Razor Wind (move)

Razor Wind かまいたち Whirlwind Cut

Battles Type  Normal Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM02 in Generation I

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if no other Pokémon has chosen the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Razor Wind (Japanese: かまいたち Whirlwind Cut) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Razor Wind does nothing on the turn it is selected, other than say that the user created a whirlwind. On the following turn, Razor Wind will do damage, PP will be deducted from it, and it will count as the last move used. Once Razor Wind is selected, the user won't be able to switch out until it is disrupted or fully executed.

If Razor Wind is not fully executed, PP will not be deducted from it, and it will not count as the last move used. If the opponent uses Mirror Move during the turn that the user creates a whirlwind, Mirror Move will copy the move that the user executed immediately before using Razor Wind (or fail if it can't).

Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Razor Wind.

In Pokémon Stadium, Mirror Move will copy Razor Wind on either of the turns it takes to execute.

In the anime

• Razorwind.jpg

  Crasher Wake's Floatzel using Razor Wind.

Pokémon

Floatzel. Floatzel's fins glow white and shoots crescent blades of wind at foe.

• Used by Crasher Wake's Floatzel in DP083.

Learnset

Generation I

By TM02

#   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 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 0140 Kabuto Rock Water(Y) 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying 0146 Moltres Fire Flying 0149 Dragonite Dragon 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 breeding

#   Pokémon Type Level 0123 Scyther Bug Flying Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth 0158 Totodile Water Kabuto, Kabutops 0207 Gligar Ground Flying Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth 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 0274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 37 0359 Absol Dark 17 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

#   Pokémon Type Level 0273 Seedot Grass Nuzleaf, Shiftry Absol 0335 Zangoose Normal Absol 0357 Tropius Grass Flying Nuzleaf, Shiftry 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 IV

By leveling up

• Scyther at Lv.33
• Scizor at Lv.33
• Nuzleaf at Lv.37
• Absol at Lv.17
• Buizel at Lv.45
• Floatzel at Lv.50

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Level 0207 Gligar Ground Flying Scyther, Scizor 0273 Seedot Grass Nuzleaf, Shiftry Absol 0335 Zangoose Normal Absol 0357 Tropius Grass Flying Nuzleaf, Shiftry Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Despite being introduced in Generation I, no Pokémon could learn it via level-up until Generation III. In fact, it was almost unlearnable in Generation II. The only way to get a Pokémon to have the move in Generation II was to teach it to a Pokémon via TM in a Generation I game, trade it into a Generation II game, and then breed it into one of only three Pokémon.

In other languages

• French: Coupe-vent
• German: Klingensturm
• Italian: Ventagliente
• Spanish: V. Cortante