Water Veil (Ability)

Water Veil	みずのベール
	Water Veil
Flavor text Generation III Prevents burns. Generation IV Prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn. Generation V Prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn. Generation VI Prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Water Veil (Japanese: みずのベール Water Veil) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Eleven Pokémon can have this Ability, all of which are Water type.

Effect

In battle

Water Veil prevents the Pokémon from being burned. If a burned Pokémon gains this Ability during battle (such as via Skill Swap), it will be immediately cured of its burn. If a burned Pokémon gains Water Veil by evolution or the Ability Capsule, it will remain burned, but will be cured of its burn as soon as it is sent into battle.

Outside of battle

Water Veil has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Water Veil

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0118		Goldeen	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Water Veil	Lightning Rod
0119		Seaking	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Water Veil	Lightning Rod
0226		Mantine	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0320		Wailmer	Water		Water	Water Veil	Oblivious	Pressure
0321		Wailord	Water		Water	Water Veil	Oblivious	Pressure
0367		Huntail	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Water Veil
0418		Buizel	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Water Veil
0419		Floatzel	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Water Veil
0456		Finneon	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Storm Drain	Water Veil
0457		Lumineon	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Storm Drain	Water Veil
0458		Mantyke	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
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.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 水幕 Shuǐmù French Ignifu-Voile German Aquahülle Italian Idrovelo Korean 수의 베일 Su-yi Veil Portuguese Véu de Água Spanish Velo Agua

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