Wonder Guard (Ability)

Wonder Guard (Japanese: ふしぎなまもり Mysterious Protection) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. It is the signature Ability of Shedinja.

Effect

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In battle

Wonder Guard makes the user immune to direct damage moves that are not super effective.

It does not affect moves that do not do damage, such as Tail Whip or Poison Powder. It does not prevent any indirect damage, such as from a burn or poison, weather, recoil damage, or entry hazards.

Wonder Guard also does not block typeless moves from hitting. This includes Struggle, and, prior to Generation V, Beat Up, Future Sight, and Doom Desire. In Generation IV only, due to a presumed glitch, Fire Fang can hit through Wonder Guard even if it would not be super effective.

Role Play fails if the target has the Ability Wonder Guard. Skill Swap fails if either Pokémon has Wonder Guard. Wonder Guard cannot be copied by Power of Alchemy or Receiver. Wonder Guard can be bypassed by a Pokémon with Mold Breaker, Teravolt, or Turboblaze.

Outside of battle

Wonder Guard has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Wonder Guard

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost	Wonder Guard	None	None
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.

Pokéstar Studios opponents with Wonder Guard

In the anime

Shedinja
Only super effective moves will hit.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	When an attack that isn't super effective hits Shedinja, it simply bounces off its body. If a move that is super effective hits Shedinja, it is automatically knocked out.
Colonel Hansen's Shedinja	The Princess and the Togepi		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

• In Sneaky Like Shedinja, Greta's Shedinja was mentioned to have Wonder Guard as its Ability.

Trivia

• Prior to Generation VI, it was popular to hack this Ability onto the Dark/Ghost-type Spiritomb ("Wondertomb") and Sableye ("Wondereye"), as their complete lack of weaknesses made them impervious to practically all direct damage. From Generation VI onward, this type combination is now weak to the Fairy type.
  • This immunity was showcased with the Pokéstar Studios opponent Majin, requiring the player to inflict burn or change Majin's Ability or type to defeat it.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 神奇守護 Sàhnkèih Sáuwuh * 奇異守護 Kèihyih Sáuwuh * Mandarin 神奇守護 / 神奇守护 Shénqí Shǒuhù * 奇異守護 Qíyì Shǒuhù * 奇异防守 Qíyì Fángshǒu * French Garde Mystik German Wunderwache Italian Magidifesa Korean 불가사의 부적 Bulgasayi Bujeok Portuguese Defesa Mágica Spanish Superguarda Vietnamese Phòng ngự thần kì

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