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.

In the anime

Poncho's Ludicolo using Protect	Brock's Marshtomp using Protect
Paul's Elekid using Protect	Palkia using Protect

Pokémon

Ludicolo. The two yellow discs are created in front of the palms of its hands, which block any attacks that hit it.

• Used by Poncho's Ludicolo in Go Go Ludicolo. Debut

Marshtomp. A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.

• Used by Brock's Marshtomp from ??? to ???.

Snorlax. Snorlax's body gets tense, and then flashes white. A green sphere then surrounds Snorlax, blocking any attacks that hit it.

• Used by Ash's Snorlax in Wheel of Frontier.

Elekid and Electivire. A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.

• Used by Gary's Electivire in Home is Where the Start Is.
• Used by Paul's Elekid in When Pokémon Worlds Collide.

Burmy. A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.

• Used by Cheryl's Burmy in Some Enchanted Sweetening.

Magmar. A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.

• Used by an unnamed Trainer's Magmar in Tag, We're It!.

Glalie. A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.

• Used by an unnamed hunter's Glalie in The Drifting Snorunt.

Palkia. A pink sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.

• Used by Palkia in The Rise of Darkrai.

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	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 other languages

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

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