Max Guard (move)

Max Guard ダイウォール Dai Wall

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  — (max. —) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +4 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VIII Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII Generation IX

Max Guard (Japanese: ダイウォール Dai Wall) is a non-damaging Normal-type Max Move introduced in Generation VIII.

Effect

Max Guard protects the user from moves for the rest of the turn. Unlike other protection moves, it fully protects the user from Max Moves. It can also guard the user against Phantom Force, Transform, and Psych Up.

Max Guard does not protect the user against Feint, but will still protect the user from subsequent attacks. It also does not block Role Play, Perish Song, or Decorate.

All of a Pokémon's status moves, regardless of type, will convert to Max Guard upon Dynamaxing.

The chance of the move failing after subsequent uses is the same one as its non-Max Move counterpart, meaning that using moves like Protect or Detect immediately after using Max Guard have the same chance to fail.

Description

Games Description SwSh This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.

Learnset

Any Dynamax Pokémon can use Max Guard if it knows a status move.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 極巨防壁 Gihkgeuih Fòhngbīk Mandarin 極巨防壁 / 极巨防壁 Jíjù Fángbì French Gardomax German Dyna-Wall Italian Dynabarriera Korean 다이월 Dai Wall Spanish Maxibarrera

Max Moves
Max Strike • Max Knuckle • Max Airstream • Max Ooze • Max Quake Max Rockfall • Max Flutterby • Max Phantasm • Max Steelspike Max Flare • Max Geyser • Max Overgrowth • Max Lightning • Max Mindstorm Max Hailstorm • Max Wyrmwind • Max Darkness • Max Starfall • Max Guard Exclusive to Pokémon GO: Max Spirit
G-Max Moves
G-Max Vine Lash • G-Max Wildfire • G-Max Cannonade • G-Max Befuddle G-Max Volt Crash • G-Max Gold Rush • G-Max Chi Strike • G-Max Terror G-Max Foam Burst • G-Max Resonance • G-Max Cuddle • G-Max Replenish G-Max Malodor • G-Max Meltdown • G-Max Drum Solo • G-Max Fireball G-Max Hydrosnipe • G-Max Wind Rage • G-Max Gravitas • G-Max Stonesurge G-Max Volcalith • G-Max Tartness • G-Max Sweetness • G-Max Sandblast G-Max Stun Shock • G-Max Centiferno • G-Max Smite • G-Max Snooze • G-Max Finale G-Max Steelsurge • G-Max Depletion • G-Max One Blow • G-Max Rapid Flow

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