Essentials
Summary
Protects all friendly Pokémon from damaging moves. Only works on the first turn after the user is sent out.
Damage Dealt
Stats
- Power
- — (no damage)
- Accuracy
- — (cannot miss)
- PP
- 10, up to 16 with PP Up
- Target
- User's field
- 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
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Unusable during Sky Battles
This move is unusable during Sky Battles.
- Dance
Machines
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
Effect
Protects all friendly Pokémon from damaging moves. Only works on the first turn after the user is sent out.
Meta
This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.
Flavor
Flavor Text
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Using a pulled-up mat as a shield, the user protects itself and its allies from damaging moves. This does not stop status moves.
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Using a pulled-up mat as a shield, the user protects itself and its allies from damaging moves. This does not stop status moves.
Foreign Names
- Japanese
- たたみがえし (tatamigaeshi)
- たたみがえし
- Korean
- 마룻바닥세워막기
- Chinese
- 掀榻榻米
- 掀榻榻米
- French
- Tatamigaeshi
- German
- Tatami-Schild
- Spanish
- Escudo Tatami
- Italian
- Ribaltappeto
Similar moves
No other moves have the same effect as Mat Block.
Pokémon
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. | ||||||||||||||
— | Throh |
Guts
Inner Focus Mold Breaker |
Human-Like | 120 | 100 | 85 | 30 | 85 | 45 | 465 | ||||
— | — | Greninja |
Torrent
Protean |
Water 1 | 72 | 95 | 67 | 103 | 71 | 122 | 530 | |||
— | Battle Bond Greninja | Battle Bond | Water 1 | 72 | 95 | 67 | 103 | 71 | 122 | 530 | ||||
— | Ash's Greninja | Battle Bond | Water 1 | 72 | 145 | 67 | 153 | 71 | 132 | 640 |
4 Pokémon