Creatures of the Skies - The Flying Type Fan Club

[Aslan]

[1:32:45 AM] Alex: omg your flying club stories XD
[1:32:50 AM] Alex: i will continue it in my next post 8D

GET HYPED FOR PART 2 GUYS

Alright, let's join, why don't we.

Name: Pendraflare
Your two partner Pokémon: Crobat (Vampira) and Altaria (Serenade)
Reason for liking Flying-type Pokémon: There are so many different ones and they have different types, every type to date has been paired with them so there are lots to go with.

As for my favorite Flying-type Pokémon, it's a toss-up between the two I just mentioned.

Hi Pendra, welcome! I had a Crobat in HG/SS called BATMAAAN. Don't think it was the most creative thing I could of come up with but hey, it was pretty cool! As my ace card finish off weak opponents, I really loved how it kept the momentum going in a battle through U-Turn and other moves. It was really good at taking down teams by itself too. Zubat and Golbat are the bane of my existence though. :(

I like Altaria as well! Already said it earlier but it's really fluffy and cute. I did use one for a while in Platinum though I don't remember much outside of its design. What about you? :]

My favourite group of birds, the raptors, already have plenty of pokemon based off them, so I'd like to see a colourful parrot pokemon, maybe based off an Australian species? There are plenty of unique and beautiful Cockatoo species, such as Sulphur-Crested, Major Mitchell's, Galah and Black Cockatoos.

Oh I love a lot of Australian birds! I see loads of rainbow lorikeets and cockatoos out in my backyard. I agree with you though, it'd be awesome to see a cockatoo or just generally any Australian bird as a pokemon. They're all really colourful and pretty. :D

This is a great story, love it! ^_^
However, I just want to correct you on something- Pterodactyls aren't dinosaurs, they're a species of of Pterosaur, a closely related yet distinctly separate family. I'm sorry, prehistoric life is kinda my thing so I couldn't help but say something :3c

I've got some good news though, birds are so closely related to dinosaurs that they ARE in fact dinosaurs. That means you can go around telling people "I ate dinosaur for dinner last night" and you wouldn't be wrong! Yet another reason why I love birds and the flying type- they're the surviving relics of a magnificent era long passed. :)

Aw thank you! It's amazing what people can come up with when they're bored haha.

And no problem, I've never really known much about dinosaurs other than a general interest in them. Yeah I've heard about the bird - dinosaur thing, that was always really cool and definitely a factor of why I liked them in general. Makes them feel a lot more special compared to all the land animals we see nowadays.

That's fair! Despite loving Flying types so much, I've yet to try them myself as well, though that's mainly due to not having played X&Y yet. In any case, I really love the concept. Even if it doesn't really change that much, it's just a cool aesthetic feature, that would just add to the experience, and I'd just want to try it just to experience it :D

Go play X/Y right now! I liked sky battles as they seemed more challenging than regular battles. Since most people usually only run one flying type on their team, it was like a 1 v 1 between who had the stronger pokemon. The actual battles themselves aren't too hard though I really like the whole 'fight in the sky' sort of idea. Imagine if it was like medieval jousting though! That'd be scary.

And there's no question that the design is the best of the three, especially with that beard :D

WHAT

Okay I agree actually! While I can't say I'm in love with its beard yet. I do like Articuno's design enough to ignore it and say that its design is the most detailed of the three.

Also while we're talking about the three birds - does anyone remember Pokemon 2000? My memory's fuzzy since I haven't watched it since the GT one or two years ago but I believe the plot focused around Lugia and a man attempting to catch the legendary trio. How do you guys feel about the flying type legendaries in this movie? I was disgusted at the man's caging of birds since he was a) an awful character and b) his usage of electricity (or some other power) to stop them from trying to break free was really cruel. :( As for Lugia, I honestly don't remember what it did so can't really comment there.

I've always personally found Flying types to be more fierce and graceful that I've found them to be cute, but I can definitely see where you're coming from.

I think it's more like the first stage of flying types are generally cute until they develop into their final form which reflects them as strong and fierce. Its like that with almost all pokemon with the transition from baby to adult. But yeah I've always thought of birds of prey more than the normal pigeons we see in everyday life when it comes to flying types!

Definitely this! I honestly never noticed that the dual typing was a thing that applied for almost every Flying type, although I did notice that most bird Pokemon that didn't carry any kind of theme to it are always made Normal/Flying.

Think they just used normal/flying for birds based off those in real life or with no real power that sets them apart from an already existing creature. We've got flaming birds, psychic birds and flying dragons but we also have birds that are strong but based off species in real life like pigeons or eagles. You already mentioned that though but I think normal's just there to define the bird as something that could probably exist in real life.

It makes sense for gym battles to take place indoors to remove this advantage, though I believe most battles with Flying type gym leaders have taken place outdoors in the anime, so I don't know how much that applies there haha.

They should make an outdoor flying type gym actually. I think it'd really add more to the feel of a gym battle if they were to make it so that the player fought high up on a platform (such as Faulkner) or outdoors where their's a true test of the aim and agility of a person's pokemon. Though it'd do nothing more than give it a more anime-style battle, it'd still be pretty cool. :D

Don't worry about him. He knows, he's just being a troll haha :p

That or he joined so his family wouldn't get murdered. ;]

Goddamnit Sophie, your post was so long that it became really difficult to move it in the editor :( (also sorry for responding to your post last but 2 long man stop being me)

Says you. It's not my fault that you always give me a lot to reply to. :(

I LIKE PIDGEY

Yeah I agree with you there! I feel like people who love the more underappreciated pokemon generally have more special reasons for doing so. That's cool though - I never did raise Dinner to level 100. In fact the highest I've ever gotten a pokemon was to level 88 or something. Too much effort, yo. Still I appreciate Pidgey and I see why it'd become your favourite based on how the first pokemon you raise are generally your more treasured ones.

I do think that placing Pokemon earlier on in the game does a lot to the likelihood of catching it, especially if you're a new player to the games.

Definitely. I think a lot of my first playthrough of Platinum was trial and error though as I played more of the games, I began to realise what was generally gonna be strong and what wasn't. As I kept experimenting with flying pokemon, I always did a bit of background research on what pokemon appeared where and made my judgement from there. First route birds can be strong (such as Staraptor or Talonflame) though after a couple of games I also tried some more uncommon ones like Crobat, Xatu and all the dragons. I really like experimenting with all the different flying types though, they're really diverse.

That was a wild ride from start to finish. Still would've been more realistic if it had happened in South-East Asia though.

Well don't worry! In the next segment of the story, depending on what Alex comes up with, it could turn into a chase across the world. Maybe we'll see some South-East Asia action then, huh?

y u hatin on articuno's beard :(( I honestly forgot that Moltres was based on a phoenix though, so seems legit :D But would it still be your favourite if you learned that it stole Arcanine's spot as a legendary Pokemon? Would you, Rainbow Arcanine?!

Don't remind me. :((

Honestly doesn't change my opinion since Arcanine's practically a legendary in my head anyway but I can say that I'm a little sad. Dream ruined Lads.

Alright guys! For those who've been following it, our club's Pidgey has now evolved into a beautiful Pidgeotto, and is currently in the process of learning Whirlwind.

AYY PRAISE BIRD JESUS

also I'm really sorry for yet another super long post but I think olli's magic has rubbed off on me. didn't proofread due to the sheer length so i apologise for anything that doesn't make sense 8)

 

[Wicked3DS]

Hey! Welcome to the club. Great to see you like Flying types as well :) I agree that their versatility in the amount of types they can combine with really adds to how great of a type it is, and as someone else mentioned, at this point, almost every Flying type has been paired up with another typing, which I guess shows that Gamefreak also puts a lot of emphasis on this.

I'd like to hear why you picked your partner Pokemon though. Is it just because they're strong Pokemon or have good designs, or do you have certain experiences with them that just made them memorable Pokemon for you? :o

Charizard was pretty much my first favorite Pokémon and it still is to this day even after 17 years. Crobat has been a favorite of mine for quite a while as well and I honestly just think it looks really cool and is overall a great Pokémon.

 

[Lycanthropy]

I do think that placing Pokemon earlier on in the game does a lot to the likelihood of catching it, especially if you're a new player to the games. If you don't really know about most of the early-game Pokemon usually being the weaker ones, there isn't really anything to stop you from catching whatever Pokemon you find in the first few areas, and even for seasoned Pokemon players, when playing through a new generation for the first time, there's always the sense of wonder with the new Pokemon that make you want to catch them, even if you know they're probably not gonna be the strongest Pokemon on your team. I've always found myself trying to cram as many Pokemon into my team as fast as possible, so I usually don't catch that many mid-game, so I definitely understand you when you say you probably wouldn't have caught it had it been past the fourth gym haha.

I get quickly attached to my team members, so won't just easily kick a Pokémon out of my team. I mostly have my entire team formed at about the fourth or fifth Gym. Bird Pokémon are quite useful at the start of the game with their type advantage against all the bugs. And Pokémon like Starly learn Wing Attack at a very low level, which is terribly strong at that moment. When you use the bird for example to mosh all the bugs, it has a good chance to be one of your highest leveled Pokémon at the time, making you box other team members earlier. Also, you kind of need a flying Pokémon on your team later in the game, because of Fly.

[1:32:45 AM] Alex: omg your flying club stories XD
[1:32:50 AM] Alex: i will continue it in my next post 8D

GET HYPED FOR PART 2 GUYS

So we're getting like an mini club Roleplay Corner around here? Cool.

I had a Crobat in HG/SS called BATMAAAN. Don't think it was the most creative thing I could of come up with but hey, it was pretty cool!

I named mine Dracula, which wasn't very creative either. But BATMAAN sounds quite cool if it would actually be screamed when you send out Crobat.

Which of the three legendary birds, Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres, do you like best?
They all have their own characteristics. Articuno is the majestic one of the trio, Zapdos the aggressive one. Moltres both of them actually. I like all of the birds in their own way, making it hard to choose for just one. If I really have to choose I'm picking Articuno, because I used that one on my team in FireRed to slay Lance's dragons. By now it is level 97 or something and my highest levelled Pokémon.

 

[faf]

Name: Zinnia
Your two Partner Pokémon (+ possible names): Skarmory the Skarmory (favourite Flying-type) and Noivern the Noivern
Reason for liking Flying-types: cause burds, cool design, second favourite type, burds, the abilities for many are amazing (Aerialite and Gale Wings) and burds. Also, burds. Did I mention burds?
What is your favorite Flying Type Pokémon?
Back when I wasn't a fan of Pokemon, I looked at the Johto Pokedex book and Skarmory was one of those Pokemon who caught my eye. I then saw it being used competitively and then I used it in battles and <3 Also, it has a badass design; it's literally an armoured bird who is able to shed swords.

As for Noivern, unique design and I loved it since its release.

And I prefer Articuno even though it's not so great in competitive play, it's so majectic.

 

[Luxrayyy]

Another person who likes birds yay! Welcome to the club! Enjoy your time here :)

I really like your picks for partner Pokemon. I'm happy to see that the sixth generation brought forth some new Flying types that became rather popular, after the 5th generation, which I found to be rather lackluster compared to most of the other generations. I was never really too impressed with Noibat and Noivern, as the bat Pokemon were never really my favourite, though I liked the Fletchling line from the moment I saw it. I especially find Talonflame to be one of the better designed bird Pokemon in a while, and while I may not have played X&Y yet, from what I've heard it's also supposed to be pretty strong, which hasn't always been the case with the birds :D But I definitely like all of your picks for your favourite Flying types; you can never have too many birds ;)

I'm interested in knowing the origin of the name of your Noibat though. It may be unrelated, but the name just caught my eye :o

I also loved the Fletchling line from the moment I saw it, and I'd planned to have one on my team straight away. Talonflame is very strong, it has pretty high attack and with Gale Wings it can do some nasty damage with Brave Bird.

I'm not usually a fan of bat pokemon either, but for some reason Noibat's design grew on me and before I knew it Noibat had made it up into my top 5 pokemon. I also like Noivern now but Noibat's cuteness just wins it over for me :)

When I have trouble thinking of a nickname, I research the animal that the pokemon is based on and look at the scientific names. I scrolled through the order Chiroptera (bats) until one caught my eye, Lonchorhina orinocensis, or the Orinoco sword-nosed bat. I thought Orinoco was cute enough for my cutie Noibat ♥

And welcome new members!

 

[Lycanthropy]

When I have trouble thinking of a nickname, I research the animal that the pokemon is based on and look at the scientific names. I scrolled through the order Chiroptera (bats) until one caught my eye, Lonchorhina orinocensis, or the Orinoco sword-nosed bat. I thought Orinoco was cute enough for my cutie Noibat ♥

This is really an interesting way in naming your Pokémon, Orinoco sounds really nice. Looking through all subspecies gives a lot possibilities. I might have named a Ponyta Equus (litterally meaning horse) some time, but it never got more interesting in that direction than that.

 

[Pendraflare]

Well I have used Crobat quite a few times myself, including having it in my current go of Platinum. As Zubats, they take a little while to train up and get good, but people always scoff off Zubats just because of the bad reputations they get in caves. But they become awesome when they do evolve, haha.

As for Altaria, that's one I also really like based on design, and usability. I used it the very first time I played White 2, and it was alright, while it wasn't anything like Haxorus I still enjoyed having it on my team. And with a Mega Evolution now, I used that thing on my first go with Alpha Sapphire. So yeah, two fun Flying-types that I really enjoy using.

 

[Olli]

Omg Alex post already I want part 2 of the story :(

I get quickly attached to my team members, so won't just easily kick a Pokémon out of my team. I mostly have my entire team formed at about the fourth or fifth Gym. Bird Pokémon are quite useful at the start of the game with their type advantage against all the bugs. And Pokémon like Starly learn Wing Attack at a very low level, which is terribly strong at that moment. When you use the bird for example to mosh all the bugs, it has a good chance to be one of your highest leveled Pokémon at the time, making you box other team members earlier. Also, you kind of need a flying Pokémon on your team later in the game, because of Fly.

Ooh, I didn't really think of that, but it's true with the amount of Bug Pokemon and Bug Catchers early on in the games, Flying types are typically pretty strong at those points. I usually find myself completely overleveling my Taillow/Swellow anytime I play through the Hoenn games due to how quick it is to level up with the Petalburg Woods right around the area where you catch it, and a Fighting type gym following not too far after. I usually find that the starter birds fall of as you reach some of the later gyms/the E4, so regrettably, I do at times end up boxing them for the E4 D:

Name: Zinnia
Your two Partner Pokémon (+ possible names): Skarmory the Skarmory (favourite Flying-type) and Noivern the Noivern
Reason for liking Flying-types: cause burds, cool design, second favourite type, burds, the abilities for many are amazing (Aerialite and Gale Wings) and burds. Also, burds. Did I mention burds?

Hey! Welcome to the club. Definitely think you have some of the best reasons for joining, because, birds, right?! I'm not completely familiar with the abilities, so I can't really say much about those, but they definitely have some of the coolest designs 8D Your nicknames remind me of when I first joined a club, where I couldn't think of a nickname for my partner Pokemon, so I just ended up calling it nameless haha.

What is your favorite Flying Type Pokémon?
Back when I wasn't a fan of Pokemon, I looked at the Johto Pokedex book and Skarmory was one of those Pokemon who caught my eye. I then saw it being used competitively and then I used it in battles and <3 Also, it has a badass design; it's literally an armoured bird who is able to shed swords.

Skarmory is a great pick for a partner! I always loved the design and concept of it, but never found myself using it because you couldn't catch until you reached the 8th gym I believe, and at that point I'd already cloned my Typhlosion so it filled all 6 spaces in my party D: I should definitely pick it up sometime though, it's always seemed to be really strong, and I'd love to get to experience that on my end. I definitely agree with the design looking badass though :D

I also loved the Fletchling line from the moment I saw it, and I'd planned to have one on my team straight away. Talonflame is very strong, it has pretty high attack and with Gale Wings it can do some nasty damage with Brave Bird.

I'm not usually a fan of bat pokemon either, but for some reason Noibat's design grew on me and before I knew it Noibat had made it up into my top 5 pokemon. I also like Noivern now but Noibat's cuteness just wins it over for me :)

Well I guess I know 2 Pokemon to get when I eventually play through X/Y :D Talonflame was already decided on, but if the Noibat line really is a step up from the other bat Pokemon, then I wouldn't mind catching one. I guess most people do have bad experiences with bat Pokemon from the constant encounters with Zubat and Swoobat in caves though haha. Personally I've always found the Rock Pokemon encounters to be worse though 8D

When I have trouble thinking of a nickname, I research the animal that the pokemon is based on and look at the scientific names. I scrolled through the order Chiroptera (bats) until one caught my eye, Lonchorhina orinocensis, or the Orinoco sword-nosed bat. I thought Orinoco was cute enough for my cutie Noibat ♥

That's interesting :o When I can't think of a nickname, I usually either just give them generic nicknames related to the Pokemon's actual name, make a nickname based on their design (Shroomish becoming moulding onion #creative) or I just don't give them a nickname. I've never really thought to research what the Pokemon was based on, but that's really creative :D

Well I have used Crobat quite a few times myself, including having it in my current go of Platinum. As Zubats, they take a little while to train up and get good, but people always scoff off Zubats just because of the bad reputations they get in caves. But they become awesome when they do evolve, haha.

Yeah! I've always found the Zubat line to be pretty decent, and once did train a Crobat myself, but the fact that it's a line of Pokemon you see so often with the evil teams in the games, that I've just been kind of put off from using it myself that much. But I always really liked Crobat :D



Anyways, I think it's time for a new topic :D As there's been a bit of discussion about the starter birds, it made me want to know which ones you all favoured.

Which of the 6 different lines of starter birds is your favourite and why?

The starter birds include the following Pokemon and their evolutions:

Also, following the poll, Pidgeotto will not learn Whirlwind. There will be another poll for Twister up as soon as the current one is taken down. It'd definitely be a lot easier if we could remove polls on our own haha

 

[Santalune Forest]

Name: Santalune Forest

Your two Partner Pokémon:
Damian the Skarmory
Simon the Swellow

Reason for liking Flying-types:
Back when I first picked up Pokemon Emerald (yes, Emerald. It is also my favorite Pokemon game) I had no idea how types worked. When for the first time my Swellow was hit with an Earthquake, I thought it was the end of the battle, but then it took no damage. This seemed incredibly awesome to me at the time, as about my entire team had just been swept by that earthquake. I used Swellow until the end of the game, and it was my second pokemon to ever hit level 100, the first being my Sceptile. Then later on when I learned about Spikes and how good it was in battle against my friends, I raised a Skarmory. This is completely off topic but I felt like telling that story.

 

[Aslan]

Alright so since Alex can't multi task, expect part 2 of the story to be released a bit late. If he writes the plot and gives it to me before he uploads it then I might be able to get part 3 in early though no promises. Otherwise just expect some terrible events to happen to Squirrel the Psychopath in the next few segments. ;]

Honestly though, I'm not really sure how long it's gonna be at this point. It might end at part 2 but if that's the case then I'll just start working on a new flying type story. Hooray for terrible fiction!

Omg Alex post already I want part 2 of the story :(
Ooh, I didn't really think of that, but it's true with the amount of Bug Pokemon and Bug Catchers early on in the games, Flying types are typically pretty strong at those points.

The starter birds are pretty strong throughout the entire game though I definitely think they're best in the early game. As the story goes on, we see less bug type trainers and more people training stuff like Salamence as opposed to say, Butterfree. But I think this is one of the reasons why flying types are so easy to pick up and since they get overleveled from all the bug catchers at the start of the game, they're not hard to level during the later stages. So yay bug catchers! Their interests in bugs allow your birds to thrive. :D

I usually find that the starter birds fall of as you reach some of the later gyms/the E4, so regrettably, I do at times end up boxing them for the E4 D:

I've never really noticed that haha. I guess it's the downside to pokemon that are available early seeing as their BST isn't exactly the best though I've never had a problem taking them through to the E4 with me. In fact, I think every one of my pokemon playthroughs I had a starter bird till the end. In Platinum I used Staraptor, X/Y was Pidgeot and R/S/E was Swellow. I also used Crobat though that's not a starter bird, more like an early route pokemon. Fearow was another one I tried though I think I only made it to the seventh gym on that play file.

But yeah, I've never had an issue with them in the E4. Sure there are definitely many pokemon with better stats or coverage but they're really fast and useful for taking down weak opponents.

and at that point I'd already cloned my Typhlosion so it filled all 6 spaces in my party D:

smh olli I can't believe you

Yeah that's a downside to Skarmory. I used it in R/S/E since it was available around that volcanic area but in other regions, its not available until late or post game. Alongside the fact that it's more of a wall than an offensive attacker, it falls out of popularity with a lot of people. Its design is plenty of enough reason for me to use one though, it looks so cool. :]

Name: Santalune Forest

Your two Partner Pokémon:
Damian the Skarmory
Simon the Swellow

Reason for liking Flying-types:
Back when I first picked up Pokemon Emerald (yes, Emerald. It is also my favorite Pokemon game) I had no idea how types worked. When for the first time my Swellow was hit with an Earthquake, I thought it was the end of the battle, but then it took no damage. This seemed incredibly awesome to me at the time, as about my entire team had just been swept by that earthquake. I used Swellow until the end of the game, and it was my second pokemon to ever hit level 100, the first being my Sceptile. Then later on when I learned about Spikes and how good it was in battle against my friends, I raised a Skarmory. This is completely off topic but I felt like telling that story.

Hiya Santalune, welcome! Glad to see another fan of Skarmory and Swellow's always a great choice too. And haha, your story sounds really similar to a close battle I had with my sister back when we were first introduced to pokemon. We were battling around the third or fourth gym and I was down to my Staravia while she had her Geodude. I believe it only had ground type moves for some reason so I was able to chip it down and win.

Also that's really cool you managed to raise your Swellow to level 100. How long did it take you?

And it's not off-topic don't worry! Judging by how you learned about Spikes, are you a competitive battler by any chance? I've not done much of it myself but I feel like a lot of flying types are actually quite viable in the higher tiers. What about you?

Which of the 6 different lines of starter birds is your favourite and why?

Oh dang, this is a tough one. I'm gonna go ahead and say that I hate Hoothoot since its eyes have always been beyond creepy but I think between all of them, I'm gonna go with Starly or Tailow. Fletchling's very cool though, a fire bird sounds awesome. I feel like it should of been available as a later flying type though as the other ones all followed the normal/flying trend.

Starly's probably my favourite for reasons that I've listed earlier. It's special to me as my first flying type and one of my first pokemon in general, it had the legendary nickname of Dinner and overall I really liked how cool Staraptor looked. Swellow on the other hand was amazing at taking down opponents so between them it's a tough choice. Honourable mention goes to PIdgey though. :]

 

[Santalune Forest]

Words.

The elite four and a LOT of time.

 

[Luxrayyy]

Which of the 6 different lines of starter birds is your favourite and why?

Of course I will have to say Fletchling... I remember playing with my Fletchling in pokemon Amie and it's just so adorable. I also like Starly, it's cute, and I really like it's shiny colour scheme too.

Welcome to the club, Santalune Forest! :)

 

[Santalune Forest]

Which of the 6 different lines of starter birds is your favourite and why?
Tailow. Man, that thing is a powerhouse in R/S/E when it learns Wing Attack. Absolutely nothing is at that level, plus with the abundance of grass types in Hoenn and ready access to a forest full of bug types when you get access to it, Tailow has some serious team captain potential. And aaaah, now I want to play Omega Ruby again.

 

[Pendraflare]

Which of the 6 different lines of starter birds is your favourite and why?

Originally I would say Starly's, but one playthrough I did a year ago changed that answer for me. Pidove's. It all started with me doing a super hard Wedlocke on my secondary White 2 version, with Challenge Mode, where I ran into two Pidove in Castelia City, and I was underwhelmed because I wanted a Petilil or Eevee. But I caught one of them, and it entered the team. I didn't get too much out of it until it evolved into a Tranquill then Unfezant. That thing had SO MANY occasions where it came super close to dying but managed to live in the red. It had quite a few partners throughout. It died against the Champion, but it was still an amazing Pokémon for me to use.

After that, I will never bad-talk that evolution line again.

 

[Wicked3DS]

Which of the 6 different lines of starter birds is your favourite and why?

As much as I want to go with Pidgey - Pidgeot, I have to say Starly - Staraptor. They look the coolest to me and they are really fast and ridiculously strong. I really liked using it on my Platinum playthrough because it could take stuff out really well.

 

[Sirfetch’d]

Upon request of the king bird, Olli I am joining this :)

Your two Partner Pokémon (+ possible names): Xander the Crobat and Harriet the Butterfree!

Reason for liking Flying-types:

Flying types have always interested me, partly because you pretty much have to have one on your team in every game to get around. Plus there are so darn many to choose from the diversity is amazing! I'd say that overall Flying is probably my second favorite type actually.

 

[Lycanthropy]

Welcome, Castform!

Which of the 6 different lines of starter birds is your favorite and why?
I like all of them about equally, so choosing is hard. I think I'm choosing Starly and Fletchling, although I haven't really accepted Fletchling as a starter bird, because its normal type disappeared somehow upon evolution.
Starly was one of my best Pokémon in the first game I ever played. Learning Wing Attack at level 9, made it terribly strong in the first part of the game, in which it got quite overlevelled, even to the point I was beating Geodude with it. I even managed to almost running out of PP for Wing Attack because I decided that training my Staravia in a cave and not running from all the Geodude was a clever idea. (As I said, first Pokémon game I played.)
I like the Fletchling familty thanks to the hidden ability Gale Wings, which can be extremely strong.

 

[Aslan]

Pidove's. It all started with me doing a super hard Wedlocke on my secondary White 2 version, with Challenge Mode, where I ran into two Pidove in Castelia City, and I was underwhelmed because I wanted a Petilil or Eevee. But I caught one of them, and it entered the team. I didn't get too much out of it until it evolved into a Tranquill then Unfezant. That thing had SO MANY occasions where it came super close to dying but managed to live in the red. It had quite a few partners throughout. It died against the Champion, but it was still an amazing Pokémon for me to use.

After that, I will never bad-talk that evolution line again.

Ayy, Pidove! I love the little pigeon and my experience with it sounds really similar to yours. Originally I found the line rather dumb though I decided to try and test it one playthrough to see if I was right. Man, I was wrong. Like you, I managed to get through the whole E4 with an overleveled Unfezant in my party. Though I can't say I found it as good as Staraptor, it was definitely a pokemon that I'd initially misjudged. How do you feel about the gender differences between Unfezant though? They made its female version look really bland with the brown/grey scheme as opposed to the green and red they had going on with the male's design.

Which of the 6 different lines of starter birds is your favourite and why?

As much as I want to go with Pidgey - Pidgeot, I have to say Starly - Staraptor. They look the coolest to me and they are really fast and ridiculously strong. I really liked using it on my Platinum playthrough because it could take stuff out really well.

Agree with you all the way! Dinner the Staraptor was an absolute legend in my Platinum playthrough. Staraptor probably looks the coolest out of the starter birds too. :)

Upon request of the king bird, Olli I am joining this :)

Your two Partner Pokémon (+ possible names): Xander the Crobat and Harriet the Butterfree!

Reason for liking Flying-types:

Flying types have always interested me, partly because you pretty much have to have one on your team in every game to get around. Plus there are so darn many to choose from the diversity is amazing! I'd say that overall Flying is probably my second favorite type actually.

Hey Jelli!

Glad to see another Butterfree fan! It's so underrated compared to a lot of flying types and I think a lot of that comes from being a early game pokemon that most people find 'weak'. I haven't used one myself though watching Ash's Butterfree in the anime just hit me in the feels. The farewell scene gets me every time especially. :(

It's alsoa really pretty pokemon whether they're flying alone or in swarms. Like here for example!

That being said, have you used one in-game before or do you like it for other reasons? :]

 

[Sirfetch’d]

Ayy, Pidove! I love the little pigeon and my experience with it sounds really similar to yours. Originally I found the line rather dumb though I decided to try and test it one playthrough to see if I was right. Man, I was wrong. Like you, I managed to get through the whole E4 with an overleveled Unfezant in my party. Though I can't say I found it as good as Staraptor, it was definitely a pokemon that I'd initially misjudged. How do you feel about the gender differences between Unfezant though? They made its female version look really bland with the brown/grey scheme as opposed to the green and red they had going on with the male's design.



Agree with you all the way! Dinner the Staraptor was an absolute legend in my Platinum playthrough. Staraptor probably looks the coolest out of the starter birds too. :)



Hey Jelli!

Glad to see another Butterfree fan! It's so underrated compared to a lot of flying types and I think a lot of that comes from being a early game pokemon that most people find 'weak'. I haven't used one myself though watching Ash's Butterfree in the anime just hit me in the feels. The farewell scene gets me every time especially. :(

It's alsoa really pretty pokemon whether they're flying alone or in swarms. Like here for example!

That being said, have you used one in-game before or do you like it for other reasons? :]

I've used it in game a ton actually. It was the first Pokemon I ever caught and now every time I play the originals or the remakes one always finds it's way on my team. It's super useful early and always can compete throughout the entire game. Not to mention that it's just fun! So for me I love it for it's use and nostalgia purposes :)

 

[Olli]

Name: Santalune Forest

Your two Partner Pokémon:
Damian the Skarmory
Simon the Swellow

Reason for liking Flying-types:
Back when I first picked up Pokemon Emerald (yes, Emerald. It is also my favorite Pokemon game) I had no idea how types worked. When for the first time my Swellow was hit with an Earthquake, I thought it was the end of the battle, but then it took no damage. This seemed incredibly awesome to me at the time, as about my entire team had just been swept by that earthquake. I used Swellow until the end of the game, and it was my second pokemon to ever hit level 100, the first being my Sceptile. Then later on when I learned about Spikes and how good it was in battle against my friends, I raised a Skarmory. This is completely off topic but I felt like telling that story.

Welcome to the club! It must've been quite the relief to find out Ground moves had no effect on Flying types haha. It's always been something that I've liked about the Flying types as well, because, even though Ground types typically aren't the hardest Pokemon to take down, they often pack a punch if they hit you with their moves. Unfortunately, Ground type Pokemon are often dual-typed with Rock as well, so in a lot of cases they do counter the immunity to Ground types D: Sounds like your experience with Swellow is a lot like the one I had with my very first Pidgey though, as it was also the Pokemon to follow my starter to level 100 :D I don't think I've ever trained a Swellow to 100 myself, but I do love to use it as well.

Also, as long as it's about Flying types, it's not gonna be off-topic :) The discussion topics are more as a way to guide discussion, and you're free to deviate from those as long as you still keep your posts related to Flying types

Alright so since Alex can't multi task, expect part 2 of the story to be released a bit late. If he writes the plot and gives it to me before he uploads it then I might be able to get part 3 in early though no promises. Otherwise just expect some terrible events to happen to Squirrel the Psychopath in the next few segments. ;]

He's such a loser :(

The starter birds are pretty strong throughout the entire game though I definitely think they're best in the early game. As the story goes on, we see less bug type trainers and more people training stuff like Salamence as opposed to say, Butterfree. But I think this is one of the reasons why flying types are so easy to pick up and since they get overleveled from all the bug catchers at the start of the game, they're not hard to level during the later stages. So yay bug catchers! Their interests in bugs allow your birds to thrive. :D

Well that's true, but it also really depends on the player. I typically like to keep the levels even across my team, and I often pick the Fire starters, so it's kinda split between which Pokemon I will train with the Bug Catchers. I've found Hoenn to be one of the main regions where I usually overlevel the Flying type first instead of keeping them even, usually to prep for the second gym as I think I mentioned in my other post :D But yeah, there's also a difference in speaking simply Flying types or starter birds.

I've never really noticed that haha. I guess it's the downside to pokemon that are available early seeing as their BST isn't exactly the best though I've never had a problem taking them through to the E4 with me. In fact, I think every one of my pokemon playthroughs I had a starter bird till the end. In Platinum I used Staraptor, X/Y was Pidgeot and R/S/E was Swellow. I also used Crobat though that's not a starter bird, more like an early route pokemon. Fearow was another one I tried though I think I only made it to the seventh gym on that play file.

But yeah, I've never had an issue with them in the E4. Sure there are definitely many pokemon with better stats or coverage but they're really fast and useful for taking down weak opponents.

Crobat's always seemed decent to me in all stages, though the only starter birds I've really felt could still match up to the later gyms/E4 have been Pidgeot and Staraptor. I've yet to use Talonflame, though I believe the same thing applies. However Swellow, Noctowl and Unfezant have all seemed rather weak at the later stages. Unfezant especially is one that I felt like fell off completely once we reached the E4, as it was practically useless at that point when I was playing through Black 2. I don't know if it's just because I'm bad at Pokemon (which I am 8D) or if that really does apply, but I definitely didn't feel like it matched up. Swellow isn't completely useless, though I think the fact that it's a 2-stage Pokemon really shines in how well it does early compared to how well it does late, and it's definitely never been the one to carry my team through the E4.

Which of the 6 different lines of starter birds is your favourite and why?

Oh dang, this is a tough one. I'm gonna go ahead and say that I hate Hoothoot since its eyes have always been beyond creepy

I think most people dislike Hoothoot :D

but I think between all of them, I'm gonna go with Starly or Tailow. Fletchling's very cool though, a fire bird sounds awesome. I feel like it should of been available as a later flying type though as the other ones all followed the normal/flying trend.

Starly's probably my favourite for reasons that I've listed earlier. It's special to me as my first flying type and one of my first pokemon in general, it had the legendary nickname of Dinner and overall I really liked how cool Staraptor looked. Swellow on the other hand was amazing at taking down opponents so between them it's a tough choice. Honourable mention goes to PIdgey though. :]

I honestly think the Starly line is the favourite of most people, simply due to the fact that it's probably the strongest of all the lines (I don't know about Fletchling line though). It has a great movepool, and its stats are generally good. Though I'm glad that your choice for it is more based on personal experience with it rahter than how good it is compared to the others :D and yaay pidgey

Which of the 6 different lines of starter birds is your favourite and why?

Originally I would say Starly's, but one playthrough I did a year ago changed that answer for me. Pidove's. It all started with me doing a super hard Wedlocke on my secondary White 2 version, with Challenge Mode, where I ran into two Pidove in Castelia City, and I was underwhelmed because I wanted a Petilil or Eevee. But I caught one of them, and it entered the team. I didn't get too much out of it until it evolved into a Tranquill then Unfezant. That thing had SO MANY occasions where it came super close to dying but managed to live in the red. It had quite a few partners throughout. It died against the Champion, but it was still an amazing Pokémon for me to use.

After that, I will never bad-talk that evolution line again.

That's a cool story :o I've always felt like the -locke challenges have always been a good way to bond with Pokemon you never really wanted to or never really thought to use before. Regrettably I've never completed one myself, but I've heard lots of people recount how they came to like a Pokemon after a Nuzlocke playthrough with it, even if it may not have been the best on their team. And I can only imagine the near-death experiences with the Pokemon would only further contribute to that :D So great to know you came to like it that way :D

Personally I'm not a huge fan of the Pidove line, though that's simply because I've never really been too impressed with it, it was never a very contributing factor to my team, and its design isn't really anything too impressive. I still like it of course, though between the starter birds, probably near the bottom D:

Upon request of the king bird, Olli I am joining this :)

good i will spare your family

Your two Partner Pokémon (+ possible names): Xander the Crobat and Harriet the Butterfree!

Reason for liking Flying-types:

Flying types have always interested me, partly because you pretty much have to have one on your team in every game to get around. Plus there are so darn many to choose from the diversity is amazing! I'd say that overall Flying is probably my second favorite type actually.

Welcome to the club, Nubface McWeatherball! Cool picks for your Pokemon! Crobat has seemed to be more popular than I actually thought it was, but I'm not too surprised honestly. Always liked it, just seemed like most others didn't D: Butterfree is an interesting choice though. The Bug types are usually disregarded because of quickly they fall off, though Butterfree is probably one of the more popular ones. Still, I'd like to hear why you picked it :D

Welcome, Castform!

Which of the 6 different lines of starter birds is your favorite and why?
I like all of them about equally, so choosing is hard. I think I'm choosing Starly and Fletchling, although I haven't really accepted Fletchling as a starter bird, because its normal type disappeared somehow upon evolution.

I see where you're coming from with the removal of the Normal typing, though personally I'm kinda happy they started to diversify the starter birds as well. With how much people have been complaining about originality in design, they probably thought that it would be better to change up the starter birds a bit, rather than adding another standard bird to the mix, and I was in love with the Fletchling line when I first saw it, so can't quite say I agree :D

Glad to see another Butterfree fan! It's so underrated compared to a lot of flying types and I think a lot of that comes from being a early game pokemon that most people find 'weak'. I haven't used one myself though watching Ash's Butterfree in the anime just hit me in the feels. The farewell scene gets me every time especially. :(

It's alsoa really pretty pokemon whether they're flying alone or in swarms. Like here for example!

Stop it you :( Still one of the saddest scenes in the Pokemon anime. From what I heard, it apparently died in the Japanese version of the anime, so that just adds to make it even sadder, though still, the goodbye scene left a mark :( Gotta say, James losing his Cacnea is probably the saddest one for me, but that's unrelated!


In regards to the Pokemon training grounds:

Pidgeotto has now evolved into a Pidgeot! We're quite a few moves behind though, so polls will be up for a shorter time. Tackle has been replaced with Twister, and Pidgeot will now be learning Feather Dance.