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Wide Guard

Rock · Status · 18 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Rock
Wide Guard
TypeRock
CategoryStatus
Base power—
Accuracynever misses
PP10
Priority+3
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Mega Aerodactyl 10.0% 27.8% Pelipper 8.3% 57.3% Toxapex 4.0% 90.1% Swampert 1.2% 13.6% Aegislash 0.94% 23.4% Armarouge 0.81% 80.1% Gallade 0.74% 21.7% Araquanid 0.42% 84.7% Mega Steelix 0.28% 60.3% Mega Chesnaught 0.26% 50.1% Conkeldurr 0.22% 5.6% Mega Crabominable 0.18% 10.1% Garganacl 0.08% 32.2% Torterra 0.06% 33.8% Machamp 0.05% 62.3% Avalugg-Hisui 0.04% 67.5% Bastiodon 0.02% 30% Avalugg 0.01% 64.1%

What it does

The user and its party members are protected from moves made by other Pokemon, including allies, during this turn that target all adjacent foes or all adjacent Pokemon. This move modifies the same 1/X chance of being successful used by other protection moves, where X starts at 1 and triples each time this move is successfully used, but does not use the chance to check for failure. X resets to 1 if this move fails, if the user's last move used is not Baneful Bunker, Burning Bulwark, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Max Guard, Obstruct, Protect, Quick Guard, Silk Trap, Spiky Shield, or Wide Guard, or if it was one of those moves and the user's protection was broken. Fails if the user moves last this turn or if this move is already in effect for the user's side.

Who carrys it

18 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Wide Guard. The one that matters most is Mega Aerodactyl, which is on 10.0% of teams and carrys it on 27.8% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Rock move it is super effective against Bug, Fire, Flying and Ice, resisted by Fighting, Ground and Steel. 5 other Rock moves appear in this format: Rock Slide, Power Gem, Ancient Power, Head Smash, Rock Tomb.

Who could and does not

18 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Wide Guard at all, against the 18 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. Every measured Pokémon that can learn it does run it, which is rare and says the move is close to mandatory on anything with access.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Wide Guard accounts for an expected 0.13 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 40th most-brought of the 121 moves this format runs. 21% of that comes from Mega Aerodactyl alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Fighting (5), Rock (4) and Water (4).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.

Where this goes next

Build

Open the builder with Mega Aerodactyl seated — Mega Aerodactyl brings Wide Guard to more teams than any of the other 17 Pokémon that carry it.

More

All 121 moves the format runs, ordered by how many copies an average team carries.