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'''Guard''' is a defensive move used in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' (under the name '''Block''' for the two latter games). It is used to reduce damage dealt by enemies. By pressing {{button|a}} just before contact, damage can be reduced by 1; the player has only 8/60 of a second<ref>http://ml.techyoshi.com/index.php?topic=97.5</ref> before the attack connects to press the button. Guarding will also negate almost every Status Effect linked to the attack, such as [[Poison (status effect)|Poison]] (the only exception is immobilization{{ref needed}}, which only [[X-Yux|one enemy]] in the series can perform without an item). If equipped with the [[Badge]] [[Damage Dodge]], Guards can prevent additional points of damage. Two [[Simplifier]] badges or one [[Unsimplifier]] badge will respectively loosen or tighten the window to Guard by 1/60 of a second. Guarding reduces damage even against [[piercing attack]]s.