Spiky Shield

Type
Gen.
6
Power
???
PP
10
Priority
+4
Category
Statuscategory img

Effect Summary

Blocks damaging attacks and damages attacking Pokémon for their max HP stat img .

Detailed Effect

Spiky Shield protects the user from any moves targeted at it for the rest of the turn.
Spiky Shield has highly increased priority meaining it will move before most other moves.
If Spiky Shield goes last in the turn anyway, it will fail.
When Spiky Shield blocks a contact making attack, the attacker's receives of their maximum HP stat img as damage.
A contact making multi strike move such as Arm Thrust only counts once per use.
This is also the case if the user was type-immune to the contact move.
Once blocked, the move will not activate other effects that require contact such as Rocky Helmet item img
Attackers with the ability Unseen Fist ignore the protection effect of Spiky Shield with contact moves and do not suffer recoil damage.

Each time Spiky Shield 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.
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 are not protected from.

Description

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ORAS
SM
USUM
LGPLGE
In addition to protecting the user from attacks, this move also damages any attacker who makes direct contact.
SWSH
In addition to protecting the user from attacks, this move also damages any attacker that makes direct contact.

Meta Information

Move Target
move target imgSelf
Targets the user.
means that the Pokémon can not be selected.
means that the Pokémon can be selected.
means that the Pokémon will be selected.
Effect Type
DamageDeals damage.
ShieldProtects the user from moves
Other Languages
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Spiky Shield
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ニードルガード (Nīdoru Gādo)
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Schutzstacheln
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Agodifesa
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Barrera Espinosa
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니들가드 (Needle Guard)
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尖刺防守 (Jiāncì Fángshǒu / Jīmchi Fòhngsáu)

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