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 Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle. Generation VIII Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle. Generation IX Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.

Drought (Japanese: ひでり Drought) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. 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 onward

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

Drought will not activate if the Pokémon with the Ability is a Groudon about to undergo Primal Reversion; in that case, the Primal Reversion will happen instead, causing its Ability to be replaced by Desolate Land, and only that Ability will activate. Drought will also fail to activate if heavy rain, extremely harsh sunlight, or strong winds are already in effect.

Outside of battle

Drought has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Drought

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Charizard Mega Charizard Y	Fire	Flying	Drought	None	None
	Vulpix	Fire		Fire	Flash Fire	None	Drought
	Ninetales	Fire		Fire	Flash Fire	None	Drought
	Torkoal	Fire		Fire	White Smoke	Drought	Shell Armor
	Groudon	Ground		Ground	Drought	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.

• Prior to Generation VII, Torkoal did not have Drought.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, and Explorers of Time, Darkness, Drought changes the weather to Sunny upon entering a floor, and then every subsequent 36 turns.

In Super Mystery Dungeon, Drought changes the weather to sunny upon entering a floor. The sunny weather condition lasts a certain number of turns (in multiples of 66) before clearing. After the weather has cleared, Drought will again activate after waiting a certain number of turns (in multiples of 66).

Description

Games Description MDRB Changes the weather to sunny. MDTDS Changes the weather to a sunny condition. BSL てんきを ひざしがつよいに してしまう MDGtI Unavailable SMD The weather on the floor will be sunny! MDRTDX The weather condition on the floor will be Sunny.

In the anime

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

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Groudon
The Pokémon releases an extremely hot temperature off its body, causing a large heat wave to appear where ever it is.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Groudon	Groudon releases an extremely hot temperature off its body while it is conscious, causing a large heat wave to appear wherever it is.
Groudon (Adventures)	The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon III		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 日照 Yahtjiu * 旱災 Hóhnjōi * Mandarin 日照 Rìzhào * 旱災 Hànzāi * Danish Torke Dutch Droogte Finnish Paiste French Sécheresse German Dürre Italian Siccità Korean 가뭄 Gamum Norwegian Tørke Polish Susza Portuguese Brazil Seca (early anime, TCG, manga) Calor Desértico (Pokémon the Series: XY-present) Portugal Seca Spanish Sequía Swedish Torka Vietnamese Hạn hán

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