Aura Guard

A Pokémon with Aura Guard takes half damage from moves that make contact.

0 PokémonIntroduced in Gen 9

A newer ability, introduced in Gen 9.

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In-depth effect

A Pokémon with Aura Guard takes half damage from moves that make contact. Moves affected by Long Reach which make contact will deal regular damage.

Other abilities introduced alongside Aura Guard.

Ability	Pokémon	Effect
Protosynthesis	10	Raises highest stat in harsh sunlight, or if holding Booster Energy.
Quark Drive	10	Raises highest stat on Electric Terrain, or if holding Booster Energy.
Purifying Salt	3	Protects from status conditions and halves damage from Ghost-type moves.
Sharpness	3	Powers up slicing moves.
Thermal Exchange	3	Raises Attack when hit by a Fire-type move. Cannot be burned.
Toxic Chain	3	May cause bad poisoning when the Pokémon hits an opponent with a move.
Wind Rider	3	Gives immunity to wind moves, and causes the Pokémon's Attack to increase by one stage when hit by one.
Guard Dog	2	Boosts Attack if intimidated, and prevents being forced to switch out.

No reader notes on Aura Guard yet.

“Aura Guard”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/aura-guard.

Ability data from PokéAPI.