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Staraptor can learn Close Combat if evolved right away at the right level. Being able to learn a powerful Fighting-type attack is a fantastic feat that no other early route bird Pokémon can accomplish.
Either way, Staraptor has respectable speed and good physical attack to make effective use out of Close Combat. Although this leaves a very tough act to follow when it comes to having a fully evolved early route bird Pokémon.