Primordial Sea (Ability)

Primordial Sea	はじまりのうみ
	Sea of the Beginning
Flavor text Generation VI Affects weather and nullifies any Fire-type attacks. Generation VII The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Fire-type attacks. Generation VIII The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Fire-type attacks. Generation IX The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Fire-type attacks.

Primordial Sea (Japanese: はじまりのうみ Sea of the Beginning) is an Ability introduced in Generation VI. It is the signature Ability of Primal Kyogre.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with Primordial Sea enters the battle or a Pokémon gains the Ability Primordial Sea, the Ability creates heavy rain, a unique variation of rain. In a Rotation Battle, Primordial Sea will not activate if the Pokémon is sent out in a rotated-out position, nor will it activate when that Pokémon is rotated in. In addition, Primordial Sea will not activate if heavy rain is already present on the battlefield.

Along with the usual effects of rain, heavy rain causes damage-dealing Fire-type moves to fail (unless a Pokémon on the field has the Air Lock or Cloud Nine Ability). Additionally, heavy rain causes the weather-modifying moves Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, and Hail to fail if used, and causes the Abilities Drought, Drizzle, Sand Stream, and Snow Warning to fail to activate.

Once in effect, as long as there is a Pokémon on the field with the Ability Primordial Sea active (even if it is not the Pokémon who created it), the heavy rain will remain in effect unless it is replaced. (If the only Pokémon on the field with Primordial Sea is rotated out or switched out, or has its Ability suppressed or replaced, the heavy rain will dissipate.) The heavy rain can be replaced by Desolate Land or Delta Stream.

Rain called by Primordial Sea does not allow Sliggoo to evolve into Goodra.

Outside of battle

Primordial Sea has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Primordial Sea

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0382		Kyogre Primal Kyogre	Water		Water	Primordial Sea	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 other games

Pokémon Rumble World

In Pokémon Rumble World, Primal Kyogre has the Primordial Sea ability, granting it full immunity to Fire-type moves.

Description

Games Description SMD The floor will have heavy rain! MDRTDX The floor will have Heavy Rain.

In the anime

Pokémon Generations

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

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Primal Kyogre
When the Pokémon appears, it starts to rain heavily.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	When Primal Kyogre appears, it starts to rain heavily.
Kyogre (Adventures)	Groudon Returns		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 始源之海 Chíyùhn-jī Hói Mandarin 始源之海 Shǐyuán-zhī Hǎi French Mer Primaire German Urmeer Italian Mare Primordiale Korean 시작의바다 Sijak-ui Bada Brazilian Portuguese Mar Primordial Spanish Mar del Albor

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