Dry Skin (Ability): Difference between revisions

Dry Skin (Japanese: かんそうはだ Dry Skin) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

In battle

During harsh sunlight, a Pokémon with Dry Skin will lose ⅛ of its maximum HP at the end of each turn. During rain, a Pokémon with Dry Skin will regain ⅛ of its maximum HP at the end of each turn.

Fire-type attacks do 25% more damage to a Pokémon with Dry Skin.

When a Pokémon with Dry Skin is hit by a Water-type move, its HP is restored by one quarter of its maximum HP, and the move will have no effect on that Pokémon (if a Pokémon with this Ability already has full HP, the Water-type move will do nothing). This effect will not activate if the Pokémon is protected from the Water-type move. Multi-strike moves, such as Water Shuriken, will only activate this effect once.

If a Pokémon with Dry Skin is holding an Absorb Bulb or Luminous Moss, Dry Skin absorbs the Water-type move so the item's effect is not triggered.

Outside of battle

Dry Skin has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Dry Skin

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0046		Paras	Bug	Grass	Effect Spore	Dry Skin	Damp
0047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	Effect Spore	Dry Skin	Damp
0124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	Oblivious	Forewarn	Dry Skin
0453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	Anticipation	Dry Skin	Poison Touch
0454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting	Anticipation	Dry Skin	Poison Touch
0694		Helioptile	Electric	Normal	Dry Skin	Sand Veil	Solar Power
0695		Heliolisk	Electric	Normal	Dry Skin	Sand Veil	Solar Power
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 games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Sunny weather, Pokémon with Dry Skin will lose HP, while their natural HP recovery rate is boosted in Rain. Natural HP recovery rate is unaffected in Sunny weather. Pokémon will also gain HP when hit by a Water-type move, but will get extra damage from Fire-type moves.

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Pokémon with Dry Skin lose 3 HP every 9-10 turns in Sunny weather. In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Dry Skin causes the Pokémon to lose 1 HP every 10 turns in Sunny weather, and Fire-type moves do 1.2x damage to the Pokémon. When hit by a Water-type move, the Pokémon gains 20 HP. Additionally, in rain, the natural HP recovery rate doubles from 0.5% (of the maximum HP) per turn to 1% per turn.

Description

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

• In volume 42, Crystal's Parasee was revealed to have Dry Skin as her Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 乾燥皮膚 Gōnchou Pèihfū Mandarin 乾燥皮膚 / 干燥皮肤Gānzào Pífū French Peau Sèche German Trockenheit Italian Pellearsa Korean 건조피부 Geonjo Pibu Portuguese Pele Seca Spanish Piel Seca Vietnamese Da Khô

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