>>41711143I disagree, I think being part flying in this case is better defensively, Flying type is awesome when you aren't weak to rocks because now you're immune to EQ without the drawback of being hurt by pebbles which is way better than having the ability to just resist rock by itself and not being weak to Ice/Electric at least this is the case on a Pokemon that is just mainly meant to be an attacker meaning you don't ever really wanna take any hits in the first place so just flat out being immune to shit is better. In my opinion, you're completely missing the point of the added STAB functionally that Brave Bird adds to it, the point is that now it can hit practically EVERYTHING with a STAB move because Flying hits everything that resists its Fighting stab at least neutrally and even bug super effectively as a nice albeit unnecessary added bonus. This means that now you don't need to carry so much extra coverage moves to cover the whopping FIVE TYPES that resist Fighting moves allowing you the luxury of having more options for its movepools apart from just mandatory moves for coverage reasons (For example, many would ignore the amazing move that is First Impression purely for coverage reasons) Just look at how good Hawlucha is offensively with just Hi jump kick and Acrobatics. Solo Fighting type sucks ass after the introduction of fairies, meaning practically ANY other secondary typing to go along with it makes Fighting types better.
