!	None
	Wigglytuff raises its hands and forms a turquoise force field in front of its body, protecting it from attacks.
Nurse Joy's Wigglytuff	The Clumsy Crier Quiets the Chaos!	None
	Mega Metagross raises its hands and forms a turquoise force field in front of its body, protecting it from attacks.
Steven's Metagross	Mega Evolution Special III	None

In the manga

In the Ash and Pikachu manga

Pokémon	Method
Snorlax
The user puts up one of its arms to block an attack.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Snorlax crosses its arm and avoids getting hurt by an attack.
Ash's Snorlax	An Awesome Showdown!!	Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pokémon	Method
Shuckle Sneasel Rapidash Metagross
The user puts up one of its arms to block an attack.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Sneasel puts up both of its arms to block and protect itself from an attack.
Silver's Sneasel	Sneasel Sneak Attack	Debut
	Magnemite creates a forcefield around its body, protecting it from attacks.
Lt. Surge's Magnemite	Magnificent Magnemite	None
	Shuckle pulls all of its limbs into its shell and the shell starts to glow brightly, protecting it from attacks.
Lucy's Shuckle	Just My Luck...Shuckle	None
	Metagross crosses its front two legs in front of its face, protecting it from attacks. When used over and over again, the move becomes less likely to succeed.
Crystal's Metagross	A Cheeky Charizard Change-Up I	None
	Rapidash stands up on its hind legs and a bright energy surrounds the front of its hoofs, blocking an attack, or Rapidash rears up on its hind legs and crosses its front hoofs in front of its face, protecting it from attacks.
Platinum's Rapidash	Hurrah for Rapidash	None

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Pokémon	Method
Snivy
The user is immune to any type of attack.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Snivy stands its ground to protect itself from attacks.
Monta's Snivy	Challenge the Battle Subway!	Debut

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga

Pokémon	Method
Alakazam
The user protects itself from attacks.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Alakazam forms a barrier with it hands and protects itself from attacks.
A wild Alakazam	PDP08	Debut

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Pokémon	Method
Elekid
The user puts up its arms to block an attack.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Elekid puts up one of its arms to block an attack.
Gold's Elekid	Let's Fight! The Mini Pokémon Tournament	Debut

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Asuka mentioned that Houndoom used Protect in The Legendary Pokémon and the Village of the Gods (Part Three) but the move wasn't shown.

In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King manga

Pokémon	Method
Dusknoir
The user puts up its hands to block an attack.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Dusknoir puts up its hands to protect itself.
Unknown Trainer's Dusknoir	PBK8	Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Pokémon	Method
Roselia
The user avoids getting hit by any type of attack.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Roselia crosses its arms and is not hit by an opponent's attack.
A Rich Boy's Roselia	PMDP58	Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

In Generation II, after the "[Pokémon's name] protected itself!" message appears, another message saying that the opponent's Pokémon's move missed appears. The second message was removed in Generation III, likely to avoid redundancy.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		守住 Shǒuzhù
Danish		Beskyt
Dutch		Bescherm
Finnish		Suojaus
French		Abri
German		Schutzschild
Greek		Προστασία
Hindi		बचाओ Bachao रक्षा कवच Raksha Kavach
Indonesian		Lindungi Bertahan Berlindung
Italian		Protezione
Korean		방어 Bang'eo
Polish		Ochrona
Portuguese	Brazil	Proteção
Portuguese	Portugal	Proteção Proteger
Romanian		Protecția
Serbian		Zaštita
Spanish		Protección

References

External links

Variations of the move Protect

Protect • Detect • King's Shield • Spiky Shield • Baneful Bunker • Obstruct • Silk Trap • Burning Bulwark

Generation II TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation II HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07

Generation III TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation III HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08^RSE

Generation IV TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92
Generation IV HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08

Generation V TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95
Generation V HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06

Generation VI TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 (XY • ORAS) • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100
Generation VI HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06^ORAS • 07^ORAS

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In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

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-{{MoveResearch|What versions does the Generation III accuracy glitch apply to?}}
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 ==Effect==
 ===Generation II===
-Protect protects the user from all effects of moves that target it during the turn it is used, including damage. This does not include damage afflicted by [[weather]] it is susceptible to, or damage from a [[status condition]] that it obtained on a previous turn. Using Protect, {{m|Detect}}, or {{m|Endure}} consecutively (not counting turns spent using items) decreases the chance of success by 50% each use, whether it is successful or not. Protect has an extra 1/256 chance of failing at any consecutive use, due to the accuracy check in the first two generations.<ref>[http://pokemon-online.eu/forums/showthread.php?8236-Protect-rate&p=92750&viewfull=1#post92750 Pokémon Online forums]</ref>
+Protect protects the user from all effects of moves that target it during the turn it is used, including damage.
+This does not include damage inflicted by [[weather]] it is susceptible to, or damage from a [[status condition]] that it obtained on a previous turn (as these are not moves that targeted the user this turn). If the user [[priority|goes last]] this turn, the move will fail.
+Each time any of Protect, {{m|Detect}}, or {{m|Endure}} is successfully used without other moves used in between, the success rate will halve. In this generation, the success rate is implemented as a single byte over 256 which starts at the maximum of 255 and is floor-divided by 2<!-- more accessible term? int-divided? truncated? right-shifted by 1? --> each time, effectively causing an extra 1/256 chance of failing on any use. This causes the success rate to drop to 0 on a ninth consecutive successful use.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20110628181632/http://upokecenter.com/games/gs/guides/explanations.php#pageid5909786F4</ref>
 The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:
-{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{normal color}};"
+{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{normal color}}"
 |-
 |
-{| border=1 width="100%" class="sortable roundy" style="background: #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #{{normal color light}}; border-collapse:collapse;"
+{| border=1 width="100%" class="sortable roundy" style="background: #FFF; border:1px solid #{{normal color light}}; border-collapse:collapse"
 |- style="background: #{{normal color light}}"
-! {{color2|000000|Move}}
+! {{color2|000|Move}}
-! {{color2|000000|Type}}
+! {{color2|000|Type}}
 {{movelist|Curse|???}}
 {{movelist|Future Sight|Psychic}}
@@ Line 73: / Line 76: @@
 ===Generation III===
-Protect now has a 50% decaying rate of success on the current turn if Protect, {{m|Detect}}, or {{m|Endure}}, was used successfully on the previous turn. This was intended to cap at 12.5% on the fourth consecutive turn, but a glitch causes the cap to not work, causing Protect's success rate on the fifth and future turns to follow an erratic sequence given in the table below:<ref>[http://no2.pic.bz/document/waza/each/6F.html ポケットモンスター情報センター　2号館] (Japanese)</ref><ref>[http://nicoviewer.net/sm19862416 【ポケモン】TASさんがまもるの限界に挑戦してみた【ルビー】] (Japanese)</ref>
+Like in Generation II, the success rates of Protect, {{m|Detect}}, and {{m|Endure}} halve each time any of the three are used successfully and consecutively. In this generation, the halving was intended to cap at a 12.5% success rate on the fourth consecutive successful use, but a bug{{fact}} causes the cap to not work, causing the game to read garbage values and causing Protect's success rate on the fifth and future turns to follow an erratic sequence.<ref>[http://no2.pic.bz/document/waza/each/6F.html ポケットモンスター情報センター　2号館] (Japanese)</ref><ref>[http://nicoviewer.net/sm19862416 【ポケモン】TASさんがまもるの限界に挑戦してみた【ルビー】] (Japanese)</ref>
-{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 3px solid #{{normal color}};"
+The following success rates are accurate to Ruby and Sapphire; from the 53rd turn onward, FireRed and LeafGreen have a different sequence of values, as does Emerald<!-- meaning all three are different from each other, but members of a pair are the same --><ref>http://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php?topic=6603.0</ref>. It is currently undocumented whether these numbers represent success rates out of 65535 or out of 65536.
+<!--
+I double checked; the two sources in Japanese (the TAS and the HTML) contradict each other. Both are unlikely for different reasons: one means that the first Protect apparently has a chance to fail, and the other means that the still-primitive Gen III processor is doing long division by 65,535 (much slower) rather than a simple bit shift (very fast). My gut instinct is that it's by 65536, and that the game has a special condition that skips the check entirely on the first Protect, but not putting speculation here.
+-->
+{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 3px solid #{{normal color}}"
 |-
-! style="{{roundytl|5px}};" | Turn
+! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Turn
-! style="{{roundytr|5px}};" | Chance (/65536)
+! style="{{roundytr|5px}}" | Success Rate
-! style="{{roundytl|5px}};" | Turn
+! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Turn
-! style="{{roundytr|5px}};" | Chance (/65536)
+! style="{{roundytr|5px}}" | Success Rate
-! style="{{roundytl|5px}};" | Turn
+! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Turn
-! style="{{roundytr|5px}};" | Chance (/65536)
+! style="{{roundytr|5px}}" | Success Rate
-! style="{{roundytl|5px}};" | Turn
+! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Turn
-! style="{{roundytr|5px}};" | Chance (/65536)
+! style="{{roundytr|5px}}" | Success Rate
-! style="{{roundytl|5px}};" | Turn
+! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Turn
-! style="{{roundytr|5px}};" | Chance (/65536)
+! style="{{roundytr|5px}}" | Success Rate
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 1
-| 65536{{fact}}
+| 65535
 | 17
 | 168
@@ Line 98: / Line 105: @@
 | 65
 | 110
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 2
 | 32767
@@ Line 109: / Line 116: @@
 | 66
 | 90
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 3
 | 16383
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 | 67
 | 64
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 4
 | 8191
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 | 68
 | 95
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 5
 | 118
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 | 69
 | 69
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 6
 | 165
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 | 70
 | 99
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 7
 | 166
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 | 71
 | 187
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 8
 | 102
@@ Line 175: / Line 182: @@
 | 72
 | 1
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 9
 | 65534
@@ Line 186: / Line 193: @@
 | 73
 | 3084
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 10
 | 68
@@ Line 197: / Line 204: @@
 | 74
 | 2820
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 11
 | 243
@@ Line 208: / Line 215: @@
 | 75
 | 2827
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 12
 | 182
@@ Line 219: / Line 226: @@
 | 76
 | 1285
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 13
 | 197
@@ Line 230: / Line 237: @@
 | 77
 | 0
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 14
 | 203
@@ Line 239: / Line 246: @@
 | 62
 | 70
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
 | 15
 | 194
@@ Line 248: / Line 255: @@
 | 63
 | 24
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
+|-style="background:#FFF"
-| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}};" | 16
+| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" | 16
 | 214
 | 32
@@ Line 256: / Line 263: @@
 | 80
 | 64
-| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}};" | 80
+| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" | 80
-|}{{left clear}}
-{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 3px solid #{{normal color}};"
-|-
-! style="{{roundytl|5px}};" | Turn
-! style="{{roundytr|5px}};" | Chance (%)
-! style="{{roundytl|5px}};" | Turn
-! style="{{roundytr|5px}};" | Chance (%)
-! style="{{roundytl|5px}};" | Turn
-! style="{{roundytr|5px}};" | Chance (%)
-! style="{{roundytl|5px}};" | Turn
-! style="{{roundytr|5px}};" | Chance (%)
-! style="{{roundytl|5px}};" | Turn
-! style="{{roundytr|5px}};" | Chance (%)
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 1
-| 100%{{fact}}
-| 17
-| 00.2563%
-| 33
-| 00.0595%
-| 49
-| 03.0517%
-| 65
-| 00.1678%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 2
-| 49.9998%
-| 18
-| 00.4059%
-| 34
-| 00.0854%
-| 50
-| 00.1526%
-| 66
-| 00.1373%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 3
-| 24.9985%
-| 19
-| 00.4410%
-| 35
-| 00.0870%
-| 51
-| 99.9985%
-| 67
-| 00.0992%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 4
-| 12.4985%
-| 20
-| 00.4120%
-| 36
-| 00.0931%
-| 52
-| 99.9985%
-| 68
-| 00.1450%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 5
-| 00.1801%
-| 21
-| 00.5234%
-| 37
-| 00.2396%
-| 53
-| 00.0336%
-| 69
-| 00.1053%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 6
-| 00.2518%
-| 22
-| 00.4135%
-| 38
-| 00.3769%
-| 54
-| 00.0458%
-| 70
-| 00.1515%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 7
-| 00.2533%
-| 23
-| 00.4028%
-| 39
-| 00.1968%
-| 55
-| 00.0351%
-| 71
-| 00.2853%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 8
-| 00.1556%
-| 24
-| 99.9985%
-| 40
-| 00.1968%
-| 56
-| 00.0610%
-| 72
-| 00.0015%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 9
-| 99.9970%
-| 25
-| 78.1265%
-| 41
-| 00.1526%
-| 57
-| 00.0031%
-| 73
-| 04.7058%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 10
-| 00.1038%
-| 26
-| 58.5999%
-| 42
-| 00.0305%
-| 58
-| 00.0763%
-| 74
-| 04.3030%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 11
-| 00.3708%
-| 27
-| 39.0762%
-| 43
-| 00.3815%
-| 59
-| 00.1038%
-| 75
-| 04.3137%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 12
-| 00.2777%
-| 28
-| 31.2744%
-| 44
-| 00.0610%
-| 60
-| 00.0916%
-| 76
-| 01.9608%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 13
-| 00.3006%
-| 29
-| 15.6738%
-| 45
-| 00.7629%
-| 61
-| 00.0290%
-| 77
-| 0%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 14
-| 00.3098%
-| 30
-| 07.8857%
-| 46
-| 00.0916%
-| 62
-| 00.1068%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| 15
-| 00.2960%
-| 31
-| 00.1190%
-| 47
-| 01.5259%
-| 63
-| 00.0366%
-|-style="background:#FFF;"
-| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}};" | 16
-| 00.3265%
-| 32
-| 00.1144%
-| 48
-| 00.1221%
-| 64
-| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}};" | 00.1221%
 |}{{left clear}}
-Protect fails if the user [[priority|goes last]] in the turn.
 The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:
-{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{normal color}};"
+{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{normal color}}"
 |-
 |
-{| border=1 width="100%" class="sortable roundy" style="background: #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #{{normal color light}}; border-collapse:collapse;"
+{| border=1 width="100%" class="sortable roundy" style="background: #FFF; border:1px solid #{{normal color light}}; border-collapse:collapse"
 |- style="background: #{{normal color light}}"
-! {{color2|000000|Move}}
+! {{color2|000|Move}}
-! {{color2|000000|Type}}
+! {{color2|000|Type}}
 {{movelist|Curse|???}}
 {{movelist|Doom Desire|Steel}}
@@ Line 469: / Line 290: @@
 Protect now properly caps at a minimum success rate of 12.5% on the fourth and future consecutive turns.
-In {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}} only, if an attack is given perfect accuracy through the effect of a move ({{m|Lock-On}}/{{m|Mind Reader}}), the weather ({{m|Thunder}} in [[Rain]], or {{m|Blizzard}} in {{weather|Hail}}), a [[Micle Berry]], or an Ability ({{a|No Guard}}), it has a chance to hit through Protect equal to <code>(100 - move {{stat|accuracy}})%</code>. [[One-hit knockout move|OHKO]] moves are unaffected, and will never hit through Protect.
+In {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}} only, if an attack is given perfect accuracy through the effect of a move ({{m|Lock-On}}/{{m|Mind Reader}}), the weather ({{m|Thunder}} in [[Rain]], or {{m|Blizzard}} in {{weather|Hail}}), a [[Micle Berry]], or an Ability ({{a|No Guard}}), it has a chance to hit through Protect equal to <code>(100 - move {{stat|accuracy}})%</code>. [[One-hit knockout move|OHKO]] moves are unaffected, and will never hit through Protect. This behavior was reverted in Platinum.
 The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:
-{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{normal color}};"
+{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{normal color}}"
 |-
 |
-{| border=1 width="100%" class="sortable roundy" style="background: #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #{{normal color light}}; border-collapse:collapse;"
+{| border=1 width="100%" class="sortable roundy" style="background: #FFF; border:1px solid #{{normal color light}}; border-collapse:collapse"
 |- style="background: #{{normal color light}}"
-! {{color|000000|Move}}
+! {{color|000|Move}}
-! {{color|000000|Type}}
+! {{color|000|Type}}
-! {{color|000000|Damage category|Cat.}}
+! {{color|000|Damage category|Cat.}}
 {{movelist|Acupressure|Normal|cat=Status}}
 {{movelist|Curse|???|cat=Status}}
@@ Line 499: / Line 320: @@
 ===Generation V===
-Protect no longer has a minimum success rate, and still has 50% decay, which now includes {{m|Quick Guard}} and {{m|Wide Guard}} as well.<ref>[http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3715158&postcount=772 Smogon forums]</ref>
+Protect's success rate halving now no longer caps at 12.5%. {{m|Quick Guard}} and {{m|Wide Guard}} now also count toward this halving.<ref>[http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3715158&postcount=772 Smogon forums]</ref>
+<!-- IN NEED OF MORE RESEARCH
+The bit shifting in the Smogon link implies that should Protect work 33 times in a row (success rate 1 in 4 billion on the last one), overflow will cause the success rate to start doubling again, until the 65th consecutive use and all future uses are guaranteed to succeed. Is this correct? (Protect only has 16 max PP, but one can alternate between four different protection moves.)
+UPokeCenter is normally pretty accurate about these kinds of things, but the site owner has made math mistakes before, albeit very rarely. That site says that after the eighth Protect (1/128), ninth and future Protects are automatically forced down to a 1 in 4 billion success rate, which would actually match Gen II very closely. It doesn't match Smogon though and I'm inclined to trust its bit shifting derivation more. But neither site includes the raw assembly like Gens I, II, and VI do.
+-->
 The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:
-{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{normal color}};"
+{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{normal color}}"
 |-
 |
-{| border=1 width="100%" class="sortable roundy" style="background: #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #{{normal color light}}; border-collapse:collapse;"
+{| border=1 width="100%" class="sortable roundy" style="background: #FFF; border:1px solid #{{normal color light}}; border-collapse:collapse"
 |- style="background: #{{normal color light}}"
-! {{color2|000000|Move}}
+! {{color2|000|Move}}
-! {{color2|000000|Type}}
+! {{color2|000|Type}}
-! {{color2|000000|Damage category|Cat.}}
+! {{color2|000|Damage category|Cat.}}
 {{movelist|Acupressure|Normal|cat=Status}}
 {{movelist|Conversion 2|Normal|cat=Status}}
@@ Line 530: / Line 357: @@
 ===Generation VI===
-The moves {{m|King's Shield}} and {{m|Spiky Shield}} now also decrease the chance of success of Protect. Even though Quick Guard and Wide Guard no longer fail due to consecutive use, they still decrease the chance of success of Protect on consecutive turns.
+Successfully using Protect, {{m|Detect}}, {{m|Endure}}, {{m|Wide Guard}}, {{m|Quick Guard}}, {{m|Spiky Shield}}, or {{m|King's Shield}} consecutively now divides the chance of success of Protect, Detect, Endure, Spiky Shield, and King's Shield by 3 for each consecutive use, with a minimum (1/3)^6 (1/729 or ~0.1%) chance.<ref>https://twitter.com/0x7bdf/status/591858756733931521</ref>
 The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:
-{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{normal color}};"
+{| style="background: #{{normal color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{normal color}}"
 |-
 |
-{| border=1 width="100%" class="sortable roundy" style="background: #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #{{normal color light}}; border-collapse:collapse;"
+{| border=1 width="100%" class="sortable roundy" style="background: #FFF; border:1px solid #{{normal color light}}; border-collapse:collapse"
 |- style="background: #{{normal color light}}"
-! {{color2|000000|Move}}
+! {{color2|000|Move}}
-! {{color2|000000|Type}}
+! {{color2|000|Type}}
-! {{color2|000000|Damage category|Cat.}}
+! {{color2|000|Damage category|Cat.}}
 {{movelist|Acupressure|Normal|cat=Status}}
 {{movelist|Aromatic Mist|Fairy|cat=Status}}
@@ Line 568: / Line 395: @@
 Additionally, Feint, Shadow Force, and Phantom Force lift Protect's protection for the rest of the turn.
-===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon===
-The user is protected from all attacks for a set amount of turns, which ends on the user's turn. However, items such as [[toss items]] can still hit.
 ==Description==
 {{movedesc|normal}}
-{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|Stad2}}|Completely foils an opponent's attack. If used consecutively, its success rate decreases.}}
+{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevss|Stad2}}|Completely foils an opponent's attack. If used consecutively, its success rate decreases.}}
-{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|GSC}}|Foils attack that turn. It may fail.}}
+{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev2|GSC}}|Foils attack that turn. It may fail.}}
-{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|RSE}}{{gameabbrev3|Colo}}{{gameabbrev3|XD}}|Evades attack, but may fail if used in succession.{{tt|*|Move}}<br/>Negates all damage, but may fail if used in succession.{{tt|*|TM}}}}
+{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|RSE}}{{gameabbrevss|Colo}}{{gameabbrevss|XD}}|Evades attack, but may fail if used in succession.{{tt|*|Move}}<br>Negates all damage, but may fail if used in succession.{{tt|*|TM}}}}
 {{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}|Enables the user to evade all attacks. It may fail if used in succession.}}
-{{movedescentry|PMD{{color2|{{md red color}}|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|R}}{{color2|{{md blue color}}|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|B}}|The user gains the Protect status, preventing damage from enemy attacks and moves.}}
+{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev4|DPPtHGSS}}<br>{{gameabbrev5|BWB2W2}}|It enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.}}
-{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|DPPt}}{{gameabbrev3|HGSS}}<br>{{gameabbrev3|BWB2W2}}|It enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.}}
+{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev6|XYORAS}}|Enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.}}
-{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|XY}}{{gameabbrev3|ORAS}}|Enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.}}
-{{movedescentry|P{{color2|{{ice color}}|Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon|SMD}}|You can evade moves until the next turn. Its chance of failing rises if you use it in a row.}}
 |}
 |}{{left clear}}
@@ Line 645: / Line 467: @@
 {{Moveentry/AllTM|Protect|2|except={{pcolor|Unown|000}}, {{pcolor|Wobbuffet|000}}, {{pcolor|Wynaut|000}}, {{pcolor|Kricketot|000}}, {{pcolor|Regigigas|000}}, and {{pcolor|Tynamo|000}}}}
 {{Movefooter|Normal|2}}
+==In other games==
+===[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]]===
+The user is protected from all attacks for a set amount of turns, which ends on the user's turn. However, items such as [[toss items]] can still hit.
+===Description===
+{{movedesc|normal}}
+{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|RB}}|The user gains the Protect status, preventing damage from enemy attacks and moves.}}
+{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|SMD}}|You can evade moves until the next turn. Its chance of failing rises if you use it in a row.}}
+|}
+|}{{left clear}}
 ==In the anime==
-{{moveanime|exp=yes|type=normal|gen=The Pokémon blocks any attacks that hit it with a sphere.|image1=Misty Gyarados Protect.png|image1p=Gyarados|image2=Viola Surskit Protect.png|image2p=Surskit|image3=Nando Armaldo Protect.png|image3p=Armaldo|image4=Lenora Herdier Protect.png|image4p=Herdier}}
+{{moveanime|exp=yes|type=normal|gen=The Pokémon blocks any attacks that hit it with a sphere.|image1=Landorus Protect.png|image1p=Landorus|image2=Viola Surskit Protect.png|image2p=Surskit|image3=Nando Armaldo Protect.png|image3p=Armaldo|image4=Lenora Herdier Protect.png|image4p=Herdier}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=130|pkmn=Gyarados|method=Gyarados's eyes glow red. Then, Gyarados releases small shockwaves from its mouth that can block an attack.}}
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Misty's Gyarados|startcode=SS002|startname=Cerulean Blues|notes=Debut}}
@@ Line 659: / Line 492: @@
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime#Deoxys|user1=A wild Deoxys|startcode=AG171|startname=Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 1)}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=125|pkmn=Electabuzz|method=Electabuzz blocks the opponent's attack with its arms, or Electabuzz's body becomes surrounded by gold and a green barrier appears around its body, protecting it from attacks. Sometimes its body glows yellow before using the attack. If the barrier is kept for too long it might fail.}}
-{{movemid|type=normal|user=Jump (anime)|user1=Jump's Electabuzz|startcode=AG126|startname=Saved by the Beldum}}
+{{movemid|type=normal|user=Jump (AG126)|user1=Jump's Electabuzz|startcode=AG126|startname=Saved by the Beldum}}
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Paul's Electabuzz|startcode=DP128|startname=A Pyramiding Rage!}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=200|pkmn=Misdreavus|method=A blue force field surrounds Misdreavus's body, protecting it from attacks.}}
@@ Line 689: / Line 522: @@
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Magmar (Pokémon)|user1=Unknown Trainer's Magmar|startcode=DP050|startname=Tag! We're It...!}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=362|pkmn=Glalie|method=Glalie's body glow's gold and a green force field appears over Glalie's body, protecting it from attacks.}}
-{{movemid|type=normal|user=Poacher (Sinnoh)|user1=A Pokémon Poacher's Glalie|startcode=DP116|startname=The Drifting Snorunt!}}
+{{movemid|type=normal|user=Poacher (DP116)|user1=A Pokémon Poacher's Glalie|startcode=DP116|startname=The Drifting Snorunt!}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=420|pkmn=Cherubi|method=Cherubi's body becomes outlined in gold and a green force field comes out of its body, protecting it from attacks.}}
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Marilyn|user1=Marilyn's Cherubi|startcode=DP125|startname=Battling a Cute Drama!}}
@@ Line 730: / Line 563: @@
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Officer Jenny|user1=Officer Jenny's Duosion|startcode=BW045|startname=Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=532|pkmn=Timburr|method=Timburr holds the wooden timber it holds in front of it with both of its hands horizontally. The timber then glows turquoise and a turquoise energy shield comes out of it and surrounds it, protecting it from attacks.}}
-{{movemid|type=normal|user=Linda (anime)|user1=Linda's Timburr|startcode=BW057|startname=The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!}}
+{{movemid|type=normal|user=Linda (BW057)|user1=Linda's Timburr|startcode=BW057|startname=The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=645|pkmn=Landorus|method=Landorus holds one or both its hands out in front of it and a turquoise energy shield appears in front of it, protecting it from attacks.}}
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Landorus (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Landorus|startcode=BW060|startname=Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2}}
@@ Line 739: / Line 572: @@
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=133|pkmn=Eevee|method=A bluish-green force field appears around Eevee's body, or Eevee stands on its hind legs and projects a bluish-green force field, protecting it from attack.}}
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Virgil|user1=Virgil's Eevee|startcode=BW102|startname=Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!}}
-{{movemid|type=normal|user=Serena's Eevee|startcode=XY088|startname=A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!}}
+{{movemid|type=normal|user=Serena's Eevee|startcode=XY089|startname=A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=282|pkmn=Gardevoir|method=Gardevoir holds both its hands out in front of it and a turquoise energy shield appears in front of it, protecting it from attacks.}}
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Anthea and Concordia|user1=Concordia's Gardevoir|startcode=BW118|startname=Secrets From Out of the Fog!}}
@@ Line 751: / Line 584: @@
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Elise|user1=Elise's Espurr|startcode=XY014|startname=Seeking Shelter from the Storm!}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=678F|pkmn=Meowstic|method=Meowstic unfolds its ears, and circles form on its revealed inner ears, resembling eyes. It then forms a turquoise force field in front of its body, protecting it from attacks.}}
-{{movemid|type=normal|user=Heath (anime)|user1=Heath's Meowstic|startcode=XY045|startname=Splitting Heirs!}}
+{{movemid|type=normal|user=Heath (XY045)|user1=Heath's Meowstic|startcode=XY045|startname=Splitting Heirs!}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=040|pkmn=Wigglytuff|method=Wigglytuff raises its hands and forms a turquoise force field in front of its body, protecting it from attacks.}}
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Nurse Joy's Wigglytuff|startcode=XY046|startname=The Clumsy Crier Quiets the Chaos!}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=376M|pkmn=Metagross|method=Mega Metagross raises its hands and forms a turquoise force field in front of its body, protecting it from attacks.}}
-{{movebtm|type=normal|user=Steven Stone's Metagross|startcode=SS032|startname=Mega Evolution Special III}}
+{{movebtm|type=normal|user=Steven's Metagross|startcode=SS032|startname=Mega Evolution Special III}}
 ==In the manga==
@@ Line 764: / Line 597: @@
 ===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
-{{movemanga|type=normal|exp=yes|gen=The user puts up one of its arms to block an attack.|image1=Silver Sneasel Protect.png|image1p=Sneasel|image2=Platinum Rapidash Protect.png|image2p=Rapidash}}
+{{movemanga|type=normal|exp=yes|gen=The user puts up one of its arms to block an attack.|image1=Silver Sneasel Protect.png|image1p=Sneasel|image2=Platinum Rapidash Protect.png|image2p=Rapidash|image3=Lucy Shuckle Protect Adventures.png|image3p=Shuckle|image4=Crystal Metagross Protect Adventures.png|image4p=Metagross}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=215|pkmn=Sneasel|method=Sneasel puts up both of its arms to block and protect itself from an attack.}}
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Silver's Sneasel|startcode=PS093|startname=Sneasel Sneak Attack|notes=Debut}}
@@ Line 771: / Line 604: @@
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=213|pkmn=Shuckle|method=Shuckle pulls all of its limbs into its shell and the shell starts to glow brightly, protecting it from attacks.}}
 {{movemid|type=normal|user=Pike Queen Lucy|user1=Lucy's Shuckle|startcode=PS310|startname=Just My Luck...Shuckle}}
-{{movep|type=normal|ms=376|pkmn=Metagross|method=Metagross crosses its front two legs in front of its face, protecting it from attacks. When used over and over again, the move becomes less efficient.}}
+{{movep|type=normal|ms=376|pkmn=Metagross|method=Metagross crosses its front two legs in front of its face, protecting it from attacks. When used over and over again, the move becomes less likely to succeed.}}
-{{movemid|type=normal|user=Crystal (Adventures)|user1=Crys's Metagross|startcode=PS323|startname=A Cheeky Charizard Change-Up I}}
+{{movemid|type=normal|user=Crystal (Adventures)|user1=Crystal's Metagross|startcode=PS323|startname=A Cheeky Charizard Change-Up I}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=078|pkmn=Rapidash|method=Rapidash stands up on its hind legs and a bright energy surrounds the front of its hoofs, blocking an attack, or Rapidash rears up on its hind legs and crosses its front hoofs in front of its face, protecting it from attacks.}}
 {{movebtmManga|type=normal|user=Platinum's Rapidash|startcode=PS377|startname=Hurrah for Rapidash}}
@@ Line 797: / Line 630: @@
 {{movemanga|type=normal|exp=yes|gen=The user puts up its hands to block an attack.|image1=Dusknoir Protect PBK.png|image1p=Dusknoir}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=477|pkmn=Dusknoir|method=Dusknoir puts up its hands to protect itself.}}
-{{movebtmManga|type=normal|user=Dusknoir (Pokémon)|user1=An Unknown Trainer's Dusknoir|startcode=PBK8|notes=Debut}}
+{{movebtmManga|type=normal|user=Dusknoir (Pokémon)|user1=Unknown Trainer's Dusknoir|startcode=PBK8|notes=Debut}}
 ===In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga===
 {{movemanga|type=normal|exp=yes|gen=The user avoids getting hit by any type of attack.|image1=Rich Boy Roselia Protect PMDP.png|image1p=Roselia}}
 {{movep|type=normal|ms=315|pkmn=Roselia|method=Roselia crosses its arms and is not hit by an opponent's attack.}}
-{{movebtmManga|type=normal|user=Rich Boy (Trainer class)|user1=Rich Boy's Roselia|startcode=PMDP58|notes=Debut}}
+{{movebtmManga|type=normal|user=Rich Boy (Trainer class)|user1=A Rich Boy's Roselia|startcode=PMDP58|notes=Debut}}
 ==In other generations==
@@ Line 821: / Line 654: @@
 type=Normal|
 Stad2=Protect Stad2|
+Colo=Protect Colo|
+XD=Protect XD|
 }}
@@ Line 848: / Line 683: @@
 ==References==
 <references/>
+==External links==
+<!-- references which apply to multiple generations -->
+* [http://pokemon-online.eu/threads/protect-rate.8236/#post-92659 Pokémon Online forums]
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110826064256/http://www.upokecenter.com/dex/?attack=182]
 {{-}}
@@ Line 865: / Line 705: @@
 [[ja:まもる]]
 [[pl:Protect]]
-[[zh:守住（技能）]]
+[[zh:守住（招式）]]