Sky Attack (move)
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Effect
Generation I
Sky Attack deals damage, has a 9.8% chance of causing the target to flinch, and has an increased critical hit ratio.
Sky Attack does nothing on the turn it is selected, other than say that the user is glowing. On the following turn, Sky Attack will deal damage, PP will be deducted from it, and it will count as the last move used. Once Sky Attack is selected, the user won't be able to switch out until it is disrupted or fully executed.
If Sky Attack is not fully executed, PP will not be deducted from it, and it will not count as the last move used. If the target uses Mirror Move during the turn that the user is glowing, Mirror Move will copy the move that the user executed immediately before using Sky Attack (or fail if it can't).
Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Sky Attack.
In Stadium, Mirror Move will copy Sky Attack on either of the turns it takes to execute.
Generation II-III
Sky Attack now has a 10% chance of causing the target to flinch. Otherwise, it is exactly the same as Generation I.
Generation IV
Sky Attack now displays "<name> became cloaked in a harsh light!" instead of "<name> is glowing!". Otherwise, it is exactly the same as Generation II and III.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
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By TM43
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Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| 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
Spearow, Fearow
Doduo, Dodrio
Aerodactyl
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| 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
Spearow, Fearow
Doduo, Dodrio
Aerodactyl
Hoothoot, Noctowl
Skarmory
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0227
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Skarmory
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
Doduo, Dodrio
Aerodactyl
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| 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.
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
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| 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" | Altaria
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| 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" | Spearow, Fearow
Hoothoot, Noctowl
Skarmory
Taillow, Swellow
Swablu, Altaria
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0227
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Skarmory
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0276
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Taillow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
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| 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.
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By move tutor
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Noctowl
Altaria
Togekiss
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| 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" | Noctowl
Altaria
Togekiss
|-
| 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" | Spearow, Fearow
Hoothoot, Noctowl
Skarmory
Taillow, Swellow
Swablu, Altaria
Togekiss
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0227
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Skarmory
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Noctowl
Altaria
Togekiss
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0276
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Taillow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Noctowl
Altaria
Togekiss
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| 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.
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By move tutor
In HeartGold and SoulSilver
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In the anime
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The user glows silver and attacks the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Skarmory's body glows white or orange and flies into the opponent at top speed. | |||
Attila's Skarmory | The Legend of Thunder! | Debut | |
A wild Skarmory | All Torkoal, No Play | None | |
Altaria's body becomes surrounded in red flames and it flies into the opponent. | |||
Drake's Altaria | Vanity Affair | None | |
Murkrow's body becomes surrounded by a white aura and it flies into the opponent | |||
Paul's Murkrow | Top-Down Training! | None | |
Honchkrow's body becomes surrounded by a white aura and it flies into the opponent. | |||
Paul's Honchkrow | Lost Leader Strategy! | None | |
Togekiss's body becomes surrounded by a white aura and it flies into the opponent. | |||
Dawn's Togekiss | DP171 | None |
Trivia
- Except Mew, all Pokémon who can learn Sky Attack are Template:Type2 Pokémon, and thus receive STAB for using it.
- Sky Attack has the highest base power of any Flying-type attack.
- Sky Attack and Brave Bird share similar in-game animations; the only major difference is that where the former has a blue aura, the latter's is red.
- Mew, Crobat and Gliscor are the only non-archosaurian Pokémon to learn this move.
In other languages
- Dutch: Luchtaanval
- French: Piqué
- German: Himmelsfeger
- Hindi: Aasmani Hamla
- Italian: Aeroattacco
- Spanish: Ataque Aereo
- Brazilian Portuguese: Ataque Aéreo
- Latin America: Ataque Celestial
Generation I TMs | |
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Generation I HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 |