Weather
To help avoid the trouble a Pokemon with a weather ability can cause:
Special Abilities - Some Pokemon have a weather ability that cannot be overridden. Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon both have the ability PRIMORDIAL SEAL, which cause a storm or a drought respectively. In these cases, all you can do is be careful which types you use to prevent one-hit KOs. There are multiple weather conditions with multiple effects for particular Pokemon.
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Often times as you wander the world of Pokemon, you will happen across a desert or a Pokemon that lives in the cold north and during the encounter a weather effect will be announced at the beginning of each turn. These weather conditions can be caused by...
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Abilities
Abilities are an always-active effect that can make it stronger, give the opponent an effect, protect it from certain attacks, or cut the opponent's stats, but there are many many more possibilities.
Many Pokemon have one of multiple abilities meaning that your Pikachu may have a different ability than another Pikachu. There tend to be three possibilities: two normal abilities and one hidden ability. Make sure to read your Pokemon's information and understand the ability it has to ensure you can use it to your advantage in battle. |