Drought (Ability)

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Drought ひでり
Flavor text
Generation III
Summons sunlight in battle.
Generation IV
The Pokémon makes it sunny if it appears in battle.
Generation V
Turns the sunlight harsh if it is in battle.
Generation VI
Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Generation VII
Currently unknown
Generation VIII
Currently unknown

Drought (Japanese: ひでり Drought) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Four Pokémon can have this Ability. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Groudon.


In battle

Generations III to V

Drought summons harsh sunlight in battle as soon as a Pokémon with Drought enters the battle. Its effects are the same as the move Sunny Day, but instead of lasting for a limited amount of turns, it lasts for the whole battle (unless it is replaced by another weather condition). If a Pokémon with Drought is sent out in the same turn as another Pokémon whose Ability affects the weather, the slower Pokémon's Ability will override the faster Pokémon's Ability.

Generation VI

The sunlight now lasts only for five turns. This can be extended to eight turns if the Pokémon is holding a Heat Rock.

If heavy rain, extremely harsh sunlight, or a mysterious air current is present, Drought will fail to activate.

Outside of battle

Drought has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Drought

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
Charizard Charizard
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Flying Drought None None
Vulpix Vulpix Fire Fire Flash Fire None Drought
Ninetales Ninetales Fire Fire Flash Fire None Drought
Groudon Groudon Ground Ground Drought None None
  • For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

Groudon Drought.png Groudon Drought effect.png Trevor Mega Charizard Y Drought.png None.png
Groudon Effect activating Mega Charizard Y
The Pokémon makes the sky clear and sunny.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
383 Groudon Groudon's body glows white and it fires a pillar of white light from it into the sky. The sky then becomes sunny and clear, and no clouds can be seen.
A wild Groudon The Scuffle of Legends Debut
006MY Charizard When Mega Charizard Y enters the battle, the sunlight intensifies, powering up Fire-type moves.
Trevor's Charizard A League of His Own! None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 旱災 Hànzāi
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Droogte
France Flag.png French Sécheresse
Germany Flag.png German Dürre
Italy Flag.png Italian Siccità
South Korea Flag.png Korean 가뭄 Gamum
Poland Flag.png Polish Susza
Portugal Flag.png Portuguese Seca
Spain Flag.png Spanish Sequía
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Hạn hán

Variations of the Ability Drizzle
DrizzleDroughtSand StreamSnow Warning
