Will-O-Wisp (move)

Will-O-Wisp おにび Will-o'-the-Wisp

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Battles Type  Fire Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  85% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III TM61 in Generation IV TM61 in Generation V TM61 in Generation VI

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the Pokémon in front.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Makes audience expect little of other contestants.

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

Will-O-Wisp (Japanese: おにび Will-O-Wisp) is a non-damaging Fire-type move introduced in Generation III. It has been TM61 since Generation IV.

Effect

Generations III to V

Will-O-Wisp inflicts a burn on the target. It has no effect on Fire-type Pokémon.

Generation VI

Will-O-Wisp's accuracy changed from 75% to 85%.

Description

Games Description RSE Inflicts a burn on the foe with intense fire. FRLG A sinister, bluish white flame is shot at the foe to inflict a burn. XDColo Inflicts a burn on the target with intense fire. DPPtHGSS The user shoots a sinister, bluish white flame at the foe to inflict a burn. BWB2W2 XYORAS The user shoots a sinister, bluish-white flame at the target to inflict a burn.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	17			14				31	26	26 20
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost	32			23				23	13	13 16
354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost	32			23				23	13	13 16
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost	38			33				33			33 25
356		Dusclops	Ghost		Ghost	41			33				33			33 25
477		Dusknoir	Ghost		Ghost				33				33			33 25
562		Yamask	Ghost		Ghost								21			21
563		Cofagrigus	Ghost		Ghost								21			21
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire								16			16
608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire								16			16
653		Fennekin	Fire		Fire											38
654		Braixen	Fire		Fire											45
655		Delphox	Fire	Psychic											47
708		Phantump	Ghost	Grass											31
709		Trevenant	Ghost	Grass											31
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		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison
109		Koffing	Poison		Poison
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire
280		Ralts	Psychic	Fairy
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		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III --		IV TM61		V TM61		VI TM61
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying				✔				✔		✔	✔
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
038		Ninetales	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
078		Rapidash	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison				✔				✔		✔	✔
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison				✔				✔		✔	✔
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison				✔				✔		✔	✔
109		Koffing	Poison		Poison				✔				✔		✔	✔
110		Weezing	Poison		Poison				✔				✔		✔	✔
126		Magmar	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
136		Flareon	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying				✔				✔		✔	✔
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic				✔				✔		✔	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic				✔				✔		✔	✔
155		Cyndaquil	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
156		Quilava	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
157		Typhlosion	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
200		Misdreavus	Ghost		Ghost				✔				✔		✔	✔
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock				✔				✔		✔	✔
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
240		Magby	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
244		Entei	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying				✔				✔		✔	✔
255		Torchic	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting				✔				✔		✔	✔
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting				✔				✔		✔	✔
280		Ralts	Psychic	Fairy								✔		✔	✔
281		Kirlia	Psychic	Fairy								✔		✔	✔
282		Gardevoir	Psychic	Fairy								✔		✔	✔
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost				✔				✔		✔	✔
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost				✔				✔		✔	✔
322		Numel	Fire	Ground				✔				✔		✔	✔
323		Camerupt	Fire	Ground				✔				✔		✔	✔
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
338		Solrock	Rock	Psychic				✔				✔		✔	✔
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost				✔				✔		✔	✔
354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost				✔				✔		✔	✔
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost				✔				✔		✔	✔
356		Dusclops	Ghost		Ghost				✔				✔		✔	✔
359		Absol	Dark		Dark				✔				✔		✔	✔
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting				✔				✔		✔	✔
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting				✔				✔		✔	✔
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying				✔				✔		✔	✔
426		Drifblim	Ghost	Flying				✔				✔		✔	✔
429		Mismagius	Ghost		Ghost				✔				✔		✔	✔
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark				✔				✔		✔	✔
467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔	✔
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting								✔		✔	✔
477		Dusknoir	Ghost		Ghost				✔				✔		✔	✔
479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost				✔				✔		✔	✔
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel				✔				✔		✔	✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon				✔				✔		✔	✔
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark				✔				✔		✔	✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal				✔				✔		✔	✔
494		Victini	Psychic	Fire								✔		✔	✔
498		Tepig	Fire		Fire								✔		✔	✔
499		Pignite	Fire	Fighting								✔		✔	✔
500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting								✔		✔	✔
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire								✔		✔	✔
514		Simisear	Fire		Fire								✔		✔	✔
554		Darumaka	Fire		Fire								✔		✔	✔
555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire								✔		✔	✔
562		Yamask	Ghost		Ghost								✔		✔	✔
563		Cofagrigus	Ghost		Ghost								✔		✔	✔
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost								✔		✔	✔
593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost								✔		✔	✔
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire								✔		✔	✔
608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire								✔		✔	✔
609		Chandelure	Ghost	Fire								✔		✔	✔
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire								✔		✔	✔
636		Larvesta	Bug	Fire								✔		✔	✔
637		Volcarona	Bug	Fire								✔		✔	✔
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire								✔		✔	✔
653		Fennekin	Fire		Fire										✔	✔
654		Braixen	Fire		Fire										✔	✔
655		Delphox	Fire	Psychic										✔	✔
662		Fletchinder	Fire	Flying										✔	✔
663		Talonflame	Fire	Flying										✔	✔
667		Litleo	Fire	Normal										✔	✔
668		Pyroar	Fire	Normal										✔	✔
708		Phantump	Ghost	Grass										✔	✔
709		Trevenant	Ghost	Grass										✔	✔
710		Pumpkaboo	Ghost	Grass										✔	✔
711		Gourgeist	Ghost	Grass										✔	✔
721		Volcanion	Fire	Water										✔	✔
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.

Special move

Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0146 Moltres Fire Flying Purified in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

In the Nintendo 3DS version's Smash Run mode, Chandelure appears as an enemy who can use Will-O-Wisp, which consists of three weak purple fireballs that home in on the player.

Pokkén Tournament

Chandelure also uses Will-O-Wisp in Pokkén. Chandelure sends weak purple flames that either fly forward or remain in place if charged. The flames cannot be nullified by other projectiles, and upon contact, the opponent's Attack is lowered, similar to a burn.

Description

Games Description MDRB Inflicts a burn on the target. A burn inflicts damage every few turns. MDTDS Afflicts the targeted enemy with a Burn status condition. A Pokémon with the Burn status takes damage every few turns.

In the anime

Dusclops Drifloon Koffing Delphox
The user attacks the opponent with blue fireballs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	A blue fireball appears in between Dusclops's hands and it fires it at the opponent.
Butler's Dusclops	Jirachi: Wish Maker		Debut
Timmy Grimm's Dusclops	Disaster of Disguise		None
A wild Dusclops	Pikachu's Ghost Carnival		None
Brandon's Dusclops	Gathering the Gang of Four!		None
A Coordinator's Dusclops	Team Shocker!		None
	Banette raises its arms and balls of blue flames appear around it. Banette then shoots them at the opponent, or Banette opens its mouth and fires blue fireballs from its mouth at the opponent.
Harley's Banette	Deceit and Assist		None
	Duskull puts its hands together and a light blue fireball appears in between them. Duskull then fires the fireball at the opponent.
A wild Duskull	Pikachu's Ghost Carnival		None
	The headplates on Giratina's face opens and it opens its mouth and fires a blue fireball from its mouth at the opponent.
Giratina (movie)	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
	Giratina opens its mouth and releases a blue fireball from its mouth at the opponent.
Giratina (movie)	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
	The yellow markings on Dusknoir's body glow yellow and it holds out both of its hands. Two blue fireballs then appear in front of them and Dusknoir fires them at the opponent.
A wild Dusknoir	Ghoul Daze!		None
A wild Dusknoir	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None
	Drifloon's body becomes surrounded by light blue fireballs. Drifloon then fires the fireballs at the opponent.
Fantina's Drifloon	Playing the Leveling Field!		None
	Drifblim's body becomes surrounded by light blue fireballs, and it fires the fireballs at the opponent.
Fantina's Drifblim	Shield with a Twist!		None
	Yamask forms a pink, light blue and dark blue fireball between its hands and fires it at the opponent. Yamask can also control where the fireball can go.
A wild Yamask	A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!		None
James's Yamask	A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2		None
	Chandelure floats up to the opponent and starts spinning its body around. It then releases multiple light blue fireballs from its body at the opponent, or Chandelure starts spinning its body around and a light blue fireball forms in front of its body where it was facing before it started to spin. As it spins, the fireball grows bigger, and it launches the light blue fireball at the opponent. As it flies through the air, the fireball becomes surrounded in purple fire.
Ingo's Chandelure	Battle For The Underground!		None
	Cofagrigus creates a pink, light blue, and dark blue fireball in its hands and fires it at the opponent.
A wild Cofagrigus	Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!		None
	Koffing creates a ring of pink, light blue, and dark blue fireballs around its body. It then spins rapidly, firing the fireballs at the opponent.
Roxie's Koffing	Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1		None
	Delphox forms a pink, light blue, and dark blue fireball at the tip of its wand stick. It then swings the wand, firing the fireball at the opponent.
Wylie's Delphox	An Appetite for Battle!		None
	Trevenant forms a pink, light blue, and dark blue fireball in between its hands. It then launches the fireball at the opponent.
A wild Trevenant	Forging Forest Friendships!		None

• Paul told his Magmar to use Will-O-Wisp in A Pyramiding Rage!, but Magmar flinched because of Brandon's Registeel's Iron Head before it could use the attack.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Dusclops Vulpix
The user releases multiple fireballs at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Vulpix shoots a blast of fire from its tails at the opponent.
Flannery's Vulpix	Bravo, Vibrava		Debut
	Dusclops releases multiple balls of fire from its hands at the opponent. When the fireballs hit it, the opponent becomes burned.
Emerald's Dusclops	Sneaky Like Shedinja		None

In other generations

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

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

• Despite what its name would imply, and it being more closely associated with Ghost types, Will-O-Wisp is a Fire-type move. This is presumably due to it inflicting a burn. A similar situation occurs with Poison Powder.
• Will-O-Wisp is the only status move capable of inflicting a burn.
• In all handheld games starting from Generation IV, and in Pokémon Battle Revolution, the animation shows the flames being purple, although the description says they are bluish white.
• Even though Will-O-Wisp is a status move, its depiction in the anime is similar to that of a damage-dealing move, never causing any burns at all, in one instance being shown to equal Flamethrower in terms of power.
• In the dub versions of Jirachi: Wish Maker, when Butler calls for his Dusclops to use this attack, he calls it "Capitata" rather than "Will-O-Wisp". In the Japanese version, Butler says 'Onibi!' which is Will-O-Wisp's official Japanese name. It is unknown how the name "Capitata" got into the script or final product.
• In the Latin American dub of the anime, this move was called Fogonazo in Gathering the Gang of Four!, which is the Spanish name for Seed Flare.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 鬼火 Guǐhuǒ Dutch Dwaallicht Finnish Virvatuli French Feu Follet German Irrlicht Greek Φαντασμάφως Fantasmafos Indonesian Api Setan Italian Fuocofatuo Korean 도깨비불 Dokkaebi Bul Polish Ognik Portuguese Brazil Labareda Fogo Fátuo (TCG) Portugal Fogo Fátuo Romanian Flăcăraie Serbian Magični Plamen Spanish Latin America Golpe de Fuego (AG061) Ilusión de Fuego (AG122) Fogonazo (AG189) Luz Fantasma (DP093, DP128) Fuego Fatuo (DP102-present) Spain Fuego Fatuo

Variations of the move Lovely Kiss
Lovely Kiss • Sleep Powder • Sweet Kiss Formerly a variation Will-O-Wisp

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