Brave Bird (move)

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

Effect
Brave Bird inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to ⅓ of the damage done to the target. If the user inflicts no damage (such as if takes the damage), they do not take recoil damage.

Brave Bird can hit non-adjacent opponents in Triple Battles.

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Brave Bird inflicts damage to the enemy and the user receives recoil. In Gates to Infinity and, the recoil damage is 20% of the user's max HP, rather than being affected by the damage dealt to the enemy.

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Trivia

 * and Brave Bird share similar in-game animations in Generation IV and ; the only major difference is that the former has a blue aura, and the latter has a red aura. This was reversed in the anime.
 * In the Japanese version, there are even more similarities with Sky Attack being named "God Bird."
 * In the anime and Pokémon Adventures, Pokémon are shown with their wings spread out when Brave Bird connects, but the in-game descriptions state that the user tucks in its wings.

In other languages
Sturzflug Pájaro osado Rapace Baldeali ブレイブバード 勇鸟猛攻（招式）