Spikes
Spirit Shackle
Spiky Shield
Essentials
Spiky Shield
Summary
Blocks damaging attacks and damages attacking Pokémon for 1/8 their max HP.
Damage Dealt
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½
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1
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½
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1
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1
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1
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½
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½
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1
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½
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2
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1
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1
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½
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1
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2
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½
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2
Stats
- Power
- — (no damage)
- Accuracy
- — (cannot miss)
- PP
- 10, up to 16 with
PP Up - Target
- User
- Effect chance
- n/a
- Priority
- 4 (fast)
Flags
- Makes contact
- Has a charging turn
- Must recharge
- Blocked by Detect and Protect
- Reflectable
- Snatchable
- Copied by Mirror Move
- Punch-based
- Sound-based
- Unusable during Gravity
- Defrosts when used
- Targets opposite side in triples
- Heals
- Ignores Substitute
- Powder-based
- Jaw-based
- Pulse-based
- Ballistics-based
- Mental effects
- Unusable during Sky Battles
- Dance
Machines
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
Effect
Blocks damaging attacks and damages attacking Pokémon for 1/8 their max HP.
Meta
This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.
Flavor
Flavor Text
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In addition to protecting the user from attacks, this move also damages any attacker who makes direct contact.
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In addition to protecting the user from attacks, this move also damages any attacker who makes direct contact.
Foreign Names
- Japanese
- ニードルガード (niidorugaado)
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- ニードルガード
- Korean
- 니들가드
- Chinese
- 尖刺防守
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- 尖刺防守
- French
- Pico-Défense
- German
- Schutzstacheln
- Spanish
- Barrera Espinosa
- Italian
- Agodifesa
Similar moves
No other moves have the same effect as Spiky Shield.
Pokémon
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Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |
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| Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level. | ||||||||||||||||
| 32 | 0 | 0 | Cacturne |
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Sand Veil
Water Absorb |
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Grass
Human-Like |
70 | 115 | 60 | 115 | 60 | 55 | 475 | ||
| — | — | — | Maractus |
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Water Absorb
Chlorophyll Storm Drain |
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Grass | 75 | 86 | 67 | 106 | 67 | 60 | 461 | ||
| 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | Chesnaught |
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Overgrow
Bulletproof |
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Field | 88 | 107 | 122 | 74 | 75 | 64 | 530 | |
| 49 | 49 | Togedemaru |
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Iron Barbs
Lightning Rod Sturdy |
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Field
Fairy |
65 | 98 | 63 | 40 | 73 | 96 | 435 | |||
| 49 |  |
Totem Togedemaru |
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Iron Barbs
Lightning Rod Sturdy |
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Field
Fairy |
65 | 98 | 63 | 40 | 73 | 96 | 435 | |||
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Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |
| Egg: Appears on a newly-hatched Pokémon, if the father had the same move. | ||||||||||||||||
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Pansage |
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Gluttony
Overgrow |
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Field | 50 | 53 | 48 | 53 | 48 | 64 | 316 | ||||
6 Pokémon
