Protect (move)

Protect まもる Protect

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

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM17 in Generation II TM17 in Generation III TM17 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Can avoid being startled by others.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Protect is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

Protects the user from all effects of moves that target it during the turn it is used, including damage. This does not include damage afflicted by weather conditions it is susceptible to, or damage from status ailment that it obtained on a previous turn.

Generation IV

Protect cannot always prevent the effects of attacks if the user of the attack that is being used to attack the Pokémon using Protect has the No Guard ability, nor can it always protect against those using Thunder while it is raining or Blizzard while it is hailing. In the latter two cases, the moves have a 30% chance of hitting through Protect, whereas with No Guard, the moves have (100 - move accuracy) as their chance to hit. Furthermore, Protect will always be broken by the moves Feint and Shadow Force.

In the anime

• Protect Anime.jpg

  Poncho's Ludicolo using Protect.

• Paul'sElekid Protect.jpg

  Paul's Elekid using Protect.

• Burmy Protect.JPG

  Cheryl's Burmy using Protect.

Pokémon

Ludicolo. The two yellow discs are created in front of the palms of its hands, which block any attacks that hit it.

• Used by Poncho's Ludicolo in Go Go Ludicolo to protect itself from BubbleBeam. Debut

Elekid/Electivire. A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.

• Used by Gary's Electivire in Home is Where the Start Is and Paul's Elekid in When Pokémon Worlds Collide to deflect Pikachu's attack.

Burmy. A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.

• Used by Cheryl's Burmy in DP030 to protect against Chansey's DoubleSlap as a wild Pokémon and Wobbuffet's Counter in training.

Slowking. A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.

• Used by Conway's Slowking in Tag We're It!.

Magmar. A green sphere surrounds the Pokémon, blocking any attacks that hit it.

• Used by an unnamed Trainer's Magmar in Tag, We're It!.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

• Squirtle at Lv.28
• Wartortle at Lv.31
• Blastoise at Lv.31
• Shellder at Lv.25
• Cloyster at Lv.--
• Krabby at Lv.34
• Kingler at Lv.38
• Omanyte at Lv.37
• Omastar at Lv.37
• Pineco at Lv.--
• Forretress at Lv.--

By TM17

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II can learn Protect.

Generation III

By leveling up

• Squirtle at Lv.28
• Wartortle at Lv.31
• Blastoise at Lv.31
• Shellder at Lv.25 (R/S/E)
• Shellder at Lv.29 (FR/LG)
• Cloyster at Lv.--
• Krabby at Lv.41 (R/S/E)
• Krabby at Lv.38 (FR/LG)
• Kingler at Lv.49 (R/S/E)
• Kingler at Lv.42 (FR/LG)
• Omanyte at Lv.37
• Omastar at Lv.37
• Pineco at Lv.--
• Forretress at Lv.--
• Mudkip at Lv.37
• Marshtomp at Lv.42
• Swampert at Lv.46
• Dustox at Lv.17
• Pelipper at Lv.25
• Aron at Lv.34
• Lairon at Lv.37
• Aggron at Lv.37
• Volbeat at Lv.29
• Torkoal at Lv.27
• Corphish at Lv.23 (R/S/E)
• Corphish at Lv.22 (FR/LG)
• Crawdaunt at Lv.23 (R/S/E)
• Crawdaunt at Lv.22 (FR/LG)
• Anorith at Lv.31
• Armaldo at Lv.31
• Snorunt at Lv.25
• Glalie at Lv.25
• Shelgon at Lv.30
• Salamence at Lv.30
• Latios at Lv.25

By TM17

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Protect.

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Squirtle at Lv.22
• Wartortle at Lv.24
• Blastoise at Lv.24
• Shellder at Lv.16
• Cloyster at Lv.--
• Krabby at Lv.29
• Kingler at Lv.32
• Omanyte at Lv.34
• Omastar at Lv.34
• Pineco at Lv.--
• Forretress at Lv.--
• Mudkip at Lv.37
• Marshtomp at Lv.42
• Swampert at Lv.46
• Dustox at Lv.17
• Pelipper at Lv.25
• Aron at Lv.32
• Lairon at Lv.34
• Aggron at Lv.34
• Volbeat at Lv.29
• Torkoal at Lv.36
• Corphish at Lv.23
• Crawdaunt at Lv.23
• Anorith at Lv.25
• Armaldo at Lv.25
• Snorunt at Lv.22
• Glalie at Lv.22
• Shelgon at Lv.30
• Salamence at Lv.30
• Latios at Lv.25
• Shieldon at Lv.--
• Bastiodon at Lv.--
• Burmy at Lv.--
• Wormadam (Grass) at Lv.10
• Mothim at Lv.10
• Gallade at Lv.50
• Mesprit at Lv.16
• Wormadam (Ground) at Lv.10
• Wormadam (Steel) at Lv.10

By TM17

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Protect, except Regigigas.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Pokémon is protected from all attacks for a set amount of turns. Protect ends on the user's turn.

In other languages

• Italian: Protezione.
• French: Abri.
• Spanish: Protección.
• German: Schutzschild.