Team archetype
Rain teams
The engine is a Drizzle setter, and the payoff is Swift Swim sweepers moving at double speed. Thunder and Hurricane also stop missing while it is up.
Boosts the damage dealt by Water-type moves by 50% and halves the damage dealt by Fire-type moves.
2
Setters
via ability
11
Payoff Pokemon
benefit from it
272
Manual setters
Rain Dance
Type effects
Boosts damageWater
WeakensFire
The engine
Rain setters
These set rain the moment they switch in, without spending a turn. A rain team almost always starts here.
The payoff
Pokemon that profit from rain
Each of these has an ability that does nothing until rain is up, then changes the game.
Swift Swim6 Pokemon
Rain Dish1 Pokemon
Backup plan
Pokemon that learn Rain Dance
These can set rain with a move instead of an ability. It costs a turn and runs out, so it is usually the weaker option, but it opens the archetype to Pokemon outside the 2 natural setters.
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