Skarmory is forced to run Leftovers over Shed Shell, making it more vulnerable to Magnezone.Īll Ice-type Pokémon are immune to the damage caused by hail. However, hail-immune Pokémon do have their advantages, and some are worth noting.
Cresselia's Moonlight is weakened to 25% recovery in hail, but RestTalk Cresselia is still a viable strategy. They are standards for a reason, because they do an excellent job at walling opponents. EG: Skarmory, Blissey, Swampert, and other standard walls work more or less the same inside a hailstorm, except with their Leftovers canceled out. Nonetheless, it is important to know some key Pokémon that can gain health inside of a hailstorm.Īlways look at the standard Pokémon first.
Even walls don't have to be immune to hail Leftovers does cancel out the loss more or less. While a hail immunity appears to be necessary on a hail team, remember that your team does not have to be mono-Ice to accomplish the task. The most successful hail teams have a mixed balance of types that effectively cover each other's weaknesses well. To get a decent amount of resistances on a team, it is necessary to shed the idea that you must have a mono-Ice team. Ice is not a good defensive type, resistant only to one type and weak to four. Therefore it is required to carry Abomasnow in a hail team.įinally: hail immunities are nice, but it is not necessary to get pure hail immunity. The difference is that Abomasnow's hail lasts nearly forever - the only way to stop it is to bring in another weather effect. Hail can be started in two different ways: by the attack 'Hail,' or by Abomasnow's 'Snow Warning' ability. The disadvantage of Blizzard is, of course, its inaccuracy if and when hail goes away and the little PP it has. Over the standard Ice Beam, you will be doing about 26% extra damage. Blizzard is a flexible attack with no immunities and few 4x resists. The second advantage is a 100% accurate Blizzard. It should be noted that while Leftovers cancels out hail in the long run, it is applied after hail damage, meaning that even if the opponent carries it, you essentially only have to deal 93.75% damage to them to KO. From this fact comes the first primary strategy of hail teams: stalling. This means that if the opponent's Pokémon is not an Ice-type, it takes only 16 to 17 turns for them to die due to hail and hail alone. Like sandstorm, hail takes away 6.25% of both Pokémon's health each turn. First is the sandstorm-like residual damage effect. There are two primary advantages to a hail team. To use this guide most effectively, see it as a collection of ideas to think about before you make a hail team. The only Pokémon that is necessary on an OU hail team is Abomasnow, who is the only fully-evolved Pokémon that can set up a permanent hailstorm. Note however, that these are merely suggestions. Hail teams can take advantage of hail even if half or even more of the team is not immune to hail.įinally, this guide will give you suggestions for tried and tested Pokémon that work well on a hail team.
You'll see this reminder time and time again: do not mistake a hail team to be mono-Ice.
There are many misconceptions and ideas that are associated with hail teams, the first of which is the confusion between mono-Ice and hail. This guide is to help gather some thoughts into developing a hail team, sandstorm's forgotten little brother. It is as if that were the only weather effect in all of OU. By Dragontamer, rewritten and updated by blackware and Legacy Raider.
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