Flying · Special move · Gen 4
Air Slash
Air Slash is a Flying-type special move introduced in Generation 4. It has 75 base power and 95% accuracy, with 15 PP (24 with PP Max). 150 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Flying
Category
Special
Power
75
Accuracy
95%
PP
15 (max 24)
Priority
0
Effect
30% chance to make the target flinch. Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
- Targets
- Any one Pokémon (even non-adjacent)
- Properties
- Slicing move (Sharpness)
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (111 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (33 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (39 Pokémon)
Type matchups as a Flying attack
2× vsGrassFightingBug
½× vsElectricRockSteel
Pokémon that learn Air Slash
150 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | |
| Bug/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 4–8 | ||
| Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Poison/Flying | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Poison/Flying | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Bug/Poison | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 4–8 | ||
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Ice/Flying | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Dark/Flying | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | |
| Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Bug/Flying | 7 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 7 | ||||
| Poison/Flying | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Psychic/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 6–8 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Dark/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Bug/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | |
| Ice/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Water/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Steel/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | |
| Water | ✓ | 4, 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass/Dark | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Bug/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Bug | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Bug | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ground/Dragon | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Ground/Dragon | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass/Flying | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | ||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | |
| Dragon/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Dragon/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Water/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Bug/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ghost/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dark/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Fairy/Flying | 4–8 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Psychic/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Electric/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | |
| Grass | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Water/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Normal/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug/Grass | 5–7 | ||||
| Bug/Grass | 5–7 | ||||
| Bug/Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Electric/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
| Dark/Steel | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dark/Steel | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Dark/Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Dark/Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Bug/Fire | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Steel/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Rock/Fighting | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel/Ghost | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Fighting/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Flying/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Flying/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Dark/Flying | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Grass/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Bug/Electric | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Normal | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Steel/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Steel | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Dragon | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Flying/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | |
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Flying/Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Ice/Bug | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Fairy | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Bug/Rock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | |
| Water | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Electric/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Electric/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Flying/Dark | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Flying/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Dark/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Dark/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fire/Poison | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dragon/Dark | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Poison/Fairy | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Rock/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 9 |
Air Slash FAQ
What does Air Slash do?
Air Slash is a Flying-type special move with 75 power. Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Which Pokémon can learn Air Slash?
150 Pokémon and forms can learn Air Slash in at least one game: 111 in Scarlet & Violet, 33 in Pokémon Champions and 39 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Charizard, Butterfree, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot and Clefable.
Is Air Slash in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 33 Pokémon can use Air Slash in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Air Slash super effective against?
As a Flying-type attack, Air Slash is super effective against Grass, Fighting and Bug, not very effective against Electric, Rock and Steel (unless its effect says otherwise).
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.