Flying (type)

The **Flying type** is one of the eighteen types. Flying-type moves are super-effective against Bug-, Fighting- and Grass-type Pokémon, while Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Electric-, Ice- and Rock-type moves.

## Battle properties

Flying-type Pokémon are not considered grounded for effects that affect grounded Pokémon (e.g. entry hazards). If they lose their ungrounded status by methods like holding Iron Ball or being under the effect of moves Ingrain, Gravity, Smack Down or Thousand Arrows they also lose their immunity to Ground type moves. Holding Ring Target makes them lose their type immunity to Ground type moves, but keeps ungrounded status for other effects.

## Characteristics

### Defense

In addition to being immune to Ground-type attacks and Arena Trap, Flying-type Pokémon are unaffected by Rototiller and all entry hazards (except Stealth Rock). Flying-type Pokémon also cannot absorb Toxic Spikes simply by switching in and do not receive the benefits from terrains (though they can still use Seeds). These immunities, as well as the immunity to Arena Trap, are removed when a Flying-type Pokémon is grounded by Ingrain, Gravity, Smack Down, Thousand Arrows or Iron Ball. Sky Drop can pick up a Flying-type target and make it unable to move. On the next turn, Sky Drop will fail and free the target, even if the target is grounded.

When a Flying-type uses Roost, it temporarily loses its Flying type for a turn. If a pure Flying-type Pokémon uses Roost, then it will become a Normal type.

Flying-type Pokémon, on average, have the highest Speed of all Pokémon and of fully evolved Pokémon.

### Offense

Flying-type attacks are very powerful combined with some other attacking types, most notably Ground. Ground is strong against every type that resists Flying, and vice versa, so this combination is resisted only by Flying-type Pokémon whose other type resists Flying (such as an Electric/Flying Pokémon).

The effectiveness of the move Flying Press is calculated by multiplying the effectiveness of its move type (usually Fighting) and the Flying type.

## Pokémon

There are 6 Flying-type Pokémon or 18.75% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Flying-type in at least one of their forms), making it the 4th most common type after Grass and before Psychic. All other types have been paired up with Flying at least once, becoming the first type to have this trait, followed by Water, Psychic and Fighting.

The Pokémon below are listed by their current types.

## Moves

* Flying Press is a Fighting-type move that works like Fighting and Flying-type move, although all other effects like STAB treat it like Fighting-type move.

## Abilities

### Interacting with the Flying type

A Pokémon with Protean or Libero will become a Flying-type Pokémon if it uses a Flying-type move. A Pokémon with Color Change, Imposter, RKS System or Multitype will become a Flying-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with a Flying-type move, is sent out against a Flying-type opponent, is holding a Flying Memory or is holding a Sky Plate or Flyinium Z.

Flying-type Pokémon are immune to Arena Trap.

### Exclusive Abilities

Only Flying-type Pokémon have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.

## Notable Flying-type Trainers

*Main page: Category:Flying-type Trainers*

## Trivia

* Kanto and Johto introduced more Flying-type Pokémon than any other region, each with 19. Kalos and Alola introduced the fewest Flying-type Pokémon, with eight.
* Flying is the last Pokémon type to feature:
	+ A single-typed Pokémon, with Tornadus.
	+ A dual-typed Pokémon with its type as the primary type, with Noibat and Noivern.
* Flying is the first type to be paired with every other type, being followed thereafter by six more (namely, Water, Psychic and Fighting).
* Despite the name of the type suggesting that all Pokémon that can fly have that type, there are Pokémon who can fly who are not of the Flying type such as Vikavolt. Additionally there are Pokémon with this type who cannot fly at all such as Natu.
* All Flying-type moves are eligible to be used in Sky Battles.
* Flying and Ground are tied with having the fewest notable type experts, with only four each.
* Flying and Poison are the only types to have at least one Pokémon in every Egg Group (not counting the Ditto Egg Group).