Shield Dust (Ability)
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Shield Dust (Japanese: りんぷん Scales) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.
Effect
In battle
Pokémon with Shield Dust are unaffected by the additional effects of damaging moves, including additional effects provided by Poison Touch or Stench.
For example, a Pokémon with Shield Dust cannot be frozen by Blizzard or made to flinch by Fake Out.
Shield Dust has no effect on status moves, such as Thunder Wave or Leech Seed.
Outside of battle
Shield Dust has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Shield Dust
# | Pokémon | Types | First Ability | Second Ability | Hidden Ability | ||
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0010 | Caterpie |
Bug | Shield Dust | None | Run Away | ||
0013 | Weedle |
Bug | Poison | Shield Dust | None | Run Away | |
0049 | Venomoth |
Bug | Poison | Shield Dust | Tinted Lens | Wonder Skin | |
0265 | Wurmple |
Bug | Shield Dust | None | Run Away | ||
0269 | Dustox |
Bug | Poison | Shield Dust | None | Compound Eyes | |
0664 | Scatterbug |
Bug | Shield Dust | Compound Eyes | Friend Guard | ||
0666 | Vivillon |
Bug | Flying | Shield Dust | Compound Eyes | Friend Guard | |
0742 | Cutiefly |
Bug | Fairy | Honey Gather | Shield Dust | Sweet Veil | |
0743 | Ribombee |
Bug | Fairy | Honey Gather | Shield Dust | Sweet Veil | |
0872 | Snom |
Ice | Bug | Shield Dust | None | Ice Scales | |
0873 | Frosmoth |
Ice | Bug | Shield Dust | None | Ice Scales | |
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
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In other games
Description
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Trivia
- Shield Dust effectively prevents the Pokémon from being frozen in battle by any Pokémon (except those with Mold Breaker or one of its variants), as the Freeze status ailment is always caused as a secondary effect of an opponent's move, and the status cannot be passed to another Pokémon via Baton Pass or Synchronize.
- Similarly, Shield Dust prevents the Pokémon from flinching as it is always caused as a secondary effect of an opponent's move.
In other languages
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