Sand Veil (ability)

Sand Veil (Japanese: すながくれ Hidden in Sand) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Eighteen Pokémon can have Sand Veil as their Ability.

Effect

In battle

Sand Veil increases the evasion of a Pokémon by 20% in a sandstorm and if on a Pokémon whose type does not already, grants immunity to damage taken from sandstorms.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if the Pokémon with Sand Veil is leading the party in an area with a sandstorm, such as Route 228 in Sinnoh, Sand Veil decreases the wild Pokémon encounter rate by 50%.

Pokémon with Sand Veil

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Sandshrew	Ground		Ground	Sand Veil	None	Sand Rush
	Sandslash	Ground		Ground	Sand Veil	None	Sand Rush
	Diglett	Ground		Ground	Sand Veil	Arena Trap	Sand Force
	Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	Sand Veil	Arena Trap	Sand Force
	Geodude	Rock	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Sand Veil
	Graveler	Rock	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Sand Veil
	Golem	Rock	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Sand Veil
	Gligar	Ground	Flying	Hyper Cutter	Sand Veil	Immunity
	Phanpy	Ground		Ground	Pickup	None	Sand Veil
	Donphan	Ground		Ground	Sturdy	None	Sand Veil
	Larvitar	Rock	Ground	Guts	None	Sand Veil
	Cacnea	Grass		Grass	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
	Cacturne	Grass	Dark	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
	Gible	Dragon	Ground	Sand Veil	None	Rough Skin
	Gabite	Dragon	Ground	Sand Veil	None	Rough Skin
	Garchomp	Dragon	Ground	Sand Veil	None	Rough Skin
	Gliscor	Ground	Flying	Hyper Cutter	Sand Veil	Poison Heal
	Stunfisk	Ground	Electric	Static	Limber	Sand Veil
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation V games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Trivia

• Cacnea and Cacturne are the only Pokémon that have this Ability that aren't already immune to sandstorm damage.
  • Also, all of the Pokémon (excluding Cacnea and Cacturne) have Ground as one of their types, despite Sandstorm being a Rock-type move.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 沙裡隱身 Shālǐ Yǐnshēn French Voile Sable German Sandschleicher Greek Πέπλο Άμμου Italian Sabbiavelo Korean 모래숨기 Morae Sumgi Portuguese Véu de Areia Spanish Velo Arena

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