Spiky Shield (move)

	Gameplay Notice Only Hinata's Whimsicott can learn Spiky Shield.

Spiky Shield

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Stats Type  Grass Category  Status Power  — Accuracy  —% PP  10 (max. 16) Priority  +4 In addition to protecting the user from attacks, this move also damages any attacker who makes direct contact. Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

On Bulbapedia

Spiky Shield is a Grass-type move, which protects the user from all effects of moves that target users during the turn it is used, including damage, excluding that from weather conditions and prior status ailments. Additionally, if Spiky Shield blocks an attack that would make Contact with the user, the attacker suffers damage equal to ⅛ of its maximum HP. However, if an attack is blocked by Spiky Shield, the effects of the user's Rocky Helmet and/or Rough Skin will not activate.

If Sucker Punch is used on a Pokémon that has used Spiky Shield, the move fails and the Pokémon does not take damage.

Using Protect, Detect, Endure, Spiky Shield or Wide Guard, consecutively divides the chance of success of of the moves by 3 for each consecutive use, with a minimum (1/729 or ~0.1%) chance. Feint and Phantom Force lift Spiky Shield's protection for the rest of the turn.

Spiky Shield is unable to defend against any of the following moves:

Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   TM   Tutor Cost  Aromatic Mist Fairy Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 Conversion 2 Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 Feint Normal Physical 03030 100}}100% 10 Future Sight Psychic Special 120120 100}}100% 10 Perish Song Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 09090 100}}100% 10 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM77 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM05 Role Play Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 Sketch Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 1 Transform Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10

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Pokémon that learn Spiky Shield

Dex #	Pokémon		Type
#091		Whimsicott	Grass	Fairy