Air Slash

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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)}^[1]
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 (DP Pt)

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
DP PtHGSS 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
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Charizard	Fire/Flying	Monster/Dragon	1	1	1	1 ^SM^USUM 62 ^PE	1
	Butterfree	Bug/Flying	Bug				43 ^SM^USUM 28 ^PE	24
	Pidgey	Normal/Flying	Flying	49	49	49	49 ^SM^USUM 27 ^PE
	Pidgeotto	Normal/Flying	Flying	57	57	57	57 ^SM^USUM 39 ^PE
	Pidgeot	Normal/Flying	Flying	62	62	62	62 ^SM^USUM 43 ^PE
	Zubat	Poison/Flying	Flying	41	45	45 ^XY 41 ^ORAS	41 ^SM^USUM 33 ^PE	50
	Golbat	Poison/Flying	Flying	51	57 ^BW 52 ^B2W2	52 ^XY 48 ^ORAS	48 ^SM^USUM 51 ^PE	62
	Farfetch'd	Normal/Flying	Flying/Field	37	49	49	49 ^SM^USUM 31 ^PE	50
	Scyther	Bug/Flying	Bug	53	53	50	50 ^SM^USUM 38 ^PE	36
	Moltres	Fire/Flying	Undiscovered	50	50	50	50 ^SM^USUM 24 ^PE	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	57 ^BW 52 ^B2W2	52 ^XY 48 ^ORAS	48	62
	Xatu	Psychic/Flying	Flying			25	25	1
	Yanma	Bug/Flying	Bug	54	54	54	54
	Scizor	Bug/Steel	Bug					1
	Mantine	Water/Flying	Water 1		36 ^B2W2	36	36	32
	Skarmory	Steel/Flying	Flying	40 ^DP 39 ^Pt^HGSS	42	42 ^XY 45 ^ORAS	45
	Taillow	Normal/Flying	Flying	53	53	53	53
	Swellow	Normal/Flying	Flying	61	61	1, 61 ^XY 1, 45 ^ORAS	1, 39
	Wingull	Water/Flying	Water 1/Flying	47	47 ^BW 46 ^B2W2	46 ^XY 40 ^ORAS	40	30
	Pelipper	Water/Flying	Water 1/Flying					1
	Masquerain	Bug/Flying	Water 1/Grass	47	47	47 ^XY 38 ^ORAS	38
	Tropius	Grass/Flying	Monster/Grass	47	51	50 ^XY 36 ^ORAS	36
	Rayquaza	Dragon/Flying	Undiscovered	35 ^HGSS	35	35 ^XY 30 ^ORAS	30	1
	Mothim	Bug/Flying	Bug	41	41	41	41
	Vespiquen	Bug/Flying	Bug		37 ^B2W2	37	37	28
	Mantyke	Water/Flying	None		36 ^B2W2	36	36	32
	Togekiss	Normal/Flying	Flying/Fairy	1	1	1	1	1
	Yanmega	Bug/Flying	Bug	49 ^DP 54 ^Pt^HGSS	54	1, 54	1, 54
	Shaymin	Grass/Flying	Undiscovered	64 ^Pt^HGSS	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	Dragon/Flying	Flying			48	48	36
	Noivern	Dragon/Flying	Flying			53	53	36
	Yveltal	Dark/Flying	Undiscovered			10	10	35
	Vikavolt	Bug/Electric	Bug				1
	Oricorio	Fire/Flying	Flying				1
	Type: Null	Normal	Undiscovered				1	30
	Silvally	Normal	Undiscovered				1	30
	Lunala	Psychic/Ghost	Undiscovered				1	21
	Celesteela	Steel/Flying	Undiscovered				1
	Kartana	Grass/Steel	Undiscovered				1
	Naganadel	Poison/Dragon	Undiscovered				1	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 breeding

Pokémon		Type	Egg Groups	Father
Pokémon		Type	Egg Groups	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

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

Main games

Air Slash depicted in X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Air Slash depicted in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Main series

Air Slash being used by Holly's Farfetch'd
Air Slash being used by a wild Shaymin in its Sky Forme
Air Slash being used by Dawn's Togekiss
Air Slash being used by a wild Suicune
Air Slash being used by Ash's Noctowl
Air Slash being used by Jessie's Woobat
Air Slash being used by a wild Tornadus while in its Incarnate Forme
Air Slash being used by a wild Tornadus while in its Therian Forme
Air Slash being used by Katharine's Mandibuzz
Air Slash being used by Skyla's Unfezant
Air Slash being used by Radley's Braviary
Air Slash being used by Baraz's Braviary
Air Slash being used by Alain's Unfezant
Air Slash being used by Xerosic's Crobat
Air Slash being used by Gladion's Type: Null
Air Slash being used by Gladion's Silvally
Air Slash being used by Gladion's Silvally in its Fire-type form
Air Slash being used by Gladion's Silvally in its Steel-type form
Air Slash being used by Lunala
Air Slash being used by Gladion's Silvally in its Fighting-type form
Air Slash being used by Goh's Scyther
Air Slash being used by Leon's Charizard
Air Slash being used by Skarmory and Crobat

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!)

References

^ As of Generation VI, Air Slash has a base PP of 15 and could be raised to a maximum of 24, which prior to that had a base PP of 20 and could be raised to maximum of 32

[1] As of Generation VI, Air Slash has a base PP of 15 and could be raised to a maximum of 24, which prior to that had a base PP of 20 and could be raised to maximum of 32

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Air Slash

Contents

Description

Effect

In battle

Learnset

By leveling up

By breeding

By event

Gallery

See also

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