Ability profile
Shield Dust Pokemon Ability
Generation
Generation III
Pokémon with ability
12
Effect
This Pokémon is immune to the extra effects of moves used against it. An extra effect is a move's chance, listed as an "effect chance", to inflict a status ailment, cause a stat change, or make the target flinch in addition to the move's main effect. For example, Thunder Shock's paralysis is an extra effect, but Thunder Wave's is not, nor are Knock Off's item removal and Air Cutter's increased critical hit rate.
Flavor text
Prevents added effects.
Quick summary
Shield Dust 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
Shield Dust first appeared in Generation III. Compare how newer releases reuse or power up the effect when building themed teams.
Main series
Yes
Shield Dust is used in main-series battles and links to 12 species profiles below.
12 Pokémon can have Shield Dust in the official dataset. 2 appear on the community favorite board — ranked species are listed first.
Fan favorite hub
See which fan favorites share this ability
Open linked Pokémon profiles to view community rank and save counts — context a plain ability listing cannot show.
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