Cotton Guard

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Cotton Guard ({{{kanji}}} {{{romaji}}})
Introduced:	Generation V
Battle Data
Type:
Category:
Power:	N/A
Accuracy:	N/A%
PP:	10
Priority:	0
Contact:	No
Affected by
Bright Powder:	No
Detect/Protect:	No
King's Rock:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Magic Coat:	No
Mirror Move:	No
Snatch:	Yes
Contest Data
Contest Spectaculars
Condition:	Cute
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	0
Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends.

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

Description

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

Effect

In battle

Foe	Foe	Foe
User	Ally	Ally

Cotton Guard raises the user's Defense stat by 3 stages.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Mareep	electric	Monster/Field	32BW 36B2W2	36	36	36BDSP	36
	Flaaffy	electric	Monster/Field	36BW 43B2W2	43	43	43BDSP	43
	Ampharos	electric	Monster/Field	40BW 46B2W2	46	46	46BDSP	46
	Swablu	normal/flying	Flying/Dragon	40BW 39B2W2	39XY 34ORAS	34	32	32
	Altaria	dragon/flying	Flying/Dragon	46BW 42B2W2	42XY 34ORAS	34	32	32
	Cottonee	grass/fairy	Grass/Fairy	37	37	37	46
	Whimsicott	grass/fairy	Grass/Fairy				1
	Maractus	grass	Grass	55	1, 55	1, 55	60
	Furfrou	normal	Field		48	48
	Swirlix	fairy	Fairy		41	41	36
	Slurpuff	fairy	Fairy		41	41	36
	Eldegoss	grass	Grass				52
	Wooloo	normal	Field				36
	Dubwool	normal	Field				44
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

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By event

Generation V

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Gallery

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Main games

Cotton Guard depicted in Generation V

Cotton Guard depicted in Generation VI

Main series

Used by multiple wild Cottonee.

Used by Sawyer's Slurpuff.

used by Drasna's Altaria.