Air Balloon

Air Balloon ふうせん Balloon

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Introduced in Generation V Pocket Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 10

The Air Balloon (Japanese: ふうせん Balloon) is a type of held item introduced in Generation V. It makes the holder ungrounded.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price BWB2W2 XYORAS N/A $100 SMUSUM SwSh N/A $2,000 SV $15,000 $3,750

Effect

The Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means that the holder is immune to damaging Ground-type moves and several related effects. If the holder or its substitute is hit by a damaging move (even if it has Disguise), the Air Balloon is destroyed. A message is displayed when a Pokémon is sent into battle while holding an Air Balloon (if its effect is not negated).

The Air Balloon does not make the holder ungrounded while Gravity is in effect or if it is under the effect of Ingrain, Smack Down, or Thousand Arrows (but this does not prevent it from bursting).

An Air Balloon will not burst while Magic Room is in effect, if the holder has the Ability Klutz or is under the effect of Embargo. A burst Air Balloon cannot be recovered with Recycle or Pickup. The Air Balloon bursts before it can be stolen by Thief, Covet, or Magician. Whether a Pokémon is affected by terrain is determined before the Air Balloon bursts, so terrain cannot prevent a Pokémon holding an Air Balloon from being afflicted by a status condition from the move that bursts the Air Balloon.

An Air Balloon bursting will trigger Unburden and Symbiosis.

Cram-o-matic

Type	Points
Flying	20

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 When held by a Pokémon, the Pokémon will float in the air. When the holder is attacked, the item will burst. XYORAS SMUSUM An item to be held by a Pokémon. The holder will float in the air until hit. Once hit, this item will burst. SwSh An item to be held by a Pokémon. The holder will float in the air until hit. Once the holder is hit, this item will burst. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. This balloon makes the holder float in the air. If the holder is hit with an attack, the balloon will burst.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods BW Battle Subway (48 BP) B2W2 Driftveil City Battle Subway/PWT (12 BP) Held by wild Drifblim (1% chance, dark grass only) DW* Dream Park XYORAS Battle Maison (48 BP) SMUSUM Malie GardenDay Battle Tree (32 BP) SwSh Wyndon Battle Tower (15 BP) SwShIA Cram-o-matic (Flying: 52-60 points, 82-90 points) SV Delibird Presents (Cascarrafa Branch, after earning 4 Gym Badges) SVTM Ogre Oustin' (after completing Easy difficulty for the first time) SVID Item Printer

Distribution

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period BWB2W2 Pokémon Center 15th Anniversary Pokémon Japanese May 15 to 21, 2013 July 3 to 7, 2013 XY Landmark Tower Pikachu Japan August 9 to 17, 2014 XYORAS Pokémon General Election 720 Simisear Japan June 25 to July 15, 2016 USUM Fula City Zeraora PAL October 1, 2018 to January 24, 2019 May 3 to July 10, 2019 Fula City Zeraora American October 19, 2018 to January 24, 2019 Fula City Zeraora Japanese, American, PAL English, Taiwanese December 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 Fula City Zeraora Korean December 19, 2018 to February 28, 2019

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In the manga

Air Balloon in Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

An Air Balloon appeared in Challenge the Battle Subway!, being held by Monta's Snivy.

In the TCG

Full Art print of Air Balloon

Main article: Air Balloon (Sword & Shield 156)

The Air Balloon was introduced as a Pokémon Tool card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese Sword expansion before debuting in English in the Sword & Shield expansion, with artwork by Yoshinobu Saito. It was also released as a Secret Full Art card in the same Japanese and English expansion, with artwork by the same artist. It reduces the Retreat Cost of the holder by .

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 氣球 Heikàuh Mandarin 氣球 / 气球 Qìqiú French Ballon German Luftballon Italian Palloncino Korean 풍선 Pungseon Brazilian Portuguese Balão de Ar Spanish Globo Helio

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.