Wonder Guard (Ability)

Wonder Guard	ふしぎなまもり
	Mysterious Protection
Flavor text Generation III "Super effective" hits. Generation IV Only supereffective moves will hit. Generation V Only supereffective moves will hit. Generation VI Only supereffective moves will hit. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

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

Wonder Guard only allows super effective moves to hit.

It does not prevent stat-altering moves, such as Tail Whip, from hitting or from lowering the Pokémon's stats. Also, it does not prevent damage from weather conditions or entry hazards. Moves which cause status ailments, such as PoisonPowder, can still be used. In addition, the Pokémon can still be afflicted with status ailments and receive damage from those status ailments. Wonder Guard does not block Struggle from hitting, nor does it block moves whose types do not come into play for damage calculation, such as Beat Up*. In Generation IV, Fire Fang hits even if it is not super-effective, though this was removed in Generation V.

Wonder Guard cannot be Skill Swapped or copied by Role Play, but it can be Traced.

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 Pokémon with Wonder Guard

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0000	Majin	Majin	Dark	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.

In the anime

Shedinja
Only super effective moves will hit.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	When an attack that isn't 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

Trivia

• Prior to Generation VI, it was popular to hack this Ability onto Spiritomb (Wondertomb) and Sableye (Wondereye), as their complete lack of weaknesses made them completely impervious to all direct damage (barring Fire Fang*, typeless damage moves such as Struggle and Future Sight*, and having their ability changed or negated). As of Generation VI, the two are now weak to the new Fairy-type.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 奇異守護 Qíyì Shǒuhù French Garde Mystik German Wunderwache Italian Magidifesa Korean 불가사의 부적 Bulgasayi Bujeok Portuguese Proteção Maravilhosa Spanish Superguarda

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.