Whirlwind (move)

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Whirlwind ふきとばし Blow Away

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  -6* Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM04 in Generation I

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

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  0   Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Whirlwind on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Whirlwind on Eevee's Movedex

Whirlwind (Japanese: ふきとばし Blow Away) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Whirlwind can be used to automatically end wild Pokémon battles and has normal priority. Even if a wild Pokémon uses the move, the battle will end. However, it has no effect in a trainer battle.

Generation II

Now, when in battle against a Trainer, Whirlwind will force a switch with a randomly chosen Pokémon from the trainer's party. If there isn't another Pokémon, Whirlwind will fail. It also has a priority of -1. Otherwise, it is exactly the same as Generation I.

Generation III and IV

Whirlwind will fail when used against Pokémon with the ability Suction Cups or under the effects of Ingrain. In a Trainer battle, rather than switching out to a random Pokémon in the party, it switches out to the next Pokémon in line that has not fainted. In Generation III Whirlwind has a priority of -5, which was decreased to -6 in Generation IV.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Whirlwind blows away the opponent in front in a straight line, contrary to the direction it is facing. If it hits a wall, it takes 5 damage. If it hits another Pokémon, both Pokémon take 5 damage.

Generation V

Same as before, but can now be reflected with Magic Coat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	26	23	23			23			22				22
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	19			21			19			17				17
017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	21			23			20			17				17
018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	--, 21			23			20			17				17
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	no			77			--			--				--
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying	no			77			--			--				--
267		Beautifly	Bug	Flying	no			no			27			27				27
269		Dustox	Bug	Poison	no			no			27			27				27
275		Shiftry	Grass	Dark	no			no			no			--				--
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying	no			no			53			54				54
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	no			no			22			16				16
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting	no			no			22			16				16
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying	no			no			27			27				27
396		Starly	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			21				21
397		Staravia	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			23				23
398		Staraptor	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			23				23
561		Sigilyph	Psychic	Flying	no			no			no			no				15
627		Rufflet	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			no				55
628		Braviary	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			no				57
629		Vullaby	Dark	Flying	no			no			no			no				55
630		Mandibuzz	Dark	Flying	no			no			no			no				57
637		Volcarona	Bug	Fire	no			no			no			no				40
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I TM04		II --		III --		IV --		V --
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	✔
084		Doduo	Normal	Flying	✔
085		Dodrio	Normal	Flying	✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	✔
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	✔
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying	✔
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔
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
021		Spearow	Normal	Flying	no			no
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	no			no
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying	no			no
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock	no			no
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal	no			no
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground	no			no			no
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	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 event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 220 Swinub Ice Ground New York City 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.

In the anime

Dragonite	Pidgeot	Beautifly	Dustox
The user blows a large gust of wind at the opponent or an attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Butterfree	Butterfree flaps its wings and a strong gust is created from them.
Ash's Butterfree	Clefairy and the Moon Stone		Debut
Ritchie's Happy	A Friend in Deed		None
Lisa's Butterfree	Spell of the Unown		None
Xander's Butterfree	Caterpie's Big Dilemma		None
Zubat	Zubat flaps its wings at a high speed and a strong gust of wind is created from them.
Brock's Zubat	Clefairy and the Moon Stone		Original version only
Pidgeotto	Pidgeotto flaps its wings and a strong gust is created from them.
Ash's Pidgeotto	Clefairy and the Moon Stone		None
Venomoth	Venomoth flaps its wings and a strong gust is released from them.
Assunta's Venomoth	Friends to the End		None
Pidgeot	Pidgeot flaps its wings and a strong gust of wind is created from them.
Falkner's Pidgeot	Fighting Flyer with Fire		None
Skarmory	Skarmory flaps its wings and a gust of wind strong enough to stop attacks comes out of them.
A wild Skarmory	Delibird's Dilemma		None
A wild Skarmory	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go Getters Out of the Gate		None
Dragonite	Dragonite flaps its wings and a strong gust is created from them.
Lance's Dragonite	Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution		Dragonite cannot legally learn Whirlwind
A wild Dragonite	Great Bowls of Fire!		Dragonite cannot legally learn Whirlwind
Shiftry	Shiftry waves its hand and a huge gust of wind is released from it and blows the opponent away.
A wild Shiftry	Jump for Joy!		None
Dustox	Dustox flaps its wings and a strong gust is created from them.
Jessie's Dustox	Watt's with Wattson		None
Hariyama	Hariyama waves both of its arms into the air and a powerful wind blows the opponent into the air, or Hariyama swings one of its hands to the side and creates a wind that blows the opponent away.
A wild Hariyama	Pikachu's Island Adventure		None
Staraptor	Staraptor flaps its wings and a strong gust is created from them.
Professor Rowan's Staraptor	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Starly	Starly flaps its wings at a high speed and a strong gust is created from them.
Ash's Starly	Two Degrees of Separation!		Dub only Gust in the original version
Staravia	Staravia flaps its wings at a high speed to create a gust of wind from them.
Ash's Staravia	All Dressed up with Somewhere to Go!		Dub only Gust in the original version
Beautifly	Beautifly flaps its wings at a high speed and creates a gust of wind from them.
Aaron's Beautifly	A Trainer and Child Reunion!		None
Snorlax	Snorlax releases a gust of wind from its mouth.
Unknown Trainer's Snorlax	Four Roads Diverged in a Pokémon Port!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Doduo	Braviary
The user flaps its wings and releases a powerful gust of wind.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Doduo	Doduo whips its two heads back and forth, releasing a powerful gust of wind at the opponent, or Doduo opens its beaks and two tornadoes come out of them. The tornadoes then hit the opponent and spin them around, making them dizzy.
Yellow's Dody	Do Do that Doduo		Debut
Beautifly	Beautifly waves its wings and releases a powerful gust from them at the oppponent.
Winona's Beautifly	VS. Masquerain		None
Braviary	Braviary waves its wings and releases a powerful gust of wind from them at the opponent, blowing it backwards. As it gets blown backwards, it goes back into its Poké Ball.
Black's Brav	ABW13		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

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

• Whirlwind's status as TM was revoked in Generation II, while a move with the same effect was elevated to a TM.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 旋風 Xuànfēng Danish Hvirvelvind Dutch Wervelwind French Cyclone German Wirbelwind Greek Ανεμοστρόβιλος Hindi अंधी तूफ़ान Andhi Toofan Italian Turbine Korean 날려버리기 Nallyeobeorigi Portuguese Brazil Ventania Portugal Ataque de Vento Serbian Vihor Spanish Remolino

Variations of the move Roar
Roar • Whirlwind

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