I hate Staraptor. It's a disgrace to the Flying-type, the Normal-type and the Fighting-type. Fucking Gamefreak, an eagle shouldn't learn Close Combat, while many Fighting-type Pokémon that rely on Hi Jump Kick such as Blaziken and Mienshao don't get it, Staraptor, a bird with no arms or humanoid body whatsoever, gets it. At least give it to some birdman with hands such as Hawlucha, not a full eagle like Staraptor, it has no hands, it shouldn't be able to Close Combat something, at least Xerneas has antlers and four legs so it can fight like a real life deer, but the closest thing to Close Combat raptors do is swooping down and crushing prey, but even then that sounds more like Brave Bird and Crush Claw, respectively. And don't even get me started on its design, what's up with that fringe, the red eyes, the chubby body, the turkey tail, the small round beak, the goofy oversized feet? Seriously, they look like Ronald McDonald's' shoes. Its stats are also fucking bullshit, it's just an eagle, it shouldn't have that high attack and that low speed, it's not an eagle bodybuilder, it's just an eagle, why 120 attack? It's a giant bird with artificial stats. Its cry also proves even further that it's just one big eagle, it shouldn't learn Close Combat, nor have that high Attack and low Speed.
Staraptor's color scheme is disgusting too, who thought it would be a good idea for it to be gray, black and red? It looks like some kind of anime OC with those colors. Also its feet and beak look like cheddar.
I hate Staraptor, what a mess of a Pokémon for a relatively such simple-looking design.