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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Nami from ''[[One Piece]]'', even before she got her [[Weather Control Machine]], had such an intuitive understanding of the weather that she could use it offensively, avoiding storms to which others would fall prey.
== [[Literature]] ==
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** The move Weather Ball gets power and typing depending on the weather.
** ''[[Pokémon Colosseum|Pokémon XD]]'' includes Shadow Sky, which damages all non-Shadow Pokemon in battle.
* Any ''[[Total War]]'' game; rain and wind effect arrow accuracy. Snow can cause troops from northern acclimated to fight better. Storms at sea can completely wreck an invasion.
* Each faction in ''[[Brutal Legend]]'' has a guitar solo that temporarily affects the sky above the battlefield: Ironheade's Light of Dawn cancels all enemy buffs and debuffs, the Drowning Doom's Encompassing Gloom stops the enemy from producing new units, and the Tainted Coil's Skies Afire causes friendly units to inflict more damage when they're close to their own stage.
* In ''[[Patapon]]'', wind can help your archer's arrows fly farther (and, if they're [[Arrows on Fire]], help said arrows do more damage), while rain extinguishes fire but makes it possible to pass the desert.
* The ''[[Touhou]]'' [[Fighting Game|Fighting Games]], starting with ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'', has a mechanic where weather would change during a match, creating different effects. For example, Typhoon removes flinching and blocking, River Mist makes the distance between players go wonky, and Scorching Sun damages any player who flies too high.
* ''[[Advanced Strategic Command]]'' has wind and weather status. Some units (mostly planes) are killed if the wind is too strong and they aren't hidden in a hangar or transport unit. Snow changes the terrain and can affect unit movement. Also, paths suffer from bad weather, while proper roads -- more costly to build -- don't. Output of solar and wind powerplants depends on the weather.
* During the fight with the Hydra in ''[[Glory of Heracles]] DS'', black rain comes down. As a result, you take damage at the end of each round.
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* High windspeeds improve the performance of wind-power generators in ''[[Total Annihilation]]''.
** At least two separate planets and one of the moons you fight on also have meteor showers. Which can trigger units that would otherwise not have attacked yet, or destroy resource collectors. Fortunately, it's an equal opportunity damage maker, hitting player and AI alike.
* This is one of ''[[Myth]]'''s major selling points. Strong wind can make arrows go off course, rain and wet ground might put out [[Molotov Cocktail|dwarven explosive cocktails]], etc.
* In ''Star Wars: [[Empire At War]]'', every planet has its own weather conditions which can affect the range or accuracy of your ground units.
* Among the natural disasters that can cause problems for you in ''[[Outpost 2]]'' are electrical storms and vortexes, which can and will cause extensive damage to your base and any units they hit.
* Weaponized in ''[[Command
** Meanwhile, in ''[[Command
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' has a weaponized version in the form of a shout that creates an instant thunderstorm, which strikes down your foes with lightning. Another shout lets you [[Inverted Trope|invert]] this by clearing the sky, in case you want to fight under a starry sky with an aurora
* The [[New Game+|third playthrough]] of ''[[Mini Robot Wars]]'' has the enemy machines screwing around with the planet's ecosystem, causing weather hazards in every level that harmfully affect your units. Oh, and [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|enemy units are completely unaffected]].
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