Sky Attack (move)

Sky Attack ゴッドバード God Bird

A second-turn attack move with a high critical-hit ratio. It may also make the target flinch.

Battles Type  Flying Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  140 Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make 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 I TM43 in Generation I Move tutor in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0 Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if no other Pokémon has chosen the same Judge.

Sky Attack on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Sky Attack on Eevee's Movedex

Sky Attack (Japanese: ゴッドバード God Bird) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Sky Attack deals damage, has a 9.8% chance of causing the target to flinch, and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Sky Attack does nothing on the turn it is selected, other than say that the user is glowing. On the following turn, Sky Attack will deal damage, PP will be deducted from it, and it will count as the last move used. Once Sky Attack is selected, the user won't be able to switch out until it is disrupted or fully executed.

If Sky Attack is not fully executed, PP will not be deducted from it, and it will not count as the last move used. If the target uses Mirror Move during the turn that the user is glowing, Mirror Move will copy the move that the user executed immediately before using Sky Attack (or fail if it can't).

Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Sky Attack.

In Stadium, Mirror Move will copy Sky Attack on either of the turns it takes to execute.

Generation II-III

Sky Attack now has a 10% chance of causing the target to flinch. Otherwise, it is exactly the same as Generation I.

Generation IV

Sky Attack now displays "<name> became cloaked in a harsh light!" instead of "<name> is glowing!". Otherwise, it is exactly the same as Generation II and III.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 146 Moltres Fire Flying 60 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 TM43

#   Pokémon Type 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 021 Spearow Normal Flying 022 Fearow Normal Flying 084 Doduo Normal Flying 085 Dodrio Normal Flying 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 144 Articuno Ice Flying 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 151 Mew Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 146 Moltres Fire Flying 73 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 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio AerodactylC 198 Murkrow Dark Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Aerodactyl Hoothoot, Noctowl SkarmoryC 227 Skarmory Steel Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio AerodactylC 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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 146 Moltres Fire Flying 85 334 Altaria Dragon Flying 59 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 021 Spearow Normal Flying Altaria 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Altaria 198 Murkrow Dark Flying Spearow, Fearow Hoothoot, Noctowl Skarmory Taillow, Swellow Swablu, Altaria 227 Skarmory Steel Flying Altaria 276 Taillow Normal Flying Altaria 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.

By move tutor

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

#   Pokémon Type 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 021 Spearow Normal Flying 022 Fearow Normal Flying 084 Doduo Normal Flying 085 Dodrio Normal Flying 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 144 Articuno Ice Flying 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 151 Mew Psychic 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 164 Noctowl Normal Flying 176 Togetic Normal Flying 177 Natu Psychic Flying 178 Xatu Psychic Flying 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 225 Delibird Ice Flying 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 276 Taillow Normal Flying 277 Swellow Normal Flying 278 Wingull Water Flying 279 Pelipper Water Flying 333 Swablu Normal Flying 334 Altaria Dragon Flying Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 146 Moltres Fire Flying 78 164 Noctowl Normal Flying -- 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 99 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 99 334 Altaria Dragon Flying 70 468 Togekiss Normal Flying -- 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 021 Spearow Normal Flying Noctowl Altaria Togekiss 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Noctowl Altaria Togekiss 198 Murkrow Dark Flying Spearow, Fearow Hoothoot, Noctowl Skarmory Taillow, Swellow Swablu, Altaria Togekiss 227 Skarmory Steel Flying Noctowl Altaria Togekiss 276 Taillow Normal Flying Noctowl Altaria Togekiss 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.

By move tutor

In HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 022 Fearow Normal Flying 085 Dodrio Normal Flying 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 144 Articuno Ice Flying 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 151 Mew Psychic 164 Noctowl Normal Flying 169 Crobat Poison Flying 178 Xatu Psychic Flying 225 Delibird Ice Flying 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 277 Swellow Normal Flying 279 Pelipper Water Flying 334 Altaria Dragon Flying 398 Staraptor Normal Flying 430 Honchkrow Dark Flying 441 Chatot Normal Flying 468 Togekiss Normal Flying 472 Gliscor Ground Flying Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

	Murkrow	Honchkrow
The user glows silver and attacks the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Skarmory	Skarmory glows white or orange and flies into the opponent at top speed.
Attila's Skarmory	The Legend of Thunder!		Debut
A wild Skarmory	All Torkoal, No Play		None
Murkrow	It glows brightly and attacks the opponent as a white streak of light.
Paul's Murkrow	Top-Down Training!		None
Honchkrow	Same as above.
Paul's Honchkrow	Lost Leader Strategy!		None

Trivia

• Except Mew, all Pokémon who can learn Sky Attack are Flying-type Pokémon, and thus receive STAB for using it.
• Sky Attack has the highest base power of any Flying-type attack.
• 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.
• Mew, Crobat and Gliscor are the only non-archosaurian Pokémon to learn this move.

In other languages

• Dutch: Luchtaanval
• French: Piqué
• German: Himmelsfeger
• Hindi: Aasmani Hamla
• Italian: Aeroattacco
• Spanish: Ataque Aereo

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