Wonder Guard (Ability)

Wonder Guard	ふしぎなまもり
	Mysterious Protection
Flavor text Generation III "Super effective" hits.RSEFRLG Supereffective hits.ColoXD Generation IV Only supereffective moves will hit. Generation V Only supereffective moves will hit. Generation VI Only supereffective moves will hit. Generation VII Its mysterious power only lets supereffective moves hit the Pokémon. Generation VIII Its mysterious power only lets supereffective moves hit the Pokémon. Generation IX Its mysterious power only lets supereffective moves hit the Pokémon.

Wonder Guard (Japanese: ふしぎなまもり Mysterious Protection) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. It is the signature Ability of Shedinja.

Effect

In battle

	This Ability effect may be in need of research. Reason: Does the type-effectiveness negating effect of the strong winds make a move unable to hit through Wonder Guard if a Flying-type has the Ability? What happens if Shadow moves are involved? You can discuss this on the talk page.

A Pokémon with Wonder Guard is immune against damaging moves that are not super effective.

This also applies to damaging moves that do not increase their damage based on type effectiveness, such as those that deal fixed damage, counterattack moves, and one-hit knockout moves. For example, a Shedinja (Bug/Ghost) with Wonder Guard is immune to Metal Burst (Steel-type), Psywave (Psychic-type), and Fissure (Ground-type), but not Night Shade (Ghost-type).

A typeless Pokémon with Wonder Guard (such as a pure Fire-type that used Burn Up) is immune against damaging moves of all types.

Wonder Guard does not protect against status moves (for instance, Tail Whip or Poison Powder) or against Struggle, and it does not prevent indirect damage such as from burn, poison, confusion, weather, recoil or entry hazards.

Wonder Guard can be bypassed by a move that ignores Abilities (such as Sunsteel Strike), or by a move used by a Pokémon with an Ability that ignores Abilities (such as Mold Breaker).

Role Play fails if the target has the Ability Wonder Guard. Skill Swap fails if either Pokémon has Wonder Guard. Wonder Guard cannot be copied by Power of Alchemy or Receiver. Wandering Spirit will not swap Abilities with Wonder Guard.

Generation III

Beat Up, Future Sight and Doom Desire bypass Wonder Guard, as those moves deal typeless damage prior to Generation V.

Generation IV

Due to a glitch, Fire Fang is able to hit through Wonder Guard, even if the target does not have a weakness to Fire-type moves.

Generation V onwards

Fire Fang, Beat Up, Future Sight and Doom Desire no longer bypass Wonder Guard.

Outside of battle

Wonder Guard has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Wonder Guard

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost	Wonder Guard	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.

Pokéstar Studios opponents with Wonder Guard

Majin  Dark  Ghost  Wonder Guard HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 100 100 100 100 100 100

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Wonder Guard makes the Pokémon immune to damaging moves with a type which are not super effective. It does not prevent any indirect damage, such as from burn, weather and recoil. It also does not protect the Pokémon against other typeless damage such as from traps, throwing items, or wands. Damage taken from regular attacks is reduced to 1.

Description

Games Description MDRB Only super-effective moves can inflict damage. MDTD* Protects the Pokémon from all damaging moves but super-effective ones. MDTD* Protects the Pokémon from all Move damage except when super-effective. MDS Protects the Pokémon from all move damage except when super effective. BSL こうかがばつぐんの わざしか ダメージを うけない MDGtI Unavailable SMD The Pokémon takes no damage from attacks or moves that are not super effective. But it takes damage from weather and traps! MDRTDX The Pokémon takes no damage from attacks or moves that are not super effective–but it takes damage from other things, such as weather and traps.

In the anime

Shedinja
The Pokémon is immune to all moves that it's not weak against.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	When an attack that is not super effective hits Shedinja, it simply bounces off its body. If a move that is super effective hits Shedinja, it is automatically knocked out.
Colonel Hansen's Shedinja	The Princess and the Togepi		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• In Sneaky Like Shedinja, Greta's Shedinja was mentioned to have Wonder Guard as its Ability.
• Crystal's Shedinja is revealed to have Wonder Guard as its Ability.

Trivia

• Prior to the introduction of the Fairy-type in Generation VI, the type combination of Dark/Ghost had no weaknesses. When combined with Wonder Guard, this prevents all direct damage.
  • This characteristic was showcased in-game with the Pokéstar Studios opponent Majin, requiring the player to deal indirect damage or change Majin's Ability or type to defeat it.
• If a pure Electric-type or a Poison/Dark-type Pokémon has Wonder Guard (e.g. Shedinja using Reflect Type or Entrainment via Mimic on a pure Electric-type or a Poison/Dark-type Pokémon) and holds an Air Balloon, it becomes immune to all 18 types. However, these combinations can be hit by Ground-type moves during Gravity, as well as Thousand Arrows.
  • This can be also done by having a pure Fire-type Pokémon use Burn Up if it acquires Wonder Guard (by Shedinja using Entrainment via Mimic on that Pokémon), with the added trait of removing the weaknesses against Gravity and Thousand Arrows.
• Wonder Guard is the only thing that can make a Pokémon immune to Flying, Rock, Bug, Steel, Ice, Dark, Fairy, or Stellar-type moves, although it is unavailable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet where Stellar-type moves exist.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 神奇守護 Sàhnkèih Sáuwuh * 奇異守護 Kèihyih Sáuwuh * Mandarin 神奇守護 / 神奇守护 Shénqí Shǒuhù * 奇異守護 Qíyì Shǒuhù * 奇异防守 Qíyì Fángshǒu * French Garde Mystik German Wunderwache Italian Magidifesa Korean 불가사의 부적 Bulgasayi Bujeok Portuguese Brazil Defesa Misteriosa (manga) Defesa Mágica Portugal Defesa Mágica Spanish Superguarda Vietnamese Phòng ngự thần kì

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