Sand Veil

Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

27 Pokémon14 as Hidden AbilityIntroduced in Gen 3

One of the original abilities, from Gen 3 (Ruby & Sapphire).

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In-depth effect
Pokémon
Hidden Ability
More from Gen 3

In-depth effect

During a sandstorm, this Pokémon has 1.25× its evasion, and it does not take sandstorm 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 a sandstorm.

Pokémon with Sand Veil (13)

As a Hidden Ability14

Pokémon that can have Sand Veil only as their Hidden Ability.

SandygastHidden #0770

PalossandHidden #0843

SilicobraHidden #0844

SandacondaHidden #0960

WiglettHidden #0961

WugtrioHidden #0968

OrthwormHidden

More abilities from Gen 3

Other abilities introduced alongside Sand Veil.

Ability	Pokémon	Effect
Swift Swim	44	Doubles Speed during rain.
Sturdy	42	Prevents being KOed from full HP, leaving 1 HP instead. Protects against the one-hit KO moves regardless of HP.
Keen Eye	39	Prevents accuracy from being lowered.
Chlorophyll	37	Doubles Speed during strong sunlight.
Inner Focus	35	Prevents flinching.
Intimidate	35	Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.
Levitate	32	Evades Ground moves.
Swarm	31	Strengthens Bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.

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“Sand Veil”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/sand-veil.

Ability data from PokéAPI.