Rain Dance (move)

Move data

Type	Water
Category	Status
Power	—
Accuracy	—
PP	5  (max. 8)
Makes contact?	No
Introduced	Generation 2

Machine/Record

Effects

Rain Dance causes a rain shower that lasts for 5 turns, and induces these additional effects:

• The power of Water-type moves increases by 50%.
• The power of Fire-type moves, Solar Beam and Solar Blade decreases by 50%.
• The moves Thunder and Hurricane ignore accuracy.
• In Diamond/Pearl only, Thunder has a 30% chance to break through Protect and Detect.
• The moves Synthesis, Morning Sun and Moonlight recover ¹⁄₄ of the user's max HP (instead of ¹⁄₂ HP normally).
• The move Weather Ball changes to Water type and doubles in power.
• Pokémon with the ability Dry Skin recover ¹⁄₈ of their max HP each turn.
• Pokémon with the ability Rain Dish recover ¹⁄₁₆ of their max HP each turn.
• Pokémon with the ability Hydration will be cured of major status conditions.
• Pokémon with the ability Swift Swim double their speed.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Waterium Z and uses its Z-Power, Rain Dance turns into Z-Rain Dance and raises Speed one stage, in addition to its usual effect as above.

Move target

Targets the entire field.

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