Best early game bird eveloution

[Detox]

Whos your favorite?mines either staraptor or Pidgeot

 

[YOOM-TAH]

In terms of usefulness, Staraptor. Because it learns Close Combat.

In terms of coolness, Pidgeot, because of how freakishly huge it is.

 

[jirachistar]

I like Staraptor because it can learn powerful moves like Close Combat and Brave Bird. It's also pretty fast...and it kind of looks like Elvis.

 

[JKLAZ]

I always used pidgeot , idk about g/s/c, swallow, and now staraptor :P

 

[hothead]

i picked Starvaptor Pidgeot and swellow But if i had to only pick one i would pick Swellow but pidgeot is a very close second followed by Starvaptor

 

[.]

Pidgeot was always my favorite. It still is, but it's completely outclassed by the likes of Swellow, Dodrio, Staraptor, etc...

That aside, Staraptor is awesome. It's freakishly underrated in the OU Metagame. It can tear through unprepared teams easily. I know this from a first hand experiance T__T

 

[JKLAZ]

You like staraptor last? It has the 40th best attack (according to serebii) along with sick moves like brave bird and close combat. Pidgeot doesnt even come in the top 100 in anything (89th in speed :( )
compared to staraptors attack, his 60th place in speed, and thats why i would pick him anyday over pidgeot or any other bird pokemon (well, the ones were disscussing)

 

[Detox]

Especially with it EV trained in attack/speed....oh boy,wish I would've kept mine

 

[JKLAZ]

My party is all level 54-64 and my staraptor is happily at lv 57. i didnt ev/iv [whatever its called] train it. but its still sick

 

[Detox]

I replaced mine with a Endeavoring/focus sashed Swellow

 

[JKLAZ]

Endeavor always fails for me. is there a trick to using it?

 

[Detox]

Nope,it gets stronger the lower your hp,so thts why I put swellow in against electric types so they can zap it and make my sweeper stronger.

 

[JKLAZ]

Oh. i used to try it full health. So you get somebody to kill you with one hit (hang on with focus sash) use endeavor, and then use quick attack to kill it?

 

[Detox]

Uh,no,if it doesnt kill it ,your thru at 1 hp,but it most likley will unless its ghost(which it wont affect),rock,or steel type.

 

[.Eevee-Chan]

Pidgeot and Staraptor are equal to me,but pidgey is more original.

 

[Detox]

So is Tailow,plus a green one looks cool.

 

[Euphoric Magikarp]

I could really careless about moves and stats, I go by looks and Pidgeot is the coolest looking for me :3.

 

[Detox]

Pidgeot is cool,but its too big....

 

[YOOM-TAH]

Um, Endeavor simply lowers the opponent's HP to the user's HP, considering the user's is lower. It doesn't have an actual set power, and it can't KO an opponent.

 

[kazuya.]

By looks:

Pidgeot > Swellow > Fearow > Staraptor > Pelliper

And even though personally I found Staraptor is the most useful bird among the 5, I am still a Pidgeot/Swellow user.