Wind Rider (Ability)

Wind Rider	かぜのり
	Wind Riding
Flavor text Generation IX Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat if Tailwind takes effect or if the Pokémon is hit by a wind move. The Pokémon also takes no damage from wind moves.

Wind Rider (Japanese: かぜのり Wind Riding) is an Ability introduced in Generation IX.

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• Effect
  • In battle
    • Affected moves
  • Outside of battle
• Pokémon with Wind Rider
• In other languages

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with Wind Rider is hit by a wind move, it takes no damage and its Attack is raised by one stage. Whirlwind cannot force a Pokémon with this Ability to switch out or flee.

If a Pokémon with Wind Rider enters battle while Tailwind is in effect on its side, or if the Pokémon or its ally uses Tailwind, its Attack is raised by one stage in addition to Tailwind’s Speed boost.

Despite being classified as a wind move, Sandstorm does not interact with Wind Rider at all, due to affecting the entire field instead of targeting Pokémon.

Affected moves

Move Type Cat. IX Aeroblast  Flying  Special ✔ Air Cutter  Flying  Special ✔ Bleakwind Storm  Flying  Special ✔ Blizzard  Ice  Special ✔ Fairy Wind  Fairy  Special ✔ Gust  Flying  Special ✔ Heat Wave  Fire  Special ✔ Hurricane  Flying  Special ✔ Icy Wind  Ice  Special ✔ Petal Blizzard  Grass  Physical ✔ Sandsear Storm  Ground  Special ✔ Sandstorm  Rock  Status ✘ Springtide Storm  Fairy  Special ✔ Tailwind  Flying  Status ✔ Twister  Dragon  Special ✔ Whirlwind  Normal  Status ✔ Wildbolt Storm  Electric  Special ✔

Outside of battle

Wind Rider has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Wind Rider

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0275		Shiftry	Grass	Dark	Chlorophyll	Wind RiderGen IX+	Pickpocket
0946		Bramblin	Grass	Ghost	Wind Rider	None	Infiltrator
0947		Brambleghast	Grass	Ghost	Wind Rider	None	Infiltrator
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

• Prior to Generation IX, Shiftry had Early Bird instead of Wind Rider.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	乘風 Sìhngfūng
	Mandarin	乘風 / 乘风 Chéngfēng
French		Aéroporté
German		Windreiter
Italian		Vento Propizio
Korean		바람타기 Baram Tagi
Spanish		Surcavientos

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