Gust (move)

Gust かぜおこし Stir Up Wind

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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 I 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 I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Gust (Japanese: かぜおこし Stir Up Wind) is a Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage. In Generation I, this move is Template:Type2 instead.

Effect

Generation I

Gust does low damage.

Gust is a Normal-type move in Generation I.

Generation II and on

Gust became a Flying-type move in Generation II and kept this status in subsequent generations.

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

In the anime

• Ash is thrown by a wild Pidgey's Gust.
  Ash is thrown by a wild Pidgey's Gust.
• Ash's Pidgeotto using Gust.
  Ash's Pidgeotto using Gust.

Pokémon

Pidgeotto. Pidgeotto flaps its wings at a high speed to create a miniature tornado.

• Used by Ash's Pidgeotto regularly until its release.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 28 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying -- 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying -- 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 28 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 9 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 9 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 9 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 31 0144 Articuno Ice Flying -- 0245 Suicune Water 31 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 22 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 22 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Learnlist/breeding |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0083 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 28 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 9 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 9 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 9 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 31 0144 Articuno Ice Flying -- 0245 Suicune Water 31 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 22 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 22 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 13 0269 Dustox Bug Poison 13 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 26 0357 Tropius Grass Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Learnlist/breeding |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0083 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0278 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Wingull
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0290 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nincada
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Butterfree
Venomoth
Beautifly
Dustox
Masquerain |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0328 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Butterfree
Venomoth
Beautifly
Dustox
Masquerain

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By purification

#   Pokémon Type Game 0245 Suicune Water Colosseum Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 16 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 9 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 9 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 9 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 31 0144 Articuno Ice Flying -- 0245 Suicune Water 22 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 15 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 15 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 13 0269 Dustox Bug Poison 13 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 22 0357 Tropius Grass Flying -- 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 26 0415 Combee Bug Flying -- 0416 Vespiquen Bug Flying -- 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 11 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying --, 11 0456 Finneon Water 17 0457 Lumineon Water 17 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Learnlist/breeding |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0083 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0278 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Wingull
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0290 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nincada
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Butterfree
Venomoth
Beautifly
Dustox
Masquerain
Mothim
Combee |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0328 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Butterfree
Venomoth
Beautifly
Dustox
Masquerain
Mothim
Combee

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Trivia

• Gust is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II, the others being Karate Chop, Bite, and Sand-Attack. Coincidentally, they all were Template:Type2 moves in Generation I.

In other languages

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