Strong point: Sp. Atk — higher than 93% of species. Overall it is one of the stronger species — above 91% of the Pokédex. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. On defense it has 3 weaknesses, 3 resistances and 1 full immunity. Ground-type moves do nothing to it at all. This is a Legendary Pokémon: one per game, no offspring. Very hard to catch — bring plenty of Poké Balls and something that puts it to sleep or paralyzes it.
Base stats
Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Sp. Atk.
A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Sp. Atk, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.
Which nature to choose
It hits specially: its Sp. Atk (125) is 10 points higher than its Attack. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.
- Timid +Spe · −Atk Its Speed is higher than 93% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
- Modest +SpA · −Atk If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.
Regional numbers 3
The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version.
| Unova | #147 | Black / White |
|---|---|---|
| Unova | #198 | Black 2 / White 2 |
| Hisui | #231 | Legends: Arceus |
Abilities
- Prankster Raises non-damaging moves' priority by one stage.
- Defiant Raises Attack two stages upon having any stat lowered.
How players use it
Data from 574,541 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 OU, 2026-09). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits. Gen 9 OU is the most popular format with no top-down team restrictions — everything is allowed except what was deemed too strong.
Rank 173 among 309 Pokémon in use — it is on 0.11% of teams.
Each row is a separate distribution, not a single set: the most common item and the most common move do not have to appear on the same Pokémon.
Pokédex entry
The lower half of its body is wrapped in a cloud of energy. It zooms through the sky at 200 mph.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Tornadus takes when it is hit by a move of each type.
How it was drawn
2010–2016The sprites come straight from the games in which Tornadus appeared — one from each release.
Variant gallery
The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.
TCG cards (14)
All Tornadus cards →Tornadus has 14 cards in 7 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Tornadus does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.
Where to catch it (5)
All locations →The levels shown are the widest range across all game versions — in a specific release it may be narrower. The exact area, catch method and chance are on the page of each location.
Alola
Galar
Hoenn
Kalos
Moves (84)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (72 via TM/TR, 14 via tutor) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100% | 15 |
| 1 | Gust | Special | 40 | 100% | 35 | |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 35 |
| 5 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 30 |
| 10 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 85% | 15 |
| 11 | Twister | Dragon | Special | 40 | 100% | 20 |
| 13 | Revenge | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100% | 10 |
| 15 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100% | 25 |
| 20 | Air Cutter | Special | 60 | 95% | 25 | |
| 22 | Nasty Plot | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 25 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 30 | Tailwind | Status | — | — | 15 | |
| 35 | Air Slash | Special | 75 | 95% | 15 | |
| 40 | Crunch | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 45 | Extrasensory | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100% | 20 |
| 50 | Uproar | Normal | Special | 90 | 100% | 10 |
| 55 | Hammer Arm | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 90% | 10 |
| 60 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 65 | Hurricane | Special | 110 | 70% | 10 | |
| 67 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 70 | Thrash | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100% | 10 |
| 77 | Bleakwind Storm | Special | 100 | 80% | 10 |