Friend Guard (Ability): Difference between revisions

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
0035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
0039		Jigglypuff	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	None	Friend Guard
0173		Cleffa	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
0174		Igglybuff	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	None	Friend Guard
0440		Happiny	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	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

• 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.
• Happiny is the only Pokémon with this Ability that doesn't have an evolution that can also have this 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.