Board 8 > What is your favourite fully evolved early bird pokemon?

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andylt
01/13/22 2:02:00 PM
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caw caw










Early rodent: Zigzagoon > Bidoof >> Sentret
Evolved early rodent: Furret >> Raticate > Linoone
Early bird: Starly > Pidgey > Hoothoot
Middle stage early bird: Pidgeotto > Fletchinder > Corvisquire

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/0/AANyLIAACzYK.jpg

Pidgeotto held off the challenge from the late gens yesterday, now each of the first 4 gens has a win.

Today, it's time for the big guns! Can Pidgeot or Staraptor take a second win for their lines? Can gen 5 and up win? Are the two-stage or three-stage lines better? Do you prefer the classic normal/flying or spicier type mixes in your early birds? Vote away!

Speaking as someone who loves the early birds and almost always keeps one in my ingame team for the duration, this is a pretty tough decision.

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mnkboy907
01/13/22 2:06:04 PM
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Corviknight > Staraptor > Toucannon > Pidgeot > (male) Unfezant > Pelipper > Fearow > Swellow > Noctowl > Talonflame > (female) Unfezant

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Zigzagoon
01/13/22 2:10:47 PM
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Noctowl baby

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-hotdogturtle--
01/13/22 2:11:41 PM
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Everything on the bottom row of the pic is better than everything on the top row.

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CassandraCain
01/13/22 2:14:51 PM
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Between Pidgeot and Noctowl for me, went with the former on account of that stylish hair. Toucannon deserves some credit too solely for his design.

The rest are trash

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Not Dave
01/13/22 2:15:09 PM
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it's really too bad Toucannon kinda sucks in the games. its design is so great.

gotta go Corvi here

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swordz9
01/13/22 2:19:33 PM
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Voted Talonflame, but best bird overall in the series is definitely Braviary to me with Rufflet also being the best first stage bird. They arent early so they dont count for this
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_stingers_
01/13/22 2:19:47 PM
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Whoever voted for Fearow needs to be banned

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KommunistKoala
01/13/22 2:20:20 PM
#9:


Staraptor > Corviknight > Pidgeot = Toucannon > Noctowl > Pelipper > Talonflame > who cares


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Llarian
01/13/22 2:25:04 PM
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Pretty sure I tried to draw Pidgeot once and gave him hi-top sneakers.

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NBIceman
01/13/22 2:27:19 PM
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Pidgeot > Staraptor > Corviknight > Toucannon > Talonflame > Swellow > Noctowl > Unfezant > Pelipper > Fearow

Corviknight would be #1 if it had been named Nevarmor like it should've.

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LordoftheMorons
01/13/22 2:27:58 PM
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Hrmm tough choice between Corviknight and Toucannon

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MoogleKupo141
01/13/22 2:29:04 PM
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-hotdogturtle-- posted...
Everything on the bottom row of the pic is better than everything on the top row.

I could almost get behind this if not for Unfezant being on the bottom

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kilafer
01/13/22 2:34:30 PM
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Love Talonflame.

But Noctowl and Corviknight are up there for me too.

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tazzyboyishere
01/13/22 2:38:45 PM
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The chad Noctowl

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-hotdogturtle--
01/13/22 2:58:15 PM
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MoogleKupo141 posted...
I could almost get behind this if not for Unfezant being on the bottom
Play New Pokemon Snap.

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DireKrow
01/13/22 3:20:49 PM
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Staraptor > Corviknight > Swellow > Toucannon > Talonflame > Pidgeot > Noctowl > Unfezant > Fearow >> Pelipper

Staraptor is my 2nd favourite Pokemon period!

Also I'll try to keep a personal ongoing overall ranking featuring all of the pokemon from these threads so far all at once: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-LvSHTvBap_IAW9G2D8wq7XgxQgOvrGwqOk8DdPF9yQ/edit?usp=sharing - 7 of the top 12 are just from today's thread... the fully evolved birds are among my favourite archetypes.
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RyoCaliente
01/13/22 3:21:36 PM
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These are all pretty good, but Toucannon is da bes.

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Chaeix
01/13/22 4:03:51 PM
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NBIceman posted...
Pidgeot > Staraptor > Corviknight > Toucannon > Talonflame > Swellow > Noctowl > Unfezant > Pelipper > Fearow

Corviknight would be #1 if it had been named Nevarmor like it should've.
oh my god that name is amazing

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Kenri
01/13/22 4:23:14 PM
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Fearow is the best but Pelipper and I guess Staraptor are good too

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most_games_r_ok
01/13/22 5:21:08 PM
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Staraptor and Corviknight are close as they should be. Staraptor my early number 1 pokebird

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Johnbobb
01/13/22 6:54:33 PM
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how do people actually like Staraptor

are we looking at the same picture

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Kamekguy
01/13/22 6:55:52 PM
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Can't tell you how many GSC challenge runs Kenya the Fearow has bailed me out of.

Species is pretty mid but Kenya pulls it up by herself.

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Raka_Putra
01/13/22 7:04:20 PM
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Between Talonflame and Corviknight, but went with Talonflame in the end. I like the design slightly better.

Also who voted for Unfezant? How interesting.

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Lil_Bit83
01/13/22 7:42:49 PM
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Talonflame rules! Unpheasant is second. Swellow third.

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Sorozone
01/13/22 8:10:49 PM
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Also in the Fearow fan club. As I've gotten older I've been drawn to use it more than others if it's available.

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UF8
01/13/22 8:19:05 PM
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a shame fearow evidently is the weakest bird statwise these days

it isn't even faster than pidgeot any more and that's before factoring in mega

noctowl and swellow good too (voted noctowl but could've flipped)
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ctesjbuvf
01/14/22 4:55:30 AM
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Staraptor takes this imo. A few other great ones, most of them are fine but nothing spectacular.

Toucannon is vastly overrated imo.

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XIII_rocks
01/14/22 5:49:45 AM
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Staraptor was literally revolutionary - the first one to actually be useful in battle

Also looks great with the cool comb

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andylt
01/14/22 8:20:40 AM
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I like all the varied opinions today! The bottom 5 (sans Unfez >_>) are dominating the poll, looks like gen 8 might take this one.

In the end I went with Swellow, I have too much nostalgic attachment to go for anything else. Staraptor was absolutely a gamechanger though, and its call is locked into my memory. I also appreciate that Pelipper is so goofy and happy to be here with all the other birds trying to look cool lol.

Not Dave posted...
it's really too bad Toucannon kinda sucks in the games. its design is so great.
Agreed, I dumped Toucannon post-E4 ingame because it was no fun to use, despite the cool design :( I give it props for the great animation of the beak lighting up when it does that one attack tho.

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Play New Pokemon Snap.
This has me thinking, 5 of these birds are in New Snap (at least, there may be one I haven't discovered yet!) and 8 of them have their line represented somehow. The only ones that don't are Fearow and Corviknight, I wonder why they didn't use Corv at all.


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Crescent-Moon
01/14/22 8:28:38 AM
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XIII_rocks posted...
Staraptor was literally revolutionary - the first one to actually be useful in battle

Also looks great with the cool comb
I remember picking up an Adamant 31 attack IV Starly at the start of Platinum without any real effort.

Cleaned house all game. Good stats and one of the strongest fighting moves in existence.

It's most notable counter is probably Zapdos. If your most noticeable counter is Zapdos, that's pretty good!

Well, there's also whichever Rotom form is electric/ghost.

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GenesisSaga
01/14/22 8:36:59 AM
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Staraptor's line is the most solid, but I betrayed it and voted Corviknight because it's pretty much everything I want in an early bird. Eventually I'll actually play its generation and I know it will live up to my expectations!

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NFUN
01/14/22 8:51:03 AM
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Crescent-Moon posted...
I remember picking up an Adamant 31 attack IV Starly at the start of Platinum without any real effort.

Cleaned house all game. Good stats and one of the strongest fighting moves in existence.

It's most notable counter is probably Zapdos. If your most noticeable counter is Zapdos, that's pretty good!

Well, there's also whichever Rotom form is electric/ghost.
Rotom

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mnkboy907
01/14/22 1:22:25 PM
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I enjoyed using Toucannon in Sun, but I made sure to catch a Pikipek with Skill Link. Rock Blast and Bullet Seed on it were great!

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Kenri
01/14/22 1:37:10 PM
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mnkboy907 posted...
I enjoyed using Toucannon in Sun, but I made sure to catch a Pikipek with Skill Link. Rock Blast and Bullet Seed on it were great!
Skill Link is so fun, I loved using a Cinccino with Skill Linked Tail Slap.

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andylt
01/14/22 1:47:22 PM
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OK I'm planning for the next poll to be early bugs, but there's 11 bugs to fit into 10 slots as gens 1, 2 and 5 have two each. I'm thinking of maybe just including the 3-stage early bugs in the first poll as they have more in common with each other (all worm/caterpillar-esque, most have cocoonish middle forms), and maybe doing the 2-stages (Spinarak, Ledyba, Kricketot) separately afterwards. It's either that or just awkwardly combine a couple of options into one, I'm open to suggestions.

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mnkboy907
01/14/22 2:05:32 PM
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I'm sure we can all agree Blipbug is the shittiest and kick it off the poll.

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Kenri
01/14/22 2:11:30 PM
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IMO stick to 3-stage bugs and do 2-stage separately (or not at all, I'm not sure there's really a meaningful "archetype" there)

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KommunistKoala
01/14/22 2:17:00 PM
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if joltik is early (i dont remember) include it the rest can go in the trash

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Hbthebattle
01/14/22 2:19:11 PM
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Joltik is very much not early, sadly.

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hombad46
01/14/22 2:19:32 PM
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Chargestone Cave is like midgame IIRC

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KommunistKoala
01/14/22 2:22:39 PM
#42:


guess it wouldnt be fair if it was...

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FL81
01/14/22 4:35:44 PM
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Corviknight is cool af

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Paratroopa1
01/14/22 6:03:57 PM
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I'm the one person who voted for Unfezant btw
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Raka_Putra
01/14/22 6:21:04 PM
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Do you have like personal attachment from a runthrough?

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