Gust (move)

Gust かぜおこし Stir Up Wind

A gust of wind is whipped up by wings and launched at the foe to inflict damage.

Battles Type  Flying Category  Special PP  35 (max. 56) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect either foe, but not the ally

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0 Scrambles the order of appeals on the next turn.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Gust on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Gust on Eevee's Movedex

Gust (Japanese: かぜおこし Stir Up Wind) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Generation I, though it was a Normal-type move in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Demonstration of Gust

In Generation I, this move is Normal-type. Gust deals damage without a secondary effect.

Generation II and on

Gust became a Flying-type move in Generation II and kept this status in subsequent generations. Gust does damage and will double the damage on an opponent that is in the first stage of Fly or Bounce.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 28Y 016 Pidgey Normal Flying -- 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying -- 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 28 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 9 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 9 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 9 049 Venomoth Bug Poison 31 144 Articuno Ice Flying -- 245 Suicune Water 31 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 22 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 22 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 041 Zubat Poison Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 28 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 9 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 9 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 9 049 Venomoth Bug Poison 31 144 Articuno Ice Flying -- 245 Suicune Water 31 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 22 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 22 267 Beautifly Bug Flying 13 269 Dustox Bug Poison 13 284 Masquerain Bug Flying 26 357 Tropius Grass Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 041 Zubat Poison Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 278 Wingull Water Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 290 Nincada Bug Ground Butterfree Venomoth Beautifly Dustox Masquerain 328 Trapinch Ground Butterfree Venomoth Beautifly Dustox Masquerain Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 16 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 9 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 9 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 9 049 Venomoth Bug Poison 31 144 Articuno Ice Flying -- 245 Suicune Water 22 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 15DPPt 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 9HGSS 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 15DPPt 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 9HGSS 267 Beautifly Bug Flying 13 269 Dustox Bug Poison 13 284 Masquerain Bug Flying 22 357 Tropius Grass Flying -- 414 Mothim Bug Flying 26 415 Combee Bug Flying -- 416 Vespiquen Bug Flying -- 425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 11 426 Drifblim Ghost Flying --, 11 456 Finneon Water 17 457 Lumineon Water 17 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 041 Zubat Poison Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 278 Wingull Water Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 290 Nincada Bug Ground Butterfree Venomoth Beautifly Dustox Masquerain Mothim Combee 328 Trapinch Ground Butterfree Venomoth Beautifly Dustox Masquerain Mothim Combee Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In the anime

Vespiquen	Pidgeotto	Beautifly	Tropius
A gust of wind is whipped up by wings and launched at the foe to inflict damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Pidgey	Pidgey flaps its wings at a high speed to create a miniature tornado.
A wild Pidgey	Pokémon - I Choose You!		Debut
Prof. Oak's Pidgey	Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up?		None
Pidgeotto	Pidgeotto flaps its wings at a high speed to create a miniature tornado or gusts of wind or Pidgeotto circles around its opponent at high speed, lifting it up.
Ash's Pidgeotto	Ash Catches a Pokémon		None
Benji's father's Pidgeotto	Mountain Time		None
Pidgeot	Pidgeot flaps its wings and white energy is released, hitting the opponent.
Ash's Pidgeot	Pallet Party Panic		None
A wild Pidgeot	Riding the Winds of Change!		None
Clefairy	Two strong winds come out of Clefairy's fingers and they form into a tornado. (Used via Metronome).
Whitney's Clefairy	A Goldenrod Opportunity		None
Beautifly	Beautifly flaps its wings at a high speed to create large gusts of wind.
Janet's Beautifly	All Things Bright and Beautifly!		None
May's Beautifly	Seeing is Believing!		None
Multiple wild Beautifly	Riding the Winds of Change!		None
Aaron's Beautifly	A Trainer and Child Reunion!		None
Venomoth	Venomoth flaps its wings at a high speed and creates gusts of wind.
Chaz's Venomoth	All Things Bright and Beautifly		None
Taillow	Taillow flaps its wings at a high speed and creates a huge gust of wind.
Ritchie's Rose	Oaknapped		None
Skitty	Skitty releases a huge gust of wind from a white orb on its paw.
May's Skitty	Game Winning Assist		Used via Assist
Tropius	Tropius flaps its wings at a high speed to create gusts of wind.
A wild Tropius	Odd Pokémon Out!		None
Butterfree	Butterfree flaps its wings and creates a gust of wind.
Multiple wild Butterfree	Riding the Winds of Change!		None
Spearow	Spearow flaps its wings and creates a gust of wind.
Multiple wild Spearow	Riding the Winds of Change!		None
Vespiquen	Vespiquen lifts its arms up and creates gusts of wind.
Aaron's Vespiquen	A Trainer and Child Reunion!		None

Trivia

• Gust is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II, the others being Karate Chop, Bite, and Sand-Attack. Coincidentally, they all were Normal-type moves in Generation I.

In other languages

• French: Tornade
• German: Windstoß
• Italian: Raffica
• Norwegian: Vindangrep ("Wind Attack")
• Spanish: Tornado
• Dutch: Windvlaag
• Hindi: हवा का झोंका Hava Ka Jhonka

Variations on the move Pound
	Pound | Scratch
	Gust

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