Weather Ball (move)

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

Effect
When the weather is clear, Weather Ball is a move. During any type of weather except a mysterious air current, 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 at the time it is used.
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Pokémon with are immune to Weather Ball, regardless of the weather.

Weather Ball can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, giving the user four extra appeal points if a weather summoning move was used in the prior turn. It is also part of a Contest Spectacular combination, giving the user three extra appeal points if a weather summoning move was used in the prior turn.

Generation IV
Weather Ball is affected by.

Generation V onwards
Weather Ball is unaffected by, , , and. However, it is affected by (if the move would be Normal-type) and.

When used as a Z-Move, Weather Ball will be turned into, but then Breakneck Blitz will turn into the Z-Move of the type corresponding to the type Weather Ball would be in that weather. This does not occur if Weather Ball is turned into a Z-Move via another move like.

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Trivia

 * Despite Weather Ball becoming a Rock-type move in a and a  move in, Castform itself will not change form under these conditions.
 * Prior to Generation IV, Weather Ball was one of the only two moves (along with ) which could be either physical or special, due to the damage category being determined by the type.

In other languages
Meteorologe Meteorobola Ball'Météo Palla Clima ウェザーボール 气象球（招式）