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Originally Posted by Fat capefeather
Weirdly enough, the only Pokémon with No Guard and Close Combat is the Machamp line, which gets STAB on it. Pinsir gets non-STAB Close Combat, though.
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Staraptor also gets non-STAB Close Combat, and it's the reason it got shunted to BL in Gen 4 because Brave Bird + Close Combat nuked the metagame - it was also quite popular in ALL CAP since it was quite adept at wiping out Arghonaut and Collossoil, with the SubRoost Set causing problems for Syclant, Pyroak, and Voodoom. It was even strong enough to be able to threaten Kitsunoh with a 2HKO from Brave Bird.
So yeah, Close Combat has nothing to do with fists/arms. (The Natural/Breed list now even includes Growlithe. Snubbull, Teddiurda, and Zangoose [Level-up] could all get it before)
I wouldn't worry about flavor when it comes to movepools. Most of the movepools that tend to win combine good competitive and flavor elements. Or at least, I always try to balance those in my submissions. I thought Tomohawk's movepool went a bit overboard, but I'm a harsh critic of those things.