Aerilate
Aerilate is an ability in the Pokémon series that transforms Normal-type moves into Flying-type moves while also increasing their power by 20%. This ability significantly enhances the offensive capabilities of Pokémon that possess it by providing them with powerful Flying-type attacks, even if they typically wouldn't learn many Flying-type moves.
Effects:
- Type Conversion:
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All Normal-type moves used by a Pokémon with Aerilate become Flying-type moves. This transformation allows Pokémon to adapt their move sets to cover weaknesses or to take advantage of same-type attack bonuses (STAB) for increased damage output.
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Power Boost:
- The converted Flying-type moves receive a 20% power boost. This, combined with the STAB bonus if the Pokémon is a Flying-type, results in a 1.8x increase in power overall (since STAB provides a 1.5x multiplier and the Aerilate boost adds another 1.2x multiplier).
Notable Pokémon
Effects
- Turns the bearer's normal-type moves into flying-type moves. Moves changed by this ability have 1.3× their power.
Flavor Texts
- x-y: Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves.
- omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves.
- sun-moon: Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
- ultra-sun-ultra-moon: Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
- lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
- sword-shield: Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
Pokémon with the Aerilate ability
Pinsir-Mega
10040 - Bug, Flying
Salamence-Mega
10089 - Dragon, Flying