Drizzle (Ability)

Drizzle	あめふらし
	Rainfall
Flavor text Generation III Summons rain in battle. Generation IV The Pokémon makes it rain if it appears in battle. Generation V The Pokémon makes it rain if it appears in battle.

Drizzle (Japanese: あめふらし Rainfall) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Two Pokémon have this Ability. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Kyogre.

Effect

In battle

Drizzle will summon rain in battle. Its effects are the same as the move Rain Dance, 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 Drizzle 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.

Outside of battle

Drizzle has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Drizzle

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Politoed	Water		Water	Damp	Water Absorb	Drizzle
	Kyogre	Water		Water	Drizzle	None	None
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation V games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

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

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Kyogre
Where ever the user is, large floods and tsunamis appear and it starts to rain hard.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Kyogre	Where ever Kyogre appears, large floods and tsunamis appear and it starts to rain hard, flooding the area.
Archie's Kyogre	VS. Kyogre & Groudon III		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 毛毛雨 Máo máo yǔ Dutch Motregen French Crachin German Niesel Italian Piovischio Korean 잔비 Janbi Polish Ulewa Portuguese Chuva Spanish Llovizna

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