Generation III Ability
Rough Skin
Damages attacking Pokémon for 1/8 their max HP on contact.
Rough Skin Effect
Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user takes 1/8 of its maximum HP in damage. This ability functions identically to Iron Barbs.
“The Pokémon's rough skin damages attackers that make direct contact with it.”
Rough Skin Data
- Introduced
- Generation III
- Pokémon
- 6
- In short
- Damages attacking Pokémon for 1/8 their max HP on contact.
Pokémon With Rough Skin
6 Pokémon can have Rough Skin.
Rough Skin Questions & Answers
- What does Rough Skin do?
- Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user takes 1/8 of its maximum HP in damage. This ability functions identically to Iron Barbs.
- How many Pokémon have Rough Skin?
- 6 Pokémon can have Rough Skin.
- What Pokémon have Rough Skin?
- Carvanha, Sharpedo, Gible, Gabite, and Garchomp, and 1 more Pokémon can have Rough Skin — the full list is above.
- When was Rough Skin introduced?
- Rough Skin was introduced in Generation III.





