Does Roar/ Whirlwind/ Dragon Tail work on a Substitute?

Oct. 31, 2020

For example, if my Ninjask uses Substituteand my opponent uses Whirlwind/Roar/ Dragon Tail, will it work?Status moves like Leech Seed and Toxic don’t work on substitute so I’m not sureAnd Whirlwind/ Roar fails on Ghost type Pokémon while Dragon Tail fails on Fairy Type Pokémon right?

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When you type /dt Roar on PS! it shows:   ✓ Bypasses Substitutes meaning it will ignore it. Whirlwind too, but Dragon Tail doesn’t bypass substitute, it will take damage for it. And yes, they work on Ghost. Source forthis.

Roar and Whirlwind are normal status moves, and Dragon Tail is a Dragon Type Physical move.

So Roar and Whirlwind ignore a substitute as Swastik said, but Dragon Tail still hits a substitute and inflicts 60 BP damage but doesn’t cause the opponent to switch.

Certain status moves (normal) like Whirlwind and Roar still affects Ghost types but Damage inflicting moves (dragon) such as Dragon Tail doesn’t effect a Fairy type.

There are some exceptions, such as T-Wave which doesn’t effect Ground types.