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===== Using Air Lock =====
===== Using Air Lock =====
* This ability greatly lowers the difficulty of floors with troublesome weather effects
* This ability greatly lowers the difficulty of floors with troublesome weather effects.
* Enemies wih weather moves are likely to waste turns trying to repeatedly re-establish the weather, making them much easier to defeat
* Enemies with weather moves are likely to waste turns trying to repeatedly re-establish them, making them much easier to defeat.
* Air Lock activates after the move is used and damage is dealt, if a move like [[Thunder]] is used under the effects of [[Rain Dance]], it will still have perfect accuracy before the weather ends
* Air Lock activates after the move is used and damage is dealt. If a move like [[Thunder]] is used under the effects of [[Rain Dance]], it will still have perfect accuracy before the weather ends.


===== Fighting Air Lock =====
===== Fighting Air Lock =====
* You generally should not waste turns and PP on weather moves, they won't last long
* You generally should not waste turns and PP on weather moves, they won't last long.
* If your team is built around an automatic weather ability, such as [[Sand Stream]], make that Pokémon the leader of the party so that the weather persists throughout the rest of the team's turns
* If your team is built around an automatic weather ability, such as [[Sand Stream]], make that Pokémon the leader of the party so that the weather persists throughout the rest of the team's turns.

Revision as of 06:42, 9 August 2025

Air Lock
Ability ID air_lock
Description Eliminates the effects of weather when the Pokémon is battling.

Air Lock is an ability in PMDO.

Effects

Air Lock ends the current weather on the floor after the Pokémon uses a move.

Strategy

Using Air Lock
  • This ability greatly lowers the difficulty of floors with troublesome weather effects.
  • Enemies with weather moves are likely to waste turns trying to repeatedly re-establish them, making them much easier to defeat.
  • Air Lock activates after the move is used and damage is dealt. If a move like Thunder is used under the effects of Rain Dance, it will still have perfect accuracy before the weather ends.
Fighting Air Lock
  • You generally should not waste turns and PP on weather moves, they won't last long.
  • If your team is built around an automatic weather ability, such as Sand Stream, make that Pokémon the leader of the party so that the weather persists throughout the rest of the team's turns.