King’s Shield

In Pokémon ChampionsGen VIChanged in ChampionsNot in Scarlet & Violet

Game

Pokémon Champions

SteelStatus

Protects from damaging attacks. : -1 Atk.

Power: –
Accuracy: —
PP: 5
Priority: +4
Hits: The user
On Showdown: 0.1% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Changes over time

How King’s Shield changed from game to game, newest first.

Champions
PP 10 → 5 Nerfed
Gen VIII
… user have their Attack lowered by ~~dropped: 2 stages.~~ added: 1 stage. Non-damaging moves go through this protection. … Baneful Bunker, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, added: Max Guard, Obstruct, Protect, Quick Guard, Spiky Shield, or …
Gen VII
… user's last move used is not added: Baneful Bunker, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Protect, Quick …

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

The user is protected from most attacks made by other Pokémon during this turn, and Pokémon trying to make with the user have their Attack lowered by 1 . Non-damaging moves go through this . This move has a 1/X chance of being successful, where X starts at 1 and triples each time this move is successfully used. X resets to 1 if this move fails, if the user's last move used is not Baneful Bunker, Burning Bulwark, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Max Guard, Obstruct, Protect, Quick Guard, Silk Trap, Spiky Shield, or Wide Guard, or if it was one of those moves and the user's protection was broken. Fails if the user moves last this turn.

Good to know

Priority +4: it goes before moves of lower priority, whatever the Speed.Priority moves
Protect-like: using any of these in a row usually fails (each success makes the next a third as likely).Protect moves
Can't be used through: Metronome, Assist, Copycat, Instruct.