White Smoke (Ability)

White Smoke	しろいけむり
	White Smoke
Flavor text Generation III Prevents ability reduction. Generation IV Prevents the Pokémon's stats from being lowered.DPPt Prevents its stats from being lowered.HGSS Generation V Prevents other Pokémon from lowering its stats. Generation VI Prevents other Pokémon from lowering its stats. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

White Smoke (Japanese: しろいけむり White Smoke) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Two Pokémon can have this Ability, both of which are the only non-Legendary Fire-type Pokémon without evolutionary relatives. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Torkoal.

Effect

In battle

White Smoke prevents stat reduction caused by other Pokémon's moves and Abilities (such as Scary Face and Intimidate). White Smoke does not prevent self-inflicted stat reductions such as from moves like Superpower or Hammer Arm.

White Smoke only protects from effects that lower stat stages, so it does not prevent stat reduction from items like the Iron Ball, the status conditions paralysis or burn, or the moves Guard Split or Power Split. White Smoke does not prevent stat stages being directly modified by Heart Swap, Guard Swap, Power Swap, Baton Pass, or Topsy-Turvy.

This Ability is ignored by Pokémon with Mold Breaker, Teravolt, and Turboblaze.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with White Smoke is leading the party, then White Smoke decreases the wild Pokémon encounter rate by 50%.

Pokémon with White Smoke

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire	White Smoke	None	Shell Armor
0631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire	Gluttony	Flash Fire	White Smoke
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 白色煙霧 Báisè Yānwù French Écran Fumée German Pulverrauch Italian Fumochiaro Korean 하얀연기 Hayan Yeongi Portuguese Fumaça Branca Spanish Humo Blanco

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.