Mist (move)

	Mist; しろいきり White Mist
Type	Ice
Category	Status
PP	30 (max. 48)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	0
	Does not make contact; Not affected by Protect; Not affected by Magic Coat; Affected by Snatch; Not affected by Mirror Move; Not affected by King's Rock;
	Your Side: Affects the user's side of the field
Introduced	Generation I
	Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.;
Condition	Beauty
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	0
	Can avoid being startled by others.
Condition	Beauty
Appeal	2 ♥♥
	Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.
Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	1 ♥
Jamming	0
	Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends.
	On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I; Generation II; Generation III; Generation IV; Generation V; Generation VI; Generation VII; Generation VIII; Generation IX; ;

Mist (Japanese: しろいきり White Mist) is a non-damaging Ice-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Mist protects the user from having its stats decreased by opponents' status moves until the user switches out. Damaging moves that lower the target's stats as a side effect, such as Acid or Psychic, can still decrease the Pokémon's stats.

Mist does not remove any stat stage changes already in effect, and it does not prevent the user from lowering their own stats. The effect of Mist can be removed by Haze.

Mist will fail if it is already under effect. Mist does not stack with the effect of Guard Spec.

Generation II

Mist protects the user from having its stats decreased by opponents until the user switches out. It now also applies to damaging moves.

Haze can no longer remove the effect of Mist. The effect can be passed with Baton Pass.

Generation III onwards

Mist now creates a Mist effect on the user's side of the field that lasts for five turns. All Pokémon on the user's side of the field are protected while Mist is active, including Pokémon switched in after it was created. It is removed if a Pokémon on that side of the field is hit by Defog.

While Mist is in effect, other Pokémon (including allies) cannot lower the stats of Pokémon protected by Mist using either moves or Abilities (e.g. Intimidate). However, it does not prevent Pokémon lowering their own stats.

If powered up by an Icium Z into Z-Mist, the user regains all of its HP.

Description

Games	Description
Stad	Provides full protection against any enemy status attack, such as those that lower Defense.
Stad2	Provides full protection against any enemy status attack.
GS C	Prevents stat reduction.
RS EColoXD	Creates a mist that stops reduction of abilities.
FRLG	The ally party is protected by a mist that prevents stat reductions.
DP Pt HGSSPBR BW B2W2	The user cloaks its body with a white mist that prevents any of its stats from being cut for five turns.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA SV	The user cloaks itself and its allies in a white mist that prevents any of their stats from being lowered for five turns.

Learnset

By leveling up

#		Egg Groups		Level
				I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII		VIII		IX
										SM USUM	PE	SwSh	BDSP	SV
0027	Sandshrew Alolan Form	Field		Field							−	−	3		3
0028	Sandslash Alolan Form	Field		Field							−	−	1		Rem.
0037	Vulpix Alolan Form	Field		Field							20	7	40		40
0038	Ninetales Alolan Form	Field		Field							−	1	1		Rem.
0062	Poliwrath	Water 1		Water 1	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	1	−	−	−
0131	Lapras	Monster	Water 1	20	8	7	4	4	4	4	13	10	10	10
0134	Vaporeon	Field		Field	48^RGB 42^Y*	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
0144	Articuno	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	60	13	13	8	8	8	8	1	1	1	1
0149	Dragonite	Water 1	Dragon	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	1	−	−	−
0150	Mewtwo	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	75	55	55^RSE 22^FRLG	43	36	86	86	11	64	64	64
0194	Wooper	Water 1	Field		51	51	43	43	43	43		12	12	12
0195	Quagsire	Water 1	Field		59	61	48	48	48	48		12	12	12
0220	Swinub	Field		Field		37	37	40	40^BW 35^B2W2	35	35		20	20	20
0221	Piloswine	Field		Field		42	42	48	48^BW 37^B2W2	37	37		20	20	20
0245	Suicune	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		51	51	36	36	36	36		1	1	1
0249	Lugia	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		−	−	−	−	−	−		9	9	9
0270	Lotad	Water 1	Grass			21	11	11	11^XY 15^ORAS	15		9	9	9
0271	Lombre	Water 1	Grass			−	−	−	−	−		9	9	9
0272	Ludicolo	Water 1	Grass			−	−	−	−	−		1	1	Rem.
0278	Wingull	Water 1	Flying			21	16	16^BW 14^B2W2	14^XY 12^ORAS	12		35	35	35
0279	Pelipper	Water 1	Flying			21	16	16^BW 14^B2W2	14^XY 12^ORAS	12		41	41	41
0283	Surskit	Water 1	Bug			37	37	37	37^XY 25^ORAS	25			25	25
0284	Masquerain	Water 1	Bug			−	−	−	−	−			1	−
0320	Wailmer	Field	Water 2			32	24	24	24^XY 22^ORAS	22		15	15
0321	Wailord	Field	Water 2			32	24	24	24^XY 22^ORAS	22		15	15
0333	Swablu	Flying	Dragon			28	23	23^BW 15^B2W2	15^XY 14^ORAS	14		8	8	8
0334	Altaria	Flying	Dragon			28	23	23^BW 15^B2W2	15^XY 14^ORAS	14		1	1	1
0393	Piplup	Water 1	Field				36	36	36	36			36	36
0394	Prinplup	Water 1	Field				42	42	42	42			42	42
0395	Empoleon	Water 1	Field				46	46	46	46			46	46
0459	Snover	Monster	Grass				21	21	21	21		10	10	10
0460	Abomasnow	Monster	Grass				21	21	21	21		1	1	1
0473	Mamoswine	Field		Field				48	48^BW 37^B2W2	37	37		20	20	20
0488	Cresselia	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				20	20	20	20		6	6	6
0582	Vanillite	Mineral		Mineral					16	16	16		8
0583	Vanillish	Mineral		Mineral					16	16	16		1
0584	Vanilluxe	Mineral		Mineral					16	16	16		1
0615	Cryogonal	Mineral		Mineral					21	1, 21	9		20		16
0698	Amaura	Monster		Monster						18	18		20
0699	Aurorus	Monster		Monster						18	18		20
0721	Volcanion	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered						8	8		60		60
0788	Tapu Fini	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							1		10
0873	Frosmoth	Bug		Bug									12		12
0875	Eiscue	Water 1	Field									6		6
0896	Glastrier	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									30		30
0898	Calyrex Ice Rider	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									1		1
0963	Finizen	Field	Water 2											44
0964	Palafin	Field	Water 2											44
1002	Chien-Pao	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered											15
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#		Egg Groups		Egg Move
				II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
									SM USUM	SwSh	BDSP	SV
0007	Squirtle	Monster	Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0060	Poliwag	Water 1		Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0147	Dratini	Water 1	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0170	Chinchou	Water 2		Water 2	−	−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0194	Wooper Paldean Form	Water 1	Field									✔
0222	Corsola	Water 1	Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0278	Wingull	Water 1	Flying		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	−	✔	−
0349	Feebas	Water 1	Dragon		−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0422	Shellos All forms	Water 1	Amorphous			−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0459	Snover	Monster	Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔	−	✔	−
0535	Tympole	Water 1		Water 1				✔	✔	✔	✔
0592	Frillish All forms	Amorphous		Amorphous				✔	✔	✔	✔
0594	Alomomola	Water 1	Water 2				✔	✔	✔			✔
0712	Bergmite	Monster	Mineral					✔	✔	✔		✔
0746	Wishiwashi	Water 2		Water 2						✔	✔
0780	Drampa	Monster	Dragon						✔	✔
0816	Sobble	Water 1	Field							✔		✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Special move

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0060		Poliwag		Water 1		Water 1	Dream World - Pleasant Forest
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0223		Remoraid		Water 1	Water 2	New York City Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0643		Reshiram		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	Ash's Reshiram^W Spring 2012 Reshiram^W
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Mist gives the user the Mist status condition, which prevents other Pokémon from lowering user's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, evasiveness and accuracy (including stat multipliers from Charm, Aurora Beam, Memento and Screech in the Rescue Team and Explorers series). This status condition lasts for 11-14^RB^TDS / 21^GtI^SMD turns. Defog will also end the status early if used by an enemy in the Explorers and Adventure Squad series.

Game	Base Power	Max Power	Base PP	Max PP	Base Accuracy	Max Accuracy	Range	Target	Cuts corners
MDRB	-	-	19	-	—%	-	User	User	-
MDTD S	-	-	17	-	—%	-	User	User	-
BSL	-	-	17	-	—%	-	User	User	-
MDGtI	-	-	20	99	—%	-	Entire room	Party	Yes
SMD	-	-	20	99	—%	-	Entire room	Party	Yes
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games: MD Rescue Team = Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. MD Time and Darkness = Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. MD Sky = Pokémon Platinum. MD Adventure Squad = Pokémon Platinum. MD Gates to Infinity = Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. Super Mystery Dungeon = Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. MD Rescue Team DX = Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Pokémon Masters EX

Name

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	The user gains the Mist status. It prevents Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, Accuracy, and Evasion from being reduced.
MDTD S	Gives the user a Mist status, which prevents the user's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, accuracy, and evasiveness from being reduced.
BSL	じぶんをしろいきりじょうたいにかえてこうげきぼうぎょとくこうとくぼうめいちゅうかいひがさがらないようにする
MDGtI	You and your teammates will get the Mist status and prevent all of your Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, accuracy, and evasiveness from being lowered.
SMD	Your party is cloaked in mist, which prevents all of your Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, accuracy, and evasiveness stats from being lowered. But you're not protected from the effects of your moves that lower your own stats.
MDRTDX	You and your allies that are in the same room are cloaked in mist, which prevents all of your stats from being lowered. But you're not protected from the effects of your moves that lower your own stats.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Pokémon	Method
Lapras Articuno Frillish Altaria
The user cloaks its body with a white mist.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Lapras opens its mouth and releases a thick transparent white cloud from it.
Multiple wild Lapras	Viva Las Lapras	Debut
Lucius's Lapras	Song Within the Mist	None
	Articuno opens its beak and a thick white cloud sprays out of it.
Noland's Articuno	The Symbol Life	None
	Prinplup opens its beak and releases a thick white cloud that sparkles all around the battlefield.
Kenny's Prinplup	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!	None
	Altaria opens its beak and a thick white cloud sprays out of it, or Altaria spins around, releasing a white mist from its body.
An Altaria a boy borrowed from the Opelucid Trainers' School	Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!	None
Lisia's Ali	Reuniting for the First Time!	None
	Frillish opens its mouth and a thick white cloud sprays out of it.
Jessie's Frillish	New Places... Familiar Faces!	None
	Volcanion releases a white cloud from the holes on its cannons.
Volcanion (M19)	Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel	None
	Wailord releases a thick white cloud from its blowhole.
A wild Wailord	Lapras's Feelings for its Friends	None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
Lapras Suicune
The user cloaks itself in a white mist.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Lapras's pupils disappear and a thick mist forms around it.
Evan's Lapras	Lapras Lazily	Debut
	Suicune fires a thick mist from its mouth at the opponent and disappears into it.
Misty's Suicune	Debonaire Dragonair	None

Pokémon Zensho

Pokémon	Method
Lapras
The user shrouds the area with a misty fog.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Lapras's pupils disappear and a thick mist forms around it.
Satoshi's Lapras	Saffron City	Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

Mist displays an animation when it ends in Pokémon Battle Revolution.
Guard Spec. has the same effect as Mist, even displaying the same "the ally was shrouded in mist" text.
In Pokémon Yellow, Vaporeon is programmed to learn both Haze and Mist at level 42; however, a bug prevents a Pokémon from learning two moves at the same level, so Vaporeon cannot learn Mist in Yellow outside of Pokémon Day Care.
It appears to be a stat-protecting counterpart to Haze. They have the same type, PP, and Z-Move effect. Moreover, their Japanese names are very similar. They are also usually learned at the same level.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	白霧 Baahkmouh
Chinese	Mandarin	白霧 / 白雾 Báiwù
Czech		Mlha
Danish		Dis* Tåge*
Dutch		Mist
Finnish		Sumu*
French		Brume
German		Weißnebel
Greek		Ομίχλη
Indonesian		Kabut Putih
Italian		Nebbia
Korean		흰안개 Huinan-gae
Polish		Mgła
Portuguese	Brazil	Neblina (early animated series^[specify], M19, The Official Pokémon Handbook) Névoa (BW101-BW109, manga, The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Portuguese	Portugal	Neblina
Romanian		Pâcla
Serbian		Izmaglica
Spanish	Latin America	Neblina (EP113, BW101–BW119, HZ031–present) Niebla (AG136–DP027, JN105) Bruma (M19)
Spanish	Spain	Neblina
Turkish		Sis
Vietnamese		Sương Trắng

Variations of the move Safeguard

Lucky Chant • • Safeguard

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