How to Build a Rain Team in Pokemon Champions
Rain is one of the strongest and most popular archetypes. Here's how to build, play, and beat it.
Why Rain is Strong
Rain does three things at once: boosts Water-type moves by 50%, doubles the Speed of Swift Swim Pokemon, and weakens Fire-type moves by 50%. This gives you both offensive power and speed control in a single weather activation.
A Drizzle setter like 
Pelipper activates rain automatically on switch-in, then Swift Swim sweepers like kingdra or ludicolo outspeed everything and hit hard with boosted Water moves.
Rain Core Pokemon
These are the Pokemon that make rain work. You need at least one Drizzle setter and one Swift Swim sweeper.
How to Play Rain
Lead options: Start with your Drizzle setter + a Swift Swim sweeper. This gives you immediate speed advantage and boosted attacks turn 1.
Backup plan: If the opponent has weather control (Drought, Sand Stream), bring a manual Rain Dance user as backup to reset weather mid-game.
Coverage:Don't just run Water moves. Add Electric coverage (hits Water types that resist you), Grass coverage (hits opposing Water/Ground), and Ice coverage (hits Dragon/Grass resists).
Protect: Your Drizzle setter is the engine. Protect it on turns where you expect it to be targeted, and let your sweeper attack freely.
Best Rain Team Support
These Pokemon complement rain teams by covering weaknesses and providing additional utility.
How to Beat Rain
Change the weather: Drought, Sand Stream, or Snow Warning override rain. One switch-in shuts down their entire strategy.
Water-immune abilities: Storm Drain and Water Absorb redirect/absorb Water attacks, shutting down Muddy Water spam.
Electric and Grass types: They resist Water and hit back super effectively. But watch out for Ice coverage from rain attackers.
Trick Room: If Swift Swim doubles their speed, Trick Room reverses it — suddenly their fastest Pokemon move last.
Use What Beats This? to find specific counters to rain threats.