Flower Shield (move)

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Flower Shield フラワーガード Flower Guard

Battles Type  Fairy 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 All: Affects all Pokémon on the field

Availability Introduced  Generation VI Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beautiful Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Beautiful Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful 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

Flower Shield (Japanese: フラワーガード Flower Guard) is a non-damaging Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Flower Shield raises the Defense stat of all Grass-type Pokémon on the field that are not in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move by one stage. Flower Shield fails if there are no eligible Grass-type Pokémon.

If powered up by a Fairium Z into Z-Flower Shield, the user's Defense stat raises one stage.

Description

Games Description XYORAS SMUSUM The user raises the Defense stat of all Grass-type Pokémon in battle with a mysterious power.

Learnset

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0192		Sunflora		Grass		Grass	1	1
0671		Florges		Fairy		Fairy	1	1
0764		Comfey		Grass		Grass		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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0420		Cherubi		Fairy	Grass	✔	✔
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

Description

Games Description SMD It boosts the Defense of your party's Grass-type Pokémon.* It boosts the Defense of Grass-type Pokémon among you and your teammates in the same room. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.*

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 鮮花防守 Sīnfā Fòhngsáu Mandarin 鮮花防守 / 鲜花防守 Xiānhuā Fángshǒu French Garde Florale German Floraschutz Italian Fiordifesa Korean 플라워가드 Flower Guard Brazilian Portuguese Escudo Florido Spanish Defensa Floral

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