Wide Guard (move)

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Wide Guard
ワイドガード Wide Guard
Type  Rock
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  +3
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • 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 V
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1 ♥
Jamming  0  
Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends.

Wide Guard (Japanese: ワイドガード Wide Guard) is a non-damaging Rock-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Generation V

Wide Guard protects all Pokémon on the user's side of the field for the rest of that turn from damaging moves that can target multiple Pokémon, even those used by an ally that strike all Pokémon on the field (such as Earthquake and Surf). Wide Guard will block these moves even in Single Battles. Wide Guard cannot block status moves that target multiple Pokémon, such as Dark Void and Teeter Dance.

Using Wide Guard, Quick Guard, Detect, Protect, or Endure consecutively decreases the chance of success by 50% for each successful use.

This move has +3 priority, so will be executed before most other moves.

Feint and Shadow Force lift the effect of Wide Guard when successfully used on an opponent's team.

Generation VI

Wide Guard can now be used consecutively without failing, although it still decreases the chance of success for Protect, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, and Spiky Shield.

Hyperspace Fury, Hyperspace Hole, and Phantom Force will lift the effect of Wide Guard from the target's team when used successfully. Feint and Shadow Force now lift the effect of Wide Guard from all allies, if they hit an ally.

Generation VII

Wide Guard will now also protect against status moves that can target multiple Pokémon, such as Dark Void or Teeter Dance.

If a damaging Z-Move that targets multiple Pokémon targets a Pokémon protected by Wide Guard, the Z-Move will bypass Wide Guard but only do 25% of the original damage (Wide Guard remains in effect). Due to an oversight, in version 1.0 of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Wide Guard reduces the damage of all damaging Z-Moves, rather than just damaging Z-Moves that target multiple Pokémon; this was fixed in version 1.1 of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. (There are no damaging Z-Moves that target multiple Pokémon in Pokémon Sun and Moon.)

If powered up by a Rockium Z into Z-Wide Guard, the user's Defense stat rises by one stage.

Generation VIII

Wide Guard cannot protect from Dragon Darts.

Description

Games Description
BWB2W2 The user and its allies are protected from wide-ranging attacks for one turn. If used in succession, its chances of failing rises.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwShBDSPLA 		The user and its allies are protected from wide-ranging attacks for one turn.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0068 Machamp Human-Like Human-Like 1 1 1 1SwShBDSP
0099 Kingler Water 3 Water 3 1 1 1 1
0106 Hitmonlee Human-Like Human-Like 41 41 41 21
0122 Mr. Mime
Human-Like Human-Like 1 1 1 1SwShBDSP
0226 Mantine
Water 1 Water 1 23B2W2 23 23 16SwShBDSP
0237 Hitmontop Human-Like Human-Like 46 46 46 21
0458 Mantyke
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 23B2W2 23 23 16SwShBDSP
0475 Gallade
Human-Like Amorphous 23ORAS 23 56SwShBDSP
0476 Probopass
Mineral Mineral 1ORAS 1 1BDSP
0486 Regigigas No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 40 40 40 48SwShBDSP
0538 Throh Human-Like Human-Like 45 45 37 15
0564 Tirtouga
Water 1 Water 3 25 25 25 18
0565 Carracosta
Water 1 Water 3 25 25 25 18
0594 Alomomola Water 1 Water 2 53 1, 53 1, 61
0620 Mienshao Field Human-Like 45 45 45 20
0713 Avalugg Monster Mineral 1USUM 1
0747 Mareanie
Water 1 Water 1 17 5
0748 Toxapex
Water 1 Water 1 17 1
0752 Araquanid
Water 1 Bug 1 1
0791 Solgaleo
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 67 77
0792 Lunala
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 67 77
0797 Celesteela
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 1 10
0799 Guzzlord
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 1 25
0805 Stakataka
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 53USUM 30
0873 Frosmoth
Bug Bug 48
0874 Stonjourner Mineral Mineral 48
0889 Zamazenta No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 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
0046 Paras
Bug Grass ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP
0074 Geodude
Mineral Mineral ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP
074A Geodude
Geodude
Alolan Form
Mineral Mineral ✔
0095 Onix
Mineral Mineral ✔USUM ✔
0142 Aerodactyl
Flying Flying ✔ ✔ ✔
0226 Mantine
Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP
0258 Mudkip Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0278 Wingull
Water 1 Flying ✔ ✔ ✔
0296 Makuhita Human-Like Human-Like ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP
0299 Nosepass Mineral Mineral ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP
0387 Turtwig Monster Grass ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP
0410 Shieldon
Monster Monster ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP
0458 Mantyke
Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP
0524 Roggenrola Mineral Mineral ✔ ✔ ✔
0532 Timburr Human-Like Human-Like ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0557 Dwebble
Bug Mineral ✔ ✔ ✔
0679 Honedge
Mineral Mineral ✔ ✔ ✔
0739 Crabrawler Water 3 Water 3 ✔
0759 Stufful
Field Field ✔
0767 Wimpod
Bug Water 3 ✔ ✔
0776 Turtonator
Monster Dragon ✔ ✔
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.


Special move

Generation VII

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0679 Honedge
Mineral Mineral Island Scan - Akala OutskirtsUSUM
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 event

Generation VI

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0681 Aegislash
Mineral Mineral 2014 World Championships Aegislash
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.


Generation VII

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0142 Aerodactyl
Flying Flying 2019 World Championships Aerodactyl
0776 Turtonator
Monster Dragon Easter Egg Turtonator
Korean Egg Turtonator
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 Masters EX

Category Move Gauge MP Base Power Max Power Accuracy Target Effect Tag Description
Status 1 1 — — 100% Self — The user takes up a defensive posture. Using this move again will make the user leave this defensive posture. No other actions can be taken when in this defensive posture. Nullifies moves that target all allies when hit by such a move while in this defensive posture, then the user leaves the defensive posture.

Past Description

  • Prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): ... Nullifies moves that target all allies when hit by such a move while in this defensive posture.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Wide Guard is Aegislash's second move. It is obtained by reaching level 8 and upgrading Iron Defense into it instead of Iron Head. The user focuses in place for a short time to create a great shield on them. When this shield appears, boost count increases by 1, granting a shield to the user and shoves enemies in front. While this shield is active, enemy player attacks increase boost count by 1 for each different enemy player (capping at 4). When this move ends, shove enemies in front of the user once again and slow them for 2s. At level 13, the move's cooldown is reduced.

Description

Games Description
MDGtI You and your teammates in the same room will get the Wide Guard status, which protects them from wide-ranging moves. Its chance of failing rises if you use it multiple times in a row.
SMD You and your teammates in the same room will get the Wide Guard status condition, which protects you from wide-ranging moves.
MDRTDX You and your teammates in the same room will get the Wide Guard condition, which protects you from wide-ranging moves.


In other generations

Core series games
Generation V Generation VI Generation VII

Spin-off series games

MD: GTI SMD Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 廣域防守 Gwóngwihk Fòhngsáu
Mandarin 廣域防守 / 广域防守 Guǎngyù Fángshǒu
French Garde Large
German Rundumschutz
Italian Bodyguard
Korean 와이드가드 Wide Guard
Brazilian Portuguese Vasta Proteção
Spanish Vastaguardia



Variations of the move Quick Guard
Quick Guard • Wide Guard • Crafty Shield


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