Shield Dust (Ability)

Shield Dust (Japanese: りんぷん Moth Scales) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Five Pokémon have this Ability, all of which are Template:Type2.

Effect

In battle

Shield Dust negates all possible side-effects whose probAbility would be boosted by Serene Grace; any side-effect would be stopped. It also blocks moves that have a 100% probAbility of the side effect occurring so are not boosted by Serene Grace, such as DynamicPunch. For example, Body Slam would only deal damage and not have its usual 30% chance of causing Paralysis. It does not stop moves that only cause these effects, like Thunder Wave.

Outside of battle

Shield Dust has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Shield Dust

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0010		Caterpie	Bug		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		Bug	Shield Dust	None	Run Away
0269		Dustox	Bug	Poison	Shield Dust	None	Compoundeyes
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.

Trivia

• Shield Dust essentially prevents the Pokémon from being frozen in battle, 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.

In other languages

Language Title French Écran Poudre German Puderabwehr Greek Ασπίδα απο Σκόνη Italian Polvoscudo Korean 인분 Inbun Portuguese Escudo de Poeira Spanish Polvo escudo

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