Steel · Physical move · Gen 2
Steel Wing
Steel Wing is a Steel-type physical move introduced in Generation 2. It has 70 base power and 90% accuracy, with 25 PP (40 with PP Max). 106 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Steel
Category
Physical
Power
70
Accuracy
90%
PP
25 (max 40)
Priority
0
Effect
10% chance to raise the user's Defense by 1. Has a 10% chance to raise the user's Defense by 1 stage.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Makes contact
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (7 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (24 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (10 Pokémon)
Type matchups as a Steel attack
2× vsIceRockFairy
½× vsFireWaterElectricSteel
Pokémon that learn Steel Wing
106 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 | ✓ | 3–4, 6–8 | |||
| Normal/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 3–7 | |||
| Normal/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Poison/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Poison/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 3–8 | ||
| Fighting | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Normal/Flying | 3–4, 6–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 3–4, 6–7 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Rock/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 3–8 | ||
| Ice/Flying | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Electric/Flying | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Fighting/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Fire/Flying | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Dark/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | 3–4, 6–8 | |||
| Psychic | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Poison/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Fairy/Flying | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 3–4, 6–7 | ||||
| Dark/Flying | 3–4, 6–7 | ||||
| Ground/Flying | 3–4, 6–7 | ||||
| Bug/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 3–8 | ||
| Ice/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Steel/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Psychic/Flying | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Fire/Flying | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 3–4, 6–8 | |||
| Ground/Dragon | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Ground/Dragon | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Grass/Flying | 3–4, 6–7 | ||||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | 3–4, 6–8 | |||
| Dragon/Psychic | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Dragon/Psychic | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Water/Steel | ✓ | 4, 6–7 | |||
| Normal/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4–7 | |||
| Dark/Flying | 3–4, 6–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Fairy/Flying | 3–4, 6–8 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 3–4, 6–7 | ||||
| Ground/Flying | ✓ | 3–4, 6–7 | |||
| Ghost/Dragon | 4, 6–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 6–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 6–8 | ||||
| Bug/Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Psychic | 6–8 | ||||
| Psychic | 6–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 6–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 6–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 6–8 | ||||
| Dark/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Dark/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Dragon/Fire | 6–8 | ||||
| Dragon/Electric | 6–8 | ||||
| Dragon/Ice | 6–8 | ||||
| Dragon/Ice | 6–8 | ||||
| Dragon/Ice | 6–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Fighting/Flying | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Flying/Dragon | 6–8 | ||||
| Flying/Dragon | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Dark/Flying | 6–8 | ||||
| Grass/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Normal/Flying | 7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 7 | |||
| Fire/Flying | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal/Dragon | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Electric/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Flying/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | |
| Flying/Water | 8 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | ||
| Dragon/Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Dragon/Ghost | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Bug/Rock | 3–8 |
Steel Wing FAQ
What does Steel Wing do?
Steel Wing is a Steel-type physical move with 70 power. Has a 10% chance to raise the user's Defense by 1 stage.
Which Pokémon can learn Steel Wing?
106 Pokémon and forms can learn Steel Wing in at least one game: 7 in Scarlet & Violet, 24 in Pokémon Champions and 10 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Charizard, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Spearow and Fearow.
Is Steel Wing in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 24 Pokémon can use Steel Wing in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Steel Wing super effective against?
As a Steel-type attack, Steel Wing is super effective against Ice, Rock and Fairy, not very effective against Fire, Water, Electric 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.