King's Shield (move)

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King's Shield キングシールド King Shield

File:King's Shield.png

Battles Type  Steel Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +4 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 Self: Affects the user

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  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

King's Shield (Japanese: キングシールド King Shield) is a non-damaging Steel-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is the signature move of Aegislash.

Effect

Generation VI

King's Shield protects the user from any moves except status moves for that turn. Additionally, if King's Shield blocks an attack that would make contact with the user, the attacker's Attack stat drops by 2 stages. If Sucker Punch is used on a Pokémon that has used King's Shield, the move fails and the Pokémon's Attack does not drop.

If selected by an Aegislash with Stance Change while in Blade Forme, it will change to Shield Forme immediately before it would use King's Shield, even if the move fails or is not executed due to an effect such as a status condition or confusion. Stance Change does not change the user's Forme if King's Shield is called by another move, such as Sleep Talk.

Using Protect, Detect, Endure, Spiky Shield, King's Shield, Wide Guard, or Quick Guard consecutively divides the chance of success of Protect, Detect, Endure, Spiky Shield, and King's Shield by 3 for each consecutive use, with a minimum (1/3)^6 (1/729 or ~0.1%) chance.

King's Shield can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if any of the moves Encore, Taunt or Torment was used in the prior turn.

Generation VII

King's Shield now causes the Attack stat to drop even if the user of King's Shield was immune to that contact move.

If Aegislash attempts to use King's Shield but cannot execute it due to an effect such as a status condition or confusion, Stance Change does not activate.

If powered up by a Steelium Z into Z-King's Shield, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Moves that bypass King's Shield

In addition to damaging Z-Moves, King's Shield is unable to defend against status moves or any of the following moves:

Move Type Cat. Doom Desire  Steel  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Feint  Normal  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Future Sight  Psychic  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Hyperspace Fury  Dark  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Hyperspace Hole  Psychic  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Phantom Force  Ghost  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Shadow Force  Ghost  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}

The users of these moves do not get an Attack drop. Additionally, Feint, Phantom Force, Shadow Force, Hyperspace Fury, and Hyperspace Hole lift King's Shield's protection for the rest of the turn.

Description

Games Description XYORAS SM The user takes a defensive stance while it protects itself from damage. It also harshly lowers the Attack stat of any attacker who makes direct contact.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0681		Aegislash		Mineral		Mineral	1	1
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

Aegislash
The user takes a defensive stance while it protects itself from damage. If an attacker makes direct contact with the user, the attacker's Attack is lowered.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Aegislash swirls around while in Blade Form and then turns into Shield Form. Light blue hexagonal shapes then appear one by one in front of Aegislash until they form a shield, blocking itself from attacks. If the opponent makes direct contact with the shield, they glow blue, lowering their Attack.
Sawyer's Aegislash	Valuable Experience for All!		Debut
A wild Aegislash	Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Aegislash
The user takes a defensive stance while it protects itself from damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Aegislash switches to its Shield Forme, using its shield to protect itself from attacks.
Celosia's Aegislash	Lucky Lucario Was Here		Debut

Trivia

• King's Shield is the only Steel-type move introduced in Generation VI.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 王者盾牌 Wòhngjé Téuhnpàaih Mandarin 王者盾牌 Wángzhě Dùnpái Dutch Koningsschild French Bouclier Royal German Königsschild Italian Scudo Reale Korean 킹실드 King Shield Polish Tarcza króla Portuguese Brazil Escudo do Rei Portugal Escudo Real Spanish Escudo Real

References

Variations of the move Protect
Protect • Detect • King's Shield • Spiky Shield • Baneful Bunker • Obstruct • Silk Trap • Burning Bulwark

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