Protect (move)

Protect まもる Protect

It enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +3 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM17 in Generation II TM17 in Generation III TM17 in Generation IV

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

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  0 Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Protect on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Protect on Eevee's Movedex

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

Effect

Generation II - III

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 conditions it is susceptible to, or damage from status ailment that it obtained on a previous turn. Using Protect, Detect, or Endure consecutively decreases the chance of success by 50% each use, whether it is successful or not. Protect cannot prevent the effects of Perish Song.

Generation IV

Protect now has a 50% chance of success on the current turn if Protect, Detect, or Endure was used successfully on the previous turn. Protect fails if the user goes last in the turn.

The following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:

Additionally, Feint lifts Protect's protection for the rest of the turn.

Lock-On, Mind Reader, and No Guard give moves a (100 - move accuracy)% chance to hit through Protect. Thunder during rain and Blizzard during hail have a 30% chance to hit. One-hit knockout moves always fail when Protect is successful, even if Lock-On, Mind Reader, or No Guard is in use.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 28 008 Wartortle Water 31 009 Blastoise Water 31 090 Shellder Water 25 091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 098 Krabby Water 34 099 Kingler Water 38 138 Omanyte Rock Water 37 139 Omastar Rock Water 37 204 Pineco Bug -- 205 Forretress Bug Steel -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM17

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II can learn Protect.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 28 008 Wartortle Water 31 009 Blastoise Water 31 090 Shellder Water 25RSE 090 Shellder Water 29FRLG 091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 098 Krabby Water 41RSE 098 Krabby Water 39FRLG 099 Kingler Water 49RSE 099 Kingler Water 42FRLG 138 Omanyte Rock Water 37 139 Omastar Rock Water 37 204 Pineco Bug -- 205 Forretress Bug Steel -- 258 Mudkip Water 37 259 Marshtomp Water Ground 42 260 Swampert Water Ground 46 269 Dustox Bug Poison 17 279 Pelipper Water Flying 25 304 Aron Steel Rock 34 305 Lairon Steel Rock 37 306 Aggron Steel Rock 37 313 Volbeat Bug 29 324 Torkoal Fire 27 341 Corphish Water 23RSE 341 Corphish Water 22FRLG 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 23RSE 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 22FRLG 347 Anorith Rock Bug 31 348 Armaldo Rock Bug 31 361 Snorunt Ice 25 362 Glalie Ice 25 372 Shelgon Dragon 30 373 Salamence Dragon Flying 30 381 Latios Dragon Psychic 25 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM17

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Protect.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 22 008 Wartortle Water 24 009 Blastoise Water 24 090 Shellder Water 16 091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 098 Krabby Water 29 099 Kingler Water 32 138 Omanyte Rock Water 34 139 Omastar Rock Water 34 204 Pineco Bug -- 205 Forretress Bug Steel -- 258 Mudkip Water 37 259 Marshtomp Water Ground 42 260 Swampert Water Ground 46 269 Dustox Bug Poison 17 279 Pelipper Water Flying 25 304 Aron Steel Rock 32 305 Lairon Steel Rock 34 306 Aggron Steel Rock 34 313 Volbeat Bug 29 324 Torkoal Fire 36 341 Corphish Water 23 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 23 347 Anorith Rock Bug 25 348 Armaldo Rock Bug 25 361 Snorunt Ice 22 362 Glalie Ice 22 372 Shelgon Dragon 30 373 Salamence Dragon Flying 30 381 Latios Dragon Psychic 25 410 Shieldon Rock Steel -- 411 Bastiodon Rock Steel -- 412 Burmy Plant Cloak Bug -- 412 Burmy Sandy Cloak Bug -- 412 Burmy Trash Cloak Bug -- 413 Wormadam Plant Cloak Bug Grass 10 413 Wormadam Sandy Cloak Bug Ground 10 413 Wormadam Trash Cloak Bug Steel 10 414 Mothim Bug 10 475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 50 481 Mesprit Psychic 16 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM17

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Protect, except Regigigas.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Pokémon is protected from all attacks for a set amount of turns. Protect ends on the user's turn.

In the anime

Elekid	Ludicolo	Marshtomp	Palkia
The Pokémon blocks any attacks that hit it with a sphere.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Gyarados	Gyarados's eyes glow red. Then, Gyarados releases small shockwaves that can block an attack.
Misty's Gyarados	Cerulean Blues		Debut
Poliwag	Poliwag becomes outlined in blue and it can stop attacks.
A Poliwag Max borrowed from the Pokémon Trainer's School	Gonna Rule the School!		None
Ludicolo	Two yellow discs are created in front of the palms of its hands, which block any attacks that hit it.
Poncho's Ludicolo	Go Go Ludicolo		None
Marshtomp	A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.
Brock's Marshtomp	What I Did for Love!		None
Snorlax	Snorlax's body gets tense, and then flashes white. A green sphere then surrounds Snorlax, blocking any attacks that hit it.
Ash's Snorlax	Wheel of Frontier		None
Swampert	A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.
Dome Ace Tucker's Swampert	Tactic Theatrics!		None
Elekid	Same as above.
Paul's Elekid	When Pokémon Worlds Collide!		None
Electabuzz	Same as above.
Paul's Electabuzz	A Pyramiding Rage!		None
Electivire	Same as above.
Gary's Electivire	Home is Where the Start Is		None
Burmy	Same as above.
Cheryl's Burmy	Some Enchanted Sweetning		None
Slowking	Same as above.
Conway's Slowking	Tag! We're It...!		None
Magmar	Same as above.
unnamed Trainer's Magmar	Tag! We're It...!		None
Glalie	Same as above.
Hunter's Glalie	The Drifting Snorunt		None
Dialga	A blue sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.
Dialga	The Rise of Darkrai		None
Palkia	A pink sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.
Palkia	The Rise of Darkrai		None
Lucario	A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.
Riley's Lucario	Saving the World From Ruins!		None
Cherubi	Same as above.
Marilyn's Cherubi	Battling a Cute Drama!		None
Golbat	Same as above.
Team Galactic Grunts' Golbat	DP136		None
Shuckle	Same as above.
Coordinator's Shuckle	DP146		None

In other languages

• Italian: Protezione.
• French: Abri.
• Spanish: Protección.
• German: Schutzschild.
• Dutch: Bescherming

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