Brave Bird (move)

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.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 15HGSS 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 198 Murkrow Dark Flying Starly, Staravia, StaraptorHGSS 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.

In the anime

	Staravia	Staraptor
The Pokémon flies up, closes its wings as it flies, combusts into flames, and dives down on the foe. The fire then disappears and the user is covered by a blue aura. The user strikes the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Staraptor	Staraptor pulls in its wings and dives down at the opponent like a missile, its body bursting into flames. Then, it pulls out its wings, its body becomes surrounded by a blue aura, and it slams into the opponent.
Reggie's Straraptor	Lost Leader Strategy!		Debut
Ash's Staraptor	Sliding Into Seventh		None
Staravia	Staravia flies into the air and flies down at the opponent like a missile, its body bursting into flames. Then, it opens up its wings and its body becomes surrounded in a blue aura, and it slams into the opponent.
Ash's Staravia	A Triple Fighting Chance!		None

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 based on birds.
• Sky Attack and Brave Bird share similar in-game animations; the only major difference is that where the former has a blue aura, the latter's is red.

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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