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Water Veil (Japanese: みずのベール Water Veil) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Water Veil prevents the Pokémon from being burned.

A Pokémon with this Ability will be cured of burn if it is burned while in battle (such as if it gains the Ability outside of battle or by an effect like Skill Swap, or is burned by a Pokémon with an Ability like Mold Breaker).

Generation III

If a burned Pokémon has Water Veil as its original Ability but not its current Ability, it will remain burned when switched out.

If a burned Pokémon with Water Veil is sent into battle as one of the lead Pokémon or to replace a fainted Pokémon, or gains Water Veil due to Trace, it will not be cured of burn until after a Pokémon takes its turn (uses a move, switches out, etc.). It will be cured of burn if it is switched in to replace a switched out Pokémon (including if switched in via Baton Pass).

If the Pokémon with this Ability is burned and is holding a Rawst, Lum, or Yago Berry, Water Veil will cure the Pokémon of burn before the Berry has a chance to be consumed.

Generation IV

If a burned Pokémon has Water Veil as its original Ability but not its current Ability, then if it is one of the active Pokémon at the end of the battle or if it is switched out, it will be cured of burn (with no message). Thus, there is no way for a burned Pokémon with Water Veil to enter battle.

Generation V onward

If a burned Pokémon has Water Veil as its original Ability but not its current Ability, it will remain burned when switched out.

If the Pokémon with this Ability is burned and is holding a Rawst or Lum Berry, the Berry will be eaten and cure the Pokémon of burn before Water Veil has a chance to activate.

Outside of battle

If a burned Pokémon gains Water Veil by evolution or the Ability Capsule, it will not be cured of burn until sent into battle. Pokémon with Water Veil will not be burned by the Gentleman's Kirlia or Dusclops in the Battle Pike nor the Battle Arcade's game board.

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
0963		Finizen	Water		Water	Water Veil	None	None
0977		Dondozo	Water		Water	Unaware	Oblivious	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 games

Description

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Wallace's Seaking, Charles, is revealed to have Water Veil as his Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 水幕 Séuimohk Mandarin 水幕 Shuǐmù French Ignifu-Voile German Aquahülle Italian Idrovelo Korean 수의베일 Su-yi Veil Brazilian Portuguese Véu de Água Spanish Velo Agua Thai ม่านน้ำ Vietnamese Màn Nước

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