Cotton Guard (move)

Cotton Guard コットンガード Cotton Guard

Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation V 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 V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Cotton Guard (Japanese: コットンガード Cotton Guard) is a non-damaging Grass-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Cotton Guard raises the user's Defense stat by three stages.

Description

Games Description The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, drastically raising the user's Defense stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
179		Mareep	Electric		Electric	32	36	'
180		Flaaffy	Electric		Electric	36	43	'
181		Ampharos	Electric		Electric	40	46	'
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	40	39	'
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	46	42	'
546		Cottonee	Grass		Grass	37			'
556		Maractus	Grass		Grass	55			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0354 Banette Ghost Global Link Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Cottonee
The user protects itself with a flurry of cotton balls.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	The cotton on the lower half of Cottonee's body puffs up and forms more cotton in front of it, creating a wall of cotton on the front of its body to protect itself against attacks, or Cottonee pulls its body up a little bit and the cotton on its lower body puffs up and then comes out of its body, forming an orb of soft white cotton around it and protecting it from attacks.
A wild Cottonee	Cottonee in Love!		Debut

Trivia

• Maractus is the only Pokémon who learns this move that isn't and may not be associated—originally or eventually—with having fluff on or inside its body.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 棉花防禦 Miánhuā Fángyù Dutch Wattenschild French Cotogarde German Watteschild Greek Βαμβακοφρουρά Italian Cotonscudo Korean 코튼가드 Cotton Guard Brazilian Portuguese Defesa de Algodão Spanish Latin America Guardia Algodón Spain Rizo Algodón

Variations of the move Tail Glow
Tail Glow • Cotton Guard

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