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Whirlpool (move)

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Whirlpool
うずしお Whirl Tide
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Type  Water
Category  Special
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  35
Accuracy  85%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Affected by King's Rock
  • Usable outside of battle
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.

Whirlpool (Japanese: うずしお Whirl Tide) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation II. It was HM06 in Generation II and HM05 in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Effect

In battle

Generation II

Whirlpool inflicts 1/16 of the target's maximum HP as damage for two to five turns upon use, in addition to the damage dealt when it is used. The text "<Pokémon> was trapped!" will appear. It also traps the target, preventing switching and escape. If a trapped Pokémon uses Rapid Spin, it will be freed.

Whirlpool has a power of 15 and an accuracy of 70.

Generation III

Whirlpool can hit Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of Dive, and if it does, it will deal double damage.

If a wild Pokémon uses Whirlpool on the player's Pokémon, the player may escape if the affected Pokémon has Run Away or is holding a Smoke Ball. However, these do not allow the player to switch the Pokémon out. The text also changes to "<Pokémon> was trapped in the vortex!"

Generation IV

If the user of Whirlpool is holding a Grip Claw, the duration will always be 5 turns. Also, if an affected Pokémon is holding a Shed Shell, it can switch out.

Generation V

Whirlpool's power and accuracy were increased to 35 and 85 respectively, and it now lasts for four to five turns. In addition, if the user of Whirlpool is holding a Binding Band, it inflicts 1/8 of the target's maximum HP instead of 1/16 when the target is trapped.

Generation VI

The end turn damage of Whirlpool is increased from 1/16 to 1/8 of the target's maximum HP. If the user is holding a Binding Band, the end turn damage of Whirlpool will increase to 1/6 of the target's maximum HP.

Outside of battle

Generation II

Whirlpool clears whirlpools in the field while surfing.

Generation IV

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Whirlpool allows the user to cross whirlpools on the field, instead of clearing them away as it did in Generation II.

Description

Games Description
Stad2 Lasts two to five turns. Foe becomes trapped in a vortex, making it impossible to switch.
GSC Traps the foe for 2-5 turns.
RSE Traps and hurts the foe in a whirlpool for 2 to 5 turns.
ColoXD Traps and hurts target in a whirlpool for 2 to 5 turns.
FRLG The foe is trapped in a fast, vicious whirlpool for two to five turns.
DPPt The user traps the foe inside a fast, vicious whirlpool that lasts for two to five turns.
HGSS Traps the foe inside a whirlpool that lasts for two to five turns. The user can pass through whirlpools.*
Traps foes in a violent swirling whirlpool. It can also be used to traverse whirlpools.*
BWB2W2 Traps foes in a violent swirling whirlpool for four to five turns.
XYORAS The user traps the target in a violent swirling whirlpool for four to five turns.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
090   Shellder Water Water     37 40 40
258   Mudkip Water Water   33 33 33 33
320   Wailmer Water Water   19 14 14 14
13
321   Wailord Water Water   19 14 14 14
13
366   Clamperl Water Water   1 1 1 1
367   Huntail Water Water   1 1 1 1
368   Gorebyss Water Water   1 1 1 1
393   Piplup Water Water     32 32 32
394   Prinplup Water Water     37 37 37
395   Empoleon Water Steel     39 39 39
418   Buizel Water Water     36 36 31 31
419   Floatzel Water Water     39 39 35 35
456   Finneon Water Water     38 38 38
457   Lumineon Water Water     42 42 42
489   Phione Water Water     39 39 39
490   Manaphy Water Water     39 39 39
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By HM

# Pokémon Type Machine
I
-- 		II
HM06 		III
-- 		IV
HM05 		V
-- 		VI
--
007   Squirtle Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
008   Wartortle Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
009   Blastoise Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
031   Nidoqueen Poison Ground ✔ ✔
034   Nidoking Poison Ground ✔ ✔
054   Psyduck Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
055   Golduck Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
060   Poliwag Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
061   Poliwhirl Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
062   Poliwrath Water Fighting ✔ ✔ ✔
072   Tentacool Water Poison ✔ ✔ ✔
073   Tentacruel Water Poison ✔ ✔ ✔
079   Slowpoke Water Psychic ✔ ✔
080   Slowbro Water Psychic ✔ ✔
086   Seel Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
087   Dewgong Water Ice ✔ ✔ ✔
090   Shellder Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
091   Cloyster Water Ice ✔ ✔ ✔
098   Krabby Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
099   Kingler Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
108   Lickitung Normal Normal ✔ ✔
112   Rhydon Ground Rock ✔ ✔
115   Kangaskhan Normal Normal ✔ ✔
116   Horsea Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
117   Seadra Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
118   Goldeen Water Water ✔ ✔
119   Seaking Water Water ✔ ✔
120   Staryu Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
121   Starmie Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
128   Tauros Normal Normal ✔ ✔
130   Gyarados Water Flying ✔ ✔ ✔
131   Lapras Water Ice ✔ ✔ ✔
134   Vaporeon Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
138   Omanyte Rock Water ✔ ✔ ✔
139   Omastar Rock Water ✔ ✔ ✔
140   Kabuto Rock Water ✔ ✔
141   Kabutops Rock Water ✔ ✔ ✔
143   Snorlax Normal Normal ✔ ✔
147   Dratini Dragon Dragon ✔ ✔
148   Dragonair Dragon Dragon ✔ ✔
149   Dragonite Dragon Flying ✔ ✔ ✔
151   Mew Psychic Psychic ✔ ✔ ✔
158   Totodile Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
159   Croconaw Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
160   Feraligatr Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
161   Sentret Normal Normal ✔ ✔
162   Furret Normal Normal ✔ ✔
170   Chinchou Water Electric ✔ ✔ ✔
171   Lanturn Water Electric ✔ ✔ ✔
183   Marill Water Fairy ✔ ✔ ✔
184   Azumarill Water Fairy ✔ ✔ ✔
186   Politoed Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
194   Wooper Water Ground ✔ ✔ ✔
195   Quagsire Water Ground ✔ ✔ ✔
199   Slowking Water Psychic ✔ ✔ ✔
211   Qwilfish Water Poison ✔ ✔ ✔
215   Sneasel Dark Ice ✔ ✔
222   Corsola Water Rock ✔ ✔ ✔
223   Remoraid Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
224   Octillery Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
226   Mantine Water Flying ✔ ✔ ✔
230   Kingdra Water Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔
241   Miltank Normal Normal ✔ ✔
245   Suicune Water Water ✔ ✔ ✔
248   Tyranitar Rock Dark ✔ ✔
249   Lugia Psychic Flying ✔ ✔ ✔
258   Mudkip Water Water ✔ ✔
259   Marshtomp Water Ground ✔ ✔
260   Swampert Water Ground ✔ ✔
263   Zigzagoon Normal Normal ✔ ✔
264   Linoone Normal Normal ✔ ✔
270   Lotad Water Grass ✔ ✔
271   Lombre Water Grass ✔ ✔
272   Ludicolo Water Grass ✔ ✔
279   Pelipper Water Flying ✔ ✔
295   Exploud Normal Normal ✔ ✔
296   Makuhita Fighting Fighting ✔ ✔
297   Hariyama Fighting Fighting ✔ ✔
298   Azurill Normal Fairy ✔ ✔
306   Aggron Steel Rock ✔ ✔
318   Carvanha Water Dark ✔ ✔
319   Sharpedo Water Dark ✔ ✔
320   Wailmer Water Water ✔ ✔
321   Wailord Water Water ✔ ✔
339   Barboach Water Ground ✔ ✔
340   Whiscash Water Ground ✔ ✔
341   Corphish Water Water ✔ ✔
342   Crawdaunt Water Dark ✔ ✔
349   Feebas Water Water ✔ ✔
350   Milotic Water Water ✔ ✔
363   Spheal Ice Water ✔ ✔
364   Sealeo Ice Water ✔ ✔
365   Walrein Ice Water ✔ ✔
366   Clamperl Water Water ✔ ✔
367   Huntail Water Water ✔ ✔
368   Gorebyss Water Water ✔ ✔
369   Relicanth Water Rock ✔ ✔
370   Luvdisc Water Water ✔ ✔
380   Latias Dragon Psychic ✔ ✔
381   Latios Dragon Psychic ✔ ✔
382   Kyogre Water Water ✔ ✔
384   Rayquaza Dragon Flying ✔ ✔
393   Piplup Water Water ✔ ✔
394   Prinplup Water Water ✔ ✔
395   Empoleon Water Steel ✔ ✔
400   Bibarel Normal Water ✔ ✔
409   Rampardos Rock Rock ✔ ✔
418   Buizel Water Water ✔ ✔
419   Floatzel Water Water ✔ ✔
422   Shellos Water Water ✔ ✔
423   Gastrodon Water Ground ✔ ✔
445   Garchomp Dragon Ground ✔ ✔
446   Munchlax Normal Normal ✔ ✔
456   Finneon Water Water ✔ ✔
457   Lumineon Water Water ✔ ✔
458   Mantyke Water Flying ✔ ✔
461   Weavile Dark Ice ✔ ✔
463   Lickilicky Normal Normal ✔ ✔
464   Rhyperior Ground Rock ✔ ✔
484   Palkia Water Dragon ✔ ✔
489   Phione Water Water ✔ ✔
490   Manaphy Water Water ✔ ✔
493   Arceus Normal Normal ✔ ✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
131   Lapras Water Ice                                              
138   Omanyte Rock Water                                    
170   Chinchou Water Electric                   
258   Mudkip Water Water                                              
339   Barboach Water Ground                    
550   Basculin Water Water                
564   Tirtouga Water Rock                                    
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Whirlpool has a 10% chance of inflicting the Constriction status condition on an opponent. The damage done by Whirlpool is doubled if the target is under the Diving status condition.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It may also cause constriction, making the foe incapable of movement. Inflicts double damage on a diving foe.


In the anime

 
Lugia
 
Floatzel
 
Piplup
 
Gyarados
The user traps the foe inside a fast, vicious whirlpool. It appears much stronger than in the games.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Lugia dives in the water and its eyes glow white. Then, it spins around and raises up to the surface. As it goes above the water, the whirlpool turns into a cyclone.
Lugia (M02) The Power of One Debut
  Mantine spins around the opponent quickly while underwater, creating a whirlpool.
Molly Hale's Mantine Spell of the Unown: Entei None
  Rhydon dives underwater, faces the opponent, and spins its horn like a drill, creating a whirlpool that sucks up the opponent.
Pietra's Rhydon Right On, Rhydon! None
  Gyarados swims around the opponent quickly and creates a whirlpool, or Gyarados points its tail at the opponent and waves it around in circles, creating a whirlpool.
Misty's Gyarados Cerulean Blues None
A wild Gyarados Sandshrew's Locker! None
  Piplup's body glows a blueish-white color and it raises its arms and beak to the air. It then opens its beak and a huge whirlpool comes out of it and forms above Piplup. Piplup then throws the whirlpool at the opponent. While in the water, Piplup's body glows multicolored, and a whirlpool forms around it, or Piplup spins its body and glowing white water appears and forms around Piplup's body. The water's glow fades and spins with Piplup, turning into a whirlpool. Piplup then spins into the opponent. Piplup can also change the size of the whirlpool by choice. When Piplup is near the water, after it forms the whirlpool, it throws it at the water in front of the opponent, creating a large water vortex that sucks the opponent up.
Dawn's Piplup Getting the Pre-Contest Titters! None
Piplup of Team Poképals Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness None
  Floatzel raises its arms and a large whirlpool appears above its head. Floatzel then throws the whirlpool at the opponent.
Crasher Wake's Floatzel A Crasher Course in Power! None
Kenny's Floatzel Last Call - First Round! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga


In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team manga


In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga


In other generations

In battle

       
Generation II Generation III Generation IV BW
 
MD: Red and Blue
     
Stadium 2 Colosseum XD

Outside of battle

   
Generation II HGSS

Trivia

  • Although it is the first of three moves to lose HM status, it is also the first former HM to regain that status.
  • If a player teaches a Pokémon Whirlpool by HM in HeartGold and SoulSilver and trades it to Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum, the Pokémon can be freely imported to Black and White via the Poké Transfer, due to Whirlpool not being needed outside of battle in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. The same can be done with Defog by transferring a Pokémon that learned it by HM in Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum to HeartGold or SoulSilver.

In other languages

Language Title
  Dutch Draaikolk
  Finnish Poreallas*
  French Siphon
  German Whirlpool
  Greek Δίνη
  Hindi पानी का भवर Paani Ki Bhanwar
भवंडर Bawandar
  Indonesian Pusaran Air
  Italian Mulinello
  Korean 바다회오리 Bada Hoe'ori
  Polish Wir Wodny
  Portuguese Remoinho
  Romanian Vâltoarea
  Serbian Vodeni Vrtlog
  Spanish Torbellino



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


Generation II TMs
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
Generation IV TMs
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 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69
70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92
Generation IV HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08


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