White Smoke (Ability)

White Smoke	しろいけむり
	White Smoke
Flavor text Generation III Prevents Ability reduction. Generation IV Prevents the Pokémon's stats from being lowered. Generation V Prevents other Pokémon from lowering its stats.

White Smoke (Japanese: しろいけむり White Smoke) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Only two Pokémon have this Ability, both of which are the only non-legendary Fire-type Pokémon without evolutionary relatives. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Torkoal.

Effect

In battle

White Smoke prevents stat reduction. Therefore the Pokémon's stats cannot be reduced from moves such as Scary Face nor the Abilities like Intimidate. However, White Smoke does not prevent self-inflicted stat reduction from moves like Overheat. It also does not prevent stat reduction from status ailments like paralysis nor items like Full Incense. White Smoke does not prevent stat losses caused by Heart Swap, Guard Swap, Power Swap, Guard Split, Power Split, and Baton Pass.

This Ability can be disabled with Mold Breaker, Teravolt, and Turboblaze.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with White Smoke is leading the party, then White Smoke decreases the wild Pokémon encounter rate by 50%.

Pokémon with White Smoke

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Torkoal	Fire		Fire	White Smoke	None	Shell Armor
	Heatmor	Fire		Fire	Gluttony	Flash Fire	White Smoke
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.

In other languages

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Variations of the Ability White Smoke
White Smoke • Clear Body

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.