Max Guard
Sword & Shield
Protects user from moves & Max Moves this turn.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- —
- PP
- 10
- Priority
- +4
- Hits
- The user
How to use it
Every status move becomes Max Guard while its user is Dynamaxed. Dynamax is in Sword & Shield, not in Pokémon Champions.
See it in the games
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How it works in Gen VIII
The user is protected from nearly all attacks made by other Pokémon during this turn, including Max and G-Max Moves. 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, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Max Guard, Obstruct, Protect, Quick Guard, Spiky Shield, or Wide Guard, or if it was one of those moves and the user's was broken. Fails if the user moves last this turn.
“This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.”
In-game text, Sword & Shield
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