1st Gen The Legendary Birds

There are 3 legendary birds situated in spots all over Kanto. Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres.

Articuno the Ice/Flying type, resides in Seafoam Island.
Zapdos the Electric/Flying type, rests in the hidden power plant.
Moltres the Fire/Flying type, awaits in the Victory Road.



What are your thoughts over them? Did you like their concept? Which legendary bird is your favorite?

I personally like Articuno the best. It's typing made it pretty weak to rocks, but I found it to have the most elegant and beautiful design. (Blue also is my favorite colour.)

Gotta be Articuno :) My childhood favourite! Articuno is found in like the most remote location though lol

Zapdos on the other hand? I really find it cool too so that would be my #2 :)

Catching a legendary bird is always great. Articuno is my favourite of the three, there were so few ice types originally and its an elegant bird, but Zapdos comes close second. I liked the sidequest of finding Zapdos in the abandoned power plant.

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Articuno is my real favorite, I like its design (blue is my favorite color), I had a hard time catching it but it was worth it in the end. :D

Zapdos is my second favorite, while its design it's a little bit too... sparky(?), I like how he does in battle.

Baecuno. Such a beaut.

I am the only one who voted for Moltres? That's sad.

Ida13 said:

I am the only one who voted for Moltres? That's sad.

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Not any more :P. Moltres is no different than Charizard, arguably the favorite Fire Type of a lot of Generation 1 players. However, while I like its design(gives the feel of a Phoenix), its moveset is really undesirable when compared to other Fire Types. Its more of a Flying Type than an actual Fire Type Pokemon with just Fire Spin to its credit. Articuno learns 2 Ice Type moves(Ice Beam AND Blizzard) while Zapdos knows Drill Peck, Thundershock and Thunder(3 kick-ass moves). You'd have to teach Moltres Fire Blast to even give it an ounce of respectability from a Fire Type perspective(no Flamethrower) and that's what ultimately hurts it, hence explains why its in last place.

My favourite legendary bird would have to be Articuno
for one thing it looks so majestic and also the fact that its a decent Ice Type

I stray away from using the legendrys but Articuno gets my vote.

Articuno

Always liked the ice dynamic.

Zapdos has always been my favorite gen 1 legendary.

Zapdos for sure because he was the only pokemon in the original Base Set