Quick Guard (move)

Quick Guard ファストガード Fast Guard

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Battles Type  Fighting Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +3 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 and all allies

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Quick Guard (Japanese: ファストガード Fast Guard) is a non-damaging Fighting-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Quick Guard protects all Pokémon on the user's side of the field from enemy attacks that have increased priority such as Quick Attack or Aqua Jet, but does not block moves that have been given an increased priority through Prankster that would not usually have one. Quick Guard does not protect against Feint.

Using Quick Guard, Wide Guard, Detect, Protect, or Endure consecutively decreases the chance of success to 50%. This is an increased priority move, and therefore will always go before attacks during the turn.

Despite Feint being an increased priority move, it lifts the effect of Quick Guard when used on an opponent's team.^[1]

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		Fighting	31			'
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic	--			'
237		Hitmontop	Fighting		Fighting	46			'
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel	33			'
539		Sawk	Fighting		Fighting	45			'
566		Archen	Rock	Flying	25			'
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying	25			'
589		Escavalier	Bug	Steel	--, 8			'
619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting	45			'
638		Cobalion	Steel	Fighting	55			'
639		Terrakion	Rock	Fighting	55			'
640		Virizion	Grass	Fighting	55			'
647		Keldeo	Water	Fighting	55			'
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 breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire
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 the anime

Mienfoo
The user protects itself and its allies from moves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Mienfoo jumps into the air and puts its hands together in front of it with its palms touching. Its body then becomes outlined in a red outline, then it puts its arms forward. A pulsating bright red energy shield appear in front of Mienfoo's hands and goes around itself and others, protecting them from attacks. While the barrier is up, Mienfoo floats in the air.
Cliff's Mienfoo	The Beartic Mountain Feud!		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 先制防禦 Xiānzhì Fángyù Dutch Snelschild French Prévention German Rapidschutz Italian Anticipo Korean 퍼스트가드 Fast Guard Polish Szybka Ochrona Spanish Anticipo

References

Variations of the move Quick Guard
Quick Guard • Wide Guard • Crafty Shield

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.