Quick Guard (move)

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Quick Guard ファストガード Fast Guard

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +3 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Your Party: Affects the user and all allies

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  0   Works great if the user goes first this turn.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Quick Guard (Japanese: ファストガード Fast Guard) is a non-damaging Fighting-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Generation V

Quick Guard protects all Pokémon on the user's side of the field from moves that have increased priority during that turn, such as Quick Attack or Aqua Jet. It does not block moves that have been given an increased priority through Prankster that would not usually have one.

Using Quick Guard, Wide Guard, Detect, Protect, or Endure consecutively decreases the chance of success by 50% for each successful use.

This move has +3 priority, so it will be executed before most other moves.

Feint and Shadow Force lift the effect of Quick Guard when successfully used on an opponent's team, and Feint hits despite being an increased priority move. When used on an ally, Feint is blocked by Quick Guard.

Generation VI

Quick Guard will now block moves given an increased priority through Prankster and Gale Wings. However, even if given priority by these Abilities, Quick Guard cannot block any moves that would normally bypass Protect, Detect and Spiky Shield, such as Confide and Transform.

Quick Guard can now be used consecutively without failing, although it still decreases the chance of success for Protect, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, and Spiky Shield.

Hyperspace Fury and Phantom Force will lift the effect of Quick Guard from the target's team when used successfully. Feint and Shadow Force now lift the effect of Quick Guard from all allies, if they hit an ally.

Mystery Dungeon

In Gates to Infinity, Quick Guard protects the user from moves that are used from more than one space away until the end of their next move.

Description

Games Description The user protects itself and its allies from priority moves. If used in succession, its chance of failing rises. The user protects itself and its allies from priority moves.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying				43
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying				51
107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		Fighting	31			31
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic	Fairy	--			--
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying				51
237		Hitmontop	Fighting		Fighting	46			46
252		Treecko	Grass		Grass				41
253		Grovyle	Grass		Grass				53
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass				57
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying				25
277		Swellow	Normal	Flying				27
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel	33			33
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting				11
539		Sawk	Fighting		Fighting	45			45
566		Archen	Rock	Flying	25			25
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying	25			25
589		Escavalier	Bug	Steel	--, 8			--, 8
619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting	45			45
638		Cobalion	Steel	Fighting	55			--, 55
639		Terrakion	Rock	Fighting	55			--, 55
640		Virizion	Grass	Fighting	55			--, 55
647		Keldeo	Water	Fighting	55			55
678		Meowstic	Psychic		Psychic				--, 53 ♂
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic
335		Zangoose	Normal		Normal
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel
650		Chespin	Grass		Grass
661		Fletchling	Normal	Flying
674		Pancham	Fighting		Fighting
701		Hawlucha	Fighting	Flying
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Mienfoo
The user protects itself and its allies from moves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Mienfoo jumps into the air and puts its hands together in front of it with its palms touching. Its body then becomes outlined in a red outline, then it puts its arms forward. A pulsating bright red energy shield appear in front of Mienfoo's hands and goes around itself and others, protecting them from attacks. While the barrier is up, Mienfoo floats in the air.
Cliff's Mienfoo	The Beartic Mountain Feud!		Debut

• In Evolution Exchange Excitement!, Bianca's Escavalier was revealed to know Quick Guard. However, it has never been shown using the move.

Trivia

• Quick Guard is the only Fighting-type status move introduced in Generation V.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 先制防禦 Xiānzhì Fángyù Dutch Snelschild French Prévention German Rapidschutz Italian Anticipo Korean 퍼스트가드 Fast Guard Polish Szybka Obrona Brazilian Portuguese Defesa Rápida Spanish Latin America Defensa Rápida Spain Anticipo

Variations of the move Quick Guard
Quick Guard • Wide Guard • Crafty Shield

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