Drought (Ability)

Drought ひでり
Drought
Flavor text
Generation III
Summons sunlight in battle.
Generation IV
The Pokémon makes it sunny if it appears in battle.
Generation V
Turns the sunlight harsh if it is in battle.
Generation VI
Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Generation VII
Currently unknown
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Drought (Japanese: ひでり Drought) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Four Pokémon can have this Ability. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Groudon.

Effect

In battle

Generations III to V

Drought summons harsh sunlight in battle as soon as a Pokémon with Drought enters the battle. Its effects are the same as the move Sunny Day, but instead of lasting for a limited amount of turns, it lasts for the whole battle (unless it is replaced by another weather condition). If a Pokémon with Drought 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 sunlight now lasts only for five turns. This can be extended to eight turns if the Pokémon is holding a Heat Rock.

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

Outside of battle

Drought has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Drought

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
006MY Charizard Charizard
Fire Flying Drought None None
0037   Vulpix
Fire Fire Flash Fire None Drought
0038   Ninetales
Fire Fire Flash Fire None Drought
0383   Groudon
Ground Ground Drought 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

 
Groudon
 
Effect activating
 
Mega Charizard Y
The user makes the sky clear and sunny.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Groudon's body glows white and it fires a pillar of white light from it into the sky. The sky then becomes sunny and clear, and no clouds can be seen.
A wild Groudon The Scuffle of Legends Debut
  When Mega Charizard Y enters the battle, the sunlight intensifies, powering up Fire-type moves.
Trevor's Charizard XY125 None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 旱災 Hànzāi
  Dutch Droogte
  French Sécheresse
  German Dürre
  Italian Siccità
  Korean 가뭄 Gamum
  Polish Susza
  Portuguese Seca
  Spanish Sequía


Variations of the Ability Drizzle
DrizzleDroughtSand StreamSnow Warning


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