How To Get TM43 Sky Attack in Pokémon Yellow

TM43 Sky Attack
#	Location	Repeatable?
1	Victory Road 1F. Near the top of the first floor behind a pushable boulder.	No

TM43 Sky Attack can be found in Victory Road. The TM near the top of the floor behind a pushable boulder.

But you’ll need to have defeated the 8 gym leaders and collected their 8 gym badges in order to gain entrance to Victory Road.

So this TM is only available near the end of the main story of the game.

Prerequisites

This is what you need to do before you can get TM43:

Defeat the 8 gym leaders and collect the 8 gym badges
Obtain HM03 Surf from the man in the secret house of the Safari Zone in Fuchsia City
Obtain HM04 Strength from the Safari Warden in Fuchsia City by returning his Gold Teeth
Have Pokémon in your party that know Surf and Strength

Getting TM43 Sky Attack

Starting from the inside of Victory Road, walk northwest towards the boulder.

Standing inside Victory Road at the Route 23 entrance.

Once you’re behind the boulder, use a Pokémon with Strength to push the boulder east towards a red circular switch.

Standing behind a boulder on the 1st floor (Left) and pushing the boulder next to a switch. (Right)

After pushing the boulder onto the switch, head back to where the boulder originally was and head up the stairs onto the giant rock.

Walk northeast along the rock until the path splits.

Standing on a giant rock on the 1st floor.

At the path split, head down the stairs to your right and then north towards another boulder.

There’s a trainer (Cooltrainer♀) nearby, but she can be avoided if you walk below her.

Standing at a path split on top of the giant rock.

At the 2nd boulder, push it to the left until the path to the northern Pokéball is clear.

The northern Pokéball contains TM43 Sky Attack.

Standing behind a boulder near the top of floor 1 (Left) and standing next to the Pokéball containing TM43. (Right).

Sky Attack Details + Uses

Sky Attack Move Details
Type	Flying
Power	140
Accuracy	90%
PP	5 (max. 8)
Effect	User “glows” on turn 1 and attacks on turn 2.

With 140 power, Sky Attack is the strongest Flying type move in the game. The downside is that Sky Attack takes a turn to charge before attacking.

While the move is powerful, two turn attacks like Sky Attack give your opponent an opportunity to counter.

So using Sky Attack can also leave your Pokémon an easy target for attacks and status inflicting moves such as Thunder Wave or Hypnosis.

All that being said: Sky Attack is a good move to teach a Flying type Pokémon. However, since it can leave your Pokémon vulnerable to enemy attacks, use it with caution and have a plan in place for using it.

Zapdos using Sky Attack against a wild Machoke. Charging on turn 1 (left) and attacking on turn 2. (right)

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How To Get TM43 Sky Attack in Pokémon Yellow

Prerequisites

Getting TM43 Sky Attack

Sky Attack Details + Uses

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