Wing Attack (move)

Wing Attack つばさでうつ Wing Strike

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Battles Type  Flying Category  Physical PP  35 (max. 56) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

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

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Works well if it's the same type as the one before.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

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

Wing Attack (Japanese: つばさでうつ Wing Strike) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Wing Attack inflicts damage and has no secondary effect. Wing Attack has a Base Power of 35 in this generation.

Generation II to IV

The effects of Wing Attack are the same as Generation I; however, the Base Power increases to 60.

Generation V

Wing Attack can hit non-adjacent opponents in triple battles.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	no			36			36			36				36
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	28			29			25			33				33
017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	31			33			27			37				37
018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	--, 31			33			27			38				38
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	28			27			21			17				17
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	32			30			21			17				17
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying		50	30			26			21				21
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	--			--			--			--				--
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying	no			--			--			--				--
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	no			55			55			55				55
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying	no			30			21			17				17
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	no				37	43	39	43				43
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying	no			no			no			15				15
226		Mantine	Water	Flying	no			40			36			22				22
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying	no			no			13			13				13
277		Swellow	Normal	Flying	no			no			13			13				13
278		Wingull	Water	Flying	no			no			13			11				11
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying	no			no			--, 13			--, 11				--, 11
396		Starly	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			9				9
397		Staravia	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			9				9
398		Staraptor	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			--, 9				--, 9
430		Honchkrow	Dark	Flying	no			no			no			--				--
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying	no			no			no			22				22
566		Archen	Rock	Flying	no			no			no			no				--
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying	no			no			no			no				--
580		Ducklett	Water	Flying	no			no			no			no				9
581		Swanna	Water	Flying	no			no			no			no				--
627		Rufflet	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			no				10
628		Braviary	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			no				--
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 397 Staravia Normal Flying My Pokémon Ranch 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

Starly	Pidgeotto	Ducklett	Staraptor
The foe is struck with large, imposing wings spread wide to inflict damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Pidgeotto	Pidgeotto hits the opponent with one of its wings.
Ash's Pidgeotto	The Water Flowers of Cerulean City		Debut
Golbat	Golbat repeatedly dives down and strikes the opponent with one of its wings, or Golbat deflects an opponent's attacks with its wings. Sometimes, its wings glow white.
Koga's Golbat	The Ninja Poké-Showdown!		None
Brock's Golbat	Hassle in the Castle		None
J's henchmen's Golbat	Ill-Will Hunting!		None
Pidgeot	Pidgeot hits the opponent with one of its wings.
Falkner's Pidgeot	Fighting Flyer with Fire		None
Zubat	Zubat flies down at hits the opponent with one of its wings.
Brock's Zubat	Spell of the Unown		None
Crobat	Four or two of Crobat's four wings glow white and its hits the opponent with them.
Brock's Crobat	Control Freak!		None
J's henchmen's Crobat	Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 1		None
Dragonite	Dragonite flaps its wings and white energy is released from them, hitting the opponent.
Lance's Dragonite	Rage of Innocence		None
Mantine	Mantine hits the opponent many times with one of its wings.
Dorian's Mantine	Just Add Water		None
Taillow	Taillow hits the opponent with one of its wings.
Ash's Taillow	A Tail with a Twist		None
Pelipper	Pelipper strikes the opponent with one of its wings.
Anthony's Pelipper	You Said a Mouthful!		None
Pidgey	Pidgey's wings glow white and it strikes the opponent with one of them.
A Pidgey Anita borrowed from the Pokémon Trainer's School	Gonna Rule the School!		None
Swellow	Swellow's wings glow white and it slashes the opponent with one of them.
Vito Winstrate's Swellow	Candid Camerupt!		None
Ash's Swellow	That's Just Swellow		None
Winona's Swellow	Sky High Gym Battle!		None
Starly	Starly slaps the opponent across the face multiple times with one of its wings.
Ash's Starly	Two Degrees of Separation!		None
Staravia	Staravia's wings glow white and it hits the opponent with one of them.
Ash's Staravia	Cooking up a Sweet Story!		None
Staraptor	Staraptor's wings shine, then glow white. It then hits the opponent with one of them.
Reggie's Staraptor	Lost Leader Strategy!		None
Barry's Staraptor	Barry's Busting Out All Over!		None
Yanma	Yanma's wings glow white and it hits the opponent with one of them.
Jessie's Yanma	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!		None
Tyler's Yanma	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!		None
Ducklett	Both of Ducklett's wings glow white and white energy shines off them at the tips of the feathers. It then slams into the opponent with one of them.
Three wild Ducklett	Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Farfetch'd	Pidgeot	Aerodactyl
The user hits the opponent with one of its wings.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Pidgeot	Pidgeot slaps the opponent with one of its wing.
Blue's Pidgeot	The Primeape Directive		Debut
Aerodactyl	Aerodactyl slices the opponent repeatedly with its wings.
Lance's Aerodactyl	Draggin' In Dragonair		None
Farfetch'd	Farfetch'd slaps the opponent with one of its wings.
Azalean Boy's Farfetch'd	You Ain't Nothin' But a Houndour		Farfetch'd cannot legally learn Wing Attack
Crobat	Crobat slices the opponent with one of its wings.
Janine's Crobat	Crossing Crobat		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 翅膀攻擊 Chìbǎng Gōngjī Dutch Vleugel Aanval French Cru-Aile German Flügelschlag Greek Φτερωτή Επίθεση Hindi पंखों का वार Pankhon Ka Waar Indonesian Kepakan Sayap Italian Att. d'Ala Korean 날개치기 Nalgae Chigi Polish Atak Skrzydłami Portuguese Brazil Ataque de Asa Portugal Ataque de Asa Serbian Napad Krilima Spanish Ataque Ala (Gen III-present) Ataque-Ala (Gen I-II)

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