Damp (Ability)

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Damp しめりけ
Moisture
Flavor text
Generation III
Prevents self-destruction.
Generation IV
Prevents combatants from self destructing.DPPt
Prevents combatants from self-destructing.HGSS
Generation V
Prevents the use of self-destructing moves.
Generation VI
Prevents the use of self-destructing moves.
Generation VII
Prevents the use of explosive moves such as Self-Destruct by dampening its surroundings.
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Damp (Japanese: しめりけ Moisture) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Damp prevents all Pokémon from using Self-Destruct and Explosion; if a Pokémon attempt to use one of these moves, it will fail and the user will not faint. Additionally, Damp prevents the Ability Aftermath from doing damage when the Pokémon with Aftermath faints.

Damp affects non-adjacent Pokémon in Triple Battles.

Outside of battle

Damp has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Blast Seed becomes ineffective in the presence of a Pokémon with Damp.

Pokémon with Damp

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0046 Paras Paras
Bug Grass Effect Spore Dry Skin Damp
0047 Parasect Parasect
Bug Grass Effect Spore Dry Skin Damp
0054 Psyduck Psyduck
Water Water Damp Cloud Nine Swift Swim
0055 Golduck Golduck
Water Water Damp Cloud Nine Swift Swim
0060 Poliwag Poliwag
Water Water Water Absorb Damp Swift Swim
0061 Poliwhirl Poliwhirl
Water Water Water Absorb Damp Swift Swim
0062 Poliwrath Poliwrath
Water Fighting Water Absorb Damp Swift Swim
0116 Horsea Horsea
Water Water Swift Swim Sniper Damp
0117 Seadra Seadra
Water Water Poison Point Sniper Damp
0186 Politoed Politoed
Water Water Water Absorb Damp Drizzle
0194 Wooper Wooper
Water Ground Damp Water Absorb Unaware
0195 Quagsire Quagsire
Water Ground Damp Water Absorb Unaware
0230 Kingdra Kingdra
Water Dragon Swift Swim Sniper Damp
0258 Mudkip Mudkip
Water Water Torrent None Damp
0259 Marshtomp Marshtomp
Water Ground Torrent None Damp
0260 Swampert Swampert
Water Ground Torrent None Damp
0592 Frillish Frillish
Water Ghost Water Absorb Cursed Body Damp
0593 Jellicent Jellicent
Water Ghost Water Absorb Cursed Body Damp
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 the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 濕氣 Sāphei
Mandarin 濕氣 / 湿气 Shī​qì​
France Flag.png French Moiteur
Germany Flag.png German Feuchtigkeit
Italy Flag.png Italian Umidità
South Korea Flag.png Korean 습기 Seupgi
Poland Flag.png Polish Wilgoć
Portugal Flag.png European Portuguese Humidade
Spain Flag.png Spanish Humedad
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Ẩm ướt


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