Fly

In Pokémon ChampionsGen I

Game

Pokémon Champions

FlyingPhysical

Flies up on first turn, then strikes the next turn.

Power: 90
Accuracy: 95%
PP: 15
Hits: Any one Pokémon, even far away

Changes over time

How Fly changed from game to game, newest first.

Gen VI
… Gust, Hurricane, Sky Uppercut, Smack Down, added: Thousand Arrows, Thunder, and Twister, and Gust and …
Gen V
… avoids all attacks other than Gust, added: Hurricane, Sky Uppercut, added: Smack Down, Thunder, and Twister, and Gust and …
Gen IV
Power 70 → 90 Buffed
… doubled power when used against it. added: If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn.
Gen III
… avoids all attacks other than Gust, added: Sky Uppercut, Thunder, added: and Twister, ~~dropped: and Whirlwind,~~ and Gust and Twister have doubled …
Gen II
… user avoids all attacks other than ~~dropped: Bide, Swift,~~ added: Gust, Thunder, Twister, and ~~dropped: Transform. If the user is fully paralyzed on the second turn, it continues avoiding attacks until it switches out or successfully executes the second turn of this move or Dig.~~ added: Whirlwind, and Gust and Twister have doubled power when used against it.

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

This attack charges on the first turn and executes on the second. On the first turn, the user avoids all attacks other than Gust, Hurricane, Sky Uppercut, Smack Down, Thousand Arrows, Thunder, and Twister, and Gust and Twister have doubled power when used against it. If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn.

Makes contact
Takes a turn to charge

“The user flies up into the sky on the first turn, then attacks on the next turn.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Good to know

Makes contact: Rough Skin, Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet hurt the attacker; Protective Pads prevents it.Contact moves
Charges for a turn before attacking; Power Herb skips the wait once.Charging moves
Can't be used while Gravity is in effect.
Can't be used through: Assist, Sleep Talk, Instruct.