>>52980784They were. You had as much of a dogshit movepool as they did in most situations.
Now if you look at your Pokemon for even one second, they get
>increased crit rate>built in focus band>built in shed skin>increased exp gain>built in brightpowderIt also doesn't help that I can get 500 BST Pokemon right at the beginning of the game, and they usually learn something like Acrobatics at level 15, which is absurdly broken since you won't be using held items until the end of the game and at that point, you'll most likely have better moves too.