Brave Bird (move)

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Brave Bird (Japanese: ブレイブバード Brave Bird) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 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

• AshStaraviaBraveBird1.jpg

  Ash's Staravia enveloped in flames

• AshStaraviaBraveBird2.jpg

  Staravia using Brave Bird

• ReggieStaraptorBraveBird1.jpg

  Reggie's Staraptor enveloped in flames

• ReggieStaraptorBraveBird2.jpg

  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 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 49 0396 Starly Normal Flying 37 0397 Staravia Normal Flying 43 0398 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0016 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0084 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Doduo
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0227 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skarmory
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0276 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Taillow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor

|- | colspan="6" | 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 Template:Type2, while the Zubat evolution family are the only Pokémon to learn it that aren't bird-like.

In other languages

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

Variations of the move Double-Edge
Double-Edge • Volt Tackle • Flare Blitz • Brave Bird • Wood Hammer • Wave Crash

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