Spiky Shield (move)

Spiky Shield ニードルガード Needle Guard

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Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +4 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 VI 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 VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Spiky Shield (Japanese: ニードルガード Needle Guard) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation VI. Along with Mystical Fire and Water Shuriken, it is the respective signature move of the final evolution of Kalos starter Pokémon where it belongs to Chesnaught.

Effect

Spiky Shield protects the user from all effects of moves that target uses during the turn it is used, including damage. (This does not include damage afflicted by weather conditions it is susceptible to, or damage from a status ailment that it obtained on a previous turn.) Additionally, if Spiky Shield blocks an attack that would make contact with the user, the attacker suffers damage equal to 1/8 of its maximum HP. However, if an attack is blocked by Spiky Shield, the effects of the Rocky Helmet, Rough Skin, and Iron Barbs will not be able to activate. If Sucker Punch is used on a Pokémon that has used Spiky Shield, the move fails and the Pokémon does not take damage.

Using Spiky Shield, Protect, Detect, Endure, or King's Shield consecutively decreases the chance of success to 30%. This is an increased priority move, and therefore will always go before attacks during the turn.

Spiky Shield is unable to defend against any of the following moves:

Move Type Cat. Acupressure  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Curse  Ghost  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Doom Desire  Steel  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Feint  Normal  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Future Sight  Psychic  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Imprison  Psychic  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Perish Song  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Phantom Force  Ghost  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Psych Up  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Role Play  Psychic  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Shadow Force  Ghost  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Transform  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}

Additionally, Feint, Phantom Force, and Shadow Force lift Spiky Shield's protection for the rest of the turn.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
652		Chesnaught	Grass	Fighting	36, 75
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.

In other languages

Language Title French Pico-Défense German Schutzstacheln Italian Agodifesa Korean 니들가드 Needle Guard Brazilian Portuguese Escudo Espinhoso Spanish Barrera Espinosa

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