Can whirlwind miss due to sand veil?

Feb. 11, 2021

I just watched a video and the guys in it said that whirlwind missed due to sand veil. It wasn’t a replay and was a podcast video so it was never shown but the guys did say that. Is that actually a thing? The video was on gen five so you can probably guess the two Pokemon involved. Also, after gen five, can it still miss due to sand veil?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

It would miss in Gen 5 (or prev Gens), but after that, nope

In Generations 1-5, Whirlwind has 100% accuracy (in other words, it is affected by Accuracy and Evasion stats).

From DB’s page on Whirlwind, so as you can see, before Gen 5 it would miss, as it had a defined accuracy. This would mean that it can miss in Sand directed on a Sand Veil Pokémon also.But, after Gen 5, it had it’s accuracy removed, and so, it won’t miss now.I also checked it through abattle. Chomp’s ability was Sand Veil, and Hippo’s was Sand Stream, and when Hippo used Whirlwind, it missed as Chomp had Veil.

Hope I helped!