Ability Detail

Summary

Snow Cloak is an ability in the Pokémon series that provides several beneficial effects in snowy or hailstorm conditions. Below are the key details and interesting facts about Snow Cloak:

Effect in Battle:
Snow Cloak increases the evasion of the Pokémon with this ability by 20% when hail is active. This evasion boost makes it more difficult for opponents to hit the Pokémon with their attacks, giving a strategic advantage in battles where hail is prevalent.
Activating Snow Cloak:
The ability is automatically activated during hailstorm conditions, which can be naturally occurring in certain battle arenas or induced artificially using moves like Hail or the ability Snow Warning.
Damage Protection:
While Snow Cloak itself does not prevent damage from hail, it is often paired with Ice-type Pokémon who are inherently immune to hail damage. Therefore, these Pokémon predominantly benefit from both the evasion boost and immunity to hail-related

Effects

During hail, this Pokémon has 1.25× its evasion, and it does not take hail damage regardless of type. The evasion bonus does not count as a stat modifier. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, the wild encounter rate is halved in snow.

Flavor Texts

diamond-pearl: Raises evasion in a hailstorm.

platinum: Raises evasion in a hailstorm.

heartgold-soulsilver: Raises evasion in a hailstorm.

black-white: Raises evasion in a hailstorm.

black-2-white-2: Raises evasion in a hailstorm.

x-y: Boosts evasion in a hailstorm.

omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Boosts evasion in a hailstorm.

sun-moon: Boosts evasion in a hailstorm.

ultra-sun-ultra-moon: Boosts evasion in a hailstorm.

lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: Boosts evasion in a hailstorm.

sword-shield: Boosts evasiveness in a hailstorm.