Whirlpool (move)

Whirlpool
うずしお Whirl Tide
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Type  Water
Category  Special
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  15
Accuracy  70%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Does not affect any Pokémon*
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  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Whirlpool is a mostly accurate Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II that deals very little damage. 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

Pokémon

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

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 it can do a large amount of damage, it is capable of knocking the legendary birds aside.

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.
|} |}

In other languages

  • Spanish: Torbellino.
  • Italian: Mulinello.
  • German: Whirlpool
Variations of the move Fire Spin
  ClampSand Tomb
  Fire SpinWhirlpool
Generation II TMs
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Generation II HMs
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