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Twister (move)

Twister
たつまき Twister
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Type  Dragon
Category  Special
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  40
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects all adjacent foes, but not allies
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Cool
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Scrambles the order of the appeals on the next turn.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Quite an appealing move.

Twister (Japanese: たつまき Twister) is a damage-dealing Dragon-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

Twister inflicts damage and has a 20% chance of causing each target to flinch.

Twister can hit Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turns of Fly and if it does, it will deal double damage.

Generation III

In a Double Battle, Twister will hit all adjacent opponents.

Twister can hit Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turns of Bounce and if it does, it will deal double damage.

Generation V

In a Triple Battle, Twister will hit all adjacent opponents.

Twister can hit Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turns of Sky Drop and if it does, it will deal double damage.

Generation VI

Twister will hit Berry trees found in the background of battles.

Description

Games Description
A Dragon-type attack. Has a one-in-five chance of causing the target to flinch.
Whips up a tornado to attack.
RSE Whips up a vicious twister to tear at the foe.
FRLG A vicious twister attacks the foe. It may make the foe flinch.
Whips up a vicious twister which may cause flinching.
PMDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It may also cause the target to cringe, making it incapable of action. Doubles damage on a flying or bouncing Pokémon.
The user whips up a vicious twister to tear at the foe. It may also make the foe flinch.
The user whips up a vicious tornado to tear at the foe. It may also make the foe flinch.
The user whips up a vicious tornado to tear at the opposing team. It may also make targets flinch.
The user whips up a vicious tornado to tear at the opposing Pokémon. This may also make them flinch.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
016   Pidgey Normal Flying     21 21 21
017   Pidgeotto Normal Flying     22 22 22
018   Pidgeot Normal Flying     22 22 22
116   Horsea Water Water 29 29 26 26 26
17
117   Seadra Water Water 29 29 26 26 26
17
130   Gyarados Water Flying 35 35 29 29 29
147   Dratini Dragon Dragon 15 15 11 11 11
148   Dragonair Dragon Dragon --, 15 --, 15 --, 11 --, 11 --, 11
149   Dragonite Dragon Flying --, 15 --, 15 --, 11 --, 11 --, 11
230   Kingdra Water Dragon 29 29 26 26 26
17
350   Milotic Water Water   25 17 17 17
14
384   Rayquaza Dragon Flying   -- -- -- --
691   Dragalge Poison Dragon         --, 67
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
226   Mantine Water Flying                                        
278   Wingull Water Flying                                            
371   Bagon Dragon Dragon                                       
443   Gible Dragon Ground                                
458   Mantyke Water Flying                            
495   Snivy* Grass Grass              
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By Move Tutor

# Pokémon Type Game
DP Pt HGSS
006   Charizard Fire Flying ✔ ✔
012   Butterfree Bug Flying ✔ ✔
016   Pidgey Normal Flying ✔ ✔
017   Pidgeotto Normal Flying ✔ ✔
018   Pidgeot Normal Flying ✔ ✔
021   Spearow Normal Flying ✔ ✔
022   Fearow Normal Flying ✔ ✔
041   Zubat Poison Flying ✔ ✔
042   Golbat Poison Flying ✔ ✔
049   Venomoth Bug Poison ✔ ✔
083   Farfetch'd Normal Flying ✔ ✔
095   Onix Rock Ground ✔ ✔
116   Horsea Water Water ✔ ✔
117   Seadra Water Water ✔ ✔
120   Staryu Water Water ✔ ✔
121   Starmie Water Psychic ✔ ✔
130   Gyarados Water Flying ✔ ✔
142   Aerodactyl Rock Flying ✔ ✔
144   Articuno Ice Flying ✔ ✔
145   Zapdos Electric Flying ✔ ✔
146   Moltres Fire Flying ✔ ✔
147   Dratini Dragon Dragon ✔ ✔
148   Dragonair Dragon Dragon ✔ ✔
149   Dragonite Dragon Flying ✔ ✔
151   Mew Psychic Psychic ✔ ✔
163   Hoothoot Normal Flying ✔ ✔
164   Noctowl Normal Flying ✔ ✔
169   Crobat Poison Flying ✔ ✔
176   Togetic Normal Flying ✔ ✔
177   Natu Psychic Flying ✔ ✔
178   Xatu Psychic Flying ✔ ✔
198   Murkrow Dark Flying ✔ ✔
208   Steelix Steel Ground ✔ ✔
227   Skarmory Steel Flying ✔ ✔
230   Kingdra Water Dragon ✔ ✔
237   Hitmontop Fighting Fighting ✔ ✔
249   Lugia Psychic Flying ✔ ✔
250   Ho-Oh Fire Flying ✔ ✔
267   Beautifly Bug Flying ✔ ✔
269   Dustox Bug Poison ✔ ✔
275   Shiftry Grass Dark ✔ ✔
276   Taillow Normal Flying ✔ ✔
277   Swellow Normal Flying ✔ ✔
278   Wingull Water Flying ✔ ✔
279   Pelipper Water Flying ✔ ✔
284   Masquerain Bug Flying ✔ ✔
329   Vibrava Ground Dragon ✔ ✔
330   Flygon Ground Dragon ✔ ✔
333   Swablu Normal Flying ✔ ✔
334   Altaria Dragon Flying ✔ ✔
350   Milotic Water Water ✔ ✔
357   Tropius Grass Flying ✔ ✔
371   Bagon Dragon Dragon ✔ ✔
372   Shelgon Dragon Dragon ✔ ✔
373   Salamence Dragon Flying ✔ ✔
380   Latias Dragon Psychic ✔ ✔
381   Latios Dragon Psychic ✔ ✔
384   Rayquaza Dragon Flying ✔ ✔
396   Starly Normal Flying ✔ ✔
397   Staravia Normal Flying ✔ ✔
398   Staraptor Normal Flying ✔ ✔
414   Mothim Bug Flying ✔ ✔
430   Honchkrow Dark Flying ✔ ✔
441   Chatot Normal Flying ✔ ✔
443   Gible Dragon Ground ✔ ✔
444   Gabite Dragon Ground ✔ ✔
445   Garchomp Dragon Ground ✔ ✔
456   Finneon Water Water ✔ ✔
457   Lumineon Water Water ✔ ✔
468   Togekiss Normal Flying ✔ ✔
483   Dialga Steel Dragon ✔ ✔
484   Palkia Water Dragon ✔ ✔
487   Giratina
Altered Forme 		Ghost Dragon ✔ ✔
487   Giratina
Origin Forme 		Ghost Dragon ✔ ✔
493   Arceus Normal Normal ✔ ✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0278   Wingull Water Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky
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 event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0120   Staryu Water New York Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


In the anime

 
Milotic
 
Rayquaza
 
Dragonite
 
Dragonair
The user hurls a tornado at the opponent.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Kingdra points its head up and spins around quickly, making itself into a twister. If the user is in the water, it creates a water tornado and the opponent becomes trapped in the tornado, or Kingdra moves its back fins and a twister appears. Kingdra can also control where the Twister can go.
Christopher's Kingdra Dueling Heroes Debut
Clair's Kingdra Fangs for Nothin' None
  Dragonite creates a tornado by flapping its wings. The tornado then hits the opponent.
Lance's Dragonite Rage of Innocence None
Professor Oak's Dragonite The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon None
  The orbs on Dragonair's tail glow. Then it waves its tail and creates a tornado from it, sending it at the opponent.
Clair's Dragonair Beauty is Skin Deep None
  An orb of wind appears in front of the end of Milotic's tail. A tornado is released from the orb and hits the opponent, or Milotic spins its tailfins like a fan and a tornado comes out at the opponent, or Milotic floats into the air and starts to spin its body, creating a twister around itself.
Robert's Milotic Win, Lose or Drew! None
Juan's Milotic The Great Eight Fate! None
Lucy's Milotic Queen of the Serpentine! None
Wallace's Milotic Our Cup Runneth Over! None
  Rayquaza points its tail at the opponent and creates a twister from its tail that shoots at the opponent.
An illusion created by Mismagius Malice in Wonderland! None
  Arceus raises its head and light purple wind is gathered into a small tornado above its head. It then lowers its head and fires a larger twister at the opponent from its face.
Arceus (M12) Arceus and the Jewel of Life None


In the manga

In the Ash and Pikachu manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga


In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga


In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga


In other generations

       
Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V
 
MD: Red and Blue
 
Stadium 2

Trivia

  • Twister may be Dragon-type because its Japanese name contains たつ (tatsu), which means dragon.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 龍捲風 Lóngjuǎnfēng
  Dutch Twister
  Finnish Pyörre
Kierre (AG123)
  French Ouragan
  German Windhose
  Greek Κυκλώνας
  Indonesian Angin Puyuh
Puting Beliung
  Italian Tornado
  Korean 회오리 Hoe'ori
  Polish Tornado
  Brazilian Portuguese Ciclone
  Serbian Uragan
Spanish   Latin America Tornado*
  Spain Ciclón


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