Overlooked for a reason?
While talking to my boyfriend today, we ended up discussing Pokemon we didn't like much for a tad (more like I mentioned Bibarel and how I didn't like it because I consider it a fucking hick who goes into the mountains of West Virginia, playing banjos and sitting tobacco on people who aren't white males and beating his wife on weekends (The Bidoof line: THE HICK POKEMON). He mentioned that he didn't like Mawile before he left to go shovel some snow, but here's something that's been brewing in my mind for awhile: some Pokemon are cool design-wise and then just plain bad otherwise. Then you have others that just appear to be jokes altogether. Then I thought to myself, "Hey, P.G., why not identify those motherfuckers?" So, here we go, some Pokemon I consider to be in these categories:
COOL YET ABUSED BY GAMEFREAK:
There are rejects, however...
POKEMON THAT SHOULD COMPLETELY DIE IN A FUCKING FIRE:
~P.G. Rhydderch
COOL YET ABUSED BY GAMEFREAK:
- Dunsparce -- I've been in love with Dunsparce since I've laid eyes on it. It's been less abused recently, due to the ability for it to manipulate Lady Luck as if Dunsparce was a pimp and L^2 was his ho. Back in G/S/C, before abilities were implemented, he was simply average sans some decent HP and an above-average movepool. Why do I consider him to be abused by Gamefreak? Because I'd like to see an increase in his stats slightly before the next generation. That way he can seriously be a contender for Serene Grace abuse in the upper tiers. Maybe I just like the idea of a cute snake-type-thing being able to prevent anything from attacking because it can flinch with ease, and then when the enemy attacks, it takes more than a single hit to take him down.
- Flareon -- Oh my god, they have dropped the ball on this one more times than I can count. One of my favourite Pokemon (my favourite from gen I) has been so overlooked among the rest of the Eeveelutions. He has been given some terrific Attack and Special Defense, along with some decent Special Attack. The fact that his movepool lacks decent STAB physical moves is one thing, but the fact that his movepool lacks decent Fire-type moves in general. Fire Fang is the closest it comes to a decent physical STAB move, and then the rest of its movepool seems to think that its Special Attack is king over its Attack. It sickens me when a Pokemon is not living up to its full potential. It is the lowest-tiered Eeveelution and that makes me sad.
- Dewgong -- Aaaaggh, Gamefreak, why do you hate Dewgong so much? That is, before you made it slightly better in D/P/Pt. Hydration is a lovely ability that goes well with Rest, basically turning into a Recover. I feel as though in the past, though, they just took a look at Dewgong and said, "Yeah, fuck you." It's got a decent movepool and some average stat distribution now, but back in the day it could not differentiate itself between the other Water/Ice types. Maybe I'm bitter, maybe Gamefreak should fucking make Dewgong better than it already is. I love it just as much as I love Milotic and Lapras, thank you (and that's quite a lot).
There are rejects, however...
POKEMON THAT SHOULD COMPLETELY DIE IN A FUCKING FIRE:
- Glameow/Purugly -- I hate these things with a fiery passion. Mostly based on appearance. Shit is ugly and a disgrace to the Normal type.
- Delibird -- YAY, SANTA'S HERE! And he sucks. His design is ridiculous, his movepool is shit, his typing is shit. If this thing visited on Christmas, I'd have my Flareon ready by the chimney.
- Spinda -- The biggest disgrace to the entire game. Useless stats and an amazing movepool paired with the world's worst design. I initially tried this one out, but found it to be lacking in every department. My love of status effects cannot change my view of a bad Pokemon.
~P.G. Rhydderch