Air Slash

Air Slash

エアスラッシュ Air Slash

Introduced:	Generation IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	75
Accuracy:	95%
PP:	15, max: 24
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Super Contests (DPPt)

Condition:	Cool
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the user performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Cool
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

Air Slash is a Flying-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Description

Games	Description
DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSP SV	The user attacks with a blade of air that even slices the sky. It may also make the target flinch.
LA	The user attacks with a blade of air that slices even the sky.

Effect

In battle

Air Slash does damage and has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. In a Double Battle and in a Triple Battle, Air Slash can target any Pokémon around the user.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Charizard	fire/flying	Monster/Dragon	1	1	1	1SMUSUM 62PE	1, Evo.	Evo.
	Butterfree	bug/flying	Bug				43SMUSUM 28PE	24
	Pidgey	normal/flying	Flying	49	49	49	49SMUSUM 27PE	49BDSP
	Pidgeotto	normal/flying	Flying	57	57	57	57SMUSUM 39PE	57BDSP
	Pidgeot	normal/flying	Flying	62	62	62	62SMUSUM 43PE	62BDSP
	Zubat	poison/flying	Flying	41	45	45XY 41ORAS	41SMUSUM 33PE	50SwShBDSP 34LA
	Golbat	poison/flying	Flying	51	57BW 52B2W2	52XY 48ORAS	48SMUSUM 51PE	62SwShBDSP 34LA
	Venomoth	bug/poison	Bug						Evo.
	Farfetch'd	normal/flying	Flying/Field	37	49	49	49SMUSUM 31PE	50
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug	53	53	50	50SMUSUM 38PE	36SwShBDSP 18LA	36
	Moltres	fire/flying	Undiscovered	50	50	50	50SMUSUM 24PE	35	35
	Moltres	dark/flying	Undiscovered					35	35
	Hoothoot	normal/flying	Flying	29	33	33	33	18
	Noctowl	normal/flying	Flying	32	37	37	37	18
	Ledyba	bug/flying	Bug		36	36	36	36BDSP
	Ledian	bug/flying	Bug		42	42	42	42BDSP
	Crobat	poison/flying	Flying	51	57BW 52B2W2	52XY 48ORAS	48	62SwShBDSP 34LA
	Togetic	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy					25LA
	Xatu	psychic/flying	Flying			25ORAS	1, Evo.	1, Evo.
	Yanma	bug/flying	Bug	54	54	54	54	54BDSP 25LA
	Murkrow	dark/flying	Flying					30LA
	Dunsparce	normal	Field				41SM 43USUM
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug					1SwShBDSP 18LA	1
	Mantine	water/flying	Water 1		36B2W2	36	36	32SwShBDSP 21LA
	Skarmory	steel/flying	Flying	40DP 39PtHGSS	42	42XY 45ORAS	45
	Beautifly	bug/flying	Bug					34LA
	Taillow	normal/flying	Flying	53	53	53XY 33ORAS	33	33BDSP
	Swellow	normal/flying	Flying	61	61	1, 61XY 1, 45ORAS	1, 39	1, 39BDSP
	Wingull	water/flying	Water 1/Flying	47	47BW 46B2W2	46XY 40ORAS	40	30	30
	Pelipper	water/flying	Water 1/Flying					1	1
	Masquerain	bug/flying	Water 1/Bug	47	47	47XY 38ORAS	38	38BDSP	32
	Tropius	grass/flying	Monster/Grass	47	51	50XY 36ORAS	36	36BDSP	36
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered	35HGSS	35	35XY 30ORAS	30	1	1
	Starly	normal/flying	Flying					15LA
	Staravia	normal/flying	Flying					15LA
	Staraptor	normal/flying	Flying					15LA
	Mothim	bug/flying	Bug	41	41	41	41	41BDSP 25LA
	Vespiquen	bug/flying	Bug		37B2W2	37	37	28SwShBDSP 29LA	28
	Honchkrow	dark/flying	Flying					30LA
	Chatot	normal/flying	Flying					11LA
	Finneon	water	Water 2					25LA
	Lumineon	water	Water 2					25LA
	Mantyke	water/flying	Undiscovered		36B2W2	36	36	32SwShBDSP 21LA
	Togekiss	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy	1	1	1	1	1, Evo.SwShBDSP 25LA
	Yanmega	bug/flying	Bug	49DP 54PtHGSS	54	1, 54	1, 54	1, 54BDSP 25LA
	Shaymin	grass	Undiscovered					19LA
	Shaymin	grass/flying	Undiscovered	64PtHGSS	64	64	64	64BDSP 19LA
	Pidove	normal/flying	Flying		29	29	29	32
	Tranquill	normal/flying	Flying		32	32	32	38
	Unfezant	normal/flying	Flying		33	33	33	42
	Woobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying		32	32	32	35
	Swoobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying		32	32	32	35
	Sigilyph	psychic/flying	Flying		41	41	41	35
	Ducklett	water/flying	Water 1/Flying		27	27	27
	Swanna	water/flying	Water 1/Flying		27	27	27
	Rufflet	normal/flying	Flying		41	41	41	55SwSh 20LA	55
	Braviary	normal/flying	Flying		41	41	41	57	57
	Braviary	psychic/flying	Flying					20LA	57
	Vullaby	dark/flying	Flying		41	41	41	42
	Mandibuzz	dark/flying	Flying		41	41	41	42
	Tornadus	flying	Undiscovered		43	43	43	35SwSh	35
	Noibat	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon			48	48	36	36
	Noivern	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon			53	53	36	36
	Yveltal	dark/flying	Undiscovered			10	10	35
	Rowlet	grass/flying	Flying					25LA
	Dartrix	grass/flying	Flying					25LA
	Decidueye	grass/fighting	Flying					25LA
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug				1
	Oricorio	fire/flying	Flying				36		36
	Type: Null	normal	Undiscovered				60	30
	Silvally	normal	Undiscovered				60	30
	Lunala	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				19	21
	Celesteela	steel/flying	Undiscovered				1
	Kartana	grass/steel	Undiscovered				59
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered				53USUM	1
	Kleavor	bug/rock	Bug					18LA
	Quaxly	water	Flying/Water 1						24
	Quaxwell	water	Flying/Water 1						27
	Quaquaval	water/fighting	Flying/Water 1						27
	Flamigo	flying/fighting	Flying						35
	Iron Jugulis	dark/flying	Undiscovered						56
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Charizard	fire/flying	Monster/Dragon					TM95	TM065
	Butterfree	bug/flying	Bug					TM95
	Zubat	poison/flying	Flying					TM95
	Golbat	poison/flying	Flying					TM95
	Venomoth	bug/poison	Bug						TM065
	Farfetch'd	normal/flying	Flying/Field					TM95
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug					TM95	TM065
	Articuno	ice/flying	Undiscovered					TM95	TM065
	Articuno	psychic/flying	Undiscovered					TM95	TM065
	Moltres	fire/flying	Undiscovered					TM95	TM065
	Moltres	dark/flying	Undiscovered					TM95	TM065
	Dragonite	dragon/flying	Water 1/Dragon					TM95	TM065
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered					TM95	TM065
	Hoothoot	normal/flying	Flying					TM95
	Noctowl	normal/flying	Flying					TM95
	Crobat	poison/flying	Flying					TM95
	Natu	psychic/flying	Flying					TM95
	Xatu	psychic/flying	Flying					TM95
	Murkrow	dark/flying	Flying						TM065
	Dunsparce	normal	Field					TM95	TM065
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug					TM95	TM065
	Delibird	ice/flying	Water 1/Field						TM065
	Mantine	water/flying	Water 1					TM95
	Skarmory	steel/flying	Flying					TM95
	Suicune	water	Undiscovered					TM95
	Lugia	psychic/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Ho-Oh	fire/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Shiftry	grass/dark	Field/Grass					TM95
	Wingull	water/flying	Water 1/Flying					TM95	TM065
	Pelipper	water/flying	Water 1/Flying					TM95	TM065
	Masquerain	bug/flying	Water 1/Bug						TM065
	Ninjask	bug/flying	Bug					TM95
	Vibrava	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon					TM95
	Flygon	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon					TM95
	Tropius	grass/flying	Monster/Grass						TM065
	Absol	dark	Field					TM95
	Salamence	dragon/flying	Dragon					TM95	TM065
	Latias	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered					TM95
	Latios	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered					TM95
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered					TM95	TM065
	Starly	normal/flying	Flying						TM065
	Staravia	normal/flying	Flying						TM065
	Staraptor	normal/flying	Flying						TM065
	Vespiquen	bug/flying	Bug					TM95	TM065
	Drifblim	ghost/flying	Amorphous						TM065
	Honchkrow	dark/flying	Flying						TM065
	Lumineon	water	Water 2						TM065
	Mantyke	water/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Togekiss	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy					TM95
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous					TM95	TM065
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered						TM065
	Oshawott	water	Field						TM065
	Dewott	water	Field						TM065
	Samurott	water	Field						TM065
	Samurott	water/dark	Field						TM065
	Pidove	normal/flying	Flying					TM95
	Tranquill	normal/flying	Flying					TM95
	Unfezant	normal/flying	Flying					TM95
	Woobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying					TM95
	Swoobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying					TM95
	Lilligant	grass/fighting	Grass						TM065
	Sigilyph	psychic/flying	Flying					TM95
	Archeops	rock/flying	Water 1/Water 3					TM95
	Emolga	electric/flying	Field					TM95
	Pawniard	dark/steel	Human-Like						TM065
	Bisharp	dark/steel	Human-Like					TM95	TM065
	Rufflet	normal/flying	Flying					TM95	TM065
	Braviary	normal/flying	Flying					TM95	TM065
	Braviary	psychic/flying	Flying						TM065
	Vullaby	dark/flying	Flying					TM95
	Mandibuzz	dark/flying	Flying					TM95
	Volcarona	bug/fire	Bug						TM065
	Cobalion	steel/fighting	Undiscovered					TM95
	Terrakion	rock/fighting	Undiscovered					TM95
	Virizion	grass/fighting	Undiscovered					TM95
	Tornadus	flying	Undiscovered					TM95	TM065
	Keldeo	water/fighting	Undiscovered					TM95
	Fletchling	normal/flying	Flying						TM065
	Fletchinder	fire/flying	Flying						TM065
	Talonflame	fire/flying	Flying						TM065
	Vivillon	bug/flying	Bug						TM065
	Aegislash	steel/ghost	Mineral					TM95
	Noibat	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon					TM95	TM065
	Noivern	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon					TM95	TM065
	Yveltal	dark/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Rowlet	grass/flying	Flying						TM065
	Dartrix	grass/flying	Flying						TM065
	Decidueye	grass/ghost	Flying					TM95	TM065
	Decidueye	grass/fighting	Flying						TM065
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug					TM95
	Oricorio	fire/flying	Flying						TM065
	Type: Null	normal	Undiscovered					TM95
	Silvally	normal	Undiscovered					TM95
	Lunala	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered					TM95
	Celesteela	steel/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Kartana	grass/steel	Undiscovered					TM95
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered					TM95
	Inteleon	water	Water 1/Field					TM95	TM065
	Rookidee	flying	Flying					TM95	TM065
	Corvisquire	flying	Flying					TM95	TM065
	Corviknight	flying/steel	Flying					TM95	TM065
	Flapple	grass/dragon	Grass/Dragon					TM95	TM065
	Cramorant	flying/water	Water 1/Flying					TM95
	Frosmoth	ice/bug	Bug					TM95	TM065
	Zacian	fairy	Undiscovered					TM95	TM065
	Kleavor	bug/rock	Bug						TM065
	Quaxly	water	Flying/Water 1						TM065
	Quaxwell	water	Flying/Water 1						TM065
	Quaquaval	water/fighting	Flying/Water 1						TM065
	Squawkabilly	normal/flying	Flying						TM065
	Wattrel	electric/flying	Water 1/Flying						TM065
	Kilowattrel	electric/flying	Water 1/Flying						TM065
	Bombirdier	flying/dark	Flying						TM065
	Flamigo	flying/fighting	Flying						TM065
	Dudunsparce	normal	Field						TM065
	Kingambit	dark/steel	Human-Like						TM065
	Iron Jugulis	dark/flying	Undiscovered						TM065
	Iron Moth	fire/poison	Undiscovered						TM065
	Roaring Moon	dragon/dark	Undiscovered						TM065
	Iron Leaves	grass/psychic	Undiscovered						TM065
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

Pokémon		Type	Egg Groups	Father
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Pidgey	Normal/Flying				TBA
	Oshawott	Water				TBA
	Sewaddle	Bug/Grass				TBA
	Emolga	Electric/Flying				TBA
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn this move through chain breeding.

By event

Generation IV

Pokémon				Type	Obtained
			Suicune	Water	13th Movie Event GameStop Event English Winter 2011
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery

• Games
• Anime
• Manga

Main games

Air Slash depicted in Generation VII

Air Slash depicted in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!

Air Slash depicted in Generation VIII

Main series

Air Slash being used by Dawn's Togekiss.

Air Slash being used by Ash's Noctowl.

Air Slash being used by Jessie's Woobat.

Air Slash being used by Alain's Unfezant.

Air Slash being used by Gladion's Silvally.

Air Slash being used by Goh's Scyther.

Air Slash being used by Leon's Charizard.

Air Slash being used by Ash's Swellow.

Air Slash being used by Professor Friede's Charizard.

Spin-offs & shorts

Air Slash being used by Skyla's Swanna. (In Generations)

Pokémon Adventures

Air Slash being used by Diamond's Rotom.

Air Slash being used by Black's Braviary.

Other manga series

Air Slash being used by Jupiter's Crobat. (In Diamond and Pearl Adventure!)

See also

• Air Cutter
• Razor Wind