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. Generation V Prevents other Pokémon from lowering its stats. Generation VI Currently unknown 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. Only two Pokémon 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. Therefore the Pokémon's stats cannot be reduced from moves such as Scary Face or Abilities such as Intimidate. However, White Smoke does not prevent self-inflicted stat reduction from moves like Overheat. This Ability can be disabled with Teravolt and Turboblaze.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if the 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 French Écran Fumée German Pulverrauch Greek Λευκός Καπνός Italian Fumochiaro Korean 하얀연기 Hayan Yeongi Portuguese Fumaça Branca Spanish Humo Blanco

Variations of the Ability White Smoke
White Smoke • Clear Body

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.