Weather Ball (move)
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Weather Ball (Japanese: ウェザーボール Weather Ball) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation IV, it was the signature move of Castform.
Effect
When the weather is clear, Weather Ball is a Normal-type move. During any type of weather, Weather Ball's power doubles to 100 (type power-ups from the weather will be put into effect in addition to this boost).
Weather Ball's type changes depending on the weather at the time it is used.
- Fire-type if it is sunny.
- Water-type if it is raining.
- Ice-type if it is hailing.
- Rock-type if there is a sandstorm.
- Normal-type if it is foggy, if there is a mysterious air current, or there is no special weather condition in effect.
- ???-type if there is a shadowy aura.
Pokémon with Bulletproof are immune to Weather Ball, regardless of the weather.
Weather Ball can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, giving the user four extra appeal points if a weather summoning move was used in the prior turn. It is also part of a Contest Spectacular combination, giving the user three extra appeal points if a weather summoning move was used in the prior turn.
Generation IV
Weather Ball is affected by Normalize.
Generation V onwards
Weather Ball is unaffected by Normalize, Pixilate, Refrigerate, and Aerilate. However, it is affected by Ion Deluge (if the move would be Normal-type) and Electrify.
When used as a Z-Move, Weather Ball will be turned into Breakneck Blitz, but then Breakneck Blitz will turn into the Z-Move of the type corresponding to the type Weather Ball would be in that weather. This does not occur if Weather Ball is turned into a Z-Move via another move like Sleep Talk.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
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| III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
| 0249 | 
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style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 1HGSS | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0250 | 
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style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 1HGSS | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0351 | 
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Fairy | Amorphous | 30 | 30 | 40BW 30B2W2 |
30XY 25ORAS |
25 | |||
| 0407 | 
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Fairy | Grass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0584 | 
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Mineral | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 0721 | 
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style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. | ||||||||||||
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
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| III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
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Grass | ✔HGSS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| 0361 | 
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Fairy | Mineral | ✔HGSS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| 0420 | 
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Fairy | Grass | ✔HGSS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| 0425 | 
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Amorphous | ✔HGSS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| 0753 | 
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Grass | ✔ | ||||||||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. | ||||||||||||
Special move
Generation V
| # | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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Fairy | Mineral | Dream World - Icy Cave | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. | ||||||
By event
Generation IV
| # | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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| 0243 | 
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style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 13th Movie Event GameStop Event English Winter 2011 | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. | ||||||
Generation V
| # | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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| 0001 | 
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Monster | Grass | Sticker Promotional Kanto Starter Eggs | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. | ||||||
In other games
Description
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In the anime
 Rainy Castform  Sunny Castform  Roserade | |||
| An attack move that varies in power and type depending on the weather. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Castform fires a blue energy ball with water streams around it at the opponent from its mouth. | ||
| Bart's Castform | Unfair Weather Friends | Debut Dealt Water-type damage | |
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Castform fires a red energy ball with fire streams around it at the opponent from its mouth. | ||
| Bart's Castform | Unfair Weather Friends | Dealt Fire-type damage | |
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Roserade holds its arms up and creates an orange ball with fire streams around it and fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Gardenia's Roserade | The Grass Menagerie! | Dealt Fire-type damage | |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
 Ice-type  Normal-type | |||
| The user fires a ball of energy at the opponent depending on the weather. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Castform takes a deep breath and fires a large snow ball from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
| Ruby's Fofo | The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon X | Debut Dealt Ice-type damage | |
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Castform releases a powerful ball of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
| Ruby's Fofo | With a Spoink in Your Step I | None | |
In other generations
Core series games
Normal-type
Fire-type
Water-type
Ice-type
Rock-type
Spin-off series games
Normal-type
Fire-type
Water-type
Ice-type
Rock-type
???-type
Trivia
- Despite Weather Ball becoming a Rock-type move in a sandstorm and a ???-type move in Shadow Sky, Castform itself will not change form under these conditions.
- Prior to Generation IV, Weather Ball was one of the only two moves (along with Hidden Power) which could be either physical or special, due to the damage category being determined by the type.
In other languages
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