Ominous Wind (move)

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Ominous Wind
あやしいかぜ Suspicious Wind
The user creates a gust of repulsive wind. It may also raise all the user's stats at once.
Battles
Type  Ghost
Category  Special
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  60
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  0
Jam  0
Super Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  0
Earn double the score in the next turn.

Ominous Wind (Japanese: あやしいかぜ Suspicious Wind) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Contents

Effect

After Ominous Wind inflicts damage, it has a 10% chance of raising every one of the user's stats by one stage each.

In the anime

Drifloon. Drifloon starts to spin, creating a vortex of purple wind which then hits the opponent.

Drifblim. Drifblim is surrounded by purple energy and then releases purple waves of wind toward its opponent.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
177 Natu Psychic Flying 39
178 Xatu Psychic Flying 47
284 Masquerain Bug Flying --
425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 30
426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 32
442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark 25
478 Froslass Ice Ghost 22
479 Rotom Electric Ghost 29
487 Giratina
Altered Forme
Ghost Dragon 10
487 Giratina
Origin Forme
Ghost Dragon 10
491 Darkrai Dark --Pt
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
200 Misdreavus Ghost Drifloon, Drifblim
Spiritomb
351 Castform Normal Drifloon, Drifblim
Spiritomb
355 Duskull Ghost Drifloon, Drifblim
Spiritomb
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.

By move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum
#   Pokémon Type
006 Charizard Fire Flying
012 Butterfree Bug Flying
015 Beedrill Bug Poison
016 Pidgey Normal Flying
017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying
018 Pidgeot Normal Flying
021 Spearow Normal Flying
022 Fearow Normal Flying
037 Vulpix Fire
038 Ninetales Fire
041 Zubat Poison Flying
042 Golbat Poison Flying
049 Venomoth Bug Poison
083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying
092 Gastly Ghost Poison
093 Haunter Ghost Poison
094 Gengar Ghost Poison
123 Scyther Bug Flying
142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying
144 Articuno Ice Flying
145 Zapdos Electric Flying
146 Moltres Fire Flying
149 Dragonite Dragon Flying
151 Mew Psychic
163 Hoothoot Normal Flying
164 Noctowl Normal Flying
165 Ledyba Bug Flying
166 Ledian Bug Flying
169 Crobat Poison Flying
176 Togetic Normal Flying
177 Natu Psychic Flying
178 Xatu Psychic Flying
193 Yanma Bug Flying
198 Murkrow Dark Flying
200 Misdreavus Ghost
212 Scizor Bug Steel
227 Skarmory Steel Flying
245 Suicune Water
249 Lugia Psychic Flying
250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying
267 Beautifly Bug Flying
269 Dustox Bug Poison
275 Shiftry Grass Dark
276 Taillow Normal Flying
277 Swellow Normal Flying
278 Wingull Water Flying
279 Pelipper Water Flying
284 Masquerain Bug Flying
291 Ninjask Bug Flying
302 Sableye Dark Ghost
313 Volbeat Bug
314 Illumise Bug
329 Vibrava Ground Dragon
330 Flygon Ground Dragon
333 Swablu Normal Flying
334 Altaria Dragon Flying
351 Castform Normal
353 Shuppet Ghost
354 Banette Ghost
355 Duskull Ghost
356 Dusclops Ghost
357 Tropius Grass Flying
373 Salamence Dragon Flying
396 Starly Normal Flying
397 Staravia Normal Flying
398 Staraptor Normal Flying
414 Mothim Bug Flying
415 Combee Bug Flying
416 Vespiquen Bug Flying
425 Drifloon Ghost Flying
426 Drifblim Ghost Flying
429 Mismagius Ghost
430 Honchkrow Dark Flying
441 Chatot Normal Flying
442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark
456 Finneon Water
457 Lumineon Water
468 Togekiss Normal Flying
469 Yanmega Bug Flying
477 Dusknoir Ghost
478 Froslass Ice Ghost
479 Rotom Electric Ghost
487 Giratina
Altered Forme
Ghost Dragon
487 Giratina
Altered Forme
Ghost Dragon
491 Darkrai Dark
492 Shaymin
Sky Forme
Grass Flying
493 Arceus Ice
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

Trivia

  • Natu, Xatu, Masquerain, and Darkrai are the only non-Ghost-type Pokémon to learn Ominous Wind by level up.

In other languages

  • Spanish: Viento Aciago
  • French: Vent mauvais
  • Italiano: Funestovento
  • German: Unheilböen
Variations on the move AncientPower
Special AncientPower | Silver Wind | Ominous Wind


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