Shields Down (Ability)

Shields Down	リミットシールド
	Limit Shield
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Currently unknown Generation V Currently unknown Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII When its HP becomes half or less, the Pokémon's shell breaks and it becomes aggressive. Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Shields Down (Japanese: リミットシールド Limit Shield) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature Ability of Minior.

Effect

In battle

At the start of battle or at the end of a turn, if Minior's HP is above half, it will change into its Meteor Form. At the end of the turn, if its HP is below half, it will change back to its Core Form.

While in Meteor Form, Minior cannot be afflicted by status conditions or become drowsy due to Yawn. Rest will fail when used by Minior in Meteor Form. If Core Form Minior is switched in while grounded (due to Iron Ball, Gravity, or being Baton Passed Ingrain), it will be poisoned by Toxic Spikes before Shields Down switches it to Meteor Form.

Shields Down cannot be transferred with Skill Swap, copied with Trace or Role Play, changed by Worry Seed or Simple Beam, or suppressed by Gastro Acid. Shields Down can be copied by Transform or Imposter, but it will not activate: the transformed Pokémon will retain the form it copied regardless of its HP and it can be afflicted by status conditions even if it copied a Meteor Form Minior.

Mold Breaker, Turboblaze, and Teravolt have no effect on Shields Down. If a Pokémon with Poison Touch uses Sunsteel Strike on a Minior in Core Form, it will not be poisoned.

If Minior gets a status condition while in Core Form and later changes into Meteor Form, the status condition remains in effect.

Outside of battle

Minior is always in Core Form outside of battle.

Pokémon with Shields Down

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0774		Minior	Rock	Flying	Shields Down	None	None
774R	Minior	Minior	Rock	Flying	Shields Down	None	None
774O	Minior	Minior	Rock	Flying	Shields Down	None	None
774Y	Minior	Minior	Rock	Flying	Shields Down	None	None
774G	Minior	Minior	Rock	Flying	Shields Down	None	None
774B	Minior	Minior	Rock	Flying	Shields Down	None	None
774I	Minior	Minior	Rock	Flying	Shields Down	None	None
774V	Minior	Minior	Rock	Flying	Shields Down	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.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 界限盾殼 Gaaihaahn Téuhnhok Mandarin 界限盾殼 / 界限盾壳 Jièxiàn Dùnké French Bouclier-Carcan German Limitschild Italian Scudosoglia Korean 리밋실드 Limit Shield Russian Опущенные Щиты Spanish Escudo Limitado

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.