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Pokémon with Shield Dust are unaffected by the [[additional effect]]s of damaging moves, including additional effects provided by {{a|Poison Touch}}, {{a|Stench}}, or [[King's Rock]]. | Pokémon with Shield Dust are unaffected by the [[additional effect]]s of other Pokémon's damaging moves, including additional effects provided by {{a|Poison Touch}}, {{a|Stench}}, or [[King's Rock]]. | ||
For example, a Pokémon with Shield Dust cannot be {{status|freeze|frozen}} by {{m|Blizzard}} or made to [[flinch]] by {{m|Fake Out}}. | For example, a Pokémon with Shield Dust cannot be {{status|freeze|frozen}} by {{m|Blizzard}} or made to [[flinch]] by {{m|Fake Out}}. | ||
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Certain "beneficial" effects may be unaffected by Shield Dust; for example, a Pokemon hit by {{m|Sparkling Aria}} will not be cured of its burn. | Certain "beneficial" effects may be unaffected by Shield Dust; for example, a Pokemon hit by {{m|Sparkling Aria}} will not be cured of its burn. | ||
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Revision as of 00:47, 8 September 2022
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Shield Dust (Japanese: りんぷん Scales) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.
Effect
In battle
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Pokémon with Shield Dust are unaffected by the additional effects of other Pokémon's damaging moves, including additional effects provided by Poison Touch, Stench, or King's Rock.
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, or on moves that force the target to switch out, such as Dragon Tail.
Certain "beneficial" effects may be unaffected by Shield Dust; for example, a Pokemon hit by Sparkling Aria will not be cured of its burn.
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 | 
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Caterpie |
Bug | Shield Dust | None | Run Away | |
| 0013 | 
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Weedle |
Bug | Poison | Shield Dust | None | Run Away |
| 0049 | 
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Venomoth |
Bug | Poison | Shield Dust | Tinted Lens | Wonder Skin |
| 0265 | 
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Wurmple |
Bug | Shield Dust | None | Run Away | |
| 0269 | 
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Dustox |
Bug | Poison | Shield Dust | None | Compound Eyes |
| 0664 | 
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Scatterbug |
Bug | Shield Dust | Compound Eyes | Friend Guard | |
| 0666 | 
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Vivillon |
Bug | Flying | Shield Dust | Compound Eyes | Friend Guard |
| 0742 | 
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Cutiefly |
Bug | Fairy | Honey Gather | Shield Dust | Sweet Veil |
| 0743 | 
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Ribombee |
Bug | Fairy | Honey Gather | Shield Dust | Sweet Veil |
| 0872 | 
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Snom |
Ice | Bug | Shield Dust | None | Ice Scales |
| 0873 | 
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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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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
- Yellow's Caterpie, Kitty, was revealed to have Shield Dust as his Ability.
- Green's Weedle is revealed to have Shield Dust as its Ability.
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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