Protect (move)
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Protect (Japanese: まもる Protect) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II. It has been TM17 since Generation II.
Effect
Generation II
Protect protects the user from all effects of moves that target it during the turn it is used, including damage.
This does not include damage inflicted by weather it is susceptible to, or damage from a status condition that it obtained on a previous turn (as these are not moves that targeted the user this turn). If the user goes last this turn, the move will fail.
Protect will fail if the user is behind a substitute.
Each time any of Protect, Detect, or Endure is successfully used without other moves used in between, the success rate will halve. In this generation, the success rate is implemented as a single byte over 255 which starts at the maximum of 255 and is floor-divided by 2 each time. This causes the success rate to drop to 0 on its ninth consecutive successful use.[1]
Turn | Success Rate |
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1 | 255 |
2 | 127 |
3 | 63 |
4 | 31 |
5 | 15 |
6 | 7 |
7 | 3 |
8 | 1 |
9 | 0 |
Generation III
Protect can now be used when the user is behind a substitute.
Like in Generation II, the success rates of Protect, Detect, and Endure halve each time any of the three are used successfully and consecutively. In this generation, the halving was intended to cap at a 12.5% success rate on the fourth consecutive successful use, but a bug[citation needed] causes the cap to not work, causing the game to read garbage values and causing Protect's success rate on the fifth and future turns to follow an erratic sequence.[2][3]
The following success rates are accurate to Ruby and Sapphire; from the 53rd turn onward, FireRed and LeafGreen have a different sequence of values, as does Emerald[4]. These numbers represent success rates out of 65536, which means that the move has a 1/65536 chance of missing on the first use.[5]
Turn | Success Rate | Turn | Success Rate | Turn | Success Rate | Turn | Success Rate | Turn | Success Rate |
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1 | 65535 | 17 | 168 | 33 | 89 | 49 | 2000 | 65 | 110 |
2 | 32767 | 18 | 266 | 34 | 56 | 50 | 100 | 66 | 90 |
3 | 16383 | 19 | 289 | 35 | 57 | 51 | 65535 | 67 | 64 |
4 | 8191 | 20 | 270 | 36 | 61 | 52 | 65535 | 68 | 95 |
5 | 118 | 21 | 343 | 37 | 157 | 53 | 22 | 69 | 69 |
6 | 165 | 22 | 271 | 38 | 247 | 54 | 30 | 70 | 99 |
7 | 166 | 23 | 264 | 39 | 129 | 55 | 23 | 71 | 187 |
8 | 102 | 24 | 65535 | 40 | 129 | 56 | 40 | 72 | 1 |
9 | 65534 | 25 | 51201 | 41 | 100 | 57 | 2 | 73 | 3084 |
10 | 68 | 26 | 38404 | 42 | 20 | 58 | 50 | 74 | 2820 |
11 | 243 | 27 | 25609 | 43 | 250 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 2827 |
12 | 182 | 28 | 20496 | 44 | 40 | 60 | 60 | 76 | 1285 |
13 | 197 | 29 | 10272 | 45 | 500 | 61 | 19 | 77 | 0 |
14 | 203 | 30 | 5168 | 46 | 60 | 62 | 70 | ||
15 | 194 | 31 | 78 | 47 | 1000 | 63 | 24 | ||
16 | 214 | 32 | 75 | 48 | 80 | 64 | 80 |
Protect can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if Harden was used in the prior turn.
Generation IV
Protect now properly caps at a minimum success rate of 12.5% on the fourth and future consecutive turns.
In Diamond and Pearl only, if an attack is given perfect accuracy through the effect of a move (Lock-On/Mind Reader), the weather (Thunder in Rain, or Blizzard in Hail), a Micle Berry, or an Ability (No Guard), it has a chance to hit through Protect equal to (100 - move accuracy)%
. OHKO moves are unaffected, and will never hit through Protect. This behavior was reverted in Platinum.
Generation V
Protect's success rate halving now no longer caps at 12.5%. Quick Guard and Wide Guard now also count toward this halving.[6]
Generation VI onwards
Successfully using Protect, Detect, Endure, Wide Guard, Quick Guard, Spiky Shield, or King's Shield consecutively now 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.[7]
If a damaging Z-Move targets a Pokémon that used Protect, the Z-Move will bypass Protect but only do 25% of the original damage. The effects of Protect are not lifted.
If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Protect, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.
Moves that bypass Protect
In addition to damaging Z-Moves, the following moves cannot be stopped by Protect:
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Additionally, Feint, Shadow Force, Phantom Force, Hyperspace Fury, and Hyperspace Hole lift Protect's protection for the rest of the turn.
Moves that target the user, moves that target the user and all allies, moves that target all Pokémon (except Haze, Shadow Shed, and Shadow Half in Generation III), and entry hazard moves cannot be blocked by Protect.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0007 | Monster | Water 1 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | |||||
0008 | Monster | Water 1 | 31 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | |||||
0009 | Monster | Water 1 | 31 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | |||||
0090 | Water 3 | 25 | 25RSE 29FRLG |
16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||||
0091 | |
Water 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
0098 | Water 3 | 34 | 41RSE 39FRLG |
29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | ||||||
0099 | Water 3 | 38 | 49RSE 42FRLG |
29 | 32 | 32 | 32 | ||||||
0138 | |
Water 1 | Water 3 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | ||||
0139 | |
Water 1 | Water 3 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | ||||
0204 | Bug | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0205 | |
Bug | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
0258 | Monster | Water 1 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37XY 28ORAS |
28 | ||||||
0259 | |
Monster | Water 1 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42XY 32ORAS |
32 | |||||
0260 | |
Monster | Water 1 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46XY 32ORAS |
32 | |||||
0269 | |
Bug | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17XY 37ORAS |
37 | ||||||
0279 | |
Water 1 | Flying | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 1, Evo. | |||||
0304 | |
Monster | 34 | 32 | 32BW 29B2W2 |
29XY 16ORAS |
16 | ||||||
0305 | |
Monster | 37 | 34 | 34BW 29B2W2 |
29XY 16ORAS |
16 | ||||||
0306 | |
Monster | 37 | 34 | 34BW 29B2W2 |
29XY 16ORAS |
16 | ||||||
0313 | Bug | Human-Like | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | ||||||
0324 | Field | 27 | 36 | 36 | 1, 36XY 30ORAS |
30 | |||||||
0341 | Water 1 | Water 3 | 23RSE 22FRLG |
23 | 23 | 23XY 17ORAS |
17 | ||||||
0342 | |
Water 1 | Water 3 | 23RSE 22FRLG |
23 | 23 | 23XY 17ORAS |
17 | |||||
0347 | |
Water 3 | 31 | 25 | 25 | 25XY 49ORAS |
49 | ||||||
0348 | |
Water 3 | 31 | 25 | 25 | 25XY 53ORAS |
53 | ||||||
0361 | Fairy | Mineral | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22XY 32ORAS |
32 | ||||||
0362 | Fairy | Mineral | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22XY 32ORAS |
32 | ||||||
0372 | Dragon | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 1, Evo. | |||||||
0373 | |
Dragon | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 1 | ||||||
0381 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25XY 4ORAS |
4 | |||||
0410 | |
Monster | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0411 | |
Monster | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0412 | Bug | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0413 | Wormadam
Plant Cloak |
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Bug | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1, 10 | ||||||
413G | Wormadam
Sandy Cloak |
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Bug | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1, 10 | ||||||
413S | Wormadam
Trash Cloak |
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Bug | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1, 10 | ||||||
0414 | |
Bug | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1, 10 | |||||||
0475 | |
Amorphous | 50 | 53 | 53XY 49ORAS |
49 | |||||||
0481 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||||
0541 | |
Bug | 20 | 20 | 1, Evo. | ||||||||
0543 | |
Bug | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||
0544 | |
Bug | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||
0545 | |
Bug | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||
0562 | Mineral | Amorphous | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0563 | Mineral | Amorphous | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0564 | |
Water 1 | Water 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||
0565 | |
Water 1 | Water 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||
0594 | Water 1 | Water 2 | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||
0616 | Bug | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||||||||
0665 | Bug | 9 | 1, Evo. | ||||||||||
0704 | Dragon | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
0705 | Dragon | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
0706 | Dragon | 9 | 1, 9 | ||||||||||
0776 | |
Monster | Dragon | 9 | |||||||||
0780 | |
Monster | Dragon | 9 | |||||||||
0782 | Dragon | 13 | |||||||||||
0783 | |
Dragon | 1, 13 | ||||||||||
0784 | |
Dragon | 1, 13 | ||||||||||
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. |
By TM
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Machine | |||||||||
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II TM17 |
III TM17 |
IV TM17 |
V TM17 |
VI TM17 |
VII TM17 |
VIII -- |
IX -- | ||||||
All Pokémon who can learn TMs can learn Protect except Unown, Wobbuffet, Wynaut, Kricketot, Regigigas, and Tynamo. | |||||||||||||
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 other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
The user is protected from all attacks for a set amount of turns, which ends on the user's turn. However, items such as toss items can still hit.
Description
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In the anime
In the main series
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In the Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer
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In Pokémon Generations
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In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
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In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga
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In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga
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In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
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In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
- Asuka mentioned that Houndoom used Protect in The Legendary Pokémon and the Village of the Gods (Part Three) but the move wasn't shown.
In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King manga
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In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
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In other generations
Core series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- In Generation II, after the "[Pokémon's name] protected itself!" message appears, there is another message saying that the opponent's move missed. This is caused by Protect's effect internally leading moves with an accuracy check to miss, and was changed Generation III.
In other languages
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References
- ↑ https://github.com/pret/pokecrystal/blob/51bad5a/battle/effects/protect.asm#L54-L61
- ↑ ポケットモンスター情報センター 2号館 (Japanese)
- ↑ 【ポケモン】TASさんがまもるの限界に挑戦してみた【ルビー】 (Japanese)
- ↑ http://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php?topic=6603.0
- ↑ TASさんがまもるの限界に挑戦(裏) (Japanese)
- ↑ Smogon forums
- ↑ https://twitter.com/0x7bdf/status/591858756733931521
External links
Variations of the move Protect | ||
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Generation II TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation II HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 |
Generation III TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation III HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE |
Generation IV TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
Generation IV HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 |
Generation V TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 | |
Generation V HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 |
Generation VI TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 (XY • ORAS) • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100 | |
Generation VI HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06ORAS • 07ORAS |
Generation VII TMs | |
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SMUSUM | |
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