Drizzle (Ability)

Drizzle あめふらし
Rainfall
Flavor text
Generation III
Summons rain in battle.
Generation IV
The Pokémon makes it rain if it appears in battle.
Generation V
The Pokémon makes it rain if it appears in battle.
Generation VI
The Pokémon makes it rain when it enters a battle.
Generation VII
Currently unknown
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Drizzle (Japanese: あめふらし Rainfall) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Two Pokémon can have this Ability. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Kyogre.

Effect

In battle

Generations III to V

Drizzle summons rain in battle as soon as a Pokémon with Drizzle enters the battle. Its effects are the same as the move Rain Dance, but instead of lasting for a limited amount of turns, it lasts for the whole battle (unless it is replaced by another type of weather). If a Pokémon with Drizzle is sent out in the same turn as another Pokémon whose Ability affects the weather, the slower Pokémon's Ability will override the faster Pokémon's Ability.

Generation VI

The rain now lasts only for five turns. This can be extended to eight turns if the Pokémon is holding a Damp Rock.

If heavy rain, extremely harsh sunlight, or a mysterious air current is present, Drizzle will fail to activate.

Outside of battle

Drizzle has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Drizzle

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0186   Politoed
Water Water Water Absorb Damp Drizzle
0382   Kyogre
Water Water Drizzle None None
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
  • For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

 
Kyogre


Dark clouds appear when the user comes out and it starts to rain.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  When Kyogre appears on the battlefield, dark clouds appear in the sky and it starts to rain heavily.
A wild Kyogre Gaining Groudon Debut


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 毛毛雨 Máo máo yǔ
  Dutch Motregen
  French Crachin
  German Niesel
  Italian Piovischio
  Korean 잔비 Janbi
  Polish Ulewa
  Portuguese Garoa
  Spanish Llovizna


Variations of the Ability Drizzle
DrizzleDroughtSand StreamSnow Warning


  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.