Aerial Ace (move)
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| Aerial Ace つばめがえし Swallow Return | ||||||||||||
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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
Generations III and 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 | |||||||||
| 021 | 
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Spearow | Normal | Flying | 25 | 17 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| 022 | 
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Fearow | Normal | Flying | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||
| 083 | 
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Farfetch'd | Normal | Flying | 13 | 13 | 9 | |||||
| 214 | 
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Heracross | Bug | Fighting | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 276 | 
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Taillow | Normal | Flying | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 21 | ||||
| 277 | 
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Swellow | Normal | Flying | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 21 | ||||
| 278 | 
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Wingull | Water | Flying | 42 | 42 | 42 29 | |||||
| 396 | 
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Starly | Normal | Flying | 25 | 25 | 25 | |||||
| 397 | 
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Staravia | Normal | Flying | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||||
| 398 | 
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Staraptor | Normal | Flying | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||||
| 580 | 
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Ducklett | Water | Flying | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| 581 | 
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Swanna | Water | Flying | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| 627 | 
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Rufflet | Normal | Flying | 23 | 23 | ||||||
| 628 | 
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Braviary | Normal | Flying | 23 | 23 | ||||||
| 673 | 
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Gogoat | Grass | 1, 65 | ||||||||
| 679 | 
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Honedge | Steel | Ghost | 22 | |||||||
| 680 | 
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Doublade | Steel | Ghost | 22 | |||||||
| 681 | 
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Aegislash | Steel | Ghost | 1 | |||||||
| 701 | 
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Hawlucha | Fighting | Flying | 16 | |||||||
| 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
Special move
Generation IV
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In other games
Description
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In the anime
 Swellow  Gabite  Emolga  Greninja | |||
| The user is engulfed by light and hits the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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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 | |
| Ash's Starly | A Staravia is Born! | 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 flies into the air and does a flip. 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 flies 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. | ||
| Soren's Braviary | A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team! | 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 | Strong Strategy Steals the Show! | None | |
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Frogadier jumps up with a high burst and dives on the opponent with a blue punch. It can follow up the attack with a series of kicks. Sometimes, Frogadier's arms turn into long blue knives, and repeatedly slashes the opponent with them. | ||
| Ash's Frogadier | A Stealthy Challenge! | None | |
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Ash-Greninja's arms or legs glow light blue and it hits its opponent with them. | ||
| Ash's Ash-Greninja | Meeting at Terminus Cave! | None | |
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Greninja's arms or legs glow light blue and it hits its opponent with them. It may also use the light blue glow on its hands to create an "X" shaped energy slash that is also light blue and sends the slash towards its opponent. | ||
| Ash's Greninja | A Cellular Connection! | None | |
In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
 Swellow
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| The user slams its body into the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Swellow charges forward in the air and flies down into the opponent. | ||
| Ash's Swellow | Battle Till The End! Drake, One Of The Elite Four!! | Debut | |
In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga
 Swanna
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| The user slams its body into the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Swanna charges at the opponent. | ||
| A Pokémon Ranger's Swanna | The Battle for More Friends! | Debut | |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
 Braviary  Vigoroth  Lairon and Tropius | |||
| The user slams its body into the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Vigoroth charges at the opponent and delivers multiple slashes with its claws. | ||
| Norman's Vigoroth | Brushing Past Breloom | Debut | |
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Lairon lunges at the opponent and slashes it with its claws. | ||
| Sapphire's Rono | Master Class with Masquerain | None | |
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Tropius charges at the opponent and smashes it with its neck. | ||
| Sapphire's Troppy | Master Class with Masquerain | None | |
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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 | |
- Chatler was revealed to know Aerial Ace in Magnificent Meditite & Really Riolu II but it was not shown using the move.
In other generations
Trivia
- This move is based on and named after Sasaki Kojiro's "Turning Swallow Cut" sword technique, so named due to its resemblance to the motion of a swallow's tail in flight, and is usually construed as a quick upward slash followed by a second one down the same direction, same as the move's animation. This is the reason why the Honedge evolution line is able to learn this move.
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 | |
| Generation VI 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 (XY • ORAS) • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100 | |
| Generation VI HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06ORAS • 07ORAS | |
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