Counter Shield

Counter Shield (Japanese: カウンターシールド Counter Shield) is a tactic developed by Ash Ketchum in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl. Ash developed this technique while trying to find a way to prevent Fantina's from making his Pokémon with . It was eventually used for both offensive and defensive purposes. Ash took inspiration from the Contest Battle between and Lila in the in Battling The Generation Gap! to develop this technique.
In Shield with a Twist!, Ash used it in his Gym with Fantina. Amazed with the method, Fantina named it the Counter Shield. It eventually helped Ash with his battle, earning him the .
In Evolving Strategies!, it was used again by Ash's Pikachu, , and against Paul's Pokémon. This time, however, all three Pokémon were defeated, and Paul didn't seem all that impressed with the technique. However, he later used this technique with his 's in Familiarity Breeds Strategy! and his Electivire's in Battling a Thaw in Relations!, where Buizel used the technique once again.
In Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!, it was used by Dawn's Piplup to counter Cilan's Pansage's attack.
In When Regions Collide!, Brock commanded his Geodude and Steelix to use to deflect attacks, and mentioned that "a certain challenger of his" taught him to use a Pokémon's attack as a means of defense.
In Bewitch, Battle, and Bewilder!, Ash used it for the first time since Sinnoh during his battle against . Pikachu used Thunderbolt to counter 's .
In A Flood of Torrential Gains!, instructed his to use a Counter Shield of his own, having seen the technique in the last semifinals battle.
==Methods==
===Pikachu===
===Monferno===
===Buizel===
===Drifblim===
===Gastrodon===
===Electivire===
===Piplup===
===Geodude===
===Steelix===
===Inteleon===
==Trivia==
* Pikachu and Buizel's Counter Shields are similar to the way Dawn's Ambipom used for her appeal in the Solaceon Town Pokémon Contest in Team Shocker!.
* Piplup's Counter Shield is similar to the technique he perfected in Like It or Lup It! while for the Contest.
* During her against Conway in Camping It Up!, commanded the she from the Pokémon Summer Academy to use while spinning to surround its body with smoke in order to avoid the opponent's attacks. This was shown to work the same way as the Counter Shield but was used before the tactic was introduced to the series.
* During Ash's battle against during the World Coronation Series, his used in a way to not only boost its attack power and speed, but also deflect the opponent's physical attacks, resulting in a counter reminiscent to Counter Shield. This technique is used again in Aim For The Eight!, during Ash's entrance battle against Raihan, and in Toying With Your Motions!, during the finals of the Masters Eight Tournament.
** In Thrash of the Titans!, Dragonite uses a similar style of counter by using around itself to deflect a and a from Iris's Haxorus.
* Of all the characters that have taught their Pokémon to use Counter Shield, is the only one that did not appear in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.
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