Air Lock (Ability)

Air Lock	エアロック
	Air Lock
Flavor text Generation III Negates weather effects. Generation IV Eliminates the effects of weather. Generation V Eliminates the effects of weather. Generation VI Eliminates the effects of weather. Generation VII Eliminates the effects of weather. Generation VIII Eliminates the effects of weather. Generation IX Eliminates the effects of weather.

Air Lock (Japanese: エアロック Air Lock) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. It is the signature Ability of Rayquaza.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with Air Lock is in battle, all effects of weather are negated (though the weather itself does not disappear).

Generation V

When a Pokémon with Air Lock is brought out, the message "The effects of weather disappeared." will be displayed after the Ability is announced.

Generation VI

During extremely harsh sunlight, heavy rain, and strong winds, even if a Pokémon is negating the effects of weather with Air Lock, the moves Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, and Hail will still fail if used, and the Abilities Drought, Drizzle, Sand Stream, and Snow Warning will still fail to activate. However, all other effects of these weather conditions are negated by Air Lock.

Outside of battle

Air Lock has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Air Lock

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	Air Lock	None	None
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation IX games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later. For Generation VIII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IX or later.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, and Explorers of Time, Darkness, Air Lock changes the current weather to Clear upon entering a floor, and then every subsequent 36 turns. Air Lock will take precedence over Drizzle, Drought, Sand Stream, and Snow Warning. Additionally, this Ability prevents the use of the moves Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Hail, and Sandstorm.

In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Air Lock nullifies the effects of the weather rather than changing the weather to Clear. Abilities such as Drizzle, and moves such as Rain Dance will still activate, but the effects of the weather will remain negated.

Description

Games Description MDRB Changes the weather to clear. MDTDS Changes the weather to a clear condition. BSL てんきを はれに してしまう MDGtI Unavailable SMD It changes the floor to have ineffective weather! MDRTDX This Ability causes the floor to have Ineffective Weather, removing the effects of weather.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Rayquaza is revealed to have Air Lock as its Ability.

Trivia

• Air Lock is the last Generation III Ability in index number order. This is the case even before it was renumbered with the removal of Cacophony in Generation IV.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 氣閘 Heijaahp Mandarin 氣閘 / 气闸 Qìzhá French Air Lock German Klimaschutz Italian Riparo Korean 에어록 Air-Lock Spanish Esclusa de AireIX+ Bucle AireIII–VIII Turkish Hava Kilidi Vietnamese Trấn Áp Khí Quyển

Variations of the Ability Air Lock
Air Lock • Cloud Nine

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