Gust (move)

Gust かぜおこし Stir Up Wind

Battles Type  Flying Category  Special PP  35 (max. 56) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  [[Generation {{{gen}}}]] Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

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

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Gust (Japanese: かぜおこし Stir Up Wind) is a Flying-type move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage. In Generation I, this move is Normal-type.

Effect

Generation I

Gust does low damage.

Gust is a normal-type move in Generation I.

Generation II-IV

Gust became a flying-type move in Generation II and onwards.

Does twice as much damage to an opponent that has used Fly.

In the anime

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  Ash is thrown by a Pidgey's Gust attack.

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  Ash's Pidgeotto using Gust attack.

Gust is first seen in Pokémon, I Choose You!, by a Pidgey that Ash tried, but failed, to capture.

It is regularly used by Ash's Pidgeotto.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

• Butterfree at Lv.28 (Yel.)
• Pidgey at Lv.--
• Pidgeotto at Lv.--
• Pidgeot at Lv.--

Generation II

By leveling up

• Butterfree at Lv.28
• Pidgey at Lv.9
• Pidgeotto at Lv.--
• Pidgeotto at Lv.9
• Pidgeot at Lv.--
• Pidgeot at Lv.9
• Venomoth at Lv.31
• Articuno at Lv.--
• Suicune at Lv.31
• Lugia at Lv.22
• Ho-Oh at Lv.22

By breeding

• Zubat
• Farfetch'd

Generation III

By leveling up

• Butterfree at Lv.28
• Pidgey at Lv.9
• Pidgeotto at Lv.--
• Pidgeotto at Lv.9
• Pidgeot at Lv.--
• Pidgeot at Lv.9
• Venomoth at Lv.31
• Articuno at Lv.--
• Suicune at Lv.31
• Lugia at Lv.22
• Ho-Oh at Lv.22
• Beautifly at Lv.13
• Dustox at Lv.13
• Masquerain at Lv.26
• Tropius at Lv.--

By breeding

• Zubat
• Farfetch'd
• Wingull
• Nincada
• Trapinch

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Butterfree at Lv.16
• Pidgey at Lv.9
• Pidgeotto at Lv.--
• Pidgeotto at Lv.9
• Pidgeot at Lv.--
• Pidgeot at Lv.9
• Venomoth at Lv.31
• Articuno at Lv.--
• Suicune at Lv.22
• Lugia at Lv.15
• Ho-Oh at Lv.15
• Beautifly at Lv.13
• Dustox at Lv.13
• Masquerain at Lv.22
• Tropius at Lv.--
• Mothim at Lv.26
• Combee at Lv.--
• Vespiquen at Lv.--
• Drifloon at Lv.11
• Drifblim at Lv.--
• Drifblim at Lv.11
• Finneon at Lv.17
• Lumineon at Lv.17

By breeding

• Zubat
• Farfetch'd
• Wingull
• Nincada
• Trapinch

In other languages

French: Tornade, German: Windtoss, Italian: Raffica, Spanish: Tornado