Flying (type): Difference between revisions

Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable Trainers that specialize in the Flying type include Falkner of Violet City and Winona of Fortree City, both being Gym Leaders.

This type is the only one of the seventeen that is never seen as a pure type, with the exception of the use of Conversion-like moves and abilities such as Multitype and Color Change. Each other type, besides the Fighting type, has also been paired with the Flying type on at least one Pokémon.

Statistical averages

Overall

Fully evolved

Battle properties

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×	None		0×

Characteristics

Defensively, the Flying type is useful for its immunity to the common Template:Type2 move Earthquake and its resistance to Fighting. However, the Flying-type's weaknesses aren't uncommon and can often offset the benefits of immunity to Ground, especially due to many dual-type Rock/Ground Pokémon. However, most Flying-types have access to Roost, allowing them to restore their health. Flying-types usually have below average defense stats, making them vulnerable to most physical attacks, super effective or not.

Offensively, Flying-type moves are usually only useful when benefited by same-type attack bonus and for their strength against Template:Type2. The types Flying is super effective against aren't common. In their favor though, most fully evolved Flying-types have above-average Attack and Speed stats. However, having below average Special Attack makes such moves as Air Cutter and Air Slash almost useless, unless used by Flying-type outliers with high Special Attack such as Togekiss or Yanmega.

When used in Contests, Flying-type moves typically become Cool moves, but can also be of the other four Contest types, excluding Tough.

Pokémon

In total, there are sixty-five Pokémon with the Flying-type; 44 are fully evolved.

Half Flying-type Pokémon

Secondary Flying-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 006 Charizard Fire Flying 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 021 Spearow Normal Flying 022 Fearow Normal Flying 041 Zubat Poison Flying 042 Golbat Poison Flying 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 084 Doduo Normal Flying 085 Dodrio Normal Flying 123 Scyther Bug Flying 130 Gyarados Water Flying 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 144 Articuno Ice Flying 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 164 Noctowl Normal Flying 165 Ledyba Bug Flying 166 Ledian Bug Flying 169 Crobat Poison Flying 176 Togetic Normal Flying 177 Natu Psychic Flying 178 Xatu Psychic Flying 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 193 Yanma Bug Flying 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 207 Gligar Ground Flying 225 Delibird Ice Flying 226 Mantine Water Flying 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 267 Beautifly Bug Flying 276 Taillow Normal Flying 277 Swellow Normal Flying 278 Wingull Water Flying 279 Pelipper Water Flying 284 Masquerain Bug Flying 291 Ninjask Bug Flying 333 Swablu Normal Flying 334 Altaria Dragon Flying 357 Tropius Grass Flying 373 Salamence Dragon Flying 384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 396 Starly Normal Flying 397 Staravia Normal Flying 398 Staraptor Normal Flying 414 Mothim Bug Flying 415 Combee Bug Flying 416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 430 Honchkrow Dark Flying 441 Chatot Normal Flying 458 Mantyke Water Flying 468 Togekiss Normal Flying 469 Yanmega Bug Flying 472 Gliscor Ground Flying 492 Shaymin* Grass Flying ??? Mamepato Normal Flying

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Non-damaging moves

Trivia

• There are no pure Flying-type Pokémon. No Pokémon has Flying as its primary type, either.
  • With the Sky Plate held, the legendary Pokémon Arceus is the only Pokémon capable of becoming a pure Flying-type outside of battle.
• Flying is the only type whose immunity can be canceled by an item, the Iron Ball, instead of only via a move.
• The Flying-type has been paired with every other type, except the Fighting-type.
  • Although Normal is not typically paired up with other types, it is the most common type paired with Flying.
• Currently, all Pokémon with a double weakness to Template:Type2 moves are part Flying-type.
• Pokémon with Normal/Flying, Water/Flying and Bug/Flying type combinations have been introduced in every generation so far.
• Strangely, all types that resist Flying (Electric, Rock and Steel) are weak to Ground and all types that resist Ground ( Bug and Grass) are weak to Flying.
• With the introduction of Shaymin's Sky Forme, each generation has introduced at least one part-Flying legendary Pokémon.
• There has been a Flying-type introduced in every generation whose name begins with the letters M and S.
• For each possible type combination with a double weakness to Flying there is at least one Pokémon with that type combination. For example: Bug/Grass: Paras, Bug/Fighting: Heracross, Grass/Fighting: Breloom. The same is true of Water and Grass.
• Several Flying-type moves have nothing to do with the action of flying. Several of them are actually based on what birds can do.
  • This may explain why the Template:Type2 is in the coding of the Generation I and II games.

In other languages

• Chinese: 飛 fēi
• Dutch: Vliegend
• Finnish: Lento
• French: Vol
• German: Flug
• Hebrew: מעופף meofef
• Italian: Volante
• Japanese: ひこう (飛行) hikou
• Korean: 비행 bihaeng
• Polish: Latający
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Voador
• Russian: Летающий letayuschii
• Spanish: Volador