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View Poll Results: RAIN OR SUN
HEAVY RAIN 28 47%
DROUGHT 13 22%
BOTH 14 24%
NEITHER 4 7%
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Old July 23rd, 2011 (10:22 PM).
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I'd go for Drought because it's way more useful. But for the heck of it, I picked both.
Drought = No charge for SolarBeam and it weakens Water attacks while strengthening Fire, which is really useful for Groudon against, say, Kyogre.
Heavy Rain = 100% accuracy for Thunder and strengthens Water attacks while weakening Fire; not really useful, but it still puts up some sort of challenge against the same type, especially if Kyogre knows Thunder.
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Old July 23rd, 2011 (11:20 PM).
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I'd go for Drought because it's way more useful. But for the heck of it, I picked both.
Drought = No charge for SolarBeam and it weakens Water attacks while strengthening Fire, which is really useful for Groudon against, say, Kyogre.
Heavy Rain = 100% accuracy for Thunder and strengthens Water attacks while weakening Fire; not really useful, but it still puts up some sort of challenge against the same type, especially if Kyogre knows Thunder.
How is Drought useful against Kyogre, but Drizzle isn't useful against Groudon?

They're both equally useful. Drought allows for Solarbeam to be used without charging, Drizzle allows for Thunder to have 100% accuracy, and Hail allows for Blizzard to have 100% accuracy (just thought I'd add that.)

I pick Drizzle. The reason being is because it causes rain which strengthens water types. Since Kyogre is Water already, its Water attacks get stab. So basically, Kyogre's Water attacks are crazy strong (more than Groudon's Fire attacks.)

But, since Groudon is Ground type and not Fire type, its Fire attacks do NOT get stab, they only get one power up from Drought.

Also, Groudon has a high Attack stat. Kyogre has a high special defense stat. That means, when Groudon is using Solarbeam, it's weaker due to his weaker Sp.Attack stat and it's even weaker due to Kyogre's strong Sp.Defense stat.

And don't forget about the fact that Water is super effective against Ground.

In conclusion - Kyogre owns Groudon in every way.
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Old August 1st, 2011 (4:29 AM).
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Drought, simply because we need more sunny areas. That and sun is good in battle alongside rain
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Old August 4th, 2011 (1:19 PM).
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Because of my preference for Water-types I'd be better off with Drizzle as it would be more of a use to me, especially with a high leveled Lanturn that knows Thunder!

But....Drought is just as useful if you're planning on using Grass-types and moves like Solarbeam so I don't rate one above the other as they both have their own uses.
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Old August 4th, 2011 (1:49 PM).
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I guess, if I had to choose...I guess I would say Drizzle.

1: Because it weaken Fire Type attack once used

2: Because it power up Water Type attack and make Thunder 100% acc. (Starmie/Kyogre/Lanturn)

3: I just plain like rain
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Old August 5th, 2011 (4:48 PM).
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Drought because the sunlight animation is much better than the diagonal pixels rain animation. Also because Groudon gets little love compared to Kyogre. There should be a "hug a Groudon day" to make up for this.
Aww! You're right! There should be. :nervous:

I prefer the way the rain looks, though. Because of my personality, I guess. I greatly prefer rain to intense sun in real life because it makes things more mellow and I don't have to concentrate on the clear-cut physical world as much...
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Old August 5th, 2011 (11:44 PM).
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Heavy rain...Why?Because those lighting fx in GBA scared the hell out of me.. :P
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I love Water types and of course, Kyogre. So I'll pick Heavy Rain. :D
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Old August 9th, 2011 (9:32 AM).
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I absolutely loved the rain effect in Hoenn. The drought was lame to me, honestly.
It made everything look cooler.
Plus, Kyogre is simply a fierce beast.
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Rain! There's no rain where I live. I hate sunlight and I'd love the occasional flood.
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Old August 9th, 2011 (1:18 PM).
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I picked both, because they are (IMO) the best abilities in the game at the time.
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Old August 9th, 2011 (1:39 PM).
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Both as you get the best of both worlds :)
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Heavy Rain Ftw The Music Was Really Nice =)
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