>>36823510Admittedly, early on he seemed to be. What with polls heavily leaning toward him, reddit crowning him best of gen, being the only Alola starter to appear in the top 5 of
https://www.cpokemon.com/seccion/herramientas/tipos/stats/ and the fact that all Alola starters sucked ass competitively for the first year meant that most Murricans gravitated towards Decidueye. The fact that many dropped him goes to show that it helps to be competitively useful.