>>53625170Newsflash shithead, the official Pokémon channels showed a shitmon bird getting twatted when it was awake, aware and actively trying to flee. Tinkaton hunts Corviknight and regularly succeeds and no amount of cope, niche examples or blatant ignorance can change that. That's why its dex entry mentioned it, why they further expanded on that in Corviknight's by saying it's unsafe to run a corviknight taxi, due to the prevalence of attacks on flying shitbirds and why, despite Tink being at a disadvantage in a cold 1v1 battle in multiplayer, every canon source follows what the dex says. In-game mechanics have never been relevant when it comes to lore, just look at Vikivolt's entry and speed stat. Almost as if the two can exist side-buy-side without breaking either ruleset.
I like both (I masuda bred for a shiny rookidee for my Sword playthrough as soon as I got to the daycare in it. Corv helped gank Opal and win the finals tournament). Hell, I even like the crack ship that sprang up around it and I don't usually ship, much less monsters with monsters. But I love the predator/prey dynamic they established more - as that's painting their world as more interconnected than having each be its own kingdom.
