>>38495396>And not because not every Pokemon should be OU, but because Staraptor is already the best of the Normal/Flying typesApparently not good enough to be in OU or bad enough to be in UU
>There needs to be a reason to consider the others, rather than slapping a Scarf on Reckless Staraptor and calling it a day. Ignoring the special attackers (Pidgeot, Noctowl and Chatot), the others have the following "useful" edges over StaraptorTrue, I agree with that
>BraviaryDefiant, Rock Slide, high natural bulk
>Dodrio110 Speed, Swords Dance, Jump Kick
>Swellow125 Speed, Guts, Scrappy, viable Special Attacker
>ToucannonBeak Blast, Rock Blast, Bullet Seed
>Farfetch'dStick, variety of coverage moves
>Unfezant...hypnosis?
>Fearow...
Most of these Pokemon are in the lower tiers (NU and PU). Swellow is the best out of the Pokemon mentioned, and even then it's only in RU. I'm not saying they should all be in OU (especially Farfetch'd, that Pokemon should get a Fighting/Flying evolution), but the niches they occupy are not viable in any but the lowest tiers
>It's like how Conkeldurr is the best parts of Hariyama, Throh, Machamp and Hitmonchan rolled into one. The others niches are too small to justify running them. Staraptor's middling speed and fragility hold it back for a reasonAnd that's not a good thing. Either Conkeldurr should be nerfed (maybe a moveset or ability reduction, Machamp fits Iron Fist far better than Conkeldurr), or all the Pokemon you mentioned should be buffed
>Staraptor is more than fine as it isNo, Staraptor isn't fine being in tier limbo since its introduction
