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Whirlwind

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Power

—

Accuracy

—

Target

Selected Pokemon

Priority -6

Effect

Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon.

Switches the target out for another of its trainer’s Pokémon selected at random. Wild battles end immediately. Doesn’t affect Pokémon with Suction Cups or under the effect of Ingrain.

"The target is blown away, and a different Pokémon is dragged out. In the wild, this ends a battle against a single Pokémon."

Where to find it

Game-by-game pickup locations, plus wild Pokémon that may be holding the TM.

Machine by version

TM04taught in
Red BlueYellowRed Green JapanBlue Japan
Generation I
- R B YRoute 4
Generation II
- G S CRoute 35
Generation III
- R S EPrize for defeating Tate and Liza
- FR LGPrize for defeating Sabrina
- ColoN/A
- XDArea 7 of Mt. Battle
Generation IV
- D P PtBattle Tower D P / Frontier Pt(48 BP)
- HG SSBattle Frontier(48 BP)
Generation V
- B WRelic Castle
- B2 W2Striaton City Poké Mart($ 80000)
Generation VI
- X YPrize for defeating Olympia
- OR ASPrize for defeating Tate and Liza
Generation VII
- S MSeafolk Village($ 10,000)
- US UMSeafolk Village($ 10,000)
- P EPokémon Tower
Generation VIII
- Sw ShWyndon($ 50,000)
- BD SPBattle Tower · Grand Underground Rocky Cave · Grand Underground merchant(48 BP ×20 or 22 ×20 or 22 ×20 or 22 ×13 or 15 BD /10 or 13 SP ×10 or 13 BD /13 or 15 SP)
Generation IX
- S VSouth Province (Area Two) · South Province (Area Three) · West Province (Area One) · West Province (Area Three) · TM Machine Crafting Recipe: Defeat Team Star Boss Giacomo(800 LP Fletchling Feather ×3 Oricorio Feather ×3)
- ZAReward for attaining research level 2
TM94taught in
Legends Za
Generation V
- B WPinwheel Forest
- B2 W2Virbank Complex
Generation VI
- X YAmbrette Town
- OR ASRoute 111
Generation VII
- S MPoni Breaker Coast
- US UMPoni Breaker Coast
Generation VIII
- Sw ShMotostoke (Upper Pokémon Center )($ 10,000)
- BD SPTeam Galactic HQ · Battle Tower · Grand Underground merchant(40 BP ×15 or 18 ×15 or 18 ×15 or 18 ×8 or 10 BD /5 or 8 SP ×5 or 8 BD /8 or 10 SP)
Generation IX
- S VGlaseado Mountain · East Province (Area Three) · North Province (Area Two) · TM Machine Only in The Teal Mask : Fellhorn Gorge Only in The Indigo Disk : Coastal Biome(8,000 LP Zorua Fur ×3 Impidimp Hair ×3 Spiritomb Fragment ×3)
- ZARestaurant Le Yeah (reward for completing Side Mission 060: " Full Course of Battles: Two Stars")

Introduced in Generation I· Learned by 70 Pokémon