Razor Wind (move)

Razor Wind かまいたち Kamaitachi

A two-turn attack. Blades of wind hit the foe on the second turn. It has a high critical-hit ratio.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  80 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 Affects both foes

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM02 in Generation I

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0 Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if no other Pokémon has chosen the same Judge.

Razor Wind on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Razor Wind on Eevee's Movedex

Razor Wind (Japanese: かまいたち Kamaitachi) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Razor Wind does nothing on the turn it is selected, other than state that the user created a whirlwind. On the following turn, Razor Wind inflicts damage, PP is deducted, and it will count as the last move used. Once Razor Wind is selected, the user will be unable to switch out until Razor Wind has been disrupted or fully executed.

If Razor Wind is not fully executed, PP will not be deducted, and it will not count as the last move used. If the target uses Mirror Move during the turn that the user creates a whirlwind, Mirror Move will copy the move that the user executed immediately before using Razor Wind (or fail if it cannot).

Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Razor Wind.

In Pokémon Stadium, Mirror Move will copy Razor Wind on either of the turns it takes to execute.

Razor Wind has an increased critical hit ratio.

From Generation III and on, Razor Wind hits both enemies in double battles.

Learnset

Generation I

By TM02

#   Pokémon Type 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 021 Spearow Normal Flying 022 Fearow Normal Flying 041 Zubat Poison Flying 042 Golbat Poison Flying 048 Venonat Bug Poison 049 Venomoth Bug Poison 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 140 KabutoY Rock Water 141 Kabutops Rock Water 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 144 Articuno Ice Flying 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 151 Mew Psychic 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 breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 001 Bulbasaur* Grass Poison Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr 123 Scyther Bug Flying Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth 158 Totodile Water Kabuto, Kabutops 207 Gligar Ground Flying Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth 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 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 37 359 Absol Dark 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 123 Scyther Bug Flying Scyther, Scizor 207 Gligar Ground Flying Scyther, Scizor 273 Seedot Grass Nuzleaf, Shiftry Absol 335 Zangoose Normal Absol 357 Tropius Grass Flying Nuzleaf, Shiftry 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 123 Scyther Bug Flying 33 212 Scizor Bug Steel 33 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 37 359 Absol Dark 17 418 Buizel Water 45 419 Floatzel Water 50 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 116 Horsea Water Buizel, FloatzelHGSS 123 Scyther Bug Flying Scyther, Scizor 203 Girafarig Normal Psychic Nuzleaf, Shiftry Absol Buizel, FloatzelHGSS 207 Gligar Ground Flying Scyther, Scizor 252 Treecko* Grass Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra TropiusHGSS 273 Seedot Grass Nuzleaf, Shiftry Absol Buizel, Floatzel 335 Zangoose Normal Nuzleaf, Shiftry Absol Buizel, Floatzel 357 Tropius Grass Flying Nuzleaf, Shiftry 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

Scyther	Floatzel	Nuzleaf	Shiftry
The user shoots crescent blades of wind at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Golbat	Golbat flaps its wings and a wind is created with sharp white energy inside it.
Mandi's Golbat	Round One - Begin		Debut
Absol	The scythe on Absol's head glows white and when it swings its head, a white cresent blade of energy comes out and hits the opponent.
A wild Absol	Jirachi: Wish Maker		None
A wild Absol	Absol-ute Disaster		None
Mollie's Absol	What I Did For Love!		None
Drew's Absol	Thinning the Hoard!		None
Shiftry	Shiftry waves its fan-like hands and it creates a strong wind which forms into a tornado around the opponent, or Shiftry's fan-like hands glow white and it swings them, releasing a white cresent blade energy at the opponent.
Angela's Shiftry	From Cradle to Save		None
A wild Shiftry	Leave it to Brocko!		None
Nuzleaf	The leaf on Nuzleaf's head glows white and it swings it, releasing multiple white cresent blades of energy at the opponent.
A wild Nuzleaf	Leave it to Brocko!		None
Scyther	Scyther crosses its scythes and they start to glow white. It then brings them forward and multiple white cresent shaped energy beams come out and hit the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Scyther	Tag! We're It...!		None
Zangoose	Zangoose waves its claw and releases a white, cresent shaped energy from its claw at the opponent.
A wild Zangoose	Glory Blaze!		None
Floatzel	Floatzel's fins glow white and shoots crescent blades of wind at the opponent.
Crasher Wake's Floatzel	A Crasher Course in Power!		None

Trivia

• Despite being introduced in Generation I, no Pokémon could learn it via level-up until Generation III. In fact, the only way a Pokémon introduced in Generation II could have Razor Wind as a move was to teach it to a Pokémon via TM in a Generation I game, trade it onto a Generation II game, and then breed it.
• Oddly, despite its Japanese name being Kamaitachi, the two Pokémon based on this yōkai, Sneasel and Weavile, are unable to learn the move at all.

In other languages

• French: Coupe-vent
• German: Klingensturm
• Italian: Ventagliente
• Spanish: V. Cortante
• Dutch: Meswind

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.