Protect

Protect is an ability in the series.
==Appearances==
*Persona 3 Portable
*Persona 4 / Golden
*Persona 5 / Royal
*Persona 5 Strikers
==Effect==
Protect allows the party member with it to protect the protagonist from a fatal single-target attack and take the blow in their place, preventing a Game Over. The party member will take the same amount of damage that the protagonist would have taken from the attack, ignoring their own affinity to it or other damage modifications, but will always survive with at least 1 HP. The ability does not protect against reflected damage or attacks from a Brainwashed ally. Protect cannot be used while the user is having an ailment or has fainted.
==Overview==
===Persona 3 Portable===
Unlike Persona 4 and Persona 5, Protect can only be unlocked after ranking up Fool Arcana Social Link up to Rank 5. The entire party will automatically learn this move without the need of ranking other Party Social Link.
===Persona 4===
Protect is a Social Link ability each party member learns at Rank 1 of their Social Link.
====Golden====
Protect is now learned at Rank 9 of party members' Social Links.
===Persona 5 / Royal===
Protect is a Confidant ability party members are able to learn. Generally, most allies learn this ability at Rank 9, with the exception of Goro Akechi, who cannot learn it in Persona 5 but can access it in Persona 5 Royal at Rank 10.
Physical wall, magic wall, and painting wall on an ally are inactive and not consumed if they take the blow for the protagonist. Using Protect does not break the user's Guarding stance.
===Persona 5 Strikers===
Unlike Persona 5, Protect is obtained from the start and may activate when the player-controlled character is about to take a fatal blow.
===Devil Survivor===
A similar mechanic is present in Devil Survivor. Some demons can learn skills that would protect the field Leader such as Hero Soul, Knight Soul and Paladin Soul. If equipping a demon with this skill, the demon will take that blow instead to protect the field leader and endure the fatal blow.
Category:Mechanics