No Guard (Ability)

No Guard (Japanese: ノーガード No Guard) is an ability introduced in Generation IV. Three Pokémon have this ability, all in the same 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 moves such as Fly, Dive, or Dig.

In Diamond and Pearl, a Pokémon with No Guard can successfully hit an opponent's Pokémon that has used Protect or Detect, but only if the attacker uses a move with less than 100% accuracy; the lower the initial accuracy of the move is, the higher the chance of the move breaking through Protect/Detect. Thus, when used against Protect or Detect, moves like Swift and Aerial Ace will always be blocked. OHKO moves are exempted from this behavior; they will always miss. This was a bug, and as such, would not occur in Platinum or HeartGold/SoulSilver.

In a double battle, the effect only applies to the Pokémon with No Guard and any Pokémon targeting it.

Outside of battle

Outside of battle, if the Pokémon with No Guard is leading the party, then No Guard increases the wild Pokémon encounter rate.

Pokémon with No Guard

Single ability

No Pokémon have No Guard as their only ability.

Dual ability

In other languages

• Spanish: Indefenso
• Italian: Nullodifesa
• Portuguese: Sem Proteção