Move card

Air Slash

Stats and effect
Flying Special
Power 75
Accuracy 95%
PP 15
Priority 0
Effect

Has a chance to make the target flinch.

Target: Selected target Introduced: Generation IV (Sinnoh) Effect chance: 30% Learned by 178 Pokémon
Move mechanics
  • Flinch 30% chance The target may lose its turn — this only works if it has not moved yet.
Move properties
  • Long range — In Triple Battles it also reaches the far opponent.
Changes between games

Some moves had different values in earlier games. Below you can see what changed and from which game the value you see now applies.

Changes to move values between game releases.
Game Prop­erty Before
X/Y PP 20
  • PP 15 now

Each row is one change in one game. The Property column says what changed, Before shows the value that applied before that game, and Now is the value today. In X/Y, “PP” was 20; it is now 15.

Machines that teach this move
  • TM95 Sword/Shield
  • TM65 Scarlet/Violet

The same move has different numbers in different games — check the number for your version before going after the machine.

Pokémon that learn this move (178)

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The tiles cover all games at once. “From Lv.” is the level from the latest game in which that species learns this move by level-up — hover over the number to see which game. No number means it never learns the move by level-up.