Sand Veil (Ability)

Sand Veil	すながくれ
	Hidden in Sand
Flavor text Generation III Ups evasion in a sandstorm. Generation IV Boosts the Pokémon's evasion in a sandstorm. Generation V Boosts the Pokémon's evasion in a sandstorm. Generation VI Boosts the Pokémon's evasion in a sandstorm. Generation VII Boosts the Pokémon's evasion in a sandstorm. Generation VIII Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in a sandstorm. Generation IX Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in a sandstorm.

Sand Veil (Japanese: すながくれ Hidden in Sand) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

During a sandstorm, the accuracy of any move used against a Pokémon with this Ability is modified by a factor of ⁴/₅ (approximated as a factor of 3277/4096 since Generation V). A Pokémon with this Ability will take no damage from the sandstorm if it otherwise would.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Sand Veil is in the first place in the party (even if fainted) in an area with a sandstorm (such as Route 228 in Sinnoh), the chance of encountering a wild Pokémon is decreased by 50%.

Generation VIII

This Ability appears to have no effect on encounter rate in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Generation IX

This Ability appears to have no effect on encounter rate in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Pokémon with Sand Veil

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground	Sand Veil	None	Sand Rush
0028		Sandslash	Ground		Ground	Sand Veil	None	Sand Rush
0050		Diglett	Ground		Ground	Sand Veil	Arena Trap	Sand Force
0050		Diglett Alolan Form	Ground	Steel	Sand Veil	Tangling Hair	Sand Force
0051		Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	Sand Veil	Arena Trap	Sand Force
0051		Dugtrio Alolan Form	Ground	Steel	Sand Veil	Tangling Hair	Sand Force
0074		Geodude	Rock	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Sand Veil
0075		Graveler	Rock	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Sand Veil
0076		Golem	Rock	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Sand Veil
0207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	Hyper Cutter	Sand Veil	Immunity
0231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground	Pickup	None	Sand Veil
0232		Donphan	Ground		Ground	Sturdy	None	Sand Veil
0246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground	Guts	None	Sand Veil
0331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
0332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
0443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	Sand Veil	None	Rough Skin
0444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground	Sand Veil	None	Rough Skin
0445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground	Sand Veil	None	Rough Skin
0472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying	Hyper Cutter	Sand Veil	Poison Heal
0618		Stunfisk	Ground	Electric	Static	Limber	Sand Veil
0694		Helioptile	Electric	Normal	Dry Skin	Sand Veil	Solar Power
0695		Heliolisk	Electric	Normal	Dry Skin	Sand Veil	Solar Power
0769		Sandygast	Ghost	Ground	Water Compaction	None	Sand Veil
0770		Palossand	Ghost	Ground	Water Compaction	None	Sand Veil
0843		Silicobra	Ground		Ground	Sand Spit	Shed Skin	Sand Veil
0844		Sandaconda	Ground		Ground	Sand Spit	Shed Skin	Sand Veil
0960		Wiglett	Water		Water	Gooey	Rattled	Sand Veil
0961		Wugtrio	Water		Water	Gooey	Rattled	Sand Veil
0968		Orthworm	Steel		Steel	Earth Eater	None	Sand Veil
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 games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, Sand Veil increases evasion by two stages when active.

Description

Games Description MDRB Boosts Evasion if there is a sandstorm. MDTDS Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness during a sandstorm. BSL てんきが すなあらしだと かいひが あがる MDGtI Unavailable SMD The Pokémon isn't damaged by a sandstorm, and its evasiveness goes up while the sandstorm is in effect! MDRTDX The Pokémon isn't damaged by the Sandstorm weather condition, and its evasiveness goes up while a sandstorm is in effect.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• In volume 40, Pearl's Diglett, Digler, was revealed to have Sand Veil as his Ability.
• Red's Diglett and Sandshrew and Giovanni's Dugtrio were revealed to have Sand Veil as their Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
• Wally's Cacturne and Cynthia's Garchomp were revealed to have Sand Veil as their Ability.

Trivia

• Prior to becoming an Ability, Sand Veil appeared as a TCG Attack.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 沙隱 Sāyán * 沙裡隱身 Sā-léuih Yánsān * Mandarin 沙隱 / 沙隐 Shāyǐn * 沙裡隱身 Shā-lǐ Yǐnshēn * French Voile Sable German Sandschleier Italian Sabbiavelo Korean 모래숨기 Morae Sumgi Brazilian Portuguese Véu de Areia Russian Песчаная Вуаль Peschanaya Vual' Spanish Velo Arena

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