Smoke Ball

The Smoke Ball (Japanese: けむりだま Smoke Ball) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II.

Smoke Ball けむりだま Smoke Ball

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Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Items Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Fling Power 30

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS N/A $100 SM N/A $2,000

Effect

Animation for escaping via Smoke Ball in Generation III

Held item

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Does it allow roaming Pokémon and the initial Nihilego to bypass trapping moves and Abilities, and if so, does it play a special animation when they flee in Generation III? Does it allow wild Pokémon to Teleport regardless of trapping moves and Abilities? If a player's Pokémon holding a Smoke Ball faints and the player chooses to flee instead of sending out another Pokémon, are they guaranteed to escape in Generation II? In Generation II, does it allow the player to flee from the scripted red Gyarados?

Generation II

If held by the player's Pokémon, fleeing from a wild Pokémon is guaranteed to succeed. It does not ignore trapping moves.

Generation III onward

If held by a Pokémon, it can flee and Teleport successfully, regardless of trapping moves and Abilities.

In Generation III and IV, if the player's Pokémon holding a Smoke Ball faints, if the player attempts to flee instead of sending out another Pokémon, they will escape without fail.

In Generation III only, the Smoke Ball plays a special animation when used.

Description

Games Description GSC Escape from wild Pokémon. (HOLD) RS A hold item that can be used to flee from a wild Pokémon. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. The holding Pokémon can flee from any wild Pokémon for sure. E A hold item that assures fleeing from wild Pokémon. ColoXD An item brought over from a faraway place. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It enables the holder to flee from any wild Pokémon without fail. XYORAS SM An item to be held by a Pokémon. It enables the holder to flee from any wild Pokémon encounter without fail.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Goldenrod Tunnel B2F RSE Trick House (Fourth Puzzle) Steal from Ninja Boy Lao's Weezing (after fourth battle), held by wild Koffing FRLG Celadon City Game Corner (800 coins) DPPt Route 210 Held by wild Koffing and Weezing HGSS Goldenrod Tunnel B2F Held by wild Koffing and Weezing BW Team Plasma's hideout in Castelia City B2W2 Reversal Mountain Exterior, Opelucid City XY Lost Hotel (Route 15) ORAS Trick House (Fourth Puzzle) Held by wild Koffing and wild Spiritomb SM Po Town Held by wild Salandit

Trivia

• Because all battles in Pokémon Colosseum and most battles in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness are Trainer battles, the Smoke Ball has no effect and cannot be found.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 煙霧球 Yīnmouh Kàuh Mandarin 煙霧球 / 烟雾球 Yānwù Qiú French Boule FumeeGen II-II Boule FuméeGen IV+ German Rauchball Italian Palla Fumo Korean 연막탄 Yeonmaktan Spanish Bola Humo

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation II
  • Generation III
  • Generation IV
  • Generation V
  • Generation VI
  • Generation VII
• On Eevee's Itemdex

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.