Tailwind (move)

Tailwind おいかぜ Tailwind

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Battles Type  Flying Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Your Party: Affects the user and all allies

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Appeals first in the next turn

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Tailwind (Japanese: おいかぜ Tailwind) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Tailwind doubles the Speed stat of the user and all other Pokémon in the player's party for three turns.

Generation V

Tailwind now lasts for four turns.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 30 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 41 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 47 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 50 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 64 0178 Xatu Psychic Flying 27 0245 Suicune Water 57 0279 Pelipper Water Flying 50 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 move tutor

In HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 0015 Beedrill Bug Poison 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 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying 0146 Moltres Fire Flying 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 0151 Mew Psychic 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying 0165 Ledyba Bug Flying 0166 Ledian Bug Flying 0169 Crobat Poison Flying 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 0177 Natu Psychic Flying 0178 Xatu Psychic Flying 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 0207 Gligar Ground Flying 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 0226 Mantine Water Flying 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 0245 Suicune Water 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 0269 Dustox Bug Poison 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0276 Taillow Normal Flying 0277 Swellow Normal Flying 0278 Wingull Water Flying 0279 Pelipper Water Flying 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 0313 Volbeat Bug 0314 Illumise Bug 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon 0333 Swablu Normal Flying 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 0351 Castform Normal 0351 Castform Fire 0351 Castform Water 0351 Castform Ice 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0396 Starly Normal Flying 0397 Staravia Normal Flying 0398 Staraptor Normal Flying 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 0415 Combee Bug Flying 0416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 0430 Honchkrow Dark Flying 0441 Chatot Normal Flying 0456 Finneon Water 0457 Lumineon Water 0468 Togekiss Normal Flying 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying 0472 Gliscor Ground Flying 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 0492 Shaymin Grass Flying 0493 Arceus Normal 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 30 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 41 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 47 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 50 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 64 0178 Xatu Psychic Flying 27 0245 Suicune Water 57 0279 Pelipper Water Flying 50 0519 Pidove Normal Flying 46 0520 Tranquill Normal Flying 54 0521 Unfezant Normal Flying 60 0547 Whimsicott Grass 28 0561 Sigilyph Psychic Flying 11 0580 Ducklett Water Flying 37 0581 Swanna Water Flying 40 0627 Rufflet Normal Flying 37 0628 Braviary Normal Flying 37 0629 Vullaby Dark Flying 37 0630 Mandibuzz Dark Flying 37 0641 Tornadus Flying 55 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" | 0142 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | 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. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0207 Gligar Ground Flying Dream World 0276 Taillow Normal Flying Dream World 0397 Staravia Normal Flying Dream World 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

• Up until HeartGold and SoulSilver were released, Suicune was the only non-Template:Type2 Pokémon to learn this move. This may have been because it is the embodiment of the North Wind.
• Aerodactyl is the only Pokémon that can learn Tailwind via breeding.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 順風 Shùnfēng French Vent Arrière German Rückenwind Greek Ούριος Άνεμος Italian Ventoincoda Korean 순풍 Sunpung Serbian Vetar u Leđa Spanish Viento Afín

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