Sand Veil (Ability)

Sand Veil	すながくれ
	Hidden in Sand
Flavor text Generation III Ups evasion in a sandstorm. Generation IV Boosts the Pokémon’s evasion in a sandstorm. Generation V Currently unknown Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Sand Veil (Japanese: すながくれ Hidden in Sand) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Eleven Pokémon have Sand Veil as their ability.

Effect

In battle

Sand Veil increases the evasion of a Pokémon by 1 stage (25%) in a sandstorm and if on a Pokémon whose type does not already, grants immunity to damage taken from sandstorms.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if the Pokémon with Sand Veil is leading the party in an area with a sandstorm, such as Route 228 in Sinnoh, Sand Veil decreases the wild Pokémon encounter rate by 50%.

Pokémon with Sand Veil

Single ability

#	Pokémon		Type
027		Sandshrew	Ground
028		Sandslash	Ground
331		Cacnea	Grass
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground

Dual ability

#	Pokémon		Type		Other ability

Trivia

• Cacnea and Cacturne are the only Pokémon that have this ability that aren't already immune to sandstorm damage.

• Also, all of the Pokémon (excluding Cacnea and Cacturne) have Ground as one of their typings.

See also

• Snow Cloak

In other languages

• Spanish: Velo arena
• Italian: Sabbiavelo