Ability Detail

Summary

Shield Dust is an ability in the Pokémon series that offers unique protective benefits to the Pokémon possessing it. The primary effect of Shield Dust is that it prevents additional effects that might be caused by an opponent's moves. Specifically, any secondary effects that are supposed to occur as a result of a damaging move—such as causing a status condition (like paralysis from Thunderbolt or burn from Flamethrower), flinching, or stat changes—are nullified if the attack hits a Pokémon with Shield Dust.

Key Effects:

Nullification of Secondary Effects: Moves that typically have a chance to cause secondary effects will only deal damage when used against a Pokémon with Shield Dust. For example, moves like Scald, which can inflict a burn, and Ice Beam, which can cause freezing, will solely exert their damage component with no possibility of their secondary effects.

Other Interesting Facts:

Strategic Advantage: Shield Dust is particularly useful in competitive battling where the likelihood of

Effects

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 Texts

ruby-sapphire: Prevents added effects.

emerald: Prevents added effects.

firered-leafgreen: Prevents added effects.

diamond-pearl: Blocks the added effects of attacks taken.

platinum: Blocks the added effects of attacks taken.

heartgold-soulsilver: Blocks the added effects of attacks taken.

black-white: Blocks the added effects of attacks taken.

black-2-white-2: Blocks the added effects of attacks taken.

x-y: Blocks the additional effects of attacks taken.

omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Blocks the additional effects of attacks taken.

sun-moon: This Pokémon’s dust blocks the additional effects of attacks taken.