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	A League of His Own!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

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

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