Fly

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Fly
Fly in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
User	Charizard
Universe	Pokémon
Article on Bulbapedia	Fly (move)

Fly (そらをとぶ, Spring to the Sky) is Charizard's up special move. Performing the move makes Charizard rise up while surrounded in flames, setting anyone that makes contact with it ablaze. The ending hitbox has somewhat forceful knockback, which can make this move good for juggling. Frames 4-13 of this attack provide launch resistance. This can be most easily shown by performing this move next to a Smart Bomb; Charizard will take all damage it would normally but will not be knocked back. The move is considered poor for recoveries, gaining poor horizontal distance and suffering from 30 frames of the landing lag glitch.

Description from the Brawl Instruction Booklet

Attack while soaring upwards. Good for recoveries.

Description from the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Foldout

Spiral into the sky, and hit opponents multiple times.

Origin

Fly is a physical Flying-type move in the Pokémon games. As HM02 in all generations, it can be used outside of battle to allow the player to travel to previously visited locations if a Pokémon in the player's party knows the move. In battle, Fly has 70 base power prior to Generation IV, where the move's base power changed to 90, with 95% accuracy. It is a two-turn move which allows the user to avoid almost any attack on the first turn and then deals damage to a single opponent on the second; moves such as Thunder and Twister, however, can still hit Pokémon using Fly. Because it takes two turns to attack, the move is generally deemed useless for competitive play.

Charizard can learn Fly via HM02 in all games in the series from Pokémon Yellow onwards.

Customization

Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the known variations:

1. Rising Cyclone: Doesn't travel as high, but sucks in and launches foes.
2. Fly High: Increased flight distance, but cannot deal any damage.

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  Rising Cyclone in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

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  Fly High in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

• RisingCycloneWiiU.jpg

  Rising Cyclone in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• FlyHighWiiU.jpg

  Fly High in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Use by other Pokémon

• Moltres - Comparable to Charizard's fly, as Moltres will fly straight upwards, inflicting flame damage and very high knockback to anyone that touches it.
• Mew, Celebi & Jirachi - The Smash Bros. Dojo lists these three Pokémon as using the move Fly, but while they are flying away, they are not attacking, just dropping collectibles as they leave the stage (CD's, Trophies and Stickers, respectively). Of these three Pokémon, only Mew can learn Fly in the Pokémon games.

Gallery

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  Fly in Brawl.

• Fly.png

  The two turns of Fly in Generation IV Pokémon games.

Charizard's special moves

Neutral special	Flamethrower
Side special	Rock Smash	Flare Blitz
Up special	Fly
Down special	(Pokémon Change)	Rock Smash	(Pokémon Change)
Final Smash	Fire Blast (of Triple Finish)	Mega Evolution	Fire Blast (of Triple Finish)