Aerial Ace (move)
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Aerial Ace (Japanese: つばめがえし Swallow Return) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Generation III. It has been TM40 since Generation III.
Effect
Generation III to IV
Aerial Ace inflicts damage and is unaffected by modifications to the accuracy stat and evasion stat. It will not hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig, Fly and Dive.
Generation V
Aerial Ace can hit non-adjacent opponents in Triple Battles.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||
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| III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||
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Spearow | Normal | Flying | 25 | 17 | 17 | '''' | ||||
| 022 | 
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Fearow | Normal | Flying | 17 | 17 | '''' | |||||
| 083 | 
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Farfetch'd | Normal | Flying | 13 | 13 | '''' | |||||
| 214 | 
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Heracross | Bug | Fighting | 13 | 13 | 10 | ' | ||||
| 276 | 
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Taillow | Normal | Flying | 34 | 34 | 34 | '''' | ||||
| 277 | 
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Swellow | Normal | Flying | 38 | 38 | 38 | '''' | ||||
| 278 | 
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Wingull | Water | Flying | 42 | 42 | '''' | |||||
| 396 | 
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Starly | Normal | Flying | 25 | 25 | '''' | |||||
| 397 | 
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Staravia | Normal | Flying | 28 | 28 | '''' | |||||
| 398 | 
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Staraptor | Normal | Flying | 28 | 28 | '''' | |||||
| 580 | 
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Ducklett | Water | Flying | 15 | '''' | ||||||
| 581 | 
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Swanna | Water | Flying | 15 | '''' | ||||||
| 627 | 
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Rufflet | Normal | Flying | 23 | '''' | ||||||
| 628 | 
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Braviary | Normal | Flying | 23 | '''' | ||||||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. | ||||||||||||
By TM
In the anime
 Unfezant  Leafeon  Emolga  Swellow | |||
| The user is engulfed by light and hits the opponent. | |||
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Swellow flies at the opponent, flips in the air, then it becomes engulfed in streaks of white light and flies into the opponent, disappearing before hitting it. | ||
| Winona's Swellow | Sky High Gym Battle! | Debut | |
| Ash's Swellow | Lessons in Lilycove | None | |
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Pidgeotto flies at the opponent, flips in the air, then it becomes engulfed in steaks of white light and flies into the opponent, disappearing before hitting it. | ||
| Vladimir's Pidgeotto | Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry | None | |
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Altaria disappears, then reappears behind the opponent. | ||
| Drake's Altaria | Vanity Affair | None | |
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Arcanine runs at the opponent and its body becomes surrounded in white streaks. It jumps into the air, then tackles the opponent. | ||
| Tucker's Arcanine | Tactics Theatrics!! | None | |
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Shiftry jumps at the opponent and its body becomes surrounded by white streaks. It then flies into the opponent. While its body is surrounded by white streaks, Shiftry can fly through the air. | ||
| Angela's Shiftry | From Cradle to Save! | None | |
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Pidgeot flies at the opponent and its body becomes surrounded by white streaks. It then slams into the opponent. | ||
| Solidad's Pidgeot | Channeling the Battle Zone! | None | |
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Ninjask's body glows white and it slams into the opponent. | ||
| Brandon's Ninjask | Pace - The Final Frontier! | None | |
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Starly dives at the opponent and white streaks surround its body. Starly then tackles the opponent. | ||
| Paul's Starly | When Pokémon Worlds Collide! | None | |
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Staravia flies at the opponent and its body becomes surrounded by white streaks. It then slams into the opponent. | ||
| Ash's Staravia | A Staravia is Born! | None | |
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Wingull's body becomes surrounded by white streaks and it flies into the opponent. | ||
| Holly's Wingull | Tag! We're It...! | None | |
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Beautifly's flies into the air and does a flip in midair. Then, its body becomes surrounded in white streaks and it slams into the opponent. | ||
| May's Beautifly | Strategy With a Smile! | None | |
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Honchkrow's body becomes surrounded by white streaks and it flies down and slams into the opponent. | ||
| Paul's Honchkrow | Aiding the Enemy! | None | |
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Gabite's body becomes surrounded by white streaks and it flies into the opponent multiple times. | ||
| Ursula's Gabite | Another One Gabites the Dust! | None | |
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Staraptor flies at the opponent, back flips in the air, then dives down at the opponent, its body becoming surrounded by white streaks. It then slams into the opponent. | ||
| Ash's Staraptor | Sliding Into Seventh! | None | |
| Narissa's Ditto One in the form of Staraptor | Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama! | Used via Transform | |
| Narissa's Ditto Two in the form of Staraptor | Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama! | Used via Transform | |
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Leafeon's body becomes surrounded by white streaks and it slams into the opponent. As it is surrounded by white streaks, Leafeon can fly through the air. | ||
| Zoey's Leafeon | Coming Full - Festival Circle! | None | |
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Quilava ignites the flames on its head and back and it jumps into the air. Its body then becomes surrounded in white streaks and it slams into the opponent. As the white streaks surround its body, Quilava can fly through the air. | ||
| Ash's Quilava | League Unleashed! | None | |
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Tranquill dives down at the opponent and flaps its wings once. Once it does, it moves so fast it becomes a blur and it slams into the opponent twice. | ||
| Trip's Tranquill | A Rival Battle for Club Champ! | None | |
| Dino's Tranquill | The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk! | None | |
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Emolga flies into the air, then dives down towards the ground and shoots at the opponent, moving so fast that it becomes a blur. It then slams into the opponent two or more times. | ||
| Elesa's Emolga | Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym! | None | |
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Unfezant dives down at the opponent and flaps its wings once. Once it does, it moves so fast it becomes a blur and it slams into the opponent. Sometimes, Unfezant becomes outlined in white. | ||
| Skyla's Unfezant | An Amazing Aerial Battle! | None | |
| Ash's Unfezant | An Amazing Aerial Battle! | None | |
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Beartic jumps up with a high burst of speed with a clear aura around it, and hits the opponent. Beartic sometimes will charge forward with a high burst of speed with a clear aura around it, and hit the opponent twice. | ||
| Brycen's Beartic | Caution: Icy Battle Conditions! | None | |
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Braviary dives down at the opponent and flaps its wings once. Once it does, it moves so fast it becomes a blur and it slams into the opponent. | ||
| Soran's Braviary | BW099 | None | |
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Krookodile jumps up with a high burst of speed with a clear aura around it, and hits the opponent. Krookodile sometimes will charge forward with a high burst of speed with a clear aura around it, and hit the opponent twice. | ||
| Ash's Krookodile | BW106 | None | |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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| The user slams its body into the opponent. | |||
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Lairon sticks its front claws out in front of it and jumps, slamming into the opponent, hitting it with its claws. As it jumps, its claws become surrounded by an aura of energy and as it travels, a trail of energy can be seen behind its claws. | ||
| Sapphire's Rono | VS. Masquerain | Debut | |
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Tropius flies and slams its neck into the opponent. | ||
| Professor Birch's Pilo | VS. Masquerain | Debut | |
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Braviary flies at the opponent and strikes it with one of its wings, or Braviary flies up into the sky and flies down into the opponent. | ||
| Black's Brav | Black's First Trainer Battle | None | |
In other generations
Trivia
- The Japanese name of this move, つばめがえし Swallow Return (more commonly known in English as the "Turning Swallow Cut"), is probably taken from the signature technique of the legendary swordsman Sasaki Kojirō (the namesake of Team Rocket's James). It is widely believed that it consisted of first a rapid downward slash from above, immediately followed by an upward slash on the same line (this same motion is used for the move's animation in Generations IV and V). Its name came from Kojirō's observations of the motion of a swallow's tail in flight.
- Heracross is the only non-Flying-type Pokémon able to learn Aerial Ace by level-up.
- Although Kabuto can learn Aerial Ace in Generation III through TM, it is no longer capable of learning this move in later generations with the same TM.
- For unknown reasons, Fearow couldn't learn Aerial Ace naturally, while its pre-evolution could in Generation III.
- Dugtrio and its pre-evolution can learn Aerial Ace, despite never appearing to leave the ground.
In other languages
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| Variations of the move Swift | ||||
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| Generation III TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
| Generation III HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE | |
| Generation IV TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
| Generation IV HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 | |
| Generation V TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 | |
| Generation V HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 | |
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