Cosmic Power Cotton Spore

Cotton Guard

Essentials

Cotton Guard

status

Generation 5

Summary

Raises the user's Defense by three stages.

Damage Dealt

½
1
½
1
1
1
½
½
1
½
2
1
1
½
1
2
½
2

Stats

Power: — (no damage)
Accuracy: — (cannot miss)
PP: 10, up to 16 with PP Up
Target: User
Effect chance: n/a
Priority: 0 (normal)

Flags

Makes contact
Has a charging turn
Must recharge
Blocked by Detect and Protect
Reflectable
Snatchable

This move will be stolen if another Pokémon has used Snatch this turn.
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

: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM

Effect

Raises the user's Defense by three stages.

Meta

This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.

Flavor

Flavor Text

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

: The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user’s Defense stat.

: The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user’s Defense stat.

Foreign Names

Japanese: コットンガード (kottongaado)
: コットンガード
Korean: 코튼가드
Chinese: 棉花防守
: 棉花防守
French: Cotogarde
German: Watteschild
Spanish: Rizo Algodón
Italian: Cotonscudo

Similar moves

No other moves have the same effect as Cotton Guard.

Pokémon

							Pokémon	Type	Ability	Gender	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
32	36	36	36	36	36		Mareep		Static Plus		Monster Field	55	40	40	65	45	35	280
36	43	43	43	43	43		Flaaffy		Static Plus		Monster Field	70	55	55	80	60	45	365
40	46	46	46	46	46		Ampharos		Static Plus		Monster Field	90	75	85	115	90	55	510
		46	46	46	46		Mega Ampharos		Mold Breaker		Monster Field	90	95	105	165	110	45	610
40	39	39	34	34	34		Swablu		Natural Cure Cloud Nine		Flying Dragon	45	40	60	40	75	50	310
46	42	42	34	34	34		Altaria		Natural Cure Cloud Nine		Flying Dragon	75	70	90	70	105	80	490
			34	34	34		Mega Altaria		Pixilate		Flying Dragon	75	110	110	110	105	80	590
37	37	37	37	37	37		Cottonee		Prankster Infiltrator Chlorophyll		Fairy Grass	40	27	60	37	50	66	280
55	55	—	—	—	—		Maractus		Water Absorb Chlorophyll Storm Drain		Grass	75	86	67	106	67	60	461
		48	48	48	48		Furfrou		Fur Coat		Field	75	80	60	65	90	102	472
		41	41	41	41		Swirlix		Sweet Veil Unburden		Fairy	62	48	66	59	57	49	341
		41	41	41	41		Slurpuff		Sweet Veil Unburden		Fairy	82	80	86	85	75	72	480
							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.
							Hoppip		Chlorophyll Leaf Guard Infiltrator		Fairy Grass	35	35	40	35	55	50	250
							Bouffalant		Reckless Sap Sipper Soundproof		Field	95	110	95	40	95	55	490

14 Pokémon

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