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.

Drought (Japanese: ひでり Drought) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Three Pokémon can have this Ability. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Groudon.

Effect

In battle

Drought summons sunlight in battle as soon as a Pokémon with Drought enters the battle. Its effects almost are the same as Sunny Day's; the only difference is that instead of lasting for five turns, it lasts for the whole battle until a different weather condition replaces it. If a Pokémon with Drought is sent out in the same turn as another Pokémon whose Ability creates a different weather condition, the slower Pokémon's Ability will override the faster Pokémon's Ability.

Outside of battle

Drought has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Drought

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Vulpix	Fire		Fire	Flash Fire	None	Drought
	Ninetales	Fire		Fire	Flash Fire	None	Drought
	Groudon	Ground		Ground	Drought	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

	Groudon	Effect activating
The user's body glows white and it fires a pillar of white light into the sky. The sky then becomes clear and sunny.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Groudon	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

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	Groudon releases an extremely hot temperature off its body while it is conscious, causing a large heat wave to appear wherever it is.
Maxie's Groudon	VS. 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 Sêca Spanish Sequía

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