Twister (move)

Twister たつまき Twister

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Battles Type  Dragon Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all adjacent foes, but not allies

Availability Introduced  Generation II Move tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

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

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

Twister on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Twister on Eevee's Movedex

Twister (Japanese: たつまき Twister) is a damage-dealing Dragon-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Twister inflicts damage and has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.

If Twister is used against a target in the semi-invulnerable turns of Fly or Bounce, Twister will deal double damage, similar to Gust.

Twister hits both opponents in a double battle. In a triple battle, Twister will only hit opposing adjacent Pokémon.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	no			no			21				21
017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	no			no			22				22
018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	no			no			22				22
116		Horsea	Water		Water	29			29			26				26
117		Seadra	Water		Water	29			29			26				26
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	35			35			29				29
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	15			15			11				11
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon	--, 15			--, 15			--, 11				--, 11
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	--, 15			--, 15			--, 11				--, 11
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	29			29			26				26
350		Milotic	Water		Water	no			25			17				17
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	no			--			--				--
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
226		Mantine	Water	Flying
278		Wingull	Water	Flying	no
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	no
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	no			no
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying	no			no
495		Snivy*	Grass		Grass	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By move tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					DP	Pt	HGSS
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying						✔	✔
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						✔	✔
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison						✔	✔
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
095		Onix	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
116		Horsea	Water		Water						✔	✔
117		Seadra	Water		Water						✔	✔
120		Staryu	Water		Water						✔	✔
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic						✔	✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying						✔	✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying						✔	✔
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying						✔	✔
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying						✔	✔
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying						✔	✔
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon						✔	✔
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon						✔	✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying						✔	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying						✔	✔
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying						✔	✔
178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying						✔	✔
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying						✔	✔
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground						✔	✔
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying						✔	✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon						✔	✔
237		Hitmontop	Fighting		Fighting						✔	✔
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						✔	✔
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon						✔	✔
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon						✔	✔
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying						✔	✔
350		Milotic	Water		Water						✔	✔
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying						✔	✔
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon						✔	✔
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon						✔	✔
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying						✔	✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic						✔	✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic						✔	✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying						✔	✔
396		Starly	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
397		Staravia	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
398		Staraptor	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
414		Mothim	Bug	Flying						✔	✔
430		Honchkrow	Dark	Flying						✔	✔
441		Chatot	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground						✔	✔
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground						✔	✔
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground						✔	✔
456		Finneon	Water		Water						✔	✔
457		Lumineon	Water		Water						✔	✔
468		Togekiss	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon						✔	✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon						✔	✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon						✔	✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 120 Staryu Water New York Pokémon Center 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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 278 Wingull Water Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Milotic	Dragonite	Dragonite	Dragonair
The user hurls a tornado at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Kingdra	Kingdra points its head up and spins around quickly, making itself into a twister. If the user is in the water, it creates a water tornado and the opponent becomes trapped in the tornado, or Kingdra moves its back fins and a twister appears. Kingdra can also control where the Twister can go.
Christopher's Kingdra	Dueling Heroes		Debut
Clair's Kingdra	Fangs for Nothin'		None
Dragonite	Dragonite creates a tornado by flapping its wings. The tornado then hits the opponent.
Lance's Dragonite	Rage of Innocence		None
Professor Oak's Dragonite	The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon		None
Dragonair	The orbs on Dragonair's tail glow. Then it waves its tail and creates a tornado from it, sending it at the opponent.
Clair's Dragonair	Beauty is Skin Deep		None
Milotic	A orb of wind appears in front of the end of Milotic's tail. A tornado is released from the orb and hits the opponent, or Milotic spins its tailfins like a fan and a tornado comes out at the opponent, or Milotic floats into the air and starts to spin its body, creating a twister around itself.
Robert's Milotic	Win, Lose or Drew!		None
Juan's Milotic	The Great Eight Fate!		None
Lucy's Milotic	Queen of the Serpentine!		None
Wallace's Milotic	Our Cup Runneth Over!		None
Rayquaza	Rayquaza points its tail at the opponent and creates a twister from its tail that shoots at the opponent.
An illusion created by Mismagius	Malice in Wonderland!		None
Arceus	Arceus raises its head and light purple wind is gathered into a small tornado above its head. It then lowers its head and fires a larger twister at the opponent from its face.
Arceus (anime)	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Kingdra
The user creates a twister around its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Kingdra	Kingdra creates a spiraling twister around its body.
Silver's Kingdra	Delibird Delivery - 1		Debut
Dragonite	Dragonite releases a spiraling cyclone of wind from its mouth at the opponent.
Kimberly's Dragonite	Attack of Clone Herd		None
Gible	Gible opens its mouth and releases a beam of energy with another beam of energy spiraling around it from its mouth at the opponent.
The Cloaked Grunt's Gible	VS. Haunter		None
Milotic	Milotic releases a spinning cyclone of wind from its mouth at the opponent.
Cynthia's Milotic	VS. Spiritomb		None
Gyarados	Gyarados creates a small tornado around its body.
Cyrus's Gyarados	VS. Spiritomb		None
Palkia	Palkia opens its mouth and releases a beam of energy with another beam of energy spiraling around it from its mouth at the opponent.
Cyrus's Palkia	VS. Dialga and Palkia II		None
Dialga	Dialga opens its mouth and releases a beam of energy with another beam of energy spiraling around it from its mouth at the opponent.
Cyrus's Dialga	VS. Dialga and Palkia II		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• The reason why Twister is classified as Dragon-type is due to the fact its Japanese name contain たつ (tatsu), which means dragon.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 龍捲風 Lóngjuǎnfēng French Ouragan German Windhose Greek Κυκλώνας Indonesian Angin Puyuh Italian Tornado Korean 회오리 Hoe'ori Brazilian Portuguese Ciclone Twister Serbian Uragan Spanish Ciclón

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