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Where To Get TM61 Will-O-Wisp in Pokémon HGSS

by J. Cloverfield
Standing at the Battle Frontier Access Area with a Houndoom (HeartGold)

TM61 Will-O-Wisp is one of the TMs only available at the Battle Frontier, where you’ll need to exchange Battle Points (BP) for the TM. It costs 32 BP, and you can get multiple copies as long as you have enough BP to afford them.

But to gain access the Battle Frontier area, you’ll need to beat the Elite Four for the first time.

Finding TM61 Will-O-Wisp

The Battle Frontier is to the left of Olivine City.

If you have never been to the Battle Frontier before, you can get there by taking Olivine City’s west exit. Just go west past Olivine City’s Pokémon Center and keep walking onto Route 40.

The player on their way to leaving Olivine City, heading past the local Pokémon Center / Pokemon HGSS
The player on their way to leaving Olivine City, heading past the local Pokémon Center

Move west until you see the gate in the upper left corner of the route.

Reading the sign in front of the gate leading to the Battle Frontier on the upper left of Route 40 / Pokemon HGSS
Reading the sign in front of the gate leading to the Battle Frontier on the upper left of Route 40

If you have already beaten the Pokémon League, then the NPC managing the gate will not block your way.

So you can proceed through the gate and you should find yourself in the Frontier Access area.

The player entering the Frontier Access from the Route 40 entrance / Pokemon HGSS
The player entering the Frontier Access from the Route 40 entrance

Continue heading north through the Frontier Access area until you come across a sheltered entrance.

This will take you into the Battle Frontier gate, which has several NPCs behind two counters on the sides of the entrance hall.

The player receiving a welcome from the attendants at the Battle Frontier entrance after entering for the first time / Pokemon HGSS
The player receiving a welcome from the attendants at the Battle Frontier entrance after entering for the first time

Leave through the opposite end of the entrance hall to get to the actual Battle Frontier grounds.

From here, you will see a set of stalls not far from the entrance. These stalls carry different kinds of items that you can get by exchanging Battle Points.

The player entering the Battle Frontier grounds, standing close to a pair of BP exchange stalls / Pokemon HGSS
The player entering the Battle Frontier grounds, standing close to a pair of BP exchange stalls

The red-striped stall is the one that offers TMs. From the entrance, this would be the closest to your right.

The TM category selection menu at the Battle Frontier’s TM exchange stall, with the Changing Attacks set highlighted in red / Pokemon HGSS
The TM category selection menu at the Battle Frontier’s TM exchange stall, with the Changing Attacks set highlighted in red

Speak to the NPC at this stall and you’ll be asked to select from 3 different categories of moves.

Choose the Changing Attacks category to find TM61 Will-O-Wisp.

The set of Changing Attacks TMs in the Battle Frontier’s TM exchange stall, with a red highlight around Will-O-Wisp / Pokemon HGSS
The set of Changing Attacks TMs in the Battle Frontier’s TM exchange stall, with a red highlight around Will-O-Wisp

Using Will-O-Wisp

Will-O-Wisp Move Details
Type Fire
Category Status
Power – – –
Accuracy 75
PP 15

Will-O-Wisp is a Fire-type status move that inflicts a burn on your opponent.

A burn status will deal a fixed amount of damage each turn. It will also cut a Pokémon’s Attack stat in half the entire time that it’s burned.

Note #1: Pokémon with the Ability “Guts” will not be affected by the 50% Attack reduction of a burn. They will still gain a 50% increase to Attack.

Note #2: Fire-type Pokémon cannot be burned. This means Will-O-Wisp will fail when used against Fire-type Pokémon.

A Houndoom using Will-O-Wisp in a battle / Pokemon HGSS
A Houndoom using Will-O-Wisp in a battle

Key Takeaways:

  • Will-O-Wisp’s regular burn damage is very valuable. The burn status comes with a 50% Attack decrease, which is no small amount. And the consistent HP loss per turn can make all the difference in survivability.
  • Burns can be inflicted on all Pokémon types except Fire-types. This means that you can effectively cripple most physical attackers that aren’t a Fire-type using Will-O-Wisp if it succeeds.
  • Will-O-Wisp is great for bulky Pokémon. A Pokémon with great defensive stats will be able to survive hits even when they are outsped. This means more chances at landing Will-O-Wisp and maybe even passing burns to multiple opponent Pokémon.

Here’s a small list of Pokémon that could be worth teaching Will-O-Wisp to:

  • Arcanine
  • Dusclops
  • Dusknoir
  • Weezing
  • Gengar
  • Mismagius
  • Gardevoir
  • Rotom
  • Spiritomb
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J. Cloverfield

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She's a social science major and hobbyist illustrator known for her shyness, temper, and love of pink. Her first try at gaming was with a Pokémon Silver bootleg as a preschooler, and by now she's played nearly all of the Pokémon games—spin-offs included. Zero Escape, Ace Attorney, Danganronpa, Shin Megami Tensei, Fire Emblem, and Story of Seasons are some of her other favorite franchises.

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