Why can't my Toxicroak use Rain Dance in Pokemon Showdown?

Question

I've tried making him use Rain Dance in Gen 7 Ubers and Gen 7 Doubles OU to test out a strat I'm working on, but the move, instead of being blue, is faded out white and unusable. I may need to trouble shoot this in different formats but I was wondering if anyone has encountered a similar problem before.

Comments

What's your Toxicroak's held item? If its an Assault Vest, Status moves are unusable and appear like that. If not, you may have been taunted, which has a similar affect.

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You know what, my Toxicroak did have an assault vest after I checked to make sure, I feel dumb now, but thanks so much for helping.

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No problem, I'm just happy to help!

Answer 1

You know what, my Toxicroak did have an assault vest after I checked to make sure, I feel dumb now, but thanks so much for helping.
commented 4 minutes ago by Jay_Karma77

Don't worry about it too much, I've made that mistake more times then I remember. As you know, while holding an Assault Vest, you gain 1.5x Sp. Def, though as a result, you are unable to use any status moves. Showdown makes these unusable status moves appear faded out, which is to show that the move is unusable. As a result, your Toxicroak couldn't use Rain Dance.

Source: Experience

Comments

Thank You +1