Whirlwind (move)

If you were looking for the the TFG starter set, see Whirlwind (TFG).

Whirlwind ふきとばし Blow Away

The foe is blown away, to be replaced by another Pokémon in its party. In the wild, the battle ends.

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

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but 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. 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. Otherwise, it is exactly the same as Generation I.

Generation III and on

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.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 26RGB 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 23Y 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 19 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 21 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 21 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 TM04

#   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 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 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 23 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 21 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 23 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 23 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 77 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 77 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 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 193 Yanma Bug Flying Butterfree 198 Murkrow Dark Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 227 Skarmory Steel 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.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 220 SwinubLv 5 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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 23 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 19 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 20 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 20 249 Lugia Psychic Flying -- 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying -- 267 Beautifly Bug Flying 27 269 Dustox Bug Poison 27 284 Masquerain Bug Flying 53 296 Makuhita Fighting 22 297 Hariyama Fighting 22 357 Tropius Grass Flying 27 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 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 193 Yanma Bug Flying Butterfree, Beautifly, Dustox, Masquerain 198 Murkrow Dark Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 227 Skarmory Steel 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 22 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 17 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 17 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 17 249 Lugia Psychic Flying -- 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying -- 267 Beautifly Bug Flying 27 269 Dustox Bug Poison 27 275 Shiftry Grass Dark -- 284 Masquerain Bug Flying 54 296 Makuhita Fighting 16 297 Hariyama Fighting 16 357 Tropius Grass Flying 27 396 Starly Normal Flying 21 397 Staravia Normal Flying 23 398 Staraptor Normal Flying 23 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 021 Spearow Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Starly, Staravia, Staraptor 041 Zubat Poison Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Starly, Staravia, Staraptor 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Starly, Staravia, Staraptor 143 Snorlax Normal Tropius 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Starly, Staravia, Staraptor 193 Yanma Bug Flying Butterfree, Beautifly, Dustox, Masquerain 198 Murkrow Dark Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Starly, Staravia, Staraptor 227 Skarmory Steel Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Starly, Staravia, Staraptor 276 Taillow Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Starly, Staravia, Staraptor 408 Cranidos Rock Tropius 446 Munchlax Normal Tropius 451 Skorupi Poison Bug Butterfree, 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.

In the anime

Starly	Pidgeotto	Beautifly	Dustox
The user blows a large gust of wind at the opponent or an attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Butterfree	Butterfree flaps its wings and a strong gust is created.
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
A Butterfree an Unknown Trainer trained briefly	Camping it Up!		None
Pidgeotto	Pidgeotto flaps its wings and a strong gust is created.
Ash's Pidgeotto	Clefairy and the Moon Stone		None
Venomoth	Venomoth flaps its wings and a strong gust is released.
Assunta's Venomoth	Friends to the End		None
Pidgeot	Pidgeot flaps its wings and a strong gust of wind is created.
Falkner's Pidgeot	Fighting Flyer with Fire		None
Dragonite	Dragonite flaps its wings and a strong gust is created.
A wild Dragonite	Great Bowls of Fire!		None
Shiftry	Shiftry waves its hand and a huge gust of wind is released and blows the opponent away.
A wild Shiftry	Jump for Joy!		None
Dustox	Dustox flaps its wings and a strong gust is created.
Jessie's Dustox	Watt's with Wattson		None
Staraptor	Staraptor flaps its wings and a strong gust is created.
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.
Ash's Starly	Two Degrees of Separation!		None
Staravia	Staravia flaps its wings at a high speed to create a gust of wind.
Ash's Staravia	All Dressed up with Somewhere to Go!		None
Beautifly	Beautifly flaps its wings to create gusts of wind.
Aaron's Beautifly	A Trainer and Child Reunion!		None

In other languages

• French: Cyclone
• German: Wirbelwind
• Hindi: Andhi Toofan
• Italian: Turbine
• Spanish: Remolino
• European Portuguese: Ataque de Vento

Variations on the move Roar
	Roar | Whirlwind

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