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#0538

cotton guard

Cotton Guard

🛡️ Status

Power

Accuracy

PP

10

Priority

0

🎬 Move Animation

cotton guard animation

💠 Z-Move

Z-Effect

Stat stage +1

🌀 Max Move

Max Effect

No Max Move

🎭 Contest

Category

🌿Smart

Appeal

Jam

Appeal and Jam data unavailable

📖 Description

The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, drastically boosting its Defense stat.

⚡ Effect

Raises the user’s Defense by three stages.

Target

Self

Learned by

20 species

📚 Descriptions by Generation

Gen 5 (Black/White/Black 2/White 2)

Black/White: "The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, drastically raising the user’s Defense stat."
Black 2/White 2: "The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, drastically raising the user’s Defense stat."

Gen 6 (X/Y/Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)

X/Y: "The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user’s Defense stat."
Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire: "The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user’s Defense stat."

Gen 7 (Sun/Moon/Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon/Let's Go)

Sun/Moon: "The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user’s Defense stat."/ "用软绵绵的绒毛包裹住 自己的身体进行守护。 巨幅提高自己的防御。"
Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: "The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user’s Defense stat."/ "用软绵绵的绒毛包裹住 自己的身体进行守护。 巨幅提高自己的防御。"
Let's Go Pikachu/Let's Go Eevee: "The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user’s Defense stat."/ "用软绵绵的绒毛包裹住 自己的身体进行守护。 巨幅提高自己的防御。"

Gen 8 (Sword/Shield/BDSP/Legends Arceus)

Sword/Shield: "The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user’s Defense stat."/ "用软绵绵的绒毛包裹住 自己的身体进行守护。 巨幅提高自己的防御。"
Legends Arceus: "The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user's Defense stat."

Gen 9 (Scarlet/Violet)

Scarlet/Violet: "The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, drastically boosting its Defense stat."

🌐 Multilingual Names

🇬🇧

English

Cotton Guard

🇨🇳

简体中文

棉花防守

🇯🇵

日本語

コットンガード

🇰🇷

한국어

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