Air Slash (move)

Air Slash エアスラッシュ Air Slash

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Battles Type  Flying Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  75 Accuracy  95% Priority  0 Does not make 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 Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Air Slash (Japanese: エアスラッシュ Air Slash) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move, introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Air Slash inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0006 Charizard Fire Flying -- 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 49 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 57 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 62 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 41 0042 Golbat Poison Flying 51 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 37 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 53 0146 Moltres Fire Flying 50 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 29 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying 32 0169 Crobat Poison Flying 51 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 54 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 40 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 39 0276 Taillow Normal Flying 53 0277 Swellow Normal Flying 61 0278 Wingull Water Flying 47 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 47 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 47 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 35 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 41 0468 Togekiss Normal Flying -- 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying 49 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying 54 0492 Shaymin Grass Flying 64 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:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0016 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey
| 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
Farfetch'd
Hoothoot, Noctowl
Skarmory
Taillow, Swellow
Wingull
Togekiss

|- | 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. |} |}

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost Pokémon Platinum Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Farfetchd Air Slash.png Farfetch'd File:Skarmory air slash.png Skarmory
The user forms a ball and throws it at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Farfetch'd points its leek in the air and waves it around, creating a ball of wind that it throws at the opponent.
Holly's Farfetch'd	Smells Like Team Spirit!		Debut
	Rotom fires wind at the opponent.
A wild Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		None
	Skarmory forms a ball of wind using its wings then throws the ball at its target.
A wild Skarmory	Steeling Peace of Mind!		None

In other languages

• Italian: Eterelama
• Spanish: Tajo Aéreo
• French: Lame d'Air
• German: Luftschnitt