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 SWSH	The user attacks with a blade of air that even slices the sky. It may also make the target flinch.

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
	Charizard	fire/flying	Monster/Dragon	1	1	1	1SMUSUM 62PE	1, Evo.
	Butterfree	bug/flying	Bug				43SMUSUM 28PE	24
	Pidgey	normal/flying	Flying	49	49	49	49SMUSUM 27PE
	Pidgeotto	normal/flying	Flying	57	57	57	57SMUSUM 39PE
	Pidgeot	normal/flying	Flying	62	62	62	62SMUSUM 43PE
	Zubat	poison/flying	Flying	41	45	45XY 41ORAS	41SMUSUM 33PE	50
	Golbat	poison/flying	Flying	51	57BW 52B2W2	52XY 48 ORAS	48SMUSUM 51PE	62
	Farfetch'd	normal/flying	Flying/Field	37	49	49	49SMUSUM 31PE	50
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug	53	53	50	50SMUSUM 38PE	36
	Moltres	fire/flying	Undiscovered	50	50	50	50SMUSUM 24PE	35
	Moltres	dark/flying	Undiscovered					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
	Ledian	bug/flying	Bug		42	42	42
	Crobat	poison/flying	Flying	51	57BW 52B2W2	52XY 48 ORAS	48	62
	Xatu	psychic/flying	Flying			25ORAS	1, Evo.	1, Evo.
	Yanma	bug/flying	Bug	54	54	54	54
	Dunsparce	normal	Field				41SM 43USUM
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug					1
	Mantine	water/flying	Water 1		36B2W2	36	36	32
	Skarmory	steel/flying	Flying	40DP 39PtHGSS	42	42XY 45ORAS	45
	Taillow	normal/flying	Flying	53	53	53	53
	Swellow	normal/flying	Flying	61	61	1, 61XY 1, 45ORAS	1, 39
	Wingull	water/flying	Water 1/Flying	47	47BW 46B2W2	46XY 40ORAS	40	30
	Pelipper	water/flying	Water 1/Flying					1
	Masquerain	bug/flying	Water 1/Bug	47	47	47XY 38ORAS	38
	Tropius	grass/flying	Monster/Grass	47	51	50XY 36ORAS	36
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered	35HGSS	35	35XY 30ORAS	30	1
	Mothim	bug/flying	Bug	41	41	41	41
	Vespiquen	bug/flying	Bug		37B2W2	37	37	28
	Mantyke	water/flying	Undiscovered		36B2W2	36	36	32
	Togekiss	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy	1	1	1	1	1, Evo.
	Yanmega	bug/flying	Bug	49DP 54PtHGSS	54	1, 54	1, 54
	Shaymin	grass/flying	Undiscovered	64PtHGSS	64	64	64
	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	55
	Braviary	normal/flying	Flying		41	41	41	57
	Vullaby	dark/flying	Flying		41	41	41	42
	Mandibuzz	dark/flying	Flying		41	41	41	42
	Tornadus	flying	Undiscovered		43	43	43	35
	Noibat	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon			48	48	36
	Noivern	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon			53	53	36
	Yveltal	dark/flying	Undiscovered			10	10	35
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug				1
	Oricorio	fire/flying	Flying				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
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
	Charizard	fire/flying	Monster/Dragon					TM95
	Butterfree	bug/flying	Bug					TM95
	Zubat	poison/flying	Flying					TM95
	Golbat	poison/flying	Flying					TM95
	Farfetch'd	normal/flying	Flying/Field					TM95
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug					TM95
	Articuno	ice/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Articuno	psychic/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Moltres	fire/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Moltres	dark/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Dragonite	dragon/flying	Water 1/Dragon					TM95
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered					TM95
	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
	Dunsparce	normal	Field					TM95
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug					TM95
	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
	Pelipper	water/flying	Water 1/Flying					TM95
	Ninjask	bug/flying	Bug					TM95
	Vibrava	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon					TM95
	Flygon	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon					TM95
	Absol	dark	Field					TM95
	Salamence	dragon/flying	Dragon					TM95
	Latias	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered					TM95
	Latios	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered					TM95
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Vespiquen	bug/flying	Bug					TM95
	Mantyke	water/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Togekiss	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy					TM95
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous					TM95
	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
	Sigilyph	psychic/flying	Flying					TM95
	Archeops	rock/flying	Water 1/Water 3					TM95
	Emolga	electric/flying	Field					TM95
	Bisharp	dark/steel	Human-Like					TM95
	Rufflet	normal/flying	Flying					TM95
	Braviary	normal/flying	Flying					TM95
	Vullaby	dark/flying	Flying					TM95
	Mandibuzz	dark/flying	Flying					TM95
	Cobalion	steel/fighting	Undiscovered					TM95
	Terrakion	rock/fighting	Undiscovered					TM95
	Virizion	grass/fighting	Undiscovered					TM95
	Tornadus	flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Keldeo	water/fighting	Undiscovered					TM95
	Aegislash	steel/ghost	Mineral					TM95
	Noibat	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon					TM95
	Noivern	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon					TM95
	Yveltal	dark/flying	Undiscovered					TM95
	Decidueye	grass/ghost	Flying					TM95
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug					TM95
	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
	Rookidee	flying	Flying					TM95
	Corvisquire	flying	Flying					TM95
	Corviknight	flying/steel	Flying					TM95
	Flapple	grass/dragon	Grass/Dragon					TM95
	Cramorant	flying/water	Water 1/Flying					TM95
	Frosmoth	ice/bug	Bug					TM95
	Zacian	fairy	Undiscovered					TM95
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 X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
• Air Slash depicted in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• Air Slash depicted in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

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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.

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Spin-offs & shorts

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

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Pokémon Adventures

• Air Slash being used by Diamond's Rotom.
• Air Slash being used by Black's Braviary.

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Other manga series

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

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See also

• Air Cutter
• Razor Wind