Competition: First Annual Archenskov Award for Best Bird
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First Annual Archenskov Award for Best Bird
Rules and Grading
We're looking for the Best Bird of Season 35, but since they're all the best birds, we'll have to settle for the most used and most successful birds. Submit your top bird Pokemon. Placement will be based on Battle points * Total Win Rate to try to keep things a little more interesting than just "whoever plays the most wins." Ties will be broken by Total Battles.
For the purposes of this competition, the following Pokemon are birds:
- Decidueye (available as a starter for new accounts)
- Talonflame (available as a starter for new accounts)
- Articuno
- Cramorant
- Dodrio
- Empoleon
- Ho-Oh
- Moltres
- Psyduck
- Sirfetch'd
- Zapdos
How to Submit
Go to your Trainer Info screen, then select Favorite Pokemon and make sure to check the Current Season Data box. It should look like this:

Submit a screenshot of that view, scrolling down as necessary to get to your top bird.
- Parent Competition
- Pok-may-mon Unite
- Organized by
- Darth Strix
- Running time
- 2026-05-04 until 2026-05-31 (28 days)
- Ends in
- 18 days (2026-05-31 23:59:59 UTC/18:59:59 EST)
- Competition Tier
- Tier 5 - Other Solo Activity
- Target Unit
- Entire DJB
- Competition Type
- Single-player Gaming
- Awards
- Dynamic (based on participant count)
- Participants
- 2 subscribers, of which 1 has already participated.