Drought
Drought is an ability in the Pokémon series that triggers harsh sunlight when the Pokémon with this ability enters the battlefield. This ability is often crucial for strategies revolving around weather control. Here are the detailed effects and some interesting facts about Drought:
Effects:
- Weather Change: Upon entering battle, the Pokémon with Drought causes the weather to become sunny, which is also referred to as harsh sunlight. This effect lasts for five turns in standard conditions.
- Boosts Fire-type Moves: Under harsh sunlight, the power of Fire-type moves is increased by 50%.
- Weakens Water-type Moves: The power of Water-type moves is reduced by 50% during harsh sunlight.
- Solar Beam Enhancement: Solar Beam requires no charging turn when used during harsh sunlight.
- Chlorophyll Activation: Pokémon with the Chlorophyll ability have their Speed stat doubled in harsh sunlight.
- Growth Boost: The
Effects
- The weather changes to strong sunlight when this Pokémon enters battle and does not end unless cancelled by another weather condition. If multiple Pokémon with this ability, drizzle, sand stream, or snow warning are sent out at the same time, the abilities will activate in order of Speed, respecting trick room. Each ability's weather will cancel the previous weather, and only the weather summoned by the slowest of the Pokémon will stay.
Flavor Texts
- ruby-sapphire: Summons sunlight in battle.
- emerald: Summons sunlight in battle.
- firered-leafgreen: Summons sunlight in battle.
- diamond-pearl: The Pokémon makes it sunny if it is in battle.
- platinum: The Pokémon makes it sunny if it is in battle.
- heartgold-soulsilver: The Pokémon makes it sunny if it is in battle.
- black-white: Turns the sunlight harsh if it is in battle.
- black-2-white-2: Turns the sunlight harsh if it is in battle.
- x-y: Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
- omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
- sun-moon: Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
- ultra-sun-ultra-moon: Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
- lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
- sword-shield: Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
- scarlet-violet: Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Pokémon with the Drought ability
Vulpix
37 - Fire
Ninetales
38 - Fire
Torkoal
324 - Fire
Groudon
383 - Ground
Charizard-Mega-Y
10035 - Fire, Flying