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Weather Ball ウェザーボール Weather Ball

Battles Type  Normal Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  50 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Weather Ball (Japanese: ウェザーボール Weather Ball) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation IV, it was Castform's signature move.

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:

• 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 or there is no special weather condition in effect.
• ???-type if Shadow Sky is in effect.

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		VI
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying					--		--			'
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying					--		--			'
351		Castform	Normal		Normal	30			30				40			''''
407		Roserade	Grass	Poison				--				--			'
584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice								--			'
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		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice
420		Cherubi	Grass		Grass
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying
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 Type Obtained with 0243 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

File:Roserade Weather Ball Turtwig.png Turtwig getting hit File:Roserade Weather Ball.png Roserade File:Roserade Weather Ball Fiery.png Fire-type Weather Ball
An attack move that varies in power and type depending on the weather.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Castform fires a blue energy ball with water streams around it at the opponent from its mouth.
Bart's Castform	Unfair-Weather Friends		Debut
	Castform fires a red energy ball with fire streams around it at the opponent from its mouth.
Bart's Castform	Unfair-Weather Friends		None
	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

File:Popo Weather Ball Ice.png Ice Type
The user fires a ball of energy at the opponent depending on the weather.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Castform takes a deep breath and fires a large snow ball from its mouth at the opponent.
Ruby's Popo	VS. Kyogre & Groudon X		Debut
	Castform releases a powerful ball of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Ruby's Popo	VS. Spoink I		None

In other generations

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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 Dutch Weerbal French Ball'Météo German Meteorologe Greek Μετεωρολογόσφαιρα Hindi Mausami Gola Italian Palla Clima Korean 웨더볼 Weather Ball Serbian Meteorološka Lopta Spanish Meteorobola

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