Damp (Ability)

Damp	しめりけ
	Moisture
Flavor text Generation III Prevents self-destruction. Generation IV Prevents combatants from self destructing. Generation V Prevents the use of self-destructing moves. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Damp (Japanese: しめりけ Moisture) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Eighteen Pokémon can have this Ability, all of which except two (from the same evolution line) are Water-type.

Effect

In battle

Damp prevents self-destruction and the use of moves such as Selfdestruct and Explosion. If Selfdestruct or Explosion are selected in battle, the attack will fail and the user will not faint. Also, the Ability Aftermath is prevented from doing damage. Damp affects non-adjacent Pokémon in Triple Battles.

Outside of battle

Damp has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Damp

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0046		Paras	Bug	Grass	Effect Spore	Dry Skin	Damp
0047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	Effect Spore	Dry Skin	Damp
0054		Psyduck	Water		Water	Damp	Cloud Nine	Swift Swim
0055		Golduck	Water		Water	Damp	Cloud Nine	Swift Swim
0060		Poliwag	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0116		Horsea	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Sniper	Damp
0117		Seadra	Water		Water	Poison Point	Sniper	Damp
0186		Politoed	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Drizzle
0194		Wooper	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
0195		Quagsire	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
0230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	Swift Swim	Sniper	Damp
0258		Mudkip	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Damp
0259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground	Torrent	None	Damp
0260		Swampert	Water	Ground	Torrent	None	Damp
0592		Frillish	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
0593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
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 the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Entity Two Damp.png Deoxys
The user nullifies and cancels out moves like Explosion.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	If the opponent tries to use Selfdestruct or Explosion near Poliwrath, smoke will rise from the opponent, but no explosion happens. The opponent also gets knocked out.
Red's Poli	Attacking the Entire Island		Debut
	If the opponent tries to use Selfdestruct of Explosion near Deoxys, the opponent with start to glow brightly, and so will Deoxys's core. The opponent then stops glowing and it cannot explode.
Entity Two	Red, The Battler		Used via Skill Swap

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 濕氣 Shī​qì​ French Moiteur German Feuchtigkeit Greek Υγρασία Italian Umidità Korean 습기 Seupgi Portuguese Umidade Spanish Humedad

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