I've always liked Ho-Oh. He's probably one of the most sacred legendary pokémon as far as the context of the games go, but the way that Lugia has been portrayed he just feels much more majestic and powerful, so I'm going to have to say Lugia. Sorry, Ho-Oh.
I say Lugia for a couple of reasons....number one. my original starter was charmander and I usually choose fire therefore I never have a need for Ho-Oh. number two. I also like psychic types. number three. Lugia is very defnsive and if you can hit off a toxic then have roost......gg
I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Lugia, mainly due to the Pokémon 2000 movie. I mean, it just had so much background to it and became a very interesting Pokémon. It was just so cooooooooooooool.
I definitely like Lugia more than Ho-oh. I like Lugia's type combination more, heck I like everything about Lugia more than about Ho-oh.
Ho-Oh is the most majestic thing i have ever seen with an amazing history behind it. i love Ho-Oh and Ecruteak!! sorry Lugia </3
Due to the various connections in the anime and the background story behind it, not to mention that I LOVE fire types, ho-oh is my main boi. I'm really big on lore and there is more lore to ho-oh than there is to lugia. Lugia was just... kinda there?