Does Max Guard protect allies?

Unlike most protection moves, Max Guard protects the user from Block, Flower Shield, Gear Up, Magnetic Flux, Phantom Force, Psych Up, Shadow Force, Teatime, Transform, and any contact move affected by Unseen Fist. Max Guard does not protect the user against Feint, but its effects remain even after being hit by Feint.
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What Pokémon move protects an ally?

Wide Guard protects all Pokémon on the user's side of the field for the rest of that turn from damaging moves that can target multiple Pokémon, even those used by an ally that strike all Pokémon on the field (such as Earthquake and Surf). Wide Guard will block these moves even in Single Battles.
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Can you max guard into protect?

Max Guard is a Dynamax move from Pokémon Sword and Shield. Status category moves turn into Max Guard during Dynamax. The move protects the user from attacks, like Protect.
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What does Max Guard Do Pokémon sword?

Max Guard is a Dynamax move from Pokémon Sword and Shield. Status category moves turn into Max Guard during Dynamax. The move protects the user from attacks, like Protect.
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What does quick guard protect against?

Quick Guard protects all Pokémon on the user's side of the field from moves that have increased priority during that turn, such as Quick Attack or Aqua Jet. It does not block moves that have been given an increased priority through Prankster that would not usually have one.
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Can you use COACHING through PROTECT



Is quick guard better than protect?

1 Answer. Quick Guard- is an alternative to Protect. Unlike Protect, which works on all moves, Quick Guard prevents all effects from moves with a heightened Speed Priority. In addition to that, it also protects all the player's Pokémon on the field rather than just the user.
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Does quick guard protect against fake out?

Crobat's Quick Guard blocks moves with increased priority, including those that gain increased priority from the Prankster and Gale Wings Abilities. Quick Guard also stops slower Pokémon from using Fake Out, and under normal circumstances, Crobat is faster than every Pokémon that learns Fake Out.
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What is Urshifu hidden ability?

Hidden Ability. Cacophony. Rapid Strike Style. Cacophony. Gigantamax Urshifu (Single Strike Style)
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Can you use Protect twice?

Usually protect only works one turn but would fail if you tried to use it the second turn. But in some occasional cases protect works two times in a row. What is the chance of that happening?
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What do dynamax moves do?

Dynamax is similar to Mega Evolution in that it's a temporary change. Pokémon that Dynamax will stay transformed for only three turns. In that time, you can overpower your opponent's Pokémon and utilize special moves called Max Moves. Every Pokémon has the ability to Dynamax no matter which stage of evolution it's in.
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Does wide guard fail?

Wide Guard can now be used consecutively without failing, although it still decreases the chance of success for Protect, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, and Spiky Shield.
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Does wide guard protect from explosion?

Wide Guard protects all Pokémon on the user's side of the field from enemy attacks that can target multiple Pokémon (Rock Slide, Earthquake, Explosion, Lava Plume, Surf, Discharge, Blizzard, etc) during the turn it is used. Consecutive uses decrease the chance of success.
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Does Wide Guard have priority?

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.
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Is coaching blocked by Protect?

Coaching boosts the Attack and Defense of all allies (but not the user) by one stage each. It bypasses all forms of protection to affect the allies, including Crafty Shield. If used in a Single Battle or when no ally is present, Coaching will fail.
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How do you get a triple axel in Pokemon?

Pokemon can learn Triple Axel from the Isle of Armor Move Tutor for five pieces of Armorite Ore.
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Why is protect a good move?

Protect protects the user from all effects of moves that target it during the turn it is used, including damage. This does not include damage inflicted by weather it is susceptible to, or damage from a status condition that it obtained on a previous turn (as these are not moves that targeted the user this turn).
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Does quick guard stop feint?

Feint is not blocked by an opponent's Quick Guard, but it is blocked by an ally's if it targets an ally.
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Is protect good in singles?

Introduction. While Protect is generally considered a useful enough move in singles, most people seem to be in agreement that agree that haphazardly slapping Protect on every Pokémon in your team will attract some weird looks.
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Can you Outspeed protect?

(pursuit only works with priority when switching, so if you're using protect, it won't get the priority.) The move feint, while not able to outspeed it, is able to break through it, though this is not a very common move due to how situational it is.
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Can every Pokémon learn protect?

All Pokémon can learn Protect except Magikarp, Hagoop and Haagross.
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Can you use protect and detect?

No you can't use them together.

If you use Detect, Protect or Endure, using any of them again will make the accuracy 50%. So it could work for a few turns but will fail pretty quickly.
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