Whirlwind (move)

Whirlwind redirects here. For the TFG starter set, see Whirlwind (TFG).

Whirlwind ふきとばし Blow Away

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  -6* Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM04 in Generation I

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Scrambles the order of appeals on the next turn.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Clever Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Causes the user to move later on the next turn.

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 Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It was TM04 in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

If Whirlwind is used in a wild Pokémon battle by a Pokémon on either side, the battle will automatically end. In a Trainer battle, Whirlwind has no effect. Whirlwind has 85% accuracy and normal priority.

If the user's level is less than the target's level, there is a chance that Whirlwind will fail. More specifically, the chance of failing is FLOOR(T / 4) / (T + U + 1), where T is the target's level and U is the user's level. This means that the chance of failure is always between approximately 12.5% and 25%, with a higher chance when the target's level is much greater than the user's.

Generation II

When in a Trainer battle, Whirlwind will now force the target to switch with a randomly chosen Pokémon from its Trainer's party. If there is no Pokémon for the target to switch with, Whirlwind will fail. Whirlwind's accuracy is increased to 100% and its priority is decreased to -1. If Whirlwind is used before the opponent can make its move, Whirlwind will fail. Whirlwind can now hit Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of Fly.

Whirlwind's chance to fail does not apply to Trainer battles. However, in Trainer battles, Whirlwind will always fail if used before the opponent has made its move.

Generation III to IV

Whirlwind will fail when used against Pokémon with the Ability Suction Cups or rooted by Ingrain. It no longer fails if it is not used last. It will now fail to hit Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of Fly.

If the user's level is less than the target's, the chance of failure is now calculated slightly differently. Given the terms T for the target's level, U for the user's level, and X for a random integer from 0 to 255, a term R can be calculated where R = FLOOR( ( T + U ) * X / 256 ) + 1. If R is less than or equal to T/4, Whirlwind fails. The chance of Whirlwind failing can generally be approximated by ( T / 4 + 1 ) / ( T + U ); the chance of failing may diverge moderately from that approximation for low values of T and U.

Whirlwind now has a priority of -6.

Generation V

In wild Pokémon battles, Whirlwind will now always fail if the user's level is less than the target's. In Trainer battles, Whirlwind will now succeed if it hits, regardless of either Pokémon's level.

Whirlwind is now reflected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce.

If a battle with wild Pokémon ever involves more than one Pokémon on each side of the battle, Whirlwind will fail if used by the player's Pokémon against a wild Pokémon, but if a wild Pokémon uses it against the player, it will force the target to switch with another Pokémon in the Trainer's party, regardless of the target's level.

Generation VI onward

Whirlwind now bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly. Whirlwind can now hit a target even if it has used Protect, Detect, or Spiky Shield, but will fail if the target is protected by Crafty Shield.

Whirlwind can be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if any of the moves Spikes, Stealth Rock or Toxic Spikes was used in the prior turn.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Whirlwind, the user's Special Defense stat rises by one stage.

Description

Games Description Stad Generates a powerful wind that blows away wild Pokémon. Useful in the wild only. Stad2 A powerful wind that blows the target away. The opposing trainer must use a new Pokémon. GSC Blows away the foe & ends battle. RSE Blows away the foe with wind and ends the battle. FRLG The foe is made to switch out with an ally. In the wild, the battle ends. ColoXD Blows away the target, switching it out of battle. DPPtHGSS The foe is blown away, to be replaced by another Pokémon in its party. In the wild, the battle ends. PBR The foe is blown away and replaced by another Pokémon in its party. BW The target is blown away, to be replaced by another Pokémon in its party. In the wild, the battle ends. B2W2 The target is blown away and switched. In the wild, a battle against a single Pokémon ends. XYORAS SMUSUM The target is blown away, and a different Pokémon is dragged out. In the wild, this ends a battle against a single Pokémon.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0012		Butterfree		Bug		Bug	26RGB 23Y	23	23	22	22	22	29SMUSUM 25PE
0016		Pidgey		Flying		Flying	19	21	19	17	17	17	17SMUSUM 21PE
0017		Pidgeotto		Flying		Flying	21	23	20	17	17	17	17SMUSUM 25PE
0018		Pidgeot		Flying		Flying	21	23	20	17	17	17	17SMUSUM 25PE
0042		Golbat		Flying		Flying							1PE
0249		Lugia		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		77	1	1	1	1	1
0250		Ho-Oh		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		77	1	1	1	1	1
0267		Beautifly		Bug		Bug			27	27	27	27XY 30ORAS	30
0269		Dustox		Bug		Bug			27	27	27	27XY 30ORAS	30
0275		Shiftry		Field	Grass				1	1	1	1
0284		Masquerain		Water 1	Bug			53	54	54	1, 54XY 1, 48ORAS	1, 48
0296		Makuhita		Human-Like		Human-Like			22	16	16	16	16
0297		Hariyama		Human-Like		Human-Like			22	16	16	16	16
0357		Tropius		Monster	Grass			27	27	27	27XY 21ORAS	21
0396		Starly		Flying		Flying				21	21	21	21
0397		Staravia		Flying		Flying				23	23	23	23
0398		Staraptor		Flying		Flying				23	23	23	23
0561		Sigilyph		Flying		Flying					14	14	14
0627		Rufflet		Flying		Flying					55	55	55
0628		Braviary		Flying		Flying					57	1, 57	1, 57
0629		Vullaby		Flying		Flying					55	55	55
0630		Mandibuzz		Flying		Flying					57	1, 57	1, 57
0637		Volcarona		Bug		Bug					40	40	40
0714		Noibat		Flying		Flying						40	40
0715		Noivern		Flying		Flying						40	40
0787		Tapu Bulu		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered							1
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		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0021		Spearow		Flying		Flying			✔	✔	✔	✔
0041		Zubat		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0142		Aerodactyl		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0143		Snorlax		Monster		Monster			✔	✔	✔	✔
0163		Hoothoot		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0193		Yanma		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0198		Murkrow		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0227		Skarmory		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0276		Taillow		Flying		Flying			✔	✔	✔	✔
0293		Whismur		Monster	Field						✔USUM
0325		Spoink		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
0408		Cranidos		Monster		Monster			✔	✔	✔	✔
0446		Munchlax		Monster		Monster			✔	✔	✔	✔
0449		Hippopotas		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
0451		Skorupi		Bug	Water 3			✔	✔	✔	✔
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 TM

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Machine
						I TM04	II --	III --	IV --	V --	VI --	VII --	VIII --	IX --
0012		Butterfree		Bug		Bug	✔
0016		Pidgey		Flying		Flying	✔
0017		Pidgeotto		Flying		Flying	✔
0018		Pidgeot		Flying		Flying	✔
0021		Spearow		Flying		Flying	✔
0022		Fearow		Flying		Flying	✔
0041		Zubat		Flying		Flying	✔
0042		Golbat		Flying		Flying	✔
0049		Venomoth		Bug		Bug	✔
0083		Farfetch'd		Flying	Field	✔
0084		Doduo		Flying		Flying	✔
0085		Dodrio		Flying		Flying	✔
0142		Aerodactyl		Flying		Flying	✔
0144		Articuno		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔
0145		Zapdos		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔
0146		Moltres		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔
0151		Mew		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔
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 event

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0220		Swinub		Field		Field	New York City Pokémon Center
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.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Whirlwind blows away the opponent in front in a straight line, contrary to the direction it is facing. If it hits a wall, it takes 5 damage. If it hits another Pokémon, both Pokémon take 5 damage.

Description

Games Description MDRB Knocks the target flying. If the target hits a wall or another Pokémon, it sustains damage. MDTDS Sends the target flying. If the target hits a wall or another Pokémon, it sustains damage. BSL てきポケモンを とおくに ふきとばす ふきとんださきで かべや ポケモンに あたると ダメージをうける MDGtI It blows away an enemy straight back. The enemy takes damage if it crashes into a wall or a Pokémon. SMD It blows an enemy away in a straight line. If the enemy crashes into a Pokémon or a wall, the enemy takes damage.

In the anime

Dragonite Pidgeot Beautifly Dustox
The user blows a large gust of wind at the opponent or an attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Butterfree flaps its wings and a strong gust is created from them.
Ash's Butterfree	Clefairy and the Moon Stone		Debut
Ritchie's Happy	A Friend in Deed		None
Lisa's Butterfree	Spell of the Unown: Entei		None
Xander's Butterfree	Caterpie's Big Dilemma		None
	Zubat flaps its wings at a high speed and a strong gust of wind is created from them.
Brock's Zubat	Clefairy and the Moon Stone		Japanese version only
	Pidgeotto flaps its wings and a strong gust is created from them.
Ash's Pidgeotto	Clefairy and the Moon Stone		None
	Venomoth flaps its wings and a strong gust is released from them.
Assunta's Venomoth	Friends to the End		None
	Pidgeot flaps its wings and a strong gust of wind is created from them.
Falkner's Pidgeot	Fighting Flyer with Fire		None
Noctowl	Noctowl flaps its wings and a strong gust of wind is created from them.
Ash's Noctowl	Carrying On!		None
	Pidgey flaps its wings and a strong gust of wind is created from them.
Malachi's Ken	Carrying On!		None
	Skarmory flaps its wings and a gust of wind strong enough to stop attacks comes out of them.
A wild Skarmory	Delibird's Dilemma		None
A wild Skarmory	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate		Skarmory cannot legally know Whirlwind in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team
	Dragonite flaps its wings and a strong gust is created from them.
Lance's Dragonite	Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution		Dragonite cannot legally learn Whirlwind
Clair's Dragonite	Great Bowls of Fire!		Dragonite cannot legally learn Whirlwind
	Shiftry waves its hand and a huge gust of wind is released from it and blows the opponent away.
A wild Shiftry	Jump for Joy!		Shiftry could not legally learn Whirlwind at the time
	Dustox flaps its wings and a strong gust is created from them.
Jessie's Dustox	Watt's with Wattson		None
	Aerodactyl flaps its wings and a huge gust of wind is released to blow the opponent away.
A wild Aerodactyl	Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!		None
	Hariyama waves both of its arms into the air and a powerful wind blows the opponent into the air, or Hariyama swings one of its hands to the side and creates a wind that blows the opponent away.
A wild Hariyama	Pikachu's Island Adventure		None
	Staraptor flaps its wings and a strong gust is created from them.
Professor Rowan's Staraptor	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
	Beautifly flaps its wings at a high speed and creates a gust of wind from them.
Aaron's Beautifly	A Trainer and Child Reunion!		None

• In The Ninja Poké-Showdown, Ash told his Bulbasaur to use Whirlwind, which it cannot legally learn. This is a dubbing error, as in the original Japanese version, Ash only told Bulbasaur to "blow away" Aya's Venonat's Stun Spore.

In the manga

In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga

Pidgey
The user flaps its wings and releases swirling winds.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pidgey flaps its wings, releasing a swirl of winds.
A wild Pidgey	PW14		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Beautifly Tapu Bulu Braviary Spearow
The user flaps its wings and releases a powerful gust of wind.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Doduo whips its two heads back and forth, releasing a powerful gust of wind at the opponent, or Doduo opens its beaks and two tornadoes come out of them. The tornadoes then hit the opponent and spin them around, making them dizzy.
Yellow's Dody	Do Do that Doduo		Debut
	Spearow flaps its wings, releasing a powerful gust of wind at the opponent.
Professor Oak's Spearow	Do Do that Doduo		Used via Mirror Move
	Beautifly waves its wings and releases a powerful gust from them at the opponent.
Winona's Beautifly	Master Class with Masquerain		None
	Braviary waves its wings and releases a powerful gust of wind from them at the opponent, blowing it backwards. As it gets blown backwards, it goes back into its Poké Ball.
Black's Brav	Battle at the Museum		None
	Tapu Bulu creates a large gust of wind that blows the opponent away.
A wild Tapu Bulu	PASM20		None

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Staravia
The user flaps its wings and releases gusty winds.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Staravia flaps its wings, releasing a set of winds.
Jun's Staravia	Beauty Contest: The Pokémon Super Contest!!		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• In the Japanese versions of Pokémon Red, Green, and Pokémon Blue, if the player's Pokémon uses Whirlwind on a wild Pokémon with 5 characters in its name, the exclamation mark will overwrite part of the text box.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 吹飛 Chēuifēi * 旋風 Syùhnfūng * Mandarin 吹飛 / 吹飞 Chuīfēi * 旋風 Xuànfēng * Danish Hvirvelvind Dutch Wervelwind Finnish Tuulenpyörre French Cyclone German Wirbelwind Greek Στρόβιλος Stróbilos Hindi अंधी तूफ़ान Andhi Toofan Italian Turbine Korean 날려버리기 Nallyeobeorigi Norwegian Virvelvind Polish Cyklon* Wichura* Trąba Powietrzna* Podmuch Wiatru/Atak Wiatru* Moc Huraganu* Atak Powietrzny* Portuguese Brazil Rajada de Vento (anime) Ataque de Vento (Base Set, Secret Wonders-present, manga) Ayaque de Vento (Diamond & Pearl)* Furacão (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Portugal Remoinho Romanian Vârtejul Serbian Vihor Spanish Latin America Torbellino Spain Remolino Swedish Virvelvind Turkish Hortum Vietnamese Thổi Bay

Variations of the move Roar
Roar • Whirlwind

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