Whirlpool (move)

Whirlpool うずしお Whirl Tide

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Battles Type  Water Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  15 Accuracy  70% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II HM06 in Generation II HM05 in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

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. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, it regained its HM status, though as HM05 rather than HM06.

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 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.

• Used by Lugia in The Power of One. Debut

Mantine. Mantine spins around the opponent quickly underwater, creating a whirlpool.

• Used by Molly Hale's Mantine in Spell of the Unown.

Rhydon. Rhydon dives underwater and, using a Horn Drill, creates a whirlpool.

• USed by Pietra's Rhydon in Right On, Rhydon!.

Gyarados Creates a whirlpool using its tail.

• Used by Misty's Gyarados in Cerulean Blues!.
• Used by a Wild Gyarados in Sandshrew's Locker!.

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 HM05 (HeartGold and SoulSilver)

#   Pokémon Type 0007 Squirtle Water 0008 Wartortle Water 0009 Blastoise Water 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0054 Psyduck Water 0055 Golduck Water 0060 Poliwag Water 0061 Poliwhirl Water 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0086 Seel Water 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 0090 Shellder Water 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0098 Krabby Water 0099 Kingler Water 0108 Lickitung Normal 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 0116 Horsea Water 0117 Seadra Water 0118 Goldeen Water 0119 Seaking Water 0120 Staryu Water 0121 Starmie Water Psychic 0128 Tauros Normal 0130 Gyarados Water Flying 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0134 Vaporeon Water 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 0139 Omastar Rock Water 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0143 Snorlax Normal 0147 Dratini Dragon 0148 Dragonite Dragonite Dragon 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 0151 Mew Psychic 0158 Totodile Water 0159 Croconaw Water 0160 Feraligatr Water 0161 Sentret Normal 0162 Furret Normal 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 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 0222 Corsola Water Rock 0223 Remoraid Water 0224 Octillery Water 0226 Mantine Water Flying 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 0241 Miltank Normal 0245 Suicune Water 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 0258 Mudkip Water 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 0260 Swampert Water Ground 0263 Zigzagoon Normal 0264 Linoone Normal 0270 Lotad Water Grass 0271 Lombre Water Grass 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass 0279 Pelipper Water Flying 0295 Exploud Normal 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0298 Azurill Normal 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0318 Carvanha Water Dark 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 0320 Wailmer Water 0321 Wailord Water 0339 Barboach Water Ground 0340 Whiscash Water Ground 0341 Corphish Water 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 0349 Feebas Water 0350 Milotic Water 0363 Spheal Ice Water 0364 Sealeo Ice Water 0365 Walrein Ice Water 0366 Clamperl Water 0367 Huntail Water 0368 Gorebyss Water 0369 Relicanth Water Rock 0370 Luvdisc Water 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 0382 Kyogre Water 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0393 Piplup Water 0394 Prinplup Water 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 0400 Bibarel Normal Water 0409 Rampardos Rock 0418 Buizel Water 0419 Floatzel Water 0422 Shellos Water 0422 Shellos Water 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 0445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 0446 Munchlax Normal 0456 Finneon Water 0457 Lumineon Water 0458 Mantyke Water Flying 0461 Weavile Dark Ice 0463 Lickilicky Normal 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 0484 Palkia Water Dragon 0489 Phione Water 0490 Manaphy Water 0493 Arceus Electric 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 regain that status.
  • This makes it the only HM move teachable by two separate HMs: HM06 in Generation II, and HM05 in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
• Empoleon is the only Pokémon that can learn Whirlpool by level up and is not pure Water type.

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