How To Get TM56 Fling in Pokémon ORAS

Pacifidlog Town House where you get TM56 Fling (Pokémon ORAS)

You can obtain TM56 Fling by talking to an NPC in the northwestern house in Pacifidlog Town. When you’re inside the house, speak to the man facing the window to get the TM for free.

When Fling is used in battle, the user throws its held item, dealing damage based on which held item was thrown. Out of all the items in the game, the Iron Ball deals the most damage with Fling.

Some other items like the Toxic Orb or King’s Rock have special effects when flung.

Since your held item gets flung when using the move, you can only use Fling once per battle. This severely limits the move’s usefulness.

TM56 Fling Location (Step-by-Step)

Pacifidlog Town is an optional location that can be accessed by surfing west of Route 131.

In the house northwest of Pacifidlog Town’s Pokémon Center, a man will give you the TM for Fling if you talk to him. You can go there as soon as you have access to the town.

If you haven’t been to Pacifidlog Town yet, make sure you’ve first:

  • Obtained the sixth Gym Badge from Winona, Fortree City’s Gym Leader
  • Defeated Team Aqua/Magma’s Admins in their hideout near Lilycove City
  • Taught a Pokémon HM03 Surf

And here’s a quick guide on how to get to Pacifidlog Town for the first time:

Step 1: Start at Lilycove City’s shore on the right side, standing at the water’s edge. Then use Surf on the water (facing right).

Lilycove City’s east shore / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Lilycove City’s east shore

Step 2: Continue surfing east past Route 124 until you reach Mossdeep City.

Surfing along Route 124 / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Surfing along Route 124

Step 3: Once you’re in Mossdeep City, head to its south shore.

Mossdeep City’s south shore / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Mossdeep City’s south shore

Step 4: Start surfing south to exit Mossdeep City.

Surfing to exit Mossdeep City / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Surfing to exit Mossdeep City

Step 5: When you reach Route 127, turn left and then continue surfing south.

Surfing along Route 127 / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Surfing along Route 127

Step 6: Head south past the small atoll island on Route 128.

On the island above Seafloor Cavern / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
On the island above Seafloor Cavern

Step 7: Turn left once you reach Route 129.

The correct turn to take on Route 129 / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
The correct turn to take on Route 129

Step 8: Continue surfing west along Route 130 and Route 131.

Surfing along Route 131 / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Surfing along Route 131

Step 9: Surf west until you reach Pacifidlog Town’s Pokémon Center.

Outside Pacifidlog Town’s Pokémon Center / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Outside Pacifidlog Town’s Pokémon Center

Step 10: Once you’re in Pacifidlog, walk directly west of the Pokémon Center and enter the house on the upper left.

The northwestern house in Pacifidlog Town / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
The northwestern house in Pacifidlog Town

Step 11: Talk to the man facing the back wall to obtain TM56 Fling.

The location of TM56 Fling / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
The location of TM56 Fling

TM56 Fling Details + Uses

In-game details for TM56 Fling / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
In-game details for TM56 Fling
Fling Move Details
Type Dark
Category Physical
Power
Accuracy 100
PP 10 (max. 16)

Fling is a Physical Dark-type that deals damage, but its power is based on the user’s held item.

After using Fling, the item is consumed. This means you can only use Fling once unless you recover the lost item with the move Recycle or the ability Harvest.

Fling’s base power varies from 10-130, and every item in the game has an assigned value that determines Fling’s base power. A lot of items even have special effects which trigger when flung.

Using Fling in battle / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Using Fling in battle

The table below shows the items that can be flung, their base power, and their effects:

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Item Base Power Fling Effect
All Berries 10 Applies that berry’s effect to your opponent
Flame Orb 30 Burns the target
Iron Ball 130
King’s Rock 30 Makes the target flinch
Light Ball 30 Paralyzes the target
Mental Herb 30 Cures the effects of Disable, Encore, Heal Block, Infatuation, Taunt, and Torment from the target
Poison Barb 70 Poisons the target
Razor Fang 30 Makes the target flinch
Toxic Orb 30 Badly poisons the target
White Herb 10 Restores the target’s lowered stats
Every other item 10-100
A flung Toxic Orb badly poisons the opponent / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
A flung Toxic Orb badly poisons the opponent

Overall, Fling is a gimmicky move that’s unpredictable because of all the possible effects it could have.

But even putting that aside, it’s not a good move worth using simply because you can only use it once per battle.

Tip: Use Fling with the move Acrobatics, a move that doubles in power when you don’t have a held item. Pokémon like Gliscor can fling a Toxic Orb on one turn and use a boosted Acrobatics on the next.

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