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No Guard (Japanese: ノーガード No Guard) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Machop's evolutionary line.

Effect

In battle

All moves used by or against a Pokémon with this Ability cannot miss. It also allows Pokémon to be hit during the semi-invulnerable turn of Fly, Bounce, Dive, Dig, Shadow Force, Sky Drop, and Phantom Force.

In Diamond and Pearl, a Pokémon with No Guard can successfully hit a Pokémon that has used Protect or Detect, but only if it uses a move with less than 100% accuracy. The lower the initial accuracy of the move, the higher its chance of breaking through Protect or Detect. Thus, when used against Protect or Detect, moves that never miss (such as Swift and Aerial Ace) will always be blocked. One-hit knockout moves are exempted from this behavior and will be protected against. This battle mechanic was a bug, and was fixed in Platinum so that most moves are blocked by Protect and Detect.

Outside of battle

Outside of battle, if a Pokémon with No Guard is in the first place in the party (even if fainted), the wild Pokémon encounter rate increases by 100%. It shares this property with Arena Trap and Illuminate.

Pokémon with No Guard

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
018M	Pidgeot	Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	No Guard	None	None
0066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	No Guard	Steadfast
0067		Machoke	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	No Guard	Steadfast
0068		Machamp	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	No Guard	Steadfast
0588		Karrablast	Bug		Bug	Swarm	Shed Skin	No Guard
0622		Golett	Ground	Ghost	Iron Fist	Klutz	No Guard
0623		Golurk	Ground	Ghost	Iron Fist	Klutz	No Guard
0679		Honedge	Steel	Ghost	No Guard	None	None
0680		Doublade	Steel	Ghost	No Guard	None	None
745Mn	Lycanroc	Lycanroc	Rock		Rock	Keen Eye	Vital Spirit	No 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.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers series, No Guard causes the Pokémon to ignore both harmful and beneficial modifications to accuracy and evasiveness. This prevents the Pokémon's own Concentrator and Clutch Performer IQ skills from working.

Description

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 無防守 Mòuh Fòhngsáu 無防禦 Mòuh Fòhngyuh * Mandarin 無防守 / 无防守 Wú Fángshǒu * 無防禦 Wú Fángyù * French Annule Garde German Schildlos Italian Nullodifesa Korean 노가드 No Guard Portuguese Sem Proteção Spanish Indefenso Turkish Korumasızlık

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