Flying (type)

Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable Trainers that specialize in the Flying type include Falkner of Violet City and Winona of Fortree City, both being Gym Leaders.

This type is the only one of the seventeen that is never seen as a pure type, with the exception of the use of Conversion-like moves and abilities such as Multitype and Color Change. Each other type, besides the Fighting type, has also been paired with the Flying type on at least one Pokémon.

Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP: 67
Attack: 73
Defense: 66
Sp.Atk: 69
Sp.Def: 74
Speed: 83
Total: 0

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 80.07
Attack: 84.61
Defense: 75.76
Sp.Atk: 83.12
Sp.Def: 81.27
Speed: 88.71
Total: 0

Battle properties

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×	None		0×

Characteristics

Defensively, the Flying type is useful for its immunity to the common Template:Type2 move Earthquake and its resistance to Fighting. However, the Flying type's weaknesses aren't uncommon and can often offset the benefits of immunity to Ground, especially due to many dual-type Rock/Ground Pokémon. However, most Flying-types have access to Roost, allowing them to restore their health. Flying-types usually have below average defense stats, making them vulnerable to most physical attacks, super effective or not.

Offensively, Flying-type moves are usually only useful when benefited by same-type attack bonus and for their strength against Template:Type2. The types Flying is super effective against aren't common. In their favor though, most fully evolved Flying-types have above-average Attack and Speed stats. However, having below average Special Attack makes such moves as Air Cutter and Air Slash almost useless, unless used by Flying-type outliers with high Special Attack such as Togekiss or Yanmega.

When used in Contests, Flying-type moves typically become Cool moves, but can also be of the other four Contest types, excluding Tough.

Pokémon

In total, there are sixty-five Pokémon with the Flying type; 44 are fully evolved.

Half Flying-type Pokémon

Secondary Flying-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 006 Charizard Fire Flying 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 021 Spearow Normal Flying 022 Fearow Normal Flying 041 Zubat Poison Flying 042 Golbat Poison Flying 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 084 Doduo Normal Flying 085 Dodrio Normal Flying 123 Scyther Bug Flying 130 Gyarados Water Flying 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 144 Articuno Ice Flying 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 164 Noctowl Normal Flying 165 Ledyba Bug Flying 166 Ledian Bug Flying 169 Crobat Poison Flying 176 Togetic Normal Flying 177 Natu Psychic Flying 178 Xatu Psychic Flying 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 193 Yanma Bug Flying 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 207 Gligar Ground Flying 225 Delibird Ice Flying 226 Mantine Water Flying 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 267 Beautifly Bug Flying 276 Taillow Normal Flying 277 Swellow Normal Flying 278 Wingull Water Flying 279 Pelipper Water Flying 284 Masquerain Bug Flying 291 Ninjask Bug Flying 333 Swablu Normal Flying 334 Altaria Dragon Flying 357 Tropius Grass Flying 373 Salamence Dragon Flying 384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 396 Starly Normal Flying 397 Staravia Normal Flying 398 Staraptor Normal Flying 414 Mothim Bug Flying 415 Combee Bug Flying 416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 430 Honchkrow Dark Flying 441 Chatot Normal Flying 458 Mantyke Water Flying 468 Togekiss Normal Flying 469 Yanmega Bug Flying 472 Gliscor Ground Flying 492 Shaymin* Grass Flying ??? Mamepato Normal Flying ??? Koromori Psychic Flying ??? Wargle Normal Flying ??? Emonga Electric Flying ??? Swana Water Flying

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes Aerial Ace Physical Cool 60 — 20 One target Never misses. Aeroblast Special Cool 100 95% 5 One target Has a high critical hit ratio. Air Cutter Special Cool 55 95% 25 Both foes Has a high critical hit ratio. Air Slash Special Cool 75 95% 20 One target Has a 30% chance of causing the opponent to flinch. Bounce Physical Cute 85 85% 5 One target User jumps the first turn, then strikes the next turn. Has a 30% chance of paralyzing its opponent. Brave Bird Physical Cute 120 100% 15 One target User takes 1/3 recoil damage. Chatter Special Smart 60 100% 20 One target May confuse foe. Drill Peck Physical Cool 80 100% 20 One target No added effect. Fly Physical Smart 90 95% 15 One target In battle: User flies up the first turn, then strikes the next turn. Out of battle: Can be used to fly to visited cities. Gust* Special Smart 40 100% 35 One target Deals double damage to a target using Fly or Bounce. Peck Physical Cool 35 100% 35 One target No added effect. Pluck Physical Cute 60 100% 20 One target If the target has a Berry, the user takes it and uses it. Sky Attack Physical Cool 140 90% 5 One target User charges first turn, then strikes second turn. Has a 30% chance of making the target flinch. Has a high critical hit ratio. Wing Attack Physical Cool 60 100% 35 One target No added effect.

Non-damaging moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes Defog Status Beauty — —% 15 One target In battle: Lowers target's evasion 1 level. Out of battle: Clears thick fog. FeatherDance Status Beauty — 100% 15 One target Lowers target's Attack 2 levels. Mirror Move Status Smart — 100% 20 — User copies the last move that targeted this Pokémon. Roost Status Cool — — 10 User User regains half of its max HP, then loses the Flying type until its next turn. Tailwind Status Smart — — 30 User and Ally Doubles Speed of the user's side for 3 turns.

Trivia

• There are no pure Flying-type Pokémon. No Pokémon has Flying as its primary type, either.
  • This may be due to the fact that if a pure Flying-type used Roost, it would have no type during a turn.
  • With the release of Pokémon Black and White, there is now a pure Flying type.
• The lack of pure or primary Flying type Pokémon may refer to the fact that no creature in real life purely or primarily flies, either. Every creature capable of flight in real life can also halt the flight to do other things such as rest or hunt prey.
• With the Sky Plate held, the legendary Pokémon Arceus is the only Pokémon capable of becoming a pure Flying-type outside of battle.
• Flying is the only type whose immunity can be canceled by an item, the Iron Ball, instead of only via a move.
• The Flying type has been paired with every other type, except the Fighting type.
  • Although Normal is not typically paired up with other types, it is the most common type paired with Flying.
• Currently, all Pokémon with a double weakness to Template:Type2 moves are part Flying-type.
• At least two Normal/Flying Pokemon, at least one Water/Flying Pokemon, and at least two Bug/Flying type Pokemon have been introduced in every generation so far.
  • At least two Normal/Flying and two Bug/Flying Pokemon families are introduced in every generation.
• Strangely, all types that resist Flying (Electric, Rock and Steel) are weak to Ground and all types that resist Ground ( Bug and Grass) are weak to Flying.
• With the introduction of Shaymin's Sky Forme, each generation has introduced at least one part-Flying legendary Pokémon.
• There has been a Flying-type Pokémon introduced in every generation whose name begins with the letters M and S.
• For each possible type combination with a double weakness to Flying there is at least one Pokémon with that type combination. Bug/Grass consist of two Pokémon in the same line and Wormadam Plant Cloak, while Grass/Fighting and Bug/Fighting consist of two single Pokémon respectively.
  • The same is true for Water, Grass and Template:Type2s.
• Several Flying-type moves have nothing to do with the action of flying. Several of them are actually based on what birds can do.
  • Also, the glitch Pokémon Missingno. is of the Template:Type2. This may explain why the Bird-type is in the coding of the Generation I and II games.

In other languages

• Chinese: 飛行 fēixíng
• Dutch: Vliegend
• Finnish: Lento
• French: Vol
• German: Flug
• Hebrew: מעופף meofef
• Italian: Volante
• Japanese: ひこう (飛行) hikou
• Korean: 비행 bihaeng
• Polish: Latający
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Voador
• Russian: Летающий letayuschii
• Spanish: Volador