Whirlpool (move): Difference between revisions

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

Whirlpool inflicts damage and traps the target in a whirlpool for 2-5 turns, damaging them slightly at the end of each turn.

Outside of battle

Whirlpool clears whirlpools in the field.

Generation III and on

Whirlpool inflicts damage and traps the target in a whirlpool for 2-5 turns, damaging them slightly at the end of each turn.

If a wild Pokémon uses Whirlpool on the player's Pokémon, the player may escape if his or her Pokémon has the Run Away ability. However, Run Away does not allow the player to switch the Pokémon out.

Generation IV

If the user of Whirlpool is holding a Grip Claw, the duration of Whirlpool is always 5 turns.

In the anime

• Piplup whirlpool.png

  Piplup using Whirlpool

• Floatzel wpool.png

  Floatzel using Whirlpool

• Piplup Whirlpool.png

  Piplup using Whirlpool

Pokémon

Lugia Whilst swimming at the bottom of the ocean, Lugia's eyes glow white, and a large whirlpool forms around its 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. Debut

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.
• Used by Piplup in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky.

Floatzel glows a blue-white color. It then opens it mouth and a huge Whirlpool is released from it.

• Used by Crasher Wake's Floatzel in A Crasher Course in Power!.

Learnset

Generation II

By HM06

#   Pokémon Type 0007 Squirtle Water 0008 Wartortle Water 0009 Blastoise Water 0054 Psyduck Water 0055 Golduck Water 0060 Poliwag Water 0061 Poliwhirl Water 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 0086 Seel Water 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 0090 Shellder Water 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0098 Krabby Water 0099 Kingler Water 0116 Horsea Water 0117 Seadra Water 0120 Staryu Water 0121 Starmie Water 0130 Gyarados Water Flying 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0134 Vaporeon Water 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 0139 Omastar Rock Water 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 0151 Mew Psychic 0158 Totodile Water 0159 Croconaw Water 0160 Feraligatr Water 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 0183 Marill Water 0184 Azumarill Water 0186 Politoed Water 0194 Wooper Water Ground 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 0199 Slowking Water Psychic 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison 0222 Corsola Water Rock 0223 Remoraid Water 0224 Octillery Water 0226 Mantine Water Flying 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 0245 Suicune Water 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 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 0258 Mudkip Water 33 0320 Wailmer Water 19 0321 Wailord Water 19 0366 Clamperl Water -- 0367 Huntail Water -- 0368 Gorebyss Water -- 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

Template:Breedlist |- | 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

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0090 Shellder Water 37 0258 Mudkip Water 33 0320 Wailmer Water 14 0321 Wailord Water 14 0366 Clamperl Water -- 0367 Huntail Water -- 0368 Gorebyss Water -- 0393 Piplup Water 32 0394 Prinplup Water 37 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 39 0418 Buizel Water 36 0419 Floatzel Water 39 0456 Finneon Water 38 0457 Lumineon Water 42 0489 Phione Water 39 0490 Manaphy Water 39 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

Template:Breedlist |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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

|- | 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. |} |}

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
• French: Siphon
• Dutch: Draaikolk

Variations of the move Fire Spin
Clamp • Sand Tomb Fire Spin • Whirlpool

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