Essentials
Summary
Raises the user's Defense and Special Defense by one stage.
Damage Dealt
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
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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

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Not a TM

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Not a TM

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Not a TM

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Not a TM
Effect
Raises the user's Defense and Special Defense by one stage.
Meta
This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.
- No damage; lowers target's stats or raises user's stats
- raise Defense by 1 raise Special Defense by 1
Flavor
Flavor Text

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The user calls out its underlings to make a living shield, raising its Defense and Sp. Def stats.



The user calls out its underlings to shield its body, raising its Defense and Sp. Def stats.

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The user calls out its underlings to shield its body, raising its Defense and Sp. Def stats.

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The user calls out its underlings to shield its body, raising its Defense and Sp. Def stats.

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The user calls out its underlings to shield its body, raising its Defense and Sp. Def stats.
Foreign Names
- Japanese

- ぼうぎょしれい (bougyoshirei)
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- ぼうぎょしれい
- Korean

- 방어지령
- Chinese

- 防禦指令
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- 防御指令
- French

- Appel Défense
- German

- Blockbefehl
- Spanish

- A Defender
- Italian

- Comandoscudo
- Czech

- Příkaz k obraně
Contests
Super Contest
- Type

- Appeal
- Flavor text
- Earn double the score in the next turn.
- Use after
- None
- Use before
- None
Similar moves
These moves all have the same effect as Defend Order.
| Move | Type | Class | PP | Power | Acc | Pri | Effect |
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| Cosmic Power | ![]() |
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20 | — | — | Raises the user's Defense and Special Defense by one stage. |
Pokémon
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Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level. | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | Vespiquen |
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Pressure
Unnerve |
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Bug | 70 | 80 | 102 | 80 | 102 | 40 | 474 | |
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