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. Generation VI Reduces damage done to allies. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Friend Guard (Japanese: フレンドガード Friend Guard) is an Ability introduced in Generation V. Eight Pokémon can have this Ability. 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
0035		Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
0039		Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
0173		Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
0174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
0440		Happiny	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Friend Guard
0664		Scatterbug	Bug		Bug	Shield Dust	Compound Eyes	Friend Guard
0665		Spewpa	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	Friend Guard
0666		Vivillon	Bug	Flying	Shield Dust	Compound Eyes	Friend Guard
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.

Trivia

• Prior to Generation VI, all Pokémon with this Ability were pink, pre-evolved Normal-type Pokémon who evolve by means other than leveling up normally, such as high friendship or Moon Stone.
• Vivillon is the only fully-evolved Pokémon to have this Ability.

In other languages

Language Title European French Garde Amie German Freundeshut Italian Amicoscudo Korean 프렌드가드 Friend Guard 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.