Spiky Shield (move)

	Gameplay Notice One of the two Tsukinami Village Gym leaders' (Hinata's) Whimsicott is the only Pokemon that can learn Spiky Shield. The only way a player can use the move themselves is to use Transform/Sketch on said Whimsicott

Spiky Shield

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Stats Type  Grass Category  Status Power  — Accuracy  —% PP  10 (max. 16) Priority  +4 In addition to protecting the user from attacks, this move also damages any attacker who makes direct contact. Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

On Bulbapedia

Spiky Shield is a Grass-type move, which protects the user from all effects of moves that target users during the turn it is used, including damage, excluding that from weather conditions and prior status ailments. Additionally, if Spiky Shield blocks an attack that would make contact with the user, the attacker suffers damage equal to ⅛ of its maximum HP. However, if an attack is blocked by Spiky Shield, the effects of the user's Rocky Helmet and/or Rough Skin will not activate.

If Sucker Punch is used on a Pokémon that has used Spiky Shield, the move fails and the Pokémon does not take damage. Feint and Phantom Force both bypass Spiky Shield and lift Spiky Shield's protection for the rest of the turn.

Using Protect, Detect, Endure, Spiky Shield, or Wide Guard consecutively divides the success rate of all such moves by 3 for each consecutive use, with a minimum (1/729 or ~0.1%) chance.

Spiky Shield is unable to defend against any of the following moves:

Move Type Category Power Accuracy PP Acupressure Normal Status — —% 30 Max 8 Aromatic Mist Fairy Status — —% 20 Max 8 Block Normal Status — —% 5 Max 8 Conversion 2 Normal Status — —% 30 Max 8 Curse Ghost Status — —% 10 Max 8 Feint Normal Physical 30 100% 10 Max 8 Future Sight Psychic Special 120 100% 10 Max 8 Mean Look Normal Status — —% 5 Max 8 Perish Song Normal Status — —% 5 Max 8 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 90 100% 10 Max 8 Psych Up Normal Status — —% 10 Max 8 Roar Normal Status — —% 20 Max 8 Role Play Psychic Status — —% 10 Max 8 Sketch Normal Status — —% 1 Max 8 Spider Web Bug Status — —% 10 Max 8 Transform Normal Status — —% 10 Max 8

Pokémon that learn Spiky Shield

As no Pokémon learns Spiky Shield, Hinata's Whimsicott is the only Pokémon to have the move. Therefore, the only way for the player to use Spiky Shield is by having Ratsy or Raffiti use Sketch to learn it.

Dex #	Pokémon		Type
#091		Whimsicott	Grass	Fairy