Brave Bird (move)

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Brave Bird ブレイブバード Brave Bird

The user tucks in its wings and charges from a low altitude. The user also takes serious damage.

Battles Type  Flying Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  120 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 +2 if last to appeal

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Brave Bird on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Brave Bird on Eevee's Movedex

Brave Bird (Japanese: ブレイブバード Brave Bird) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Brave Bird inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to 1/3 of the damage done to the target.

In the anime

Ash's Staravia enveloped in flames	Staravia using Brave Bird
Reggie's Staraptor enveloped in flames	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 from Lost Leader Strategy! to present.
• Used by Ash's Staraptor from DP118 to present.

Staravia. Same as above.

• Used by Ash's Staravia from Crossing the Battle Line! to DP118.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	49
396		Starly	Normal	Flying	37
397		Staravia	Normal	Flying	43
398		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

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	Starly, Staravia, Staraptor
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	Starly, Staravia, Staraptor
084		Doduo	Normal	Flying	Starly, Staravia, Staraptor
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	Starly, Staravia, Staraptor
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying	Starly, Staravia, Staraptor
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 Flying-type, while the Zubat evolution family are the only Pokémon to learn it that aren't birds.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Fúria dos Pássaros
• French: Rapace
• Italian: Baldeali
• Spanish: Pájaro Osado
• German: Sturzflug
• Dutch: Lefvogel

Variations on the move Double-Edge
	Double-Edge | Volt Tackle | Brave Bird Flare Blitz | Wood Hammer

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