Weather Ball (move)

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Weather Ball
ウェザーボール Weather Ball
An attack move that varies in power and type depending on the weather.
Battles
Type  Normal
Category  Special
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  50
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect anyone but 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 Normal-type move introduced in Generation III, in which it was Castform's signature move, and, like Castform, varies in type depending on the weather.

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Effect

When no weather condition is under effect, Weather Ball deals damage of the Normal-type. 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.

In the anime

Pokémon

Fire-type Weather Ball

Roserade. A flaming yellow-orange ball forms between Roserade's hands. Roserade then fires it at the opponent. It then heavily burns the opponent.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
351 Castform Normal 30
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
351 Castform Normal 30
407 Roserade Grass Poison --
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 other languages

  • French: Ball'meteo
  • German: Meteorologe
  • Italian: Palla clima
  • Spanish: Meteorobola.


This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.
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