Whirlpool (move)
Whirlpool うずしお Whirl Tide | ||||||||||||
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Whirlpool (Japanese: うずしお Whirl Tide) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II. It was the first HM move to lose its HM status, and was later followed by Flash and Dive.
Effect
Generation II
In battle
Does damage, traps foe for 2-5 turns, damaging them slightly each turn.
Outside of battle
Clears whirlpools in the field.
Generation III and on
Does damage, traps foe for 2-5 turns, damaging them slightly each turn.
In the anime
- Piplup whirlpool.jpg
Dawn's Piplup using Whirlpool.
Pokémon
Piplup glows a blue-white color. It then opens it mouth and a huge Whirlpool is released from it.
- Used by Dawn's Piplup from Getting the Pre-Contest Titters to present.
Lugia Whilst swimming at the bottom of the ocean, Lugia's eyes glow white, and a large whirlpool forms around it's body. Lugia ascends through the whirlpool, breaking the surface and attacks its foes, or if not attacking, the whirlpool explodes and does a large amount of damage.
- Used by Lugia in The Power of One.
Learnset
Generation II
By HM06
Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0339
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Barboach
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer, Wailord
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| colspan="6" | 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.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0131
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice
| style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
Wailmer, Wailord
Clamperl, Huntail, Gorebyss
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Buizel, Floatzel
Finneon, Lumineon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0170
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Chinchou
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#FAC000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Electric
| style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer, Wailord
Finneon, Lumineon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
Wailmer, Wailord
Clamperl, Huntail, Gorebyss
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Buizel, Floatzel
Finneon, Lumineon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0339
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Barboach
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer, Wailord
Finneon, Lumineon
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| colspan="6" | 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.
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Trivia
- Although it is only one of three moves to lose HM status, and in fact the first one, it is also the only former HM to never return as a move tutor or TM move.
In other languages
- Spanish: Torbellino.
- Italian: Mulinello.
- German: Whirlpool
Variations of the move Fire Spin | ||||
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Generation II TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation II HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 |