Ability profile
Rough Skin Pokemon Ability
Generation
Generation III
Pokémon with ability
6
Effect
Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user takes 1/8 of its maximum HP in damage. This ability functions identically to Iron Barbs.
Flavor text
Hurts to touch.
Quick summary
Rough Skin is a main-series ability from Generation III. Open species profiles below to see typings, moves, and community fan rank where available.
Battle context
Generation debut
Generation III
Rough Skin first appeared in Generation III. Compare how newer releases reuse or power up the effect when building themed teams.
Main series
Yes
Rough Skin is used in main-series battles and links to 6 species profiles below.
6 Pokémon can have Rough Skin in the official dataset.
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