Tail Whip

Type

Normal

Category

status

Power

—

Accuracy

100

PP

30

Priority

0

Target

all-foes

Contact

No

Spread

Yes

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

Yes

Useful as a spread option in doubles, pressuring both opponents at once; watch for Wide Guard.

• Delphox Mega
• Dragalge Mega
• Blastoise Mega
• Emboar Mega
• Kangaskhan Mega
• Glaceon
• Leafeon
• Basculegion Female
• Blastoise Gmax
• Rhyperior
• Flareon
• Blastoise
• Jolteon
• Vaporeon
• Ninetales
• Tauros Paldea Aqua Breed
• Raichu Mega Y
• Houndstone
• Meowscarada
• Tauros Paldea Blaze Breed
• Tauros Paldea Combat Breed
• Raichu Mega X
• Delphox
• Dragalge
• Raichu Alola
• Kangaskhan
• Samurott Hisui
• Heliolisk
• Samurott
• Basculegion Male
• Emboar
• Sylveon
• Umbreon
• Espeon
• Tauros
• Tyrantrum
• Ninetales Alola
• Raichu
• Furfrou
• Morpeko Hangry
• Emolga
• Morpeko Full Belly
• Dedenne
• Pikachu Starter
• Azumarill
• Pikachu
• Pikachu Alola Cap
• Pikachu Belle
• Pikachu Cosplay
• Pikachu Gmax
• Pikachu Hoenn Cap
• Pikachu Kalos Cap
• Pikachu Libre
• Pikachu Original Cap
• Pikachu Partner Cap
• Pikachu Phd
• Pikachu Pop Star
• Pikachu Rock Star
• Pikachu Sinnoh Cap
• Pikachu Unova Cap
• Pikachu World Cap

Tail Whip is a Normal-type status move. It targets a single adjacent target and has 30 PP. As a spread move it can affect multiple Pokémon at once. Tail Whip is a Normal-type status move. It targets both opposing Pokémon and has 30 PP. As a spread move it can hit multiple Pokémon at once.

Useful as a spread option in doubles, pressuring both opponents at once; watch for Wide Guard.

Consider Tail Whip when your team needs the utility it provides rather than direct damage. Status moves define speed control, redirection, protection and disruption in VGC. Its value depends on whether your team can exploit the turns it creates. Check your team composition for Pokémon that benefit from the positioning or tempo it generates.

In team building, Tail Whip competes with other support and disruption options for a limited number of moveslots. Ask whether your team has enough offense to justify a utility move, and whether you have the speed or bulk to use it safely. Many successful teams run one or two status moves that enable the rest of the roster, so treat it as part of your overall gameplan rather than an afterthought.

Common mistakes with Tail Whip include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Hitting your own partner with friendly fire in spread matchups. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. Wide Guard blocks the spread effect. Spread moves hit both foes but may also damage your ally. These interactions are situational, so test them in the team builder and matchup analyzer before committing to the moveslot.

Use the tools below to test Tail Whip in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

• Protect / Detect: blocks this move.
• Wide Guard: blocks this spread move.
• Follow Me / Rage Powder: spread moves are not redirected.
• Quick Guard: no effect (non-priority).