Safety Goggles

Effect

An item to be held by a Pokémon. These goggles protect the holder from both weather-related damage and powder.

Detailed mechanics

Activation conditions and exact figures that the in-game description leaves out. Taken from the Pokémon Showdown simulator source code (MIT), newest first; periods with identical mechanics are grouped.

Pokémon ChampionsNot available

Gen 9

The holder is unaffected by powder moves (Cotton Spore, Magic Powder, Poison Powder, Rage Powder, Sleep Powder, Spore, and Stun Spore).

It takes no damage from Sandstorm.

It is also unaffected by the Ability Effect Spore.

Pokémon that hold this in battle

VGC 20262026-09

Urshifu (Rapid Strike Style)5.5%Incineroar49.1%Raging Bolt0.4%Farigiraf24.3%Tornadus1.1%Indeedee (Female)15.4%Pelipper13.6%Urshifu0%Tatsugiri2.4%Heatran0.5%Volcarona7%Dragonite0%

Percentages are the share within each Pokémon in VGC 2026 (2026-09).

Source: Smogon (VGC 2024 reg.G)

Doubles OU2026-09

Incineroar8.4%Chien-Pao0.5%Raging Bolt1.6%Dragonite0.6%Indeedee (Female)6%Volcanion6.7%Farigiraf6.8%Cresselia39.5%Kingambit7.1%Houndstone11.3%Bronzong0.6%Volcarona0.5%

Percentages are the share within each Pokémon in Doubles OU (2026-09).

Source: Smogon (Doubles OU)

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