Cotton Guard (move)

Contents
Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Grass
Category	Status
Power	—
Accuracy	—
PP	10 (max. 16)
Makes contact?	No
Introduced	Generation 5

Effects

Cotton Guard raises the user's Defense by three stages.

Stats can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages each. Assuming no other stat changes, the first use of Cotton Guard would raise Defense to 2.5× normal value, and the second to 4× (the maximum level).

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Grassium Z and uses its Z-Power, Cotton Guard turns into Z-Cotton Guard and eliminates any stat drops applied to the user, in addition to its usual effect as above.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets the user.

Other languages

English	Cotton Guard
Japanese	コットンガード (Cotton Guard)
German	Watteschild
French	Cotogarde
Italian	Cotonscudo
Spanish	Rizo Algodón
Korean	코튼가드
Chinese (Simplified)	棉花防守
Chinese (Traditional)	棉花防守

Game descriptions

Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, drastically raising the user’s Defense stat.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user’s Defense stat.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user’s Defense stat.
Sword/Shield B.Diamond/S.Pearl	The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user’s Defense stat.
Scarlet/Violet	The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, drastically boosting its Defense stat.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Cotton Guard at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.