Best Flying Type Pokemon

Flying Type Pokemon are strong against Grass, Fighting, and Bug Type Pokemon. Learn what are the best Flying Type Pokemon you can get your hands on in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV)!

Best Flying-type Pokemon for Tera Raids

Best Flying-type Pokemon for Tera Raids
Gyarados	Corviknight	Charizard

Gyarados

Gyarados Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Def: 4		Sp.Atk: 252
Ability	Moveset
Intimidate	・ Rain Dance ・ Hurricane ・ Taunt ・ Chilling Water
Held Item
Damp Rock

Hurricane and Terastallizing into a Flying Tera Type can dish out massive damage, which is the main strategy behind this Gyarados build. Letting it use Rain Dance will ensure that Hurricane will always hit due to rain being active on the field.

Gyarados Best Tera Raid Build

Corviknight

Corviknight Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Impish (↑ Def, ↓ Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 4		Def: 252
Ability	Moveset
Mirror Armor	・ Screech ・ Fake Tears ・ Fly ・ Roost
Held Item
Leftovers

Corviknight can assume the role of a tank in Tera Raids thanks to its high Defense stat. It can provide support with Screech and Fake Tears while its Ability Mirror Armor reflects any stat drops it receives to the raid boss.

During the raid, Corviknight can hold Leftovers to regain health even during mid-turns whenever it uses Fly, its main attacking move.

Corviknight Best Tera Raid Build

Charizard

Charizard Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk 252		Sp. Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Blaze	・ Belly Drum ・ Acrobatics ・ Earthquake ・ Sleep Talk / Flare Blitz
Held Item
Sitrus Berry

This physical attacker build for Charizard capitalizes on Attack boosts from Belly Drum and using Acrobatics.

Using Belly Drum will force Charizard to consume its held Sitrus Berry, doubling the base power of Acrobatics as it is no longer holding any item after eating the Berry. This can be powered up even further when it is able to Terastallize with a Flying Tera Type.

Charizard Best Tera Raid Build

Best Flying-type Pokemon for Competitive Ranked Battle

Best Flying-type Pokemon for Ranked Battles
Dragonite	Talonflame	Corviknight

Dragonite

	Dragonite Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 4 / Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 167 / Atk 204 / Def 115 / Sp.Def 120 / Spe 132
Ability	Multiscale
Tera Type
Held Item	Lum Berry
Moveset	・ Extreme Speed ・ Tera Blast ・ Ice Spinner ・ Protect

Dragonite can take advantage of having a Flying Tera Type with a boosted Tera Blast, which can easily knock out Pokemon who are vulnerable to physical attacks thanks to its high Attack stat.

Dragonite Movesets and Best Builds

Talonflame

	Talonflame Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Jolly (↑ Spe, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	Atk 252 / Sp.Def 4 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 153 / Atk 133/ Def 91 / Sp.Def 90 / Spe 195
Ability	Gale Wings
Tera Type
Held Item	Wide Lens
Moveset	・ Brave Bird ・ Will-O-Wisp ・ Tailwind ・ Taunt

This Talonflame build is aimed to immediately set up Tailwind for its teammates so that they can quickly go on the offense. This is done with Talonflame's Ability Gale Wings gives priority to both Tailwind and Brave Bird.
Talonflame Movesets and Best Builds

Corviknight

	Corviknight Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Impish (↑ Def, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Def 252 / Sp.Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 205 / Atk 107 / Def 172 / Sp.Def 106 / Spe 87
Ability	Pressure
Tera Type
Held Item	Rocky Helmet
Moveset	・ Brave Bird ・ U-turn ・ Taunt ・ Roost

Corviknight's typing and stats makes it an excellent tank who can receive damage from most Pokemon. It can utilize Taunt and Roost as a combo to effectively prevent opponents from using status moves to setup, recover HP or inflict status conditions.

Additionally, after Terastallizing with a Flying Tera Type, it can use Roost whenever it can without losing its Flying-type, which opens up an opportunity to cycle between attacking with Brave Bird and healing with Roost.

Corviknight Movesets and Best Builds

Best Flying-type Pokemon for Story Playthrough

Best Flying-type Pokemon for the Story
Kilowattrel	Corviknight	Flamigo

Kilowattrel

	Kilowattrel Best Build for the Story
Nature	Timid (↑ Spe, ↓ Atk)
EV Spread	Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability	Wind Power
Tera Type
Held Item	Wise Glasses
Moveset	・ Electro Ball ・ Air Slash ・ Thunderbolt ・ Agility

This story playthrough build for Kilowattrel capitalizes on its high Speed stat to quickly deal with opposing Pokemon with Air Slash, which can potentially cause the target to flinch. Letting it hold Wise Glasses will boost the power of this move.

Kilowattrel Learnset, How to Get, and Evolution

Corviknight

	Corviknight Best Build for the Story
Nature	Impish (↑ Def, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	Atk 252 / Def 252
Ability	Pressure
Tera Type
Held Item	Muscle Band
Moveset	・ Steel Wing ・ Drill Peck ・ Iron Defense ・ Hone Claws

This builds aims to make Corviknight a tanky Pokemon who can easily take on story battles without breaking a sweat. Letting it hold Muscle Band will boost the power of its physical moves, like Drill Peck, which is its Flying-type STAB move for this build.

Corviknight Learnset, How to Get, and Evolution

Flamigo

	Flamigo Best Build for the Story
Nature	Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability	Scrappy
Tera Type
Held Item	None
Moveset	・ Close Combat ・ Acrobatics ・ U-turn ・ Bulk Up

Flamigo is a great physical attacker to use in story playthroughs. Its high Attack stat allows it to easily deal huge damage to opposing Pokemon, which you can improve if you can get some Bulk Up buffs.

For this build, you can let Flamigo not hold any items so you can immediately use a boosted Acrobatics.

Flamigo is also the Pokemon that several speedrunners use to clear the game as quickly as possible.

Flamigo Location, Evolution, and Learnset

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Flying

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Flying
Roaring Moon	Kingambit	Tyranitar

Roaring Moon

	Roaring Moon Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Adamant (↑ Spe, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 244 / Atk 4 / Def 100 / Sp.Def 132 / Spe 28
Final Stat Values	HP 211 / Atk 176 / Def 104 / Sp.Def 138 / Spe 143
Ability	Protosynthesis
Tera Type
Held Item	Booster Energy
Moveset	・ Dragon Dance ・ Acrobatics ・ Roost ・ Earthquake

This is a bulkier offensive build for Roaring Moon that allows it to survive neutral hits so that it can set up more times with Dragon Dance. While this requires more turns to set up, it can stay on the field for a longer time.

It also uses its held Booster Energy on its own, which boosts the power of Acrobatics and even more so once it Terastallizes with a Flying Tera Type.

Roaring Moon Movesets and Best Builds

Kingambit

	Kingambit Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Atk 252 / Sp.Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 207 / Atk 205 / Def 140 / Sp.Def 106 / Spe 70
Ability	Supreme Overlord
Tera Type
Held Item	Assault Vest
Moveset	・ Sucker Punch ・ Kowtow Cleave ・ Iron Head ・ Tera Blast

Kingambit's Supreme Overlord Ability gives it a 10% Attack and Special Attack increase for each fainted Pokemon on the team. This allows it to reach a maximum 50% boost in a 6v6 Singles team if Kingambit is the last Pokemon left standing making it one of the strongest revenge killers in the metagame.

Allowing it to have a Flying Tera Type will remove its vulnerability to Fighting-type attacks, as it is normally 4x weak to those moves.

Kingambit Movesets and Best Builds

Tyranitar

	Tyranitar Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Atk 252 / Sp.Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 207 / Atk 204 / Def 130 / Sp.Def 121 / Spe 81
Ability	Sand Stream
Tera Type
Held Item	Clear Amulet
Moveset	・ Crunch ・ Rock Slide ・ Dragon Dance ・ Protect

Tyranitar can set up a sweep after a successful Dragon Dance. It can be content by simply attacking with Rock Slide every turn after a single Dragon Dance, with Crunch as another STAB option that is useful against Pokemon weak to Dark-type moves.

Tyranitar can have a Flying tera Type to eliminate its 4x weakness to Fighting-type moves.

Best Tera Type for Flying-type Pokemon

Flying Tera Type

Flying-type Pokemon will benefit from Terastallizing to their own type primarily to boost the power of Flying-type attacks. Doing so will also get rid of the weaknesses of its other type, if there are any.

Ground Tera Type

A defensive Ground Tera Type for Flying-type Pokemon will allow them to be immune to the most common Electric-type moves that are used to counter Flying-type Pokemon and help them resist Rock-type attacks.

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Ground with Ground Tera Shards.

Steel Tera Type

Another viable defensive Tera Type for Flying-type Pokemon is Steel, which helps them resist Ice and Rock-type moves and neutralize damage from Electric-type attacks.

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Steel with Steel Tera Shards.

Best Pokemon to Terastallize

Best Flying Type Pokemon By Base Stat

Best Flying Type Pokemon by Base Stats

Pokémon	H	A	B	C	D	S	Total
Rayquaza	105	150	90	150	90	95	680
Shaymin (Sky Forme)	100	103	75	120	75	127	600
Dragonite	91	134	95	100	100	80	600
Salamence	95	135	80	110	80	100	600
Landorus (Therian Forme)	89	145	90	105	80	91	600
Landorus (Incarnate Forme)	89	125	90	115	80	101	600
Tornadus (Therian Forme)	79	100	80	110	90	121	580
Articuno	90	85	100	95	125	85	580
Galarian Articuno	90	85	85	125	100	95	580
Zapdos	90	90	85	125	90	100	580
Galarian Zapdos	90	125	90	85	90	100	580
Moltres	90	100	90	125	85	90	580
Galarian Moltres	90	85	90	100	125	90	580
Tornadus (Incarnate Forme)	79	115	70	125	80	111	580
Thundurus (Incarnate Forme)	79	115	70	125	80	111	580
Thundurus (Therian Forme)	79	105	70	145	80	101	580
Enamorus (Incarnate Forme)	74	115	70	135	80	106	580
Enamorus (Therian Forme)	74	115	110	135	100	46	580
Iron Jugulis	94	80	86	122	80	108	570
Gyarados	95	125	79	60	100	81	540
Noivern	85	70	80	97	80	123	535
Charizard	78	84	78	109	85	100	534
Fan Rotom	50	65	107	105	107	86	520
Yanmega	86	76	86	116	56	95	515
Gliscor	75	95	125	45	75	95	510
Mandibuzz	110	65	105	55	95	80	510
Braviary	100	123	75	57	75	80	510
Honchkrow	100	125	52	105	52	71	505
Minior (Core)	60	100	60	100	60	120	500
Hawlucha	78	92	75	74	63	118	500
Flamigo	82	115	74	75	64	90	500
Talonflame	78	81	71	74	69	126	499
Drifblim	150	80	44	90	54	80	498
Corviknight	98	87	105	53	85	67	495
Kilowattrel	70	70	60	105	60	125	490
Altaria	75	70	90	70	105	80	490
Bombirdier	70	103	85	60	85	82	485
Toucannon	80	120	75	75	75	60	485
Staraptor	85	120	70	50	60	100	485
Oricorio (Sensu Style)	75	70	70	98	70	93	476
Oricorio (Pom-Pom Style)	75	70	70	98	70	93	476
Oricorio (Pa'u Style)	75	70	70	98	70	93	476
Oricorio (Baile Style)	75	70	70	98	70	93	476
Cramorant	70	85	55	85	95	85	475
Vespiquen	70	80	102	80	102	40	474
Swanna	75	87	63	87	63	98	473
Dodrio	60	110	70	60	60	110	470
Skarmory	65	80	140	40	70	70	465
Jumpluff	75	55	70	55	95	110	460
Tropius	99	68	83	72	87	51	460
Masquerain	70	60	62	100	82	80	454
Noctowl	100	50	50	86	96	70	452
Minior (Meteor Form)	60	60	100	60	100	60	440
Pelipper	60	50	100	95	70	65	440
Squawkabilly	82	96	51	45	51	92	417
Vivillon	80	52	50	90	50	89	411
Delibird	45	55	45	65	45	75	330

This is a list of fully-evolved Flying-type Pokemon by total base stats. For a full comparison of all Pokemon including unevolved forms, try our List of Pokemon by Base Stats.

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