Safeguard
Pokémon Champions
For 5 turns, protects user's party from status.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- —
- PP
- 25
- Hits
- The user’s side of the field
Changes over time
How Safeguard changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen IV
… can fall asleep from its effect. added: It is removed from the user's side if the user or an ally is successfully hit by Defog. Fails if the effect is already …
- Gen III
… inflicted on them by other Pokémon.
dropped: Duringadded: Pokémon on thedropped: effect, Outrage, Thrash, and Petal Dance do not confuse the user.added: user's side cannot become affected by Yawn but can fall asleep from its effect. Fails if the effect is already …
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
For 5 turns, the user and its party members cannot have conditions or inflicted on them by other Pokémon. Pokémon on the user's side cannot become affected by Yawn but can fall from its effect. It is removed from the user's side if the user or an ally is successfully hit by Defog. Fails if the effect is already active on the user's side.
“The user creates a protective field that prevents status conditions for five turns.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Snatch can steal it.
Who learns Safeguard
71 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
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