Hail
Sword & Shield and Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
For 5 turns, hail crashes down.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- —
- PP
- 10
- Hits
- The whole field
Changes over time
How Hail changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen V
… type or have the Ice Body, Magic Guard, added: Overcoat, or Snow Cloak Abilities. Lasts for 8 …
- Gen IV
… down, unless they are an Ice
dropped: type.added: type or have the Ice Body, Magic Guard, or Snow Cloak Abilities. Lasts for 8 turns if the user is holding Icy Rock. Fails if the current weather is Hail.
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Gen VIII
For 5 turns, the weather becomes Hail. At the end of each turn except the last, all active Pokémon lose 1/16 of their maximum HP, rounded down, unless they are an Ice type or have the Ice Body, Magic Guard, Overcoat, or Snow Cloak Abilities. Lasts for 8 turns if the user is holding Icy Rock. Fails if the current weather is Hail.
“The user summons a hailstorm lasting five turns. It damages all Pokémon except Ice types.”
In-game text, Sword & Shield
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Hail, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Boosts it
1
- Prankster+1 priority
Good to know
- Sets the weather for 5 turns, 8 with the matching rock.Weather moves
Works with or against it
Who learns Hail
It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.