Brave Bird (move)

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Brave Bird
ブレイブバード Brave Bird

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Battles

Type	Flying
Category	Physical
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	120
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

Availability

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

Super Contests

Condition	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cute
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

Brave Bird (Japanese: ブレイブバード Brave Bird) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Brave Bird inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to 1/3 of the damage done to the target.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0257	Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	49
0396	Starly	Normal	Flying	37
0397	Staravia	Normal	Flying	43
0398	Staraptor	Normal	Flying	49
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

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" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0084 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Doduo
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0227 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skarmory
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0276 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Taillow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Starly, Staravia, Staraptor

|- | 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. |} |}

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
File:AshStaraviaBraveBird2.jpg Staravia File:ReggieStaraptorBraveBird2.jpg Staraptor
The Pokémon flies up, closes its wings as it flies, combusts into flames, and dives down on the foe. The fire then disappears and the user is covered by a blue aura. The user strikes the foe.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Staravia flies up, closes its wings as it flies, combusts into flames, and dives down on the foe. The fire then disappears and Staravia is covered by a blue aura. It strikes the foe.
Ash's Staravia	Crossing the Battle Line!	Debut
	Same as Staravia.
Ash's Staraptor	Crossing the Battle Line!	None

Trivia

Blaziken is the only Pokémon to learn Brave Bird that is not of the Template:Type2, while the Zubat evolution family are the only Pokémon to learn it that aren't based on birds.