White Smoke (Ability)

White Smoke (Japanese: しろいけむり White Smoke) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. All that have this Ability are Fire types. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of.

In battle
White Smoke prevents stat reduction caused by other Pokémon's moves and Abilities (such as and ), including. White Smoke does not prevent self-inflicted stat reductions such as from moves like or.

White Smoke only protects from effects that lower stat stages, so it does not prevent stat reduction from items like the Iron Ball, the status conditions or, or the moves  or. White Smoke does not prevent stat stages being directly modified by, , , , or.

This Ability is ignored by and  that ignore Abilities, such as.

Outside of battle
From onwards, if a Pokémon with White Smoke is in the first place in the party (even if fainted), the chance of encountering a wild Pokémon is decreased by 50%. It shares this effect with and.

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In other languages
Pulverrauch Humo blanco Écran Fumée Fumochiaro しろいけむり 白色烟雾（特性）