Rough Skin (Ability)

Rough Skin (Japanese: さめはだ Sharkskin) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Three Pokémon have this ability.

Effect

In battle

All moves that make contact with the Pokémon with Rough Skin will damage the user by 1/16 of their maximum HP after damage is dealt. In Generation IV, the damage is increased to 1/8.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and the sequel, if an enemy directly in front of the Pokémon attacks it, the attacker is damaged by half of the damage done.

Outside of battle

Rough Skin has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Rough Skin

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0318		Carvanha	Water	Dark	Rough Skin	None	Speed Boost
0319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark	Rough Skin	None	Speed Boost
0621	Kurimugan	Kurimugan	Dragon		Dragon	Rough Skin	Encourage	Mold Breaker
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.

See also

In the anime

Sharpedo: Sharpedo uses its skin to scrape against its foes. The skin is rough enough to cause abrasion. However, it can choose whether or not to activate the ability.

• Activated by a wild Sharpedo in Sharpedo Attack!. Debut.

In other languages

• Italian: Cartavetro
• Spanish: Piel tosca

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.