Cotton Guard (move)

Cotton Guard (Japanese: コットンガード Cotton Guard) is a non-damaging Grass-type move introduced in Generation V.

Cotton Guard
コットンガード Cotton Guard

Battles

Type	Grass
Category	Status
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
Affects the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation V
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cute
Appeal	1 ♥
Jamming	0
Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Cotton Guard raises the user's Defense stat by three stages.

Cotton Guard can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, causing Baton Pass and Stored Power to give the user an extra three appeal points if they are used in the next turn.

If powered up by a Grassium Z into Z-Cotton Guard, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Description

Games	Description
BW B2W2	The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, drastically raising the user's Defense stat.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh	The user protects itself by wrapping its body in soft cotton, which drastically raises the user's Defense stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
179		Mareep		Monster	Field	32^BW 36^B2W2	36	36	36^BDSP
180		Flaaffy		Monster	Field	36^BW 43^B2W2	43	43	43^BDSP
181		Ampharos		Monster	Field	40^BW 46^B2W2	46	46	46^BDSP
333		Swablu		Flying	Dragon	40^BW 39^B2W2	39^XY 34^ORAS	34	32
334		Altaria		Flying	Dragon	46^BW 42^B2W2	42^XY 34^ORAS	34	32
546		Cottonee		Grass	Fairy	37	37	37	45^SwSh
547		Whimsicott		Grass	Fairy				1^SwSh
556		Maractus		Grass		Grass	55	1, 55	1, 55	60^SwSh
676		Furfrou		Field		Field		48	48
684		Swirlix		Fairy		Fairy		41	41	36^SwSh
685		Slurpuff		Fairy		Fairy		41	41	36^SwSh
830		Eldegoss		Grass		Grass				52^SwSh
831		Wooloo		Field		Field				36^SwSh
832		Dubwool		Field		Field				44^SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
187		Hoppip		Fairy	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
626		Bouffalant		Field		Field			✔^USUM	✔^SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
354		Banette		Amorphous		Amorphous	Global Link
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Description

Games	Description
MDGtI	It significantly boosts your Defense. (The stat change returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.)
SMD	It significantly boosts your Defense. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

Furfrou	Cottonee	Jumpluff	Slurpuff
The user protects itself with a flurry of cotton balls.
User	First Used In		Notes
Cottonee	The cotton on the lower half of Cottonee's body puffs up and forms more cotton in front of it, creating a wall of cotton on the front of its body to protect itself against attacks; or, Cottonee pulls its body up a little bit and the cotton on its lower body puffs up and then comes out of its body, forming an orb of soft white cotton around it and protecting it from attacks.
A wild Cottonee	Cottonee in Love!		Debut
Jumpluff	Jumpluff's body glows white, and puffs of cotton appear in around it. The puffs of cotton then disappear in a puff of smoke, and Jumpluff glows blue, raising its defense.
Ramos's Jumpluff	The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!		None
Furfrou	Furfrou's body glows white, and puffs of cotton appear in around it. The puffs of cotton then disappear in a puff of smoke, and Furfrou glows blue, raising its defense.
Everett's Furfrou	A League of His Own!		None
Slurpuff	Slurpuff's body shines with bright white energy as multiple white balls of cotton form and surround it and then disappear in a puff of smoke. It then briefly becomes surrounded in a light blue aura, making it more resistant to physical attacks.
Sawyer's Slurpuff	A Riveting Rivalry!		None
Mareep	Mareep releases multiple see-through balls of cotton from its mouth at the opponent, surrounding them.
Three Trainers' Mareep	The Power of Us		None
Hoppip	Hoppip releases multiple see-through balls of cotton from its mouth at the opponent, surrounding them.
Two Trainers' Hoppip	The Power of Us		None
Skiploom	Skiploom releases multiple see-through balls of cotton from its mouth at the opponent, surrounding them.
Two Trainers' Skiploom	The Power of Us		None
Jumpluff	Jumpluff releases multiple see-through balls of cotton from its mouth at the opponent, surrounding them.
A Trainer's Jumpluff	The Power of Us		None
Flaaffy	Flaaffy releases multiple see-through balls of cotton from its mouth at the opponent, surrounding them.
A Trainer's Flaaffy	The Power of Us		None
Ampharos	Ampharos releases multiple see-through balls of cotton from its mouth at the opponent, surrounding them.
A Trainer's Ampharos	The Power of Us		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Maractus

The user protects itself with a flurry of cotton balls.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Maractus	Maractus speard its arms wide open, forming a wall of cotton balls in between them and protecting it from attacks.
A Team Plasma Grunt's Maractus	Sandstorm	Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	棉花防守 Mìhnfā Fòhngsáu * 棉花防禦 Mìhnfā Fòhngyuh *
Chinese	Mandarin	棉花防守 Miánhuā Fángshǒu * 棉花防禦 Miánhuā Fángyù *
Czech		Vatový strážce
Dutch		Wattenschild
French		Cotogarde
German		Watteschild
Indonesian		Perisai Kapas
Italian		Cotonscudo
Korean		코튼가드 Cotton Guard
Polish		Bawełniana Obrona
Portuguese	Brazil	Defesa de Algodão (early anime) Proteção de Algodão (Pokémon the Series: XY-present, TCG, manga)
Portuguese	Portugal	Proteção de Algodão
Spanish	Latin America	Guardia Algodón
Spanish	Spain	Rizo Algodón
Turkish		Pamuk Koruma
Vietnamese		Bông Phòng Thủ

Variations of the move Tail Glow

Tail Glow • Cotton Guard

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