Castform, the Weatherdude

I decided my Sunny Day team would branch into more weather – Castform could either continue Sunny Day routines – busting out a Fire-type attack through Weather Ball, or Solar Beam as a powered-up Grass attack. As its second half, it switches into Rain Dance – Weather Ball becomes a Water attack by a Water-type Pokemon, or it could toss out Thunder at 100% accuracy under Rain Dance’s effect.

This was the most simple one to breed – Rain Dance, Thunder, and SolarBeam are all TMs you can purchase, and Castform gets Weather Ball at level 30. All I needed was a decent Modest-natured Castform.

Castform can be found in the Trophy Garden as a special Pokemon, but it took a lot of breeding to get a Modest one. After 30 minutes of random natures, I employed a Modest Ditto from another game – give it an Everstone, and you get the type you want pretty quickly.

I haven’t given Leftovers to anyone on the team yet, so I push Castform’s HP up, and give it Leftovers. Hopefully it gets two turns of actions.

Now, if only another Pokemon could complete the team of 4…one that would appreciate Rain Dance. Anyone ever try Ludicolo?