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Friend Guard

Decreases all direct damage taken by friendly Pokémon to 0.75×.

9 Pokémon8 as Hidden AbilityIntroduced in Gen 5

Added in Gen 5.

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In-depth effect

All friendly Pokémon take 0.75× as much direct damage from moves while this Pokémon is in battle. This effect stacks if multiple allied Pokémon have it.

Pokémon with Friend Guard (1)

#0925Maushold

As a Hidden Ability8

Pokémon that can have Friend Guard only as their Hidden Ability.

#0035ClefairyHidden#0039JigglypuffHidden#0173CleffaHidden#0174IgglybuffHidden#0440HappinyHidden#0664ScatterbugHidden#0665SpewpaHidden#0666VivillonHidden
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“Friend Guard”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/friend-guard.

Ability data from PokéAPI.