Whirlwind (move)

Whirlwind ふきとばし Blow Away

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   ???

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart 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

Whirlwind (Japanese: ふきとばし Blow Away) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Whirlwind can be used to immediately end wild Pokémon battles.

Generation II

Whirlwind can be used to immediately end wild Pokémon battles.

In a battle against a trainer, Whirlwind will force a switch with a randomly chosen Pokémon from the trainer's party. If there are no other Pokémon, Whirlwind will fail.

Generation III and on

Same effect as Generation II.

Whirlwind will fail when used against Pokémon with the Suction Cups ability.

In the anime

• Starly Whirlwind.JPG

  Ash's Starly using Whirlwind.

Pokémon

Dustox. Dustox flaps its wings and a strong gust is created.

• Used by Jessie's Dustox from Seing is Belivieng to Crossing Paths.

Starly. Starly flaps its wings and a strong gust is created.

• Used by Ash's Starly from Two Degrees of Separation! to ???.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 26 (R/G/B) 23 (Y) 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 19 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 21 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 21 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 TM04

• Butterfree
• Spearow
• Fearow
• Zubat
• Golbat
• Venonat
• Farfetch'd
• Doduo
• Dodrio
• Aerodactyl
• Articuno
• Zapdos
• Moltres
• Mew

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 23 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 21 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 23 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 23 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 77 0250 Ho-oh Ho-oh Fire Flying 77 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

• Zubat
• Aerodactyl
• Hoothoot
• Yanma
• Murkrow
• Skarmory

Generation III

By leveling up

• Butterfree at Lv.23
• Pidgey at Lv.19
• Pidgeotto at Lv.20
• Pidgeot at Lv.20
• Lugia at Lv.--
• Ho-Oh at Lv.--
• Beautifly at Lv.27
• Dustox at Lv.27
• Masquerain at Lv.53
• Makuhita at Lv.22
• Hariyama at Lv.22
• Tropius at Lv.27

By breeding

• Zubat
• Aerodactyl
• Hoothoot
• Yanma
• Murkrow
• Skarmory

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Butterfree at Lv.22
• Pidgey at Lv.17
• Pidgeotto at Lv.17
• Pidgeot at Lv.17
• Lugia at Lv.--
• Ho-Oh at Lv.--
• Beautifly at Lv.27
• Dustox at Lv.27
• Shiftry at Lv.--
• Masquerain at Lv.54
• Makuhita at Lv.16
• Hariyama at Lv.16
• Tropius at Lv.27
• Starly at Lv.21
• Staravia at Lv.23
• Staraptor at Lv.23

By breeding

• Spearow
• Zubat
• Aerodactyl
• Snorlax
• Hoothoot
• Yanma
• Murkrow
• Skarmory
• Taillow
• Cranidos
• Munchlax
• Skorupi

In other languages

• French: Cyclone
• German: Wirbelwind
• Italian: Turbine
• Spanish: Remolino