Friend Guard (Ability)

Friend Guard	フレンドガード
	Friend Guard
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Currently unknown Generation V Reduces damage done to allies.

Friend Guard (Japanese: フレンドガード Friend Guard) is an Ability introduced in Generation V. Five Pokémon have this Ability, all Normal-type and none are fully evolved. This Ability is exclusively obtained as a Hidden Ability.

Effect

In battle

Friend Guard reduces the damage done to an ally by 25% in Double and Triple Battles.

Outside of battle

Friend Guard has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Friend Guard

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Clefairy	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
	Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	None	Friend Guard
	Cleffa	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
	Igglybuff	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	None	Friend Guard
	Happiny	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Friend Guard
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation V games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Trivia

• All Pokémon with this Ability are small, round, pink, pre-evolved Pokémon who evolve from means other than leveling up normally, such as high friendship or Moon Stone, and they all have it as a Hidden Ability.

In other languages

Language Title European French Garde Amie German Freundeshut Italian Amicoscudo Portuguese Proteção Amiga Spanish Compiescolta

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.