King's Shield (move)
Move data
| Type | Steel |
|---|---|
| Category |  Status |
| Power | — |
| Accuracy | — |
| PP | 10 (max. 16) |
| Priority | +4 |
| Makes contact? | No |
| Introduced | Generation 6 |
Effects
King's Shield prevents any Physical or Special attacks targeted at the user from striking, for the duration of the turn. If a contact move is targeted at the King's Shield user, the opponent's Attack is lowered by two stages. It has priority +4 so will activate before most other moves.
Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages each.
The accuracy of King's Shield drops by 1⁄3 each time it is used consecutively after itself or Protect, Detect, Endure, Wide Guard, Quick Guard, Spiky Shield, or Baneful Bunker.
Z-Move effects
When a Pokémon is holding Steelium Z and uses its Z-Power, King's Shield turns into Z-King's Shield and eliminates any stat drops applied to the user, in addition to its usual effect as above.
Move target
Targets the user.
Other languages
| English | King's Shield |
|---|---|
| Japanese | キングシールド (King Shield) |
| German | Königsschild |
| French | Bouclier Royal |
| Italian | Scudo Reale |
| Spanish | Escudo Real |
| Korean | 킹실드 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 王者盾牌 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 王者盾牌 |
Game descriptions
| X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire |
The user takes a defensive stance while it protects itself from damage. It also harshly lowers the Attack stat of any attacker who makes direct contact. |
|---|---|
| Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon |
The user takes a defensive stance while it protects itself from damage. It also harshly lowers the Attack stat of any attacker who makes direct contact. |
| Sword/Shield | The user takes a defensive stance while it protects itself from damage. It also lowers the Attack stat of any attacker that makes direct contact. |
| B.Diamond/S.Pearl | This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered. |
| Scarlet/Violet | The user takes a defensive stance while it protects itself from damage. This also lowers the Attack stat of any attacker that makes direct contact. |
Learnt by level up
These Pokémon learn King's Shield at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Sword & Shield and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.
