just do it. I've been playing with a choice scarf braviary a lot lately and I gotta say, brave bird is freaking awesome. Yes you get massive recoil, yes you are screwed if you get burned, and it probably isn't the best idea to use it on types that resist it early on in the match. But brave bird on a bulky bird pokemon has been a fantastic late game sweeping tool for me. If you are constantly losing towards the end of your matches and just can't quite get you opponents hp down to 0, you may want to try brave birding those mofos in da face.
Captain Dropkick