Wonder-Guard
Wonder Guard is a unique and powerful ability in the Pokémon series that provides an extraordinary level of protection to its bearer. Pokémon with Wonder Guard are only affected by super-effective moves; all other attacks will have no effect on them. This means that if a move is not super-effective, it automatically does zero damage, making the Pokémon with this ability incredibly durable in battle under the right conditions.
The most well-known Pokémon with Wonder Guard is Shedinja. Shedinja is unique in that it has only 1 HP, so while Wonder Guard provides significant protection, any super-effective move, weather effects, status moves (like poison or burn), entry hazards (like Stealth Rock), and certain abilities (like Mold Breaker) can still knock it out instantly. This makes strategic gameplay crucial for maximizing the potential of Shedinja.
Additional interesting facts about Wonder Guard include:
- Immunity to Indirect Damage: In addition to direct attacks, indirect forms of damage such as Hail, Sand
Effects
- This Pokémon is immune to damaging moves that are not super effective against it. Moves that inflict fixed damage, such as night shade or seismic toss, are considered super effective if their types are. Damage not directly dealt by moves, such as damage from weather, a status ailment, or spikes, is not prevented. This ability cannot be copied with role play or traded away with skill swap, but it can be copied with trace, disabled with gastro acid, or changed with worry seed. This Pokémon can still use Role Play itself to lose this ability, but not Skill Swap. If this Pokémon has a substitute, this ability will block moves as usual and any moves not blocked will react to the Substitute as usual.
Flavor Texts
- ruby-sapphire: “Super effective” hits.
- emerald: “Super effective” hits.
- firered-leafgreen: “Super effective” hits.
- diamond-pearl: Only supereffective moves will hit.
- platinum: Only supereffective moves will hit.
- heartgold-soulsilver: Only supereffective moves will hit.
- black-white: Only supereffective moves will hit.
- black-2-white-2: Only supereffective moves will hit.
- x-y: Only supereffective moves will hit.
- omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Only supereffective moves will hit.
- sun-moon: Its mysterious power only lets supereffective moves hit the Pokémon.
- ultra-sun-ultra-moon: Its mysterious power only lets supereffective moves hit the Pokémon.
- lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: Its mysterious power only lets supereffective moves hit the Pokémon.
- sword-shield: Its mysterious power only lets supereffective moves hit the Pokémon.
Pokémon with the Wonder-Guard ability
Shedinja
292 - Bug, Ghost