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Weather Ball (move)

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Weather Ball
ウェザーボール Weather Ball
Weather Ball.png
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Battles
Type  Normal
Category  Special
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  50
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam  0  
A highly appealing move.
Super Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.

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 Castform's signature move.

Contents

Effect

When no weather condition is under effect, Weather Ball deals Normal-type damage. During any weather condition, Weather Ball attacks with a different type and its base power doubles to 100. The type that Weather Ball is depends on the weather conditions at the time it is used. It will be:

Type power-ups from the weather will be put into effect, as well as STAB caused by Castform's type changing from its ability, Forecast.

Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V
249 Lugia Lugia Psychic Flying no   -- --
250 Ho-Oh Ho-Oh Fire Flying no   -- --
351 Castform Castform Normal Normal 30 30 40
407 Roserade Roserade Grass Poison no -- --
584 Vanilluxe Vanilluxe Ice Ice no no --
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
I II III IV V
069 Bellsprout Bellsprout Grass Poison no   Roserade Roserade
361 Snorunt Snorunt Ice Ice no   CastformRoserade CastformRoseradeVanilluxe
420 Cherubi Cherubi Grass Grass no   CastformRoserade CastformRoserade
425 Drifloon Drifloon Ghost Flying no   Castform Castform
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


By event

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in
243 243 Raikou Electric 13th Movie Event
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

In the anime

Bart Castform Weather Ball Water.png Bart Castform Weather Ball Fire.png Roserade Weather Ball.png None.png
Rainy Castform Sunny Castform Roserade
An attack move that varies in power and type depending on the weather.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
351R Castform Castform fires a blue energy ball with water streams around it at the opponent from its mouth.
Bart's Castform Unfair-Weather Friends Debut
351S Castform Castform fires a red energy ball with fire streams around it at the opponent from its mouth.
Bart's Castform Unfair-Weather Friends None
407 Roserade 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! None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

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Normal-type

Weather Ball III.png Weather Ball IV.png
Generation I RBY Generation I
(Japanese)
Generation I
(International)
Generation II Generation II
(Japanese)
Generation II
(International)
Crystal Generation III Generation III
(Japanese)
Generation III
(International)
FRLG Generation IV Generation IV
(Japanese)
Generation IV
(International)
HGSS Generation V BW Generation V
(Japanese)
Generation V
(International)
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battle Revolution
(Alternative animation)
Battrio PMD: Red and Blue PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky Rumble Rumble Blast

Fire-type

Weather Ball Fire.png
Generation I RBY Generation I
(Japanese)
Generation I
(International)
Generation II Generation II
(Japanese)
Generation II
(International)
Crystal Generation III Generation III
(Japanese)
Generation III
(International)
FRLG Generation IV Generation IV
(Japanese)
Generation IV
(International)
HGSS Generation V BW Generation V
(Japanese)
Generation V
(International)
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battle Revolution
(Alternative animation)
Battrio PMD: Red and Blue PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky Rumble Rumble Blast
Weather Ball PBR Fire.png
Generation I RBY Generation I
(Japanese)
Generation I
(International)
Generation II Generation II
(Japanese)
Generation II
(International)
Crystal Generation III Generation III
(Japanese)
Generation III
(International)
FRLG Generation IV Generation IV
(Japanese)
Generation IV
(International)
HGSS Generation V BW Generation V
(Japanese)
Generation V
(International)
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battle Revolution
(Alternative animation)
Battrio PMD: Red and Blue PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky Rumble Rumble Blast

Water-type

Weather Ball Water.png
Generation I RBY Generation I
(Japanese)
Generation I
(International)
Generation II Generation II
(Japanese)
Generation II
(International)
Crystal Generation III Generation III
(Japanese)
Generation III
(International)
FRLG Generation IV Generation IV
(Japanese)
Generation IV
(International)
HGSS Generation V BW Generation V
(Japanese)
Generation V
(International)
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battle Revolution
(Alternative animation)
Battrio PMD: Red and Blue PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky Rumble Rumble Blast

Ice-type

Weather Ball III Ice.png Weather Ball Ice.png
Generation I RBY Generation I
(Japanese)
Generation I
(International)
Generation II Generation II
(Japanese)
Generation II
(International)
Crystal Generation III Generation III
(Japanese)
Generation III
(International)
FRLG Generation IV Generation IV
(Japanese)
Generation IV
(International)
HGSS Generation V BW Generation V
(Japanese)
Generation V
(International)
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battle Revolution
(Alternative animation)
Battrio PMD: Red and Blue PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky Rumble Rumble Blast

Rock-type

Weather Ball Rock.png
Generation I RBY Generation I
(Japanese)
Generation I
(International)
Generation II Generation II
(Japanese)
Generation II
(International)
Crystal Generation III Generation III
(Japanese)
Generation III
(International)
FRLG Generation IV Generation IV
(Japanese)
Generation IV
(International)
HGSS Generation V BW Generation V
(Japanese)
Generation V
(International)
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battle Revolution
(Alternative animation)
Battrio PMD: Red and Blue PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky Rumble Rumble Blast

???-type

Weather Ball XD Unknown.png
Generation I RBY Generation I
(Japanese)
Generation I
(International)
Generation II Generation II
(Japanese)
Generation II
(International)
Crystal Generation III Generation III
(Japanese)
Generation III
(International)
FRLG Generation IV Generation IV
(Japanese)
Generation IV
(International)
HGSS Generation V BW Generation V
(Japanese)
Generation V
(International)
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battle Revolution
(Alternative animation)
Battrio PMD: Red and Blue PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky Rumble Rumble Blast

Trivia

  • Bellsprout is the only Pokémon to learn Weather Ball through breeding that cannot have Castform as a parent.
  • Weather Ball can reach up to a base power of 225, with a combination of; Sunny Day and STAB from Ho-oh or Castform, or Rain Dance and STAB from Castform.
  • Despite Weather Ball becoming a Rock-type move in a sandstorm and a ???-type move in Shadow Sky, Castform itself won't change form in these conditions.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 氣象球 Qì​xiàng​ Qiú​
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Weerbal
France Flag.png French Ball'Météo
Germany Flag.png German Meteorologe
Greece Flag.png Greek Μετεωρολογόσφαιρα
India Flag.png Hindi Mausami Gola
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Bola Cuaca
Italy Flag.png Italian Palla Clima
South Korea Flag.png Korean 웨더볼 Weather Ball
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Esfera Climática
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Meteorološka Lopta
Spain Flag.png Spanish Meteorobola

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