Wonder Guard (Ability)

Wonder Guard (Japanese: ふしぎなまもり Mysterious Protection) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Only one Pokémon has this Ability.

Effect

In battle

Wonder Guard only allows super effective moves to hit.

It does not prevent stat-altering moves, such as Tail Whip, from hitting or from lowering the Pokémon's stats. Also, it does not prevent damage from weather conditions or entry hazards. Moves which cause status ailments, such as PoisonPowder, can still be used. In addition, the Pokémon can still be afflicted with status ailments and receive damage from those status ailments. Wonder Guard does not block Struggle from hitting, nor does it block moves whose types do not come into play for damage calculation, such as Beat Up. In Generation IV, Fire Fang hits even if it is not super-effective, though this was removed in Generation V.

Wonder Guard cannot be Skill Swapped or copied by Role Play, but it can be Traced. In addition, Wonder Guard cannot turn into Mummy.

Outside of battle

Wonder Guard has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Wonder Guard

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost	Wonder Guard	None	None
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 the anime

File:Shedinja Wonder Guard.png Shedinja
Only super effective moves will hit.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	When an attack that isn't Super-effective hits Shedinja, it simply bounces of its body. If a move that is Super-effective hits Shedinja, it is automatically knocked out.
Colonel Hansen's Shedinja	The Princess and the Togepi		Debut

Trivia

• Hackers often hack this Ability onto Spiritomb (Wondertomb) and Sableye (Wondereye), because those Pokémon do not have a weakness. Hence, they can only be damaged by status ailments, weather conditions, entry hazards, Fire Fang*, Struggle, recoil, Life Orb, Sticky Barb, Black Sludge, Rough Skin, Iron Barbs, fixed-damage attacks, after the use of Gastro Acid, Foresight or Odor Sleuth, and by Pokémon with Mold Breaker, Turboblaze, Teravolt, or Scrappy.
• Wonder Guard and Multitype are the only Abilities that resist Mummy, besides Mummy itself.

In other languages

Language Title French Garde Mystik German Wunderwache Greek Θαυμαστή Φρουρά Italian Magidifesa Korean 불가사의 부적 Bulgasayi Bujeok Portuguese Proteção Maravilhosa Spanish Superguarda

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