Top 10 Best Flying Type Pokemon
Staraptor, known in Japan as Mukuhawk, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Staraptor is a and I quote from Ash himself "Staraptor is my best friend and I wouldn't trade him for all the pokemon in the world" Plus the fact that it looks like a boss hair stiles.
All this dude needs is a mega with contrary and a boost to his speed to 120 and close combat with contrary solves the frail problem. You can almost hear the trigger talonflame fans.
Close combat = dead rock & ice types. Oh no it's defense dropped... it defense sucks anyways & outspeeds most other Pokemon (expcally most rock types). Actually dead pretty much anything because it's high attack stat as long as it's at least normal effective
Rayquaza (pronounced "ray-quay-zah") is a Dragon/Flying type Legendary Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. It serves as the mascot in the game Pokémon Emerald. Rayquaza can mega evolve into Mega Rayquaza provided that it does not have a Z-Crystal and it knows the move "Dragon Ascent". According to the Pokédex, it lives in the ozone layer, and frequently stops battles... read more This is crazy Rayquaza is actually the most powerful Pokemon why is staraptor first? Plus Rayquaza is part dragon type with a mega evolution Rayquaza seems like the best Pokemon EVER
Why isn't it in #1?! It has the highest base stat of all pokemon, access to one of the best flying type move in dragon ascent, AND can MEGA EVOLVE! How is this not in #1?!
Because of this Pokémon's ability in its mega form it is no longer 4x weak to anything and its only 2x weaknesses are dragon, ice, and fairy. It has the same stat total as mega mewtwo except that this Pokémon doesn't need a mega stone to mega evolve which means that he could still hold another item to further boost his stats. Mega rayquaza is the best Pokémon in the game which also means that it is the best flying type.
Salamence, known in Japan as Bohmander, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Alright, with Legendaries excluded (because Mega Rayquaza) Salamence is EASILY the best Flying-Type. He is one of two Psuedo-Legendaries to EVER be relegated to UBERS. The other being Garchomp at the beginning of Gen 4. With that aside, Salamence was good on its own, right? High speed, high SpAtk and attack, decent bulk. But then OR/AS comes along and makes this 'mon BROKEN. It got a Mega Evolution which gives a substantial boost to ALL stats, but here's the most broken part about this 'mon: it got Aerilate. For those of you that don't know, Aerilate changes any Normal-type move into a FLYING-type move. That doesn't sound big, but Flying-type STAB is what was holding this 'mon back before, but now he has a FLYING-TYPE DOUBLE EDGE. The only move's you'll EVER need on this Pokemon are Double Edge, Earthquake, and Roost. Dragon STAB isn't even needed anymore.
People, I will admit that Salamence (non-mega) is not that great. However, since ORAS, Smogon rated it as the best mega Pokemon in Ubers (besides Rayquaza) in their viability rankings! Aerilate is amazing, and Salamence has an impressive movepool. But it's not just about skill, it's also about swag. Salamence is so awesome with those wings and that body. In a coolness contest, who would you choose? Dragonite with its small wings and beer belly, or the awesome Salamence? Furthermore, Salamence's Pokedex entry is cool: "As a result of its long-held dream of flying, its cellular structure changed, and wings grew out." - Salamence
Charizard, known in Japan as Lizardon, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Charizard first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent sequels. They have later appeared in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise. Shin-ichiro Miki, the actor who voices James in the original... read more Charizard is not overeated... okay, maybe just a little. But you have to admit, Charizard has an amazing design, and is epic-ly strong too.
This pokemon is one of the only two who have more than one mega evolution forms, with the other being Mewto. It's special attack is insane, and it's speed isn't bad either. It's design is an epic fire dragon. What's not to love?
This pokemon is a monster if it become Mega Charizard Y. It have Drought which allow it to use Solar Beam. It also halves the damage of water moves and kill the waters type with Solar Beam. It have an insane special attack of 157, more than Mewtwo. But becareful with rocks and stealth rock. I reccomended a rapid spinner to wipe out Stealth Rock
Dragonite, known in Japan as Kairyu, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. When I went through Pokemon Silver/Soul Silver I used him. And he was just a wall, nothing destroyed it except for ice types. But if you just teach it FlameThrower it knocks them out easily
He is a monster! There is no dragon typed better than him. Plus he's A TANK! Charizard doesn't stand a chance against him as shown in the anime!
This Pokemon is the strongest Pokemon in my list. It was superb Pokemon in the world. I love this Pokemon because it speed is more than a bullet train
Almost guaranteed first strike. Confuse ray + poison fang until badly poisoned. Then switch with a resistant Pokemon and the match is yours. Give him a kings rock to make the opponent flinch and you got a winning formula.
Really? I mean crobat has flying type attacks and you can even mix it with poison type attacks, and he is 8th in the list, what? Not saying that he owns superb speed which render all his of his enemy up.
Having played loads of pokemon I only started using crobat recently and man confuse ray, mean look and poison fang can destroy pokemon especially if you swap out to a tank. Plus it has god like speed
Lugia, known in Japan as ルギア (Rugia), is a Legendary Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. First introduced in Generation II, it's the mascot of the game Pokémon Silver. It serves as the master of the legendary birds trio, and is part of the tower tuo along with Ho-Oh. It is the lord of the sea, which covers over two-thirds of the world. If it wants, it can just flood the world and kill everyone. Surely that's better than Staraptor?
Bein one of the most strongest flying types ever is awesome, not to mention intelligence, speed, and leader of the three legendary birds to be considered...
Lugia is good competitively having access to moves like Calm Mind and Extrasensory. Good Legendary and Pokemon overall
Talonflame is a dual-type Fire/Flying Pokémon introduced in the Pokémon franchise's sixth generation. It evolves from Fletchinder and is known for its swift and graceful flight. Talonflame's signature move, Brave Bird, showcases its daring and fearless nature in battles. Its fiery plumage and aerial prowess contribute to its role as a popular and powerful Pokémon. Talonflame is SO awesome! It's got Me First, so you can use whatever move your opponent is going to use, and first! It's also got Fly, which is awesome, and he is like my #3 best Pokemon on my team, besides Flame (Delphox) and Vines (Venosaurous). It also looks really cool too!
The best bird Pokemon in my opinion. Gale Wings is just so awesome, allowing it to outspeed ANY non priority move and also it gets priority with Brave Bird and even Roost! Only flaw I see is the lack of bulk and a 4x Rock weakness.
Sweeps every nearly every single pokemon in competitive battle because of gale wings. The only flaw of talonflame is that it gets destroyed by stealth rock just like charizard.
Gyarados is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. It evolves from one of the weakest Pokemon, Magikarp. But Gyarados has a high attack power (as of gen VII, mega Gyarados is ranking #19 for highest attack stat & would rank #10 if legendary Pokemon aren't included), and a good special defense. It's typing consist of water & flying, or from its mega evolution form, it has... read more It's attack stat is really good, but becomes even better when it mega evolves. Also, I love how Magikarp, who is the weakest pokemon ever, evolves into this raging water snake/dragon.
Too bad about the quadruple weakness to Electric.
Nice gyarados you got there, it would be a shame IF I USED THUNDERBOLT
Jk, this thing is one heck of a beast. Just teach it earthquake and have it punish the stupid pikachu that tried thunderbolt on it (and failed miserably)
Aerodactyl, known in Japan as Ptera, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Why is it number1..the comments say"he's just awesome", please that is not a reason, "it's got mega evolution, is sort of resistance to rock and electric attacks and it is very awesome", it is not the only Pokemon who can mega evolve and some non mega evolved Pokemon are better than the ones that mega evolved, it is weak to rock and electric and you need to prove it is awesome.
@person who said "why is it number 1...", I can prove why Aerodactyl is so good. This thing is fast. Even though it's weak to rock, steel, water, electric, and ice, with Earthquake, Iron Head, Thunder Fang, and Rock Slide, it'll crush almost all resistance. Among the other rock types, I think only Rhyperior can knock this guy down (and I say Rhyperior only because of its Solid Rock ability).
It's a rock pokemon, so electric isn't that effective. He is also a flying/ground, so he can kill almost anything that's on the ground except for water and grass.
Ho-Oh, known in Japan as Houou, is a Legendary Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. The ultimate bird Pokemon! My personal favourite, with his legendary stats and access to Scared Fire, it deserves to be much higher on this list.
Ho-oh is on of the most powerful pokemon and the most powerful bird type pokemon, deserves no. 1
In my opinion this guy is pretty first, he should be at least in the teens, not at no. 20
Yveltal is a fictional creature in the Pokemon Franchise. Introduced in the 6th gen, Yveltal is a legendary Dark/Flying type Pokemon, and is the mascot of Pokemon Y. It is classified as the Destruction Pokemon. Yveltal has the ability to absorb life energy, and when its life comes to an end, it steals all the life energy of every living thing around it before transforming into a cocoon to sleep for... read more It's design is amazing, it's a legendary and it can beat most of the other pokemon on this list. What's not to love?
The god of destruction is 28 while one of the weak regional birds is at 1 (staraptor). Don't forget that pidgeot is 11.
Yveltal has Amazing stats and awesome design. Why the Hell is Staraptor first? I get that it knows close combat, but it is ahead of ALL of these legendaries!
Hawlucha, known in Japan as Luchabull, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Hawlucha is very strong. As long as it survives one hit with Unburden, using a Sitrus Berry, and Sword Dance, it can sweep most of your team.
Hawlucha can just sweep with Unburden and swords dance.
The fact that it has Flying Press make it amazing.
Now let me explain why having Drifblim instead of staraptor is abetter choice for your team. First of all Staraptor may have speed but his move pool takes forever to consistantly be good. It's also hard for staraptor to face the Elite four which is an even greater pitt fall. Drifblim though has a pretty good mach up with any other pokemon trainer and gym leader out there.
Why does everyone keep forgetting this one? It's just so cool! A unique Ghost/Flying typing, stats that, while not tournament worthy, can still get the job done and a great concept. Drifblim deserves more attention.
This thing deserves to be low because of its vulnerability to taunt and entire strategies being forced to offer under the power of a single move.
Oh my God. It's so hard to explain how amazing Togekiss is, because there's so many great things about it. It's a fairy type, and we already know if you train them right fairy types are OP to the MAX. Then Togekiss is also the evolution of our main man Togepi, A.K.A. that Pokemon we all love. And don't even get me started on Paraflinch. There's also Togekiss's great design! And those are only a few great things I can name about Togekiss. Its just so strong and loveable! In short, out of all the flying types, Togekiss is and will always be my #1.
Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you.
It was already a good Pokemon, and the fairy type addition only made it better! And metronome works me wonders
By far the second best bird pokémon out there that isn't legendary, I'd even put this on par with Staraptor. This thing could easily knock down a Dragonite.
Gliscor, known in Japan as Glion, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Gliscor, the Fang Scorpion Pokemon, and the evolved form of Gligar. Gliscor hangs upside down from trees, watching for its chance to attack. At the right moment, it silently swoops, with its tail ready to seize its opponent.
At the sound it is as silent as a hunting orca
Not to mention poison heal + toxic orb access to roost and facade boosted by status effects in this case poisoned. Also substitute compatible. Unless you re OHKO'd then you'll be stalling however long you want. I wouldn't go into battle without one.
Gliscor and Gligar shouldn't have had the Ground-Flying shamed upon them with Landorus.
Noivern, known in Japan as Onvern, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Noivern is without a doubt one of my most favourite pokemon. Not only can it use boomburst which is extremely powerful it can also use supersonic to detect things or help people not to get lost in places
Noivern is really strong
It's a flying type, so it should be in the top five. There weren't too many good bird pokemon (excluding legendary birds) in the first generation to choose from other than Pidgey-Pidgeotto-Pidgeot. I'm sure 8/10 used Pidgeot as their flying-type pokemon: I most-certainly did. Has good moves too. Excellent attack and speed stats. Looks really cool too.
It's literally bird Jesus. It has 100% accurate hurricanes when mega, as well as heat wave. The only reason he doesn't have focus blast ( which is why he's not in OU ) is because it would make him the ultimate bird of all. His design is awesome and he just happens to be my all time favorite Pokemon. He his truly bird Jesus.
Pidgeot is awesome. He looks epic and he's my favourite flying pokemon. He's flying and normal type so he's immune to ghost. Also, he has a mega evolution. I have no idea why Ash released this Pokemon.
Braviary, known in Japan as Warrgle, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Why people why. Why did you not put him on the list.
He is AMERICA THE Pokemon. He owns the face of every other Pokemon on this list (well maybe not Salamence and Dragonite, but come on people, they're pseudo-legendaries).
With Brave Bird, Super Power, Crush Claw, and Arial Ace, he totally owns. Plus, in White and Black 2, you can find one with the hidden ability Defiant.
I got a Braviary with Defiant, and it owns. Defiant means that whenever one of his stats is lowered, his Attack raises by TWO STAGES. Intimidate? Yeah, thanks for the Attack Boost. I used him to own Clay's Gym. Including his Excadrill, who just couldn't hack it and missed with Rock Slide all the ' time.
Anyways, GET A BRAVIARY. NOW.
Braviary is my personal favorite flying type, plus it is extremely hard to get (except in gen 5) and it evolves from rufflet at a later level, so it's an all around great pokemon. Plus, it's great move set combined with its hard to top attack stat and HP stat makes it a great coverage pokemon for any team.
Zapdos, known in Japan as Thunder, is a Legendary Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. It's an electric and flying type. It is its own weakness. Therefore it has none.
This guy can live an ice type attack and it has like 100 speed.
Damn good electricity
Articuno, known in Japan as Freezer, is a Legendary Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Team mystic= life
Altaria, known in Japan as Tyltalis, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Altaria is a beast, and levels up quickly, due to its erratic experience rate.
I vote for Altaria because it's one of my pokemon and it's really strong! From altaria, heliolisk, Starmie, and Scizor, I think Starmie and Altaria is one of my strongest pokemons
Well, fizzle-sticks. I meant to vote for Braviary.
Swablu, known in Japan as Tyltto, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise.
No love for Scyther? Base Stats of 500, great attack, decent defense and
Special defense. Not a whole lot of move type variety though but good
moves. Shame about the quadruple weakness to Rock.
Cool pokemon, but I think scizor could be better, but they also have the same stats... so it does not really madder.
He should be number one because he can eventually evolve into scizor, ad also because he has false swipe.
Rowlet, known in Japan as Mokuroh, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. You spin me right round Abby right round like a (SO on so on) On YouTube search up spinning rowlet but every time it loops it gets darker. Its funny and that's why rowlet is cool. Because it's a meme
Row let is adorable and when it evolves it it a ghost and flying