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Brave Bird

In Pokémon ChampionsGen IV

Game

Pokémon Champions

FlyingPhysical

Has 33% .

Power: 120
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 15
Hits: Any one Pokémon, even far away
On Showdown: 1.6% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Changes over time

How Brave Bird changed from game to game, newest first.

Gen V
… user takes recoil damage equal to ~~dropped: 1/3~~ added: 33% the HP lost by the target, rounded ~~dropped: down,~~ added: half up, but not less than 1 HP.

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

If the target lost HP, the user takes damage equal to 33% the HP lost by the target, rounded half up, but not less than 1 HP.

Makes contact

“The user tucks in its wings and charges at a low altitude. This also damages the user quite a lot.”
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
The user takes recoil: 33% of the damage dealt. Reckless boosts it; Rock Head and Magic Guard prevent the recoil.Recoil moves

Who runs Brave Bird on Showdown

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.

On the ladder today

Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Brave Bird among their most used moves.

#156Hisuian Decidueye

#212Squawkabilly

#213Yellow Plumage Squawkabilly

#230Farfetch’d

Who learns Brave Bird

20 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

All 63 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →