Obstruct
Dark
Effect Summary
Protects the user from most damaging moves and lowers the
Defense
of attackers that use a contact move.
of attackers that use a contact move.Detailed Effect
Obstruct protect the user from most
Physical
and
Special
category moves that target it for the rest of the turn.
Whenever Obstruct blocks a contact-making move, the attacker's Defense
is lowered by two stages.
Stats
can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages each.
Obstruct fails if used last in the turn.
The list of unprotectable moves is the same as Protect.
Damaging Z-Moves and Max Moves do 25% of the original damage except G-Max One Blow and G-Max Rapid Flow which do full damage.
Obstruct has a highly increased priority of +3 meaning that it moves before most other moves.
Each time Obstruct is successfully and consecutively used, its chances to succeed are lowered by 66.67%. This is also shared with other protection moves that only protect the user, Endure, Quick Guard and Wide Guard.
Attackers with the ability Unseen Fist ignore the protection effect of Obstruct with contact moves and do not suffer any stat reductions.
and
Special
category moves that target it for the rest of the turn.Whenever Obstruct blocks a contact-making move, the attacker's Defense
is lowered by two stages.Stats
can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages each.Obstruct fails if used last in the turn.
The list of unprotectable moves is the same as Protect.
Damaging Z-Moves and Max Moves do 25% of the original damage except G-Max One Blow and G-Max Rapid Flow which do full damage.
Obstruct has a highly increased priority of +3 meaning that it moves before most other moves.
Each time Obstruct is successfully and consecutively used, its chances to succeed are lowered by 66.67%. This is also shared with other protection moves that only protect the user, Endure, Quick Guard and Wide Guard.
Attackers with the ability Unseen Fist ignore the protection effect of Obstruct with contact moves and do not suffer any stat reductions.
- In and Gen 9 this move can not be selected in battle.
Description
SWSH | This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. Direct contact harshly lowers the attacker’s Defense stat. |
Meta Information
| Move Target |  Selfmeans that the Pokémon can not be selected.means that the Pokémon can be selected.means that the Pokémon will be selected. | ||||
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