Weather & Terrain Guide

Weather and terrain are field effects that reward teams built to exploit them. Weather usually changes move power and activates specific abilities, while terrain mainly affects grounded Pokémon by boosting certain move types or blocking key statuses and priority interactions.

Terrain only affects grounded Pokémon. Flying-types and Pokémon with the ability Levitate do not receive the protections or boosts unless they become grounded.

Weather teams revolve around changing the field, then using abilities, boosted moves, and support options that become much more efficient once the weather is active.

The strongest weather teams do not just set the field once. They include multiple abusers, a backup setter or manual weather move, and a plan for winning the weather war against opposing field control.

Sunshine is one of the best offensive field effects in Champions. It boosts Fire-type pressure immediately and enables several high-value abilities that can snowball a battle quickly.

Effects

• Fire-type move base power is increased by 50%
• Water-type move base power is decreased by 50%
• Solar Beam and Solar Blade do not require a charging turn
• Thunder and Hurricane accuracy are reduced to 50%
• Synthesis, Morning Sun, and Moonlight recover 66% of max HP
• Growth raises Attack by an extra stage

Key Ability Interactions

• Chlorophyll raises the user's Speed
• Dry Skin causes the user to lose HP each turn and take double damage from Fire-type attacks
• Solar Power raises Special Attack while lowering HP each turn
• Protosynthesis boosts the user's highest stat

Setters

Move:

• Sunny Day

Ability: Drought

• Mega Charizard Y
• Torkoal
• Ninetales

Sunshine is strongest when your team can immediately threaten KOs with boosted Fire-type attacks or leverage the speed swing from Chlorophyll before the opponent can reset the field.

Rain supports both hyper offense and sustainable balance. It pushes Water-type damage, improves accuracy on key special moves, and turns several utility abilities into real advantages.

Effects

• Water-type move base power is increased by 50%
• Fire-type move base power is decreased by 50%
• Solar Beam requires a charging turn again
• Thunder and Hurricane accuracy become 100%
• Synthesis, Morning Sun, and Moonlight recover 25% of max HP

Key Ability Interactions

• Dry Skin restores HP each turn and heals 1/4 max HP when hit by a Water-type attack
• Hydration cures status conditions while rain is active
• Rain Dish restores 1/16 max HP each turn
• Swift Swim raises the user's Speed

Setters

Move:

• Rain Dance

Ability: Drizzle

• Pelipper
• Politoed

Rain is especially threatening when paired with accurate Thunder or Hurricane users, since the opponent has to respect both the boosted Water damage and the improved consistency of coverage attacks.

Hail gives Ice-type teams real defensive value while still supporting offensive pressure through perfect-accuracy Blizzard and speed-based ability activation.

Effects

• Ice-type Pokémon have their Defense increased by 50%
• Blizzard accuracy becomes 100%
• Synthesis, Morning Sun, and Moonlight recover 25% of max HP

Key Ability Interactions

• Ice Body restores 1/16 max HP each turn
• Snow Cloak boosts evasion by 20%
• Slush Rush doubles Speed
• Ice Face restores the user's form

Setters

Move:

• Hail or Snowscape

Ability: Snow Warning

• Abomasnow
• Mega Abomasnow
• Mega Froslass
• Vanilluxe
• Alolan Ninetales
• Aurorus

Hail teams usually need careful defensive positioning because Ice types still carry many weaknesses, but the Defense boost can make trades much more favorable than they first appear.

Sandstorm is ideal for steady pressure. It wears down unprotected targets every turn, improves special bulk for Rock types, and creates openings for fast Sand Rush attackers.

Effects

• All non-Rock, Ground, or Steel-type Pokémon take damage each turn
• Rock-type Pokémon have their Special Defense increased by 50%
• Solar Beam power is reduced

Key Ability Interactions

• Sand Veil boosts evasion by 20%
• Sand Rush doubles Speed
• Sand Force boosts Ground, Rock, and Steel-type move power

Setters

Move:

• Sandstorm

Ability: Sand Stream

• Tyranitar
• Mega Tyranitar
• Hippowdon

Sandstorm fits best on teams that want passive chip each turn while preserving momentum through bulky Rock-types or late-game Sand Rush cleaners.

Terrain is more selective than weather because it mainly affects grounded Pokémon. That makes it excellent for targeted team support, whether you want sleep protection, passive recovery, status prevention, or priority denial.

If your strategy depends on terrain, make sure the Pokémon you are supporting are actually grounded so they receive the full benefit.

Electric Terrain is a proactive anti-sleep tool that also adds real offensive pressure for grounded Electric attackers.

Effects

• Grounded Pokémon wake up from sleep and cannot fall asleep
• Grounded Pokémon have their Electric-type move power boosted by 30%
• Surge Surfer activates and doubles the user's Speed
• Electric Seed raises Defense by one stage, then is consumed

Setters

Move:

• Electric Terrain

Ability: Electric Surge

• None currently available in Champions

Electric Terrain is most valuable when sleep control would otherwise disrupt your team, since it gives both immediate protection and a meaningful damage increase for grounded attackers.

Grassy Terrain supports longer games by adding recovery while still giving offensive teams access to stronger Grass-type attacks and boosted priority through Grassy Glide.

Effects

• Grounded Pokémon recover 1/16 max HP each turn
• Grounded Pokémon have their Grass-type moves boosted by 30%
• Grassy Seed raises Defense by one stage, then is consumed
• Grassy Glide gains +1 priority
• Bulldoze, Earthquake, and Magnitude have their power reduced by 50%

Setters

Move:

• Grassy Terrain

Ability: Grassy Surge

• None currently available in Champions

Grassy Terrain is especially useful when your team wants extra passive recovery while also softening Ground-type spread damage.

Misty Terrain is a defensive field effect that protects grounded Pokémon from status and reduces incoming Dragon-type pressure.

Effects

• Grounded Pokémon cannot be affected by status conditions
• If both Pokémon are grounded, Dragon-type moves used against the target are reduced in power by 50%
• Misty Seed raises Special Defense by one stage, then is consumed

Setters

Move:

• Misty Terrain

Ability: Misty Surge

• None currently available in Champions

This terrain is best on teams that lose tempo heavily to burns, poison, paralysis, or sleep and want their setup turns to be more reliable.

Psychic Terrain is one of the most aggressive terrain options because it boosts Psychic-type attacks while shutting down many opposing priority moves that would normally stop a sweep.

Effects

• Grounded Pokémon are not affected by moves with priority of +1 or higher, except self-targeting priority moves and moves that affect the field
• Grounded Pokémon have their Psychic-type move power boosted by 30%
• Psychic Seed raises Special Defense by one stage, then is consumed
• Expanding Force gains 50% more power and hits both opponents

Setters

Move:

• Psychic Terrain

Ability: Psychic Surge

• None currently available in Champions

Psychic Terrain is at its best when your opponent relies on priority to pick off weakened targets. If they cannot use that safety valve, your faster attackers become much harder to stop.