Mat Block (move)

Mat Block たたみがえし Tatami Flip

Battles Type  Fighting 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 Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Your Party: Affects the user and all allies

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

Mat Block (Japanese: たたみがえし Tatami Flip) is a non-damaging Fighting-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is one of the signature moves of Greninja, the other being Water Shuriken.

Effect

Mat Block protects all Pokémon on the user's side of the field from any moves except status moves for that turn. Unlike Protect, this move is not an increased priority move. Similar to Fake Out, Mat Block will only work if used on the first turn after the Pokémon enters the field; the Pokémon must be switched out and back in to be able to use Mat Block again.

Shadow Force and Phantom Force will hit regardless and lift the effect of Mat Block from the target's team when successfully used.

If the Pokémon has the Protean Ability, it will only change to Fighting-type if Mat Block succeeds.

Description

Games Description Using a pulled-up mat as a shield, the user protects itself and its allies from damaging moves. This does not stop status moves.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
658		Greninja	Water	Dark	--
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.

Trivia

• This move is a reference to a trick that has been used by ninjas, which involves flipping a tatami (a type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional Japanese-style rooms) to block incoming projectile attacks.
• In Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Mat Block is used as part of Greninja's Final Smash, Mysterious Ninja. Any Smasher that gets hit by Mat Block will get the full brunt of the Final Smash.

In other languages

Language Title French Tatamigaeshi German Tatami-Schild Italian Ribaltappeto Korean 마룻바닥세워막기 Marutbadaksewomaggi Spanish Escudo Tatami

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.