Whirlwind (move): Difference between revisions

Whirlwind (Japanese: ふきとばし Blow Away) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 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.

In the anime

• Starly whirlwind.jpg

  Ash's Starly using Whirlwind.

Pokémon

Dustox. Dustox flaps its wings and a strong gust is created.

• Used by Jessie's Dustox from Seeing is Believing to Crossing Paths.

Starly. Starly flaps its wings and a strong gust is created.

• Used by Ash's Starly from Two Degrees of Separation! to ???.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 26 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 23 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 19 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 21 0018 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 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 0021 Spearow Normal Flying 0022 Fearow Normal Flying 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 0042 Golbat Poison Flying 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 0084 Doduo Normal Flying 0085 Dodrio Normal Flying 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying 0146 Moltres Fire Flying 0151 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 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 23 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 21 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 23 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 23 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 77 0250 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0142 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0163 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hoothoot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Butterfree |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0198 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Murkrow
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0227 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skarmory
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot

|- | 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 23 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 19 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 20 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 20 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying -- 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying -- 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 27 0269 Dustox Bug Poison 27 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 53 0296 Makuhita Fighting 22 0297 Hariyama Fighting 22 0357 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0142 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0163 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hoothoot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Butterfree, Beautifly, Dustox, Masquerain |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0198 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Murkrow
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0227 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skarmory
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot

|- | 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 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 22 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 17 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 17 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 17 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying -- 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying -- 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 27 0269 Dustox Bug Poison 27 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark -- 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 54 0296 Makuhita Fighting 16 0297 Hariyama Fighting 16 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 27 0396 Starly Normal Flying 21 0397 Staravia Normal Flying 23 0398 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0142 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0143 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorlax
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Tropius |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0163 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hoothoot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Butterfree, Beautifly, Dustox, Masquerain |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0198 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Murkrow
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0227 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skarmory
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0276 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Taillow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0408 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cranidos
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Tropius |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0446 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Munchlax
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Tropius |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0451 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Butterfree, Beautifly, Dustox, Masquerain

|- | 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

• Apparently, Bulbasaur can learn Whirlwind, according to the Anime.

In other languages

• French: Cyclone
• German: Wirbelwind
• Italian: Turbine
• Spanish: Remolino

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