Weather Ball (move)
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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 the signature move of Castform.
Effect
When no weather condition is in effect, Weather Ball is a Normal-type move. During any weather condition, Weather Ball's power doubles to 100 (type power-ups from the weather will be put into effect in addition to this boost).
Weather Ball's type changes depending on the weather conditions at the time it is used.
- 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, if there are strong winds, or there is no special weather condition in effect.
- ???-type if there is a shadowy aura.
Weather Ball is unaffected by Normalize, Pixilate, Refrigerate, and Aerilate. However, it is affected by Ion Deluge (if the move would be Normal-type) and Electrify.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
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| III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||
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Lugia | Psychic | Flying | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 250 | 
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Ho-Oh | Fire | Flying | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 351 | 
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Castform | Normal | 30 | 30 | 40 | 30 | 30 25 | ||||
| 407 | 
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Roserade | Grass | Poison | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 584 | 
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Vanilluxe | Ice | -- | -- | |||||||
| 721 | 
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Volcanion | Fire | Water | 40 | |||||||
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By breeding
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Bellsprout | Grass | Poison |
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| 361 | 
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Snorunt | Ice |
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| 420 | 
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Cherubi | Grass |
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| 425 | 
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Drifloon | Ghost | Flying |
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| 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. | ||||||||||||
Special move
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By event
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In the anime
 Rainy Castform  Sunny Castform  Roserade | |||
| An attack move that varies in power and type depending on the weather. | |||
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Castform fires a blue energy ball with water streams around it at the opponent from its mouth. | ||
| Bart's Castform | Unfair-Weather Friends | Debut | |
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Castform fires a red energy ball with fire streams around it at the opponent from its mouth. | ||
| Bart's Castform | Unfair-Weather Friends | None | |
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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
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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| The user fires a ball of energy at the opponent depending on the weather. | |||
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Castform takes a deep breath and fires a large snow ball from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
| Ruby's Popo | The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon X | Debut | |
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Castform releases a powerful ball of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
| Ruby's Popo | With a Spoink in Your Step I | None | |
In other generations
Normal-type
Fire-type
Water-type
Ice-type
Rock-type
???-type
Trivia
- Despite Weather Ball becoming a Rock-type move in a sandstorm and a ???-type move in Shadow Sky, Castform itself will not change form under these conditions.
- Prior to Generation IV, Weather Ball was one of the only two moves (along with Hidden Power) which could be either physical or special, due to the damage category being determined by the type.
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