Gen 1 [PU] Pidgeot [GP 1/1]

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[OVERVIEW]

Pidgeot is completely outclassed by Fearow, as its better bulk is completely overshadowed by Fearow's higher Attack, Speed, and access to Drill Peck. Pidgeot falls into all the same pitfalls as Fearow, including a losing matchup against Rock-types, a difficult BoltBeam weakness, and a fear of paralysis. The lack of Drill Peck leaves Pidgeot with a much worse matchup against Pinsir and Gastly, which it struggles to hit. As a result, Pidgeot should never be used on any serious team.

[SET]
name: Standard
move 1: Double-Edge
move 2: Hyper Beam
move 3: Sky Attack
move 4: Agility

[SET COMMENTS]

Double-Edge and Hyper Beam serve as powerful STAB attacks coming off of Pidgeot's high Attack, seriously threatening neutral targets such as Staryu, Drowzee, and Dragonair. Sky Attack is Pidgeot's strongest attack against Gastly; it has a 64.1% chance to OHKO, and it also does at least 78.6% to Pinsir. Agility lets Pidgeot boost its Speed and reapply paralysis, notably aiding its role as an endgame cleaner. Alternatively, Toxic lets Pidgeot weaken Rock-types. Mirror Move is also an option in the last slot, potentially letting Pidgeot copy something useful like Earthquake or Swords Dance.

Since Pidgeot is outclassed, it can only be justified if brought alongside Fearow. They share Rock-type counters like Omanyte and Graveler, so Porygon is a useful partner. Rapidash and Arcanine also gives this duo trouble, so Omanyte works well in countering them. Given that Gastly easily switches into Pidgeot and forces it to use Sky Attack, checks to it like Drowzee and Abra are essential. Pidgeot hates being paralyzed, so it's best used either as an endgame cleaner when all opposing paralysis spreaders have been weakened or KOed or as a midgame wallbreaker willing to sacrifice itself to aid another cleaner.

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[OVERVIEW]
Pidgeot is completely outclassed by Fearow, as its higher better bulk is completely overshadowed by Fearow's higher Attack, Speed, and access to Drill Peck. This means Pidgeot falls through all the same pitfalls as Fearow, (AC) including losing to i.e. being countered by Rock-types, (list other shared pitfalls here like Boltbeam weakness, poor coverage, etc) while at the same time the The lack of Drill Peck leaves Pidgeot with a much worse matchup against Pinsir and it struggling to even do damage to Gastly, which it struggles to hit. As a result, Pidgeot should never be used on any serious team.

[SET]
name: Big Bird (honestly change this, it's not good enough to get a nickname)
move 1: Double Edge
move 2: Hyper Beam
move 3: Sky Attack
move 4: Toxic (why not Mirror Move or even Agility? feel like these are more reasonably useful)

[SET COMMENTS]

Double Edge and Hyper Beam serve as powerful STAB attacks coming off of Pidgeot's high Attack, seriously threatening neutral targets such as Staryu, Drowzee, and Dragonair. Sky Attack is Pidgeot's strongest attack against Gastly, with a 64.1% chance to OHKO, and it also does at least 78.6% to Pinsir. Toxic lets Pidgeot cripple weaken Rock-types. Given that Pidgeot it still loses quite badly to Rock-types, Toxic could can be replaced with a variety of gimmick options, such as Agility and Mirror Move. quickly cover what these moves can do

Since Pidgeot is outclassed, you it can only be justified if brought alongside justify using it with Fearow. They share Rock-types counters like Omanyte and Graveler as their counters, so Porygon is a useful partner. Rapidash and Arcanine also gives this duo trouble, so Omanyte works well in countering them. Given that Gastly easily switches into Pidgeot and forces it to use Sky Attack, checks to it like Drowzee and Abra are essential. Pidgeot hates being paralyzed, so it's best that it be the one to finish off paralysis spreaders (I don't know what this is trying to say) or at least deal crucial damage to aid an endgame cleaner.

[CREDITS]
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[OVERVIEW]

Pidgeot is completely outclassed by Fearow, as its better bulk is completely overshadowed by Fearow's higher Attack, Speed, and access to Drill Peck. Pidgeot falls through into all the same pitfalls as Fearow, including a losing matchup against to Rock-types, (AC) due to their lack of coverage, Boltbeam a difficult BoltBeam weakness, and a fear of paralysis. The lack of Drill Peck leaves Pidgeot with a much worse matchup against Pinsir and Gastly, which it struggles to hit. As a result, Pidgeot should never be used on any serious team.

[SET]
name: Standard
move 1: Double-Edge (AH)
move 2: Hyper Beam
move 3: Sky Attack
move 4: Agility

[SET COMMENTS]

Double-Edge (AH) and Hyper Beam serve as powerful STAB attacks coming off of Pidgeot's high Attack, seriously threatening neutral targets such as Staryu, Drowzee, and Dragonair. Sky Attack is Pidgeot's strongest attack against Gastly; it has, with a 64.1% chance to OHKO, and it also does at least 78.6% to Pinsir. Agility lets Pidgeot boost its Speed and reapply paralysis, notably aiding its role as an endgame cleaner. Alternatively, Toxic lets Pidgeot weaken Rock-types. Mirror Move is also an option in the last slot, potentially letting Pidgeot copy something useful like Earthquake or Swords Dance.

Since Pidgeot is outclassed, it can only be justified if brought alongside Fearow. They share Rock-type counters like Omanyte and Graveler, so Porygon is a useful partner. Rapidash and Arcanine also gives this duo trouble, so Omanyte works well in countering them. Given that Gastly easily switches into Pidgeot and forces it to use Sky Attack, checks to it like Drowzee and Abra are essential. Pidgeot hates being paralyzed, so it's best used either as an endgame cleaner when all opposing paralysis spreaders are either have been weakened or KOed, (RC) or as a midgame wallbreaker willing to sacrifice itself to aid another cleaner.

[CREDITS]
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