Sand Veil (ability)

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

Effect

In battle

Sand Veil increases the evasion of a Pokémon by 1 stage (25%) in a sandstorm and if on a Pokémon whose type does not already, grants immunity to damage taken from sandstorms.

Outside of battle

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

Single ability

#	Pokémon		Type
027		Sandshrew	Ground
028		Sandslash	Ground
331		Cacnea	Grass
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground

Dual ability

#	Pokémon		Type		Other ability
050		Diglett	Ground		Arena Trap
051		Dugtrio	Ground		Arena Trap
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	Hyper Cutter
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying	Hyper Cutter

Trivia

• Cacnea and Cacturne are the only Pokémon that have this ability that aren't already immune to sandstorm damage.

See also

• Snow Cloak