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[Ddude The Insane]

Congratulations.

Alright, I need to get something offline done, but once I do, I'll get my next Pokemon review up. Not that anyone learns anything useful from them. =P

Congratulations.

Alright, I need to get something offline done, but once I do, I'll get my next Pokemon review up. Not that anyone learns anything useful from them. =P

EDIT: It's time for...

Twilight's daily(give or take a few days) Pokemon reviews!



Today's Pokemon is....

Staraptor!!

Type:Normal/Flying
Ability:Intimidate: Lowers the foe's attack by 1 stage; reduces wild encounter rate.
Tier: BL


Stats:

HP:        85
Atk:       120
Def:       70
Sp. Atk: 50
Sp. Def: 50
Speed:   100

My Opinion:Borderline fits this Pokemon perfectly. It isn't quite strong enough to be OU, but not weak enough for UU. As far as Flying-types you can get early in the game (starter birds, as I call them), Staraptor is the best final evolution by fairly wide margin.


Reccomended Setup:
Nature: Adamant/ Jolly
Item: Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 4 HP/252 ATK/252 Speed*credit to Smogon for pretty much all of this setup, including these EVs
~Brave Bird
~Return/Double Edge
~Close Combat
~U-Turn/Quick Attack/ Pursuit

AAAAGH! I had just finished, and my computer messed up. *eyetwitch*

*sigh*

Brave Bird and Close Combat are pretty much essential, even if you don't know squat about the meta-game. =P Return gives you decent power, but Double Edge, when taking in the effects of STAB, Choice band and Base Power of 120. All of the final options are good, but all in all I reccomend U-turn.


Countering Staraptor
Electivire, Zapdos, and Swampert can all 1/2HKO Staraptor, and take some hits from it. (My original version was much longer, but I don't want to rewrite it.)


New and Improvements Section
September 5th: Renamed Section and did second review. Past Reviews is its own section now.

September 2nd: First Review-Luxray


Past Reviews
Luxray
Staraptor
HG/SS release in Japan in 5 days.