Counter Shield

Counter Shield (Japanese: カウンターシールド Counter Shield) is a tactic developed by Ash Ketchum in the. 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.

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 training for the Contest.
 * During her battle 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.

In other languages
Controscudo カウンターシールド 雙倍奉還防護罩