Brave Bird (move)
Brave Bird ブレイブバード Brave Bird | ||||||||||||
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Brave Bird (Japanese: ブレイブバード Brave Bird) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Generation IV. It is TR66 in Generation VIII.
Effect
Brave Bird inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to ⅓ of the damage done to the target. If the user inflicts no damage (such as if Disguise takes the damage), they do not take recoil damage.
Brave Bird can hit non-adjacent opponents in Triple Battles.
Generation VIII
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Brave Bird's PP has been reduced to 5, and its base power has been lowered to 100.
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Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||
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IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | ||||||
083 | ![]() |
Farfetch'd |
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Flying | Field | 55 | 1, 55 | 1, 55SMUSUM | 65 | |
083 | ![]() |
Farfetch'd Galarian Form |
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Flying | Field | 65 | ||||
227 | ![]() |
Skarmory |
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Flying | 52 | |||||
250 | ![]() |
Ho-Oh |
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No Eggs Discovered | 15HGSS | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||
257 | ![]() |
Blaziken |
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Field | 49 | 49 | 49XY 50ORAS |
50 | 1 | |
276 | ![]() |
Taillow |
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Flying | 41ORAS | 41 | 41BDSP | |||
277 | ![]() |
Swellow |
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Flying | 1, 51ORAS | 1, 51 | 1, 51BDSP | |||
396 | ![]() |
Starly |
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Flying | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37BDSPLA | |
397 | ![]() |
Staravia |
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Flying | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43BDSP 37LA | |
398 | ![]() |
Staraptor |
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Flying | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49BDSP 37LA | |
430 | ![]() |
Honchkrow |
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Flying | 52LA | |||||
580 | ![]() |
Ducklett |
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Water 1 | Flying | 41 | 41 | 41 | ||
581 | ![]() |
Swanna |
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Water 1 | Flying | 47 | 47 | 47 | ||
627 | ![]() |
Rufflet |
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Flying | 59 | 59 | 59 | 72SwSh 43LA | ||
628 | ![]() |
Braviary |
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Flying | 63 | 1, 63 | 1, 63 | 80 | ||
628 | ![]() |
Braviary Hisuian Form |
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Flying | 43LA | |||||
629 | ![]() |
Vullaby |
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Flying | 59 | 59 | 59 | 72 | ||
630 | ![]() |
Mandibuzz |
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Flying | 63 | 1, 63 | 1, 63 | 80 | ||
663 | ![]() |
Talonflame |
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Flying | 1, 64 | 1, 64 | 83 | |||
722 | ![]() |
Rowlet |
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Flying | 43 | 36SwSh | ||||
723 | ![]() |
Dartrix |
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Flying | 51 | 50SwSh | ||||
724 | ![]() |
Decidueye |
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Flying | 55 | 58 | ||||
724 | ![]() |
Decidueye Hisuian Form |
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Flying | 40LA | |||||
785 | ![]() |
Tapu Koko |
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No Eggs Discovered | 1 | 65 | ||||
821 | ![]() |
Rookidee |
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Flying | 36 | |||||
822 | ![]() |
Corvisquire |
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Flying | 46 | |||||
823 | ![]() |
Corviknight |
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Flying | 50 | |||||
865 | ![]() |
Sirfetch'd |
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Flying | Field | 65 | ||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
By TR
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | ||||||
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IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | ||||||
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Pidgey |
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Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |
041 | ![]() |
Zubat |
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Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |
084 | ![]() |
Doduo |
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Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |
198 | ![]() |
Murkrow |
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Flying | ✔HGSS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |
227 | ![]() |
Skarmory |
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Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |
276 | ![]() |
Taillow |
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Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |
731 | ![]() |
Pikipek |
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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 V
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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276 | ![]() |
Taillow |
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Flying | Dream World - Windswept Sky | |
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Brave Bird is a move with 42 base power, 88% accuracy, and 6 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front, cutting corners, and receives recoil damage equal to ⅛ of their maximum HP.
In Gates to Infinity and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, the recoil damage is instead 20% of the user's max HP.
Pokémon Conquest
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Stars: ★★★★★
Power: 58
Accuracy: 100%
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Effect: Lowers the user's Defense and limits range to 1 on its next turn, regardless of any Abilities or items that would normally increase range. |
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Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
Pokémon Masters EX
Category | Move Gauge | MP | Base Power | Max Power | Accuracy | Target | Effect Tag | Description |
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Physical | 3 | — | 134 | 160 | 100% | An opponent | Recoil | The user also takes 25% of the damage it dealt to the target. |
Pokémon GO
In Pokémon GO, Brave Bird is a Charged Attack that has been available since February 16, 2017.
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Updates
- Gyms & Raids
- July 27, 2020
- Power: 90 → 130
- Trainer Battles
- July 27, 2020
- Power: 90 → 130
- Secondary effect added
Description
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In the anime
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Staraptor | Swanna | Talonflame | Braviary |
The user becomes enveloped in an aura. It then slams into the target with full force. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
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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. When the glow fades, light blue sparks run up Staraptor's wings as it takes recoil damage. | ||
Reggie's Staraptor | Lost Leader Strategy! | Debut | |
Ash's Staraptor | Pursuing a Lofty Goal! | None | |
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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 | Crossing the Battle Line! | Mastered in A Triple Fighting Chance! | |
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Mandibuzz flies straight into the air and her body becomes surrounded in red fire. She then flies straight at the opponent and the fire around her body turns into a light blue aura, and she slams into the opponent at full force. After the attack, her body briefly becomes surrounded in light blue static as she takes recoil damage. | ||
A wild Mandibuzz | Pikachu's Summer Bridge Story | None | |
Katharine's Mandibuzz | Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita! | None | |
A wild Mandibuzz | Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams! | None | |
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Swanna flies into the air and flies down at the opponent like a missile, its body bursting into flames. Then, its body becomes surrounded in a blue aura, and it slams into the opponent. When the glow fades, light blue sparks run up Swanna's body as it takes recoil damage. | ||
Skyla's Swanna | Cilan Takes Flight! | None | |
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Braviary flies straight into the air and his body becomes surrounded in red fire. He then flies straight at the opponent and the fire around his body turns into a light blue aura, and he slams into the opponent at full force, or Braviary's body becomes surrounded by an orange aura, and he slams into the opponent with full force. | ||
Soren's Braviary | A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team! | None | |
Professor Kukui's Braviary | Revealing the Stuff of Legend! | None | |
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Talonflame's body becomes surrounded in a light blue aura. It then flies straight at the opponent, slamming into them at full force. Sometimes, Talonflame suffers from recoil damage after using the move. | ||
Moria's Talonflame | Battles in the Sky! | None | |
Ash's Talonflame | A Legendary Photo Op! | None | |
A Trainer's Talonflame | Battle Royal 151! | None | |
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Rowlet flies straight into the air and its body becomes surrounded in an orange bird-shaped aura. It then slams into the opponent with full force. | ||
Ash's Rowlet | Aiming for the Top Floor! | None |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
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Hawlucha | Staraptor | Braviary | Sirfetch'd |
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The user rams into the opponent with a great speed. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Staraptor flies towards the opponent at a high speed and slams into it at full force. | ||
The Advanced level Grunt's Staraptor | Chancing Upon Chingling | Debut | |
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Braviary grabs the opponent with one of its talons and smashes it into the ground. | ||
Black's Brav | At Liberty on Liberty Garden | None | |
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Hawlucha flies towards the opponent at a high speed and slams into it at full force. | ||
Essentia's four Hawlucha | PS584 | Hawlucha could not legally learn Brave Bird at the time | |
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Sirfetch'd flies towards the opponent at a high speed and slams into it at full force. | ||
Henry's Lancelot | Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light | None |
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
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Staraptor | |||
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The user rams into the opponent with a great speed. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Staraptor flies towards the opponent at a high speed and slams into it at full force. As it flies, a stream of energy is left behind it. | ||
Jun's Staraptor | Look for Giratina! | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- Sky Attack and Brave Bird share similar in-game animations in Generation IV and V; the only major difference is that the former has a blue aura, and the latter has a red aura. This was* reversed in the anime.
- In the Japanese version, there are even more similarities with Sky Attack being named "God Bird."
- In the anime and Pokémon Adventures, Pokémon are shown with their wings spread out when Brave Bird connects, but the in-game descriptions state that the user tucks in its wings.
- Brave Bird is the only Flying-type move that causes recoil damage.
In other languages
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Variations of the move Double-Edge | ||
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Generation VIII TMs | |
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SwSh | |
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 | |
25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 | |
50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 | |
75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 | |
BDSP | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 | |
76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100 | |
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh) | |
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 | |
25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 | |
50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 | |
75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 |
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