Wide Guard (move)

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Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Rock
Category	Status
Power	—
Accuracy	—
PP	10 (max. 16)
Priority	+3
Makes contact?	No
Introduced	Generation 5

Effects

Wide Guard protects the user's team from all multi-target moves (such as Surf or Rock Slide), for the duration of the turn. It has priority +3 so will activate before most other moves.

The accuracy of Wide Guard does not decrease if used consecutively after itself or Quick Guard. However, it does decrease the accuracy of Protect, Detect, Endure, Spiky Shield, King's Shield and Baneful Bunker by ¹⁄₃ each time it or Quick Guard is used.

Changes

In Generation 5, the accuracy of Wide Guard decreases by ¹⁄₂ each time it is used consecutively after itself or any protecting move listed above.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Rockium Z and uses its Z-Power, Wide Guard turns into Z-Wide Guard and raises Defense one stage, in addition to its usual effect as above.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets all Pokémon on the user’s team.

Other languages

English	Wide Guard
Japanese	ワイドガード (Wide Guard)
German	Rundumschutz
French	Garde Large
Italian	Bodyguard
Spanish	Vastaguardia
Korean	와이드가드
Chinese (Simplified)	广域防守
Chinese (Traditional)	廣域防守

Game descriptions

Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user and its allies are protected from wide-ranging attacks for one turn. If used in succession, its chance of failing rises.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user and its allies are protected from wide-ranging attacks for one turn.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	The user and its allies are protected from wide-ranging attacks for one turn.
Sword/Shield B.Diamond/S.Pearl	The user and its allies are protected from wide-ranging attacks for one turn.
Scarlet/Violet	The user and its allies are protected from wide-ranging attacks for one turn.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Wide 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.