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Fly

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Fly
Charizard flying
Fly in Brawl.
User Charizard
Universe Pokémon
Article on Bulbapedia Fly (move)

Fly (そらをとぶ, Sora o tobu or Fly to the Sky) is Charizard's up special move. Performing the move makes Charizard rise up while surrounded in flames, setting anyone that makes contact with it ablaze. The ending hitbox has somewhat forceful knockback, which can make this move good for juggling. Frames 4-13 of this attack provide launch resistance. This can be most easily shown by performing this move next to a Smart Bomb; Charizard will take all damage he would normally but will not be knocked back.

Description from the Instruction Booklet

Attack while soaring upwards. Good for recoveries.

Origins

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The two turns of Fly in Generation IV Pokémon games.

This attack has its origin in all the Pokémon RPG games for handhelds. As HM02 in all generations, it can allow the user to travel from town to town very easily provided that a Pokémon knows it, the badge that allows its use outside of battle, and the player has been to the city or town they are flying to. Due to this, many players have Flying Pokémon on hand to cross long distances in seconds. However, Fly cannot travel directly from region to region (for example, directly traveling from Johto to Kanto in Heartgold/Soulsilver). In battle, Fly is a physical Flying-type attack that normally has 70 base power prior to Generation IV, where the moves base power changed to 90, with 95% accuracy. It also a two-turn move which allows the user to avoid almost any attack on the first turn and then deals damage to a single opponent on the second. The moves this attack can't dodge are Thunder, Gust, Twister, Whirlwind, and Sky Uppercut. Interestingly, the move in Brawl seems to be a real-time interpretation of its in-game stats in the Pokémon games, as it leaves the user vulnerable if it misses, but its modest power is decent enough for moderate risk of use.

Use by other Pokémon

  • Moltres - Comparable to Charizard's fly, as Moltres will fly straight upwards, inflicting flame damage and very high knockback to anyone that touches it.
  • Mew, Celebi & Jirachi - The Smash Bros. Dojo lists these three Pokémon as using the move Fly, but while they are flying away, they are not attacking, just dropping collectibles as they leave the stage (CD's, Trophies and Stickers, respectively). Of these three Pokémon, only Mew can learn Fly in the Pokémon games.

Trivia

  • Despite what the Super Smash Bros Brawl Instruction Booklet claims, Fly is actually considered a poor recovery move. This also applies to Wario's Corkscrew.
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