Is there an Ability like Snow Warning in Emerald?

Question

I am trying to summon Hail without using a turn to set it up, and I know Snow Warning was introduced in Gen 4. With it, I can deal with the Sturdy Ability, which leaves Pokemon on one HP if they would usually be OHKOed. You can respond as nicely as possible please

Answer 1

The only Ability to automatically set Hail is Snow Warning -- which, as you said, was introduced in Gen IV. As there's also no natural hailstorms in the Gen III games, the only way to get hail in-battle is to use Hail manually, unfortunately.

Hailstorms (Bulbapedia)

It should also be noted that prior to Gen V, Sturdy only protected a Pokemon from being OHKOed by the four OHKO moves, rather than acting as a Focus Sash.

Comments

Oh I thought it worked like a Focus Sash