Hydration - Ability #93

Basic Information

• Name: Hydration
• Ability Number: 93
• Description: Cures own status at the end of every turn in rain.
• Mechanical Type: Status-Recovery

In-Game Effects

Primary Effect

• At the end of each turn, if the Pokémon is affected by rain weather, it automatically cures any status condition
• Status conditions cured include:
  • Sleep
  • Poison (regular and toxic)
  • Burn
  • Freeze
  • Paralysis

Activation Conditions

• Activates at the end of each turn (after all other turn-end effects)
• Requires rain weather to be active:
  • Regular Rain (from Rain Dance)
  • Heavy Rain (from Downpour move)
  • Primordial Sea (permanent rain from Primal Kyogre)
  • Primal Rain
• Does NOT activate if rain is blocked by abilities like Air Lock or Cloud Nine

Extended In-Game Description

For use in Elite Redux extended ability UI (IMPORTANT: exactly 280-300 chars counted WITH spaces) Hydration cures the Pokémon of any status condition at the end of each turn during rain weather. Works with all forms of rain including Rain Dance, heavy rain, and Primordial Sea. Cures sleep, poison, toxic poison, burn, freeze, and paralysis. Essential for rain teams seeking status immunity.

Character count: 293

Strategic Applications

Competitive Usage

• Rain Team Core: Essential ability for rain-based teams, providing status immunity
• Status Absorber: Can switch into status moves without fear during rain
• Sleep Talk Synergy: Can use Rest for recovery and wake up immediately in rain
• Toxic Spikes Counter: Removes poison upon switching in if rain is active at turn end

Notable Interactions

• Rest Synergy: Can use Rest for full healing and wake up same turn in rain
• Status Move Baiting: Opponents may waste turns trying to status a Hydration user
• Weather Wars: Losing rain means losing status immunity, making weather control crucial
• End Turn Timing: Cures status after damage from poison/burn is taken

Strengths

• Complete status immunity in rain
• No item slot needed (unlike Lum Berry)
• Reusable every turn
• Works on all major status conditions

Weaknesses

• Completely dependent on rain weather
• Useless without rain active
• Vulnerable to weather changes
• Still takes status damage before cure

Pokémon with This Ability

Common Hydration users include:

• Vaporeon (water-type synergy)
• Lapras (bulky water tank)
• Goodra (special tank)
• Phione (mythical water-type)
• Various other water-types

Competitive Tips

1. Weather Control: Pair with reliable rain setters like Politoed or Pelipper
2. Rest Strategy: Use Rest as primary recovery move for instant full heals
3. Status Bait: Let opponents waste turns trying to status you
4. Team Support: Acts as team's status absorber during rain
5. Backup Plans: Have contingencies for when rain expires

Developer Notes

• Implemented in src/abilities.cc at line 1185
• Uses IsBattlerWeatherAffected to check for rain conditions
• Calls AbilityHealMonStatus to cure all status conditions
• Simple but effective ability for weather-based strategies