Brave Bird (move)

Brave Bird is a Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Brave Bird inflicts damage, and one quarter of the damage inflicted is subtracted from the user's HP as recoil damage.

In the anime

• AshStaraviaBraveBird1.jpg

  Ash's Staravia enveloped in flames.

• AshStaraviaBraveBird2.jpg

  Staravia using Brave Bird.

• ReggieStaraptorBraveBird1.jpg

  Reggie's Staraptor enveloped in flames.

• ReggieStaraptorBraveBird2.jpg

  Staraptor using Brave Bird.

Pokémon

Staraptor: Staraptor flies up, closes its wings as it flies, is coated by fire, and dives down on the foe. Then the fire disappears and the user is covered by a blue aura and it strikes the foe.

• Used by Reggie's Staraptor in Lost Leader Strategy!.

Staravia: Same as above.

• Used by Ash's Staravia from Crossing the Battle Line! to ????

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 49 0396 Starly Normal Flying 37 0397 Staravia Normal Flying 43 0398 Staraptor Normal Flying 49 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0016 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0084 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Doduo
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0227 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skarmory
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0276 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Taillow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Trivia

• Blaziken is the only Pokémon to learn Brave Bird that is not of the Template:Type2.

In other languages

• French: Rapace
• Italian: Baldeali
• Spanish: Pájaro Osado
• German: Sturzflug

Variations of the move Double-Edge
Double-Edge • Volt Tackle • Flare Blitz • Brave Bird • Wood Hammer • Wave Crash

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