>>38392838>This still means you're taking one hit, just over more turns.And if any type of residual damage is in place and more damage.
Or if you're paralyzed, You have a good chance of doing no damage at all as you can get interrupted on either turn.
And due to the Accuracy issue, 5% of the time you are taking more damage anyway.
>Outside of competitive, setting up almost never occursSetting up can happen with any random trainer who has a setup move.
>On the other hand, PP-stalling for trainers in the endgamePP-stalling? In a game where most mons should be dead in two turns, or three turns tops in the endgame?
You are not taking either Fly or Wing Attack into the endgame either if you have access to any better options.
>Pic related.It's not a Strawman if it's literally the argument I was arguing against to begin with- see the original post here:
>>38390771>Still, I'm done arguing for why it's better than Wing Attack. I've made my point clear and you still don't understand what I'm saying.In Gen 2-3, it's worse outright between the lacking power for a 2-turn move and the chance to miss.
In Gen IV, it more of a tossup(which was my point in the first place).
>However's for Pokemon, such as Altaria, that can't learn these moves on their own, it's a convenient alternative and not a necessarily bad one at that.And I never argued otherwise.
Still, Altaria can learn Aerial Ace by TMm which is again arguably slightly better. However, in Gen III that's a one time TM you might very well want to save, and the difference is so small you might as well go with Fly.
Heck, I'd argue that's be best argument in favor of Fly- it's close enough to any other physical Flying move of relevance that you might as well run it for the utility outside combat.
Drill Peck is better, but also rare as fuck- only 6 lines get it outside breeding.
Brave Bird has a fairly small pool as well without breeding.
If you are special-inclined flier though...
