Tailwind (move)

Tailwind おいかぜ Tailwind

Battles Type  Flying Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Your Party: Affects the user and all allies

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Appeals first in the next turn

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Tailwind (Japanese: おいかぜ Tailwind) is a Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Tailwind doubles the Speed stat of the user and all other Pokémon in the player's party for three turns.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 30 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 41 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 47 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 50 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 64 0178 Xatu Psychic Flying 27 0245 Suicune Water 57 0279 Pelipper Water Flying 50 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Suicune is the only non-Template:Type2 Pokémon to learn this move. This may be because it is the embodiment of the North Wind.
• No Generation IV Pokémon can learn this move, despite its introducion in that generation.

In other languages

• Spanish: Viento Afín
• Italian: Ventoincoda
• German: Rückenwind