Ghost · Special move · Gen 4
Ominous Wind
Ominous Wind is a Ghost-type special move introduced in Generation 4. It has 60 base power and 100% accuracy, with 5 PP (8 with PP Max). 131 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Ghost
Category
Special
Power
60
Accuracy
100%
PP
5 (max 8)
Priority
0
Effect
10% chance to raise all stats by 1 (not acc/eva). Has a 10% chance to raise the user's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by 1 stage.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Not usable — it was removed in Scarlet & Violet
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (53 Pokémon)
Type matchups as a Ghost attack
2× vsPsychicGhost
½× vsDark
0× vsNormal
Pokémon that learn Ominous Wind
131 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Bug/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Normal/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Fire | 4 | ||||
| Fire | 4 | ||||
| Poison/Flying | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Poison/Flying | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Bug/Poison | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | 4 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | 4 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Bug/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Rock/Flying | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Ice/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Electric/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Fire/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Dragon/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Psychic | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Poison/Flying | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Fairy/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Dark | ✓ | ||||
| Dark/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Poison/Psychic | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost | 4–7 | ||||
| Bug/Steel | 4 | ||||
| Steel/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Water | 4 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Fire/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 4 | ||||
| Grass/Dark | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Dark/Ghost | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Bug | 4 | ||||
| Bug | 4 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | ||||
| Ground/Dragon | 4 | ||||
| Ground/Dragon | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Dragon/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Ghost | 4–7 | ||||
| Ghost | ✓ | 4–7 | |||
| Ghost | 4–7 | ||||
| Ghost | 4–7 | ||||
| Grass/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | ||||
| Dark | ✓ | ||||
| Ice | ✓ | ||||
| Dragon/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Bug/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Ghost/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Ghost | 4–7 | ||||
| Dark/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Ghost/Dark | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4 | ||||
| Water | 4 | ||||
| Fairy/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 4 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost | 4–7 | ||||
| Ice/Ghost | 4–7 | ||||
| Electric/Ghost | ✓ | 4–7 | |||
| Ghost/Dragon | 4–7 | ||||
| Dark | ✓ | 4–7 | |||
| Grass | 4 | ||||
| Normal | 4 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Water/Ghost | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Ghost | 5–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Fire | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost/Fire | ✓ | ||||
| Fire/Psychic | ✓ | ||||
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | ||||
| Fairy | ✓ | ||||
| Fairy | ✓ | ||||
| Fairy | ✓ | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | ||||
| Steel/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Fairy | ✓ | ||||
| Fairy | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | ✓ | ||||
| Dark/Flying | ✓ | ||||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Grass/Flying | 7 | ||||
| Grass/Flying | 7 | ||||
| Grass/Ghost | 7 | ||||
| Grass/Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Ghost/Ground | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost/Ground | ✓ | ||||
| Fighting/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Flying/Steel | ✓ | ||||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Bug/Rock | ✓ | 4 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | ||||
| Fire/Psychic | ✓ | ||||
| Fire/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Steel/Ghost | ✓ |
Ominous Wind FAQ
What does Ominous Wind do?
Ominous Wind is a Ghost-type special move with 60 power. Has a 10% chance to raise the user's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by 1 stage.
Which Pokémon can learn Ominous Wind?
131 Pokémon and forms can learn Ominous Wind in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 53 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Charizard, Butterfree, Beedrill, Pidgey, Pidgeotto and Pidgeot.
Is Ominous Wind in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Ominous Wind in Pokémon Champions.
What is Ominous Wind super effective against?
As a Ghost-type attack, Ominous Wind is super effective against Psychic and Ghost, not very effective against Dark and has no effect on Normal (unless its effect says otherwise).
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.