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  Cute Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends.

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.

If powered up by a Grassium Z into Z-Cotton Guard, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, drastically raising the user's Defense stat. XYORAS SM The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user's Defense stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0179		Mareep		Monster	Field	32BW 36B2W2	36	36
0180		Flaaffy		Monster	Field	36BW 43B2W2	43	43
0181		Ampharos		Monster	Field	40BW 46B2W2	46	46
0333		Swablu		Flying	Dragon	40BW 39B2W2	39XY 34ORAS	34
0334		Altaria		Flying	Dragon	46BW 42B2W2	42XY 34ORAS	34
0546		Cottonee		Grass	Fairy	37	37	37
0556		Maractus		Grass		Grass	55	1, 55	1, 55
0676		Furfrou		Field		Field		48	48
0684		Swirlix		Fairy		Fairy		41	41
0685		Slurpuff		Fairy		Fairy		41	41
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		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0187		Hoppip		Fairy	Grass	✔	✔	✔
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		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0354		Banette		Amorphous		Amorphous	Global Link
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 the anime

Furfrou Cottonee Jumpluff Slurpuff
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
	Jumpluff's body glows white, and puffs of cotton appear in around it. The puffs of cotton then disappear in a puff of smoke, and Jumpluff glows blue, raising its defense.
Ramos's Jumpluff	The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!		None
	Furfrou's body glows white, and puffs of cotton appear in around it. The puffs of cotton then disappear in a puff of smoke, and Furfrou glows blue, raising its defense.
Everett's Furfrou	A League of His Own!		None
	Slurpuff's body shines a bright white color and then multiple white balls of cotton form and surround Slurpuff's body and then they disappear in a puff of smoke. Slurpuff's body then has rows of light blue and blue light aura rising from the bottom to the top of its body and then it disappears, raising its defense.
Sawyer's Slurpuff	A Riveting Rivalry!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Maractus
The user protects itself with a flurry of cotton balls.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Maractus speard its arms wide open, forming a wall of cotton balls in between them and protecting it from attacks.
A Team Plasma Grunt's Maractus	Sandstorm		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Cotton Guard is the only Grass-type Cute move.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 棉花防禦 Miánhuā Fángyù Dutch Wattenschild French Cotogarde German Watteschild Indonesian Perisai Kapas Italian Cotonscudo Korean 코튼가드 Cotton Guard Polish Bawełniana Obrona Portuguese Brazil Defesa de Algodão Proteção de Algodão (TCG and manga) Portugal Proteção de Algodão Spanish Latin America Guardia Algodón Spain Rizo Algodón Turkish Pamuk Koruma

Variations of the move Tail Glow
Tail Glow • Cotton Guard

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.