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Brave Bird (Japanese: ブレイブバード Brave Bird) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Generation IV. It is TR66 in Generation VIII.

Effect

Brave Bird inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to ⅓ of the damage done to the target. If the user inflicts no damage (such as if Disguise takes the damage), they do not take recoil damage.

Brave Bird can hit non-adjacent opponents in Triple Battles.

Description

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In other games

Brave Bird inflicts damage to the enemy and the user receives recoil. In Gates to Infinity and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, the recoil damage is 20% of the user's max HP, rather than being affected by the damage dealt to the enemy.

> Stars: ★★★★★ Power: 58 Accuracy: 100% Effect: Lowers the user's Defense and limits range to 1 on its next turn, regardless of any Abilities or items that would normally increase range. Users: Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.

Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.

Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.

A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

In Pokémon GO, Brave Bird is a Charged Attack that has been available since February 16, 2017.

Gyms & Raids

July 27, 2020 Power : 90 → 130



Trainer Battles

July 27, 2020 Power : 90 → 130 Secondary effect added



Description

Games Description MD T D S Inflicts damage on the target, but it also hurts the user. B S L てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえるが じぶんも ダメージをうけてしまう Conq. The user tucks in its wings and charges from a low altitude. The user is weakened for one turn. MD GtI It damages an enemy, but you receive recoil damage, too. S MD It damages an enemy, but you'll receive recoil damage, too.

In the anime

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Staraptor The user rams into the opponent with a great speed. Pokémon Method User First Chapter Used In Notes Staraptor Staraptor flies towards the opponent at a high speed and slams into it at full force. As it flies, a stream of energy is left behind it. Jun's Staraptor Look for Giratina! Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Trivia

Sky Attack and Brave Bird share similar in-game animations in Generation IV and V; the only major difference is that the former has a blue aura, and the latter has a red aura. This was * reversed in the anime. In the Japanese version, there are even more similarities with Sky Attack being named "God Bird."

reversed in the anime. In the anime and Pokémon Adventures, Pokémon are shown with their wings spread out when Brave Bird connects, but the in-game descriptions state that the user tucks in its wings.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 勇鳥猛攻 Yúhngníuh Máahnggūng *

神鳥特攻 Sàhnníuh Dahkgūng * Mandarin 勇鳥猛攻 / 勇鸟猛攻 Yǒngniǎo Měnggōng *

神鳥特攻 / 神鸟特攻 Shénniǎo Tègōng * Dutch Lefvogel French Rapace German Sturzflug Greek Ριψοκίνδυνη Πτήση Hindi जलता परिंदा Jalta Parinda Indonesian Burung Pemberani Italian Baldeali Korean 브레이브버드 Brave Bird Polish Dzielny Ptak Portuguese Brazil Pássaro Bravo (games, BW099-present, TCG, manga)

Fúria dos Pássaros (early anime) Portugal Ave de Rapina Romanian Pasăre Curajoasă Spanish Latin America Ave Brava Spain Pájaro Osado Turkish Cesur Kuş Vietnamese Chim Can Đảm

















