>>54273979I have the urge to answer with "you first", but really, I don't even know where you're going with this shit. Brock is ultimately an easy fight because the tool to defeat him is given to you in the first two minutes of gameplay, but it's still worth thinking about the game design decisions behind his team and what sort of challenge it presents. Roark is in a similar position, an early gym leader boss fight who uses Rock-type Pokemon, but because of the iterative differences between gen 1 and gen 4, the design of the fight is flipped on its head. It's no longer about finding moves that are effective against bulky Rock/Ground monsters, it's about circumventing a far more specific battle strategy (Stealth Rock + a Pokemon that hits like a truck). There's absolutely no worth in bringing in shit like "duhhh the first boss of the game is easy, why don't you try something besides Metapod". Like no shit, that's specifically what the game asks you to do. Dumbass.
