Wing Attack (move)

Wing Attack つばさでうつ Wing Strike

File:AnimMove 17 Wing Attack.gif

Battles Type  Flying Category  Physical PP  35 (max. 56) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Works better if the previous appealer also used a Cool move.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Wing Attack (Japanese: つばさでうつ Wing Strike) is a Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage.

Effect

Generation I

Wing Attack does damage.

Wing Attack has a power of 35 in Generation I.

Generation II and on

Wing Attack's power is increased to 60.

In the anime

• Wing Attack Anime.jpg

  Ash's Swellow using Wing Attack.

• Starly Wing Attack.JPG

  Ash's Starly using Wing Attack against his Aipom.

• Staravia AerialAce.jpg

  Ash's Staravia using Wing Attack against Gardenia's Turtwig.

Pokémon

Golbat. It attacks the opponent from the air at a high speed.

• Used by Koga's Golbat in The Ninja Poké-Showdown!.

Taillow. Tailow's wings turn white and it hits the opponent with huge velocity.

• Used by Ash's Tailow from You Never Can Taillow! until its evolution.

Swellow. Sometimes stores sunlight before the attack.

• Used by Ash's Swellow from That's Just Swellow to ???. Its first time using it was to win the PokéRing competition in Crossgate Town.

Starly. It slaps around the foe with its wing.

• Used by Ash's Starly from Two Degrees of Separation! to ???.

Staravia. Its wings glow white and it hits the opponent with great speed.

• Used by Ash's Staravia from A Staravia is Born! to present.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 28 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 31 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 31 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 28 0042 Golbat Poison Flying 32 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 50 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 36 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 29 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 33 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 33 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 27 0042 Golbat Poison Flying 30 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 30 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying -- 0146 Moltres Fire Flying -- 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 55 0169 Crobat Poison Flying 30 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 37(C) 0226 Mantine Water Flying 40 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Learnlist/breeding |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0163 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hoothoot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Aerodactyl |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0198 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Murkrow
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Aerodactyl |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Yanma

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 36 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 25 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 27 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 27 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 21 0042 Golbat Poison Flying 21 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 26 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying -- 0146 Moltres Fire Flying -- 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 55 0169 Crobat Poison Flying 21 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 43 (R/S/E) 39 (FR/LG) 0226 Mantine Water Flying 36 0276 Taillow Normal Flying 13 0277 Swellow Normal Flying 13 0278 Wingull Water Flying 13 0279 Pelipper Water Flying --, 13 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Learnlist/breeding |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0163 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hoothoot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Aerodactyl
Taillow, Swellow
Wingull, Pelipper |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0198 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Murkrow
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Aerodactyl
Taillow, Swellow
Wingull, Pelipper |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Yanma

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 36 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 33 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 37 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 38 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 17 0042 Golbat Poison Flying 17 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 21 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying -- 0146 Moltres Fire Flying -- 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 55 0169 Crobat Poison Flying 17 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 43 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 15 0226 Mantine Water Flying 22 0276 Taillow Normal Flying 13 0277 Swellow Normal Flying 13 0278 Wingull Water Flying 11 0279 Pelipper Water Flying --, 11 0396 Starly Normal Flying 9 0397 Staravia Normal Flying 9 0398 Staraptor Normal Flying --, 9 0430 Honchkrow Dark Flying -- 0458 Mantyke Water Flying 22 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Learnlist/breeding |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0163 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hoothoot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Aerodactyl
Murkrow, Honchkrow
Taillow, Swellow
Wingull, Pelipper
Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Yanma, Yanmega

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In other languages

• French: Cru-aile
• German: Flügelschlag
• Italian: Att. d'Ala
• Spanish: Ataque Ala