Whirlpool

Whirlpool

うずしお Whirl Tide

Generation:	II

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	35
Accuracy:	85%
PP:	15, max: 24
Affects:	Selected target (must be adjacent to user)
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Type:
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
Jam:	0

Super Contests (DPPt)

Type:
Appeal:	0

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Whirlpool (Japanese: うずしお, Hepburn: Whirl Tide) is a Water-type special move. During the Generation II Pokémon games, Whirlpool was listed as an HM, being HM06.

Description

Games	Description
GSC	Traps the foe for 2-5 turns.
RSE	Traps and hurts the foe in a whirlpool for 2 to 5 turns.
FRLG	The foe is trapped in a fast, vicious whirlpool for two to five turns.
DPPtHGSS	The user traps the foe inside a fast, vicious whirlpool that lasts for two to five turns.
HGSS	Traps the foe inside a whirlpool that lasts for two to five turns. The user can pass through whirlpools. Traps foes in a violent swirling whirlpool. It can also be used to traverse whirlpools.
BWB2W2	Traps foes in a violent swirling whirlpool for four to five turns.
XYORAS SMUSUM SwShBDSPLA	The user traps the target in a violent swirling whirlpool for four to five turns.
SV	The user traps the target inside a violent, swirling whirlpool that inflicts damage for four to five turns.

Effect

Whirlpool traps the foe for 2-5 turns.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Shellder	water	Water 3			37	40	40	40	16	16
	Cloyster	water/ice	Water 3							1	1
	Gyarados	water/flying	Water 2/Dragon							4	4
	Kingdra	water/dragon	Water 1/Dragon							1	1
	Mudkip	water	Monster/Water 1		33	33	33	33	33
	Wailmer	water	Field/Water 2		19	14	14	14XY 13ORAS	13	27
	Wailord	water	Field/Water 2		19	14	14	14XY 13ORAS	13	27
	Clamperl	water	Water 1		1	1	1	1	1	1BDSP
	Huntail	water	Water 1		1	1	1	1	1	1BDSP
	Gorebyss	water	Water 1		1	1	1	1	1	1BDSP
	Piplup	water	Water 1/Field			32	32	32	32	32BDSP	32
	Prinplup	water	Water 1/Field			37	37	37	37	37BDSP	37
	Empoleon	water/steel	Water 1/Field			39	39	39	39	39BDSP	39
	Buizel	water	Water 1/Field			36	36BW 31B2W2	31	31	31BDSP	31
	Floatzel	water	Water 1/Field			39	39BW 35B2W2	35	35	35BDSP	35
	Finneon	water	Water 2			38	38	38	38	38BDSP	38
	Lumineon	water	Water 2			42	42	42	42	42BDSP	42
	Phione	water	Water 1/Fairy			39	39	39	39	39BDSP	39
	Manaphy	water	Water 1/Fairy			39	39	39	39	39BDSP	39
	Frillish	water/ghost	Amorphous							36
	Jellicent	water/ghost	Amorphous							36
	Alomomola	water	Water 1/Water 2						49		49
	Dhelmise	ghost/grass	Mineral						27	32
	Tapu Fini	water/fairy	Undiscovered						14
	Iron Bundle	ice/water	Undiscovered								14
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By HM/TM

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Squirtle	water	Monster/Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Wartortle	water	Monster/Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Blastoise	water	Monster/Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Nidoqueen	poison/ground	Undiscovered			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Nidoking	poison/ground	Monster/Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Psyduck	water	Water 1/Field	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Golduck	water	Water 1/Field	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Poliwag	water	Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Poliwhirl	water	Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Poliwrath	water/fighting	Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Tentacool	water/poison	Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Tentacruel	water/poison	Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Slowpoke	water/psychic	Monster/Water 1			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Slowpoke	psychic	Monster/Water 1							TM36	TM208
	Slowbro	water/psychic	Monster/Water 1			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Slowbro	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1							TM36	TM208
	Seel	water	Water 1/Field	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Dewgong	water/ice	Water 1/Field	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Shellder	water	Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Cloyster	water/ice	Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Krabby	water	Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Kingler	water	Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Lickitung	normal	Monster			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Rhydon	ground/rock	Monster/Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Kangaskhan	normal	Monster			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Horsea	water	Water 1/Dragon	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Seadra	water	Water 1/Dragon	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Goldeen	water	Water 2			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Seaking	water	Water 2			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Staryu	water	Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Starmie	water/psychic	Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Tauros	normal	Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Tauros	fighting/water	Field								TM208
	Gyarados	water/flying	Water 2/Dragon	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Lapras	water/ice	Monster/Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Vaporeon	water	Field	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Omanyte	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Omastar	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Kabuto	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Kabutops	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Snorlax	normal	Monster			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Dratini	dragon	Water 1/Dragon			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Dragonair	dragon	Water 1/Dragon			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Dragonite	dragon/flying	Water 1/Dragon	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Totodile	water	Monster/Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS					TM208
	Croconaw	water	Monster/Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS					TM208
	Feraligatr	water	Monster/Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS					TM208
	Sentret	normal	Field			HM05HGSS
	Furret	normal	Field			HM05HGSS
	Chinchou	water/electric	Water 2	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Lanturn	water/electric	Water 2	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Marill	water/fairy	Water 1/Fairy	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Azumarill	water/fairy	Water 1/Fairy	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Politoed	water	Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Wooper	water/ground	Water 1/Field	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Quagsire	water/ground	Water 1/Field	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Slowking	water/psychic	Monster/Water 1			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Slowking	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1							TM36	TM208
	Qwilfish	water/poison	Water 2	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Sneasel	dark/ice	Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Corsola	water/rock	Water 1/Water 3	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Corsola	ghost	Water 1/Water 3							TM36
	Remoraid	water	Water 1/Water 2	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Octillery	water	Water 1/Water 2	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Mantine	water/flying	Water 1	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36
	Kingdra	water/dragon	Water 1/Dragon	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Miltank	normal	Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Suicune	water	Undiscovered	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Tyranitar	rock/dark	Monster			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Lugia	psychic/flying	Undiscovered	HM06		HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Mudkip	water	Monster/Water 1			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Marshtomp	water/ground	Monster/Water 1			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Swampert	water/ground	Monster/Water 1			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Zigzagoon	normal	Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Zigzagoon	dark/normal	Field							TM36
	Linoone	normal	Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Linoone	dark/normal	Field							TM36
	Lotad	water/grass	Water 1/Grass			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Lombre	water/grass	Water 1/Grass			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Ludicolo	water/grass	Water 1/Grass			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Wingull	water/flying	Water 1/Flying								TM208
	Pelipper	water/flying	Water 1/Flying			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Exploud	normal	Monster/Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Makuhita	fighting	Human-Like			HM05HGSS
	Hariyama	fighting	Human-Like			HM05HGSS
	Azurill	normal/fairy	Undiscovered			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Aggron	steel/rock	Monster			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Carvanha	water/dark	Water 2			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Sharpedo	water/dark	Water 2			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Wailmer	water	Field/Water 2			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Wailord	water	Field/Water 2			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Barboach	water/ground	Water 2			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Whiscash	water/ground	Water 2			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Corphish	water	Water 1/Water 3			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Crawdaunt	water/dark	Water 1/Water 3			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Feebas	water	Water 1/Dragon			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Milotic	water	Water 1/Dragon			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Spheal	ice/water	Water 1/Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Sealeo	ice/water	Water 1/Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Walrein	ice/water	Water 1/Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Clamperl	water	Water 1			HM05HGSS
	Huntail	water	Water 1			HM05HGSS
	Gorebyss	water	Water 1			HM05HGSS
	Relicanth	water/rock	Water 1/Water 2			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Luvdisc	water	Water 2			HM05HGSS					TM208
	Latias	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Latios	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Kyogre	water	Undiscovered			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Piplup	water	Water 1/Field			HM05HGSS					TM208
	Prinplup	water	Water 1/Field			HM05HGSS					TM208
	Empoleon	water/steel	Water 1/Field			HM05HGSS					TM208
	Bibarel	normal/water	Water 1/Field			HM05HGSS
	Rampardos	rock	Monster			HM05HGSS
	Buizel	water	Water 1/Field			HM05HGSS					TM208
	Floatzel	water	Water 1/Field			HM05HGSS					TM208
	Shellos	water	Water 1/Amorphous			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Gastrodon	water/ground	Water 1/Amorphous			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Garchomp	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Munchlax	normal	Undiscovered			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Finneon	water	Water 2			HM05HGSS					TM208
	Lumineon	water	Water 2			HM05HGSS					TM208
	Mantyke	water/flying	Undiscovered			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Weavile	dark/ice	Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Lickilicky	normal	Monster			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Rhyperior	ground/rock	Monster/Field			HM05HGSS				TM36
	Palkia	water/dragon	Undiscovered			HM05HGSS				TM36	TM208
	Phione	water	Water 1/Fairy			HM05HGSS					TM208
	Manaphy	water	Water 1/Fairy			HM05HGSS					TM208
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered			HM05HGSS
	Oshawott	water	Field								TM208
	Dewott	water	Field								TM208
	Samurott	water	Field								TM208
	Samurott	water/dark	Field								TM208
	Basculin	water	Water 2							TM36	TM208
	Basculin	water	Water 2								TM208
	Tirtouga	water/rock	Water 1/Water 3							TM36
	Carracosta	water/rock	Water 1/Water 3							TM36
	Ducklett	water/flying	Water 1/Flying								TM208
	Swanna	water/flying	Water 1/Flying								TM208
	Frillish	water/ghost	Amorphous							TM36
	Jellicent	water/ghost	Amorphous							TM36
	Alomomola	water	Water 1/Water 2								TM208
	Barbaracle	rock/water	Water 3							TM36
	Skrelp	poison/water	Water 1/Dragon								TM208
	Dragalge	poison/dragon	Water 1/Dragon								TM208
	Popplio	water	Water 1/Field							TM36	TM208
	Brionne	water	Water 1/Field							TM36	TM208
	Primarina	water/fairy	Water 1/Field							TM36	TM208
	Wishiwashi	water	Water 2							TM36
	Bruxish	water/psychic	Water 2								TM208
	Dhelmise	ghost/grass	Mineral							TM36
	Tapu Fini	water/fairy	Undiscovered							TM36
	Sobble	water	Water 1/Field							TM36	TM208
	Drizzile	water	Water 1/Field							TM36	TM208
	Inteleon	water	Water 1/Field							TM36	TM208
	Chewtle	water	Monster/Water 1							TM36	TM208
	Drednaw	water/rock	Monster/Water 1							TM36	TM208
	Cramorant	flying/water	Water 1/Flying							TM36	TM208
	Arrokuda	water	Water 2							TM36	TM208
	Barraskewda	water	Water 2							TM36	TM208
	Grapploct	fighting	Water 1/Human-Like							TM36
	Obstagoon	dark/normal	Field							TM36
	Cursola	ghost	Water 1/Water 3							TM36
	Eiscue	ice	Water 1/Field							TM36	TM208
	Dracovish	water/dragon	Undiscovered							TM36
	Arctovish	water/ice	Undiscovered							TM36
	Urshifu	fighting/water	Undiscovered							TM36	TM208
	Basculegion	water/ghost	Water 2								TM208
	Quaxly	water	Flying/Water 1								TM208
	Quaxwell	water	Flying/Water 1								TM208
	Quaquaval	water/fighting	Flying/Water 1								TM208
	Wiglett	water	Water 3								TM208
	Wugtrio	water	Water 3								TM208
	Palafin	water	Field/Water 2								TM208
	Tatsugiri	dragon/water	Water 2								TM208
	Iron Bundle	ice/water	Undiscovered								TM208
	Walking Wake	water/dragon	Undiscovered								TM208
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

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Main games

Whirlpool depicted in Generation II

Whirlpool depicted in Generation III

Whirlpool depicted in Generation VIII

Main series

Whirlpool being used by Molly's Mantine.

Whirlpool being used by Misty's Gyarados.

Whirlpool being used by Kenny's Floatzel.

Whirlpool performed by Verity's Piplup.

Whirlpool performed by Chloe's Eevee via Copycat.

Pokémon Adventures

Whirlpool being used by Polibo.