Togekiss or Staraptor for Platinum In-Game-Team?

I currently have a freshly-caught level 27 Staravia, and at the same time I have a hatched Togepi from the Egg Cynthia had gave me. Evolving the Togepi to Togetic would be fairly easy since it has the fast growth rate and higher Base Friendship (120) since it is hatched from an egg.

Should I use a Staraptor or a Togekiss? Togekiss has higher stats and really good Sp. Def, Def and Sp. Atk while Staraptor possesses really good Physical Atk and Spd.

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Ok, I’m going to compare them in some categories: Movepool, Offensive typing, Defensive typing, Attacking Stats, Defensive Stats, Ability and speed.Which ever ‘mon gets the better comparison score will earn a point.

First, lets see their offensive movepools. Togekiss has a decent offensive movepool, with good special coverage. Staraptor, on the other hand, gets close combat, gets brave bird, gets take down, and while it does have a coverage problem other than close combat, I think I would have to give the edge to togekiss. It has decent coverage.

Both of them have the same type, so I’m going to give them both a point lol.

Same thing here lol

Staraptor has an excellent 120 attack, and Togekiss has 120 Special Attacj. Both get points -_-

Defensive StatsTogekiss has an 85/95/115 spread, making it quite bulky. Staraptor has the same hp, but the defenses are noticeably lower.

Staraptor gets Intimidate, one of the best abilities in the game, which weakens physical attacks, thus making it more bulky on the physical side. Togekiss gets Hustle, which is quite useless on it, and Serene Grace, which is quite good, however, I still believe that Intimidate is better.

Staraptor has a decent 100 base speed, while Togekiss has 80.

Ok, so with all of this, Staraptor gets 5, and Togekiss 5.

I would suggest staraptor because it’s faster and it has intimidate, but your choice.

Hope this helps :)

Staravia starts at a higher level, but Togepi takes less experience to level up. If they both get the same amount of experience, then Togekiss will catch up to Staraptor at level 49, when you’re pretty close to the end of the game.sourceAt the very end of the game, Togekiss can get around 4 levels higher, but it’s still not enough to do more damage than Staraptor.

Lvl 62 84 Atk Staraptor Return vs. Lvl 62 0 HP / 0 Def Glalie: 97-115 (51 - 60.5%) – guaranteed 2HKOLvl 66 84 SpA Togekiss Air Slash vs. Lvl 62 0 HP / 0 SpD Glalie: 82-97 (43.1 - 51%) – 5.5% chance to 2HKO

sourceSo basically Staraptor is always stronger than Togekiss.

I think staraptor is the better pick between the two. Togekiss has some great coverage moves and bulk but staraptor is a great fast offensive Pokemon and can take down a lot of Pokemon in platinum.