Weather Boost & Game Mechanics

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Section 9: Weather Boost & Game Mechanics

Weather Boosts Weather Boosted Types Effect on Raids Sunny Fire, Grass, Ground Fire / Grass / Ground attackers deal +20% damage; boosted wild spawns are caught at higher level (L35) Rainy Water, Electric, Bug Water / Electric / Bug boosted; ideal for Kyogre and Zekrom raids Partly Cloudy Normal, Rock Rock boosted; Rampardos teams hit significantly harder Cloudy Fairy, Poison, Fighting Ideal for Nihilego and Machamp raid teams Snow Ice, Steel Ice / Steel boosted; Mamoswine and Metagross benefit greatly Windy Dragon, Flying, Psychic Dragon / Flying / Psychic boosted; Mega Rayquaza and Mewtwo shine

Weather Boosted Types Effect on Raids Fog Dark, Ghost Dark / Ghost boosted; Mega Gengar benefits greatly STAB (Same-Type Attack Bonus) - Moves that match a Pokémon's type deal 1.2× damage (20% bonus) - Always use moves that match at least one of your Pokémon's types whenever possible - Weather Boost and STAB stack multiplicatively — a boosted STAB move from a Shadow Pokémon is the highest possible damage output Type Effectiveness — Offensive Quick Reference Attacking Type Super Effective Against Not Very Effective Against No Effect Against Fire Bug, Grass, Ice, Steel Fire, Water, Rock, Dragon — Water Fire, Ground, Rock Water, Grass, Dragon — Electric Flying, Water Electric, Grass, Dragon Ground Grass Ground, Rock, Water Bug, Dragon, Fire, Flying, Grass, Poison, Steel — Ice Dragon, Flying, Grass, Ground Fire, Ice, Steel, Water — Fighting Dark, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel Bug, Fairy, Flying, Poison, Psychic Ghost Ground Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel Bug, Grass Flying Rock Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice Fighting, Ground, Steel —

Attacking Type Super Effective Against Not Very Effective Against No Effect Against Flying Bug, Fighting, Grass Electric, Rock, Steel — Psychic Fighting, Poison Psychic, Steel Dark Bug Dark, Grass, Psychic Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Steel — Ghost Ghost, Psychic Dark Normal Dragon Dragon Fairy, Steel — Dark Ghost, Psychic Dark, Fairy, Fighting — Steel Fairy, Ice, Rock Electric, Fire, Steel, Water — Fairy Dark, Dragon, Fighting Fire, Poison, Steel — Poison Fairy, Grass Ground, Poison, Rock, Ghost Steel Normal — Rock, Steel Ghost