| Overcoat
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ぼうじん
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| Dustproof
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Flavor text
| Generation VI
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| Protects the Pokémon from things like sand, hail, and powder.
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| Generation VII
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| Protects the Pokémon from things like sand, hail, and powder.
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| Generation VIII
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| Protects the Pokémon from things like sand, hail, and powder.
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| Generation IX
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| The Pokémon takes no damage from sandstorms. It is also protected from the effects of powders and spores.
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Overcoat (Japanese: ぼうじん Dustproof) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.
Effect
In battle
Generation V
A Pokémon with Overcoat does not take damage from the weather conditions sandstorm and hailstorm.
Generation VI onward
Overcoat now also protects from powder and spore moves, as well as Effect Spore.
Outside of battle
Overcoat has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Overcoat
In other games
Description
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Description
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| MDGtI
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Protects the Pokémon from weather that would damage it.*
The Hail and Sandstorm weather conditions won't damage the Pokémon!*
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| SMD
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Hail or a sandstorm won't damage the Pokémon! It also prevents the effects of the Effect Spore Ability and moves such as Poison Powder and Powder  .
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Trivia
- Six of the Pokémon able to have this Ability are already immune to one of the damage-dealing weather conditions by virtue of their type (Seven if Wormadam's Sandy and Trash Cloaks are counted as separate Pokémon).
- Four of the Pokémon able to have this Ability are already immune to powder moves by virtue of their type.
In other languages
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This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.
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