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I honestly hope they keep simplifying pokemon.
In the games themselves, many trainers talk about the issue of using strong pokemon vs your favorite pokemon. However, the games' mechanics render most pokemon unusable.
Replacing stats for CP was a move in the right direction, but not enough.
In my opinion, they should get rid of sp.atk and sp.def and by extension of physical vs special moves.
There are so many pokemon whose stats don't match the moves they can learn, like typhlosion. There are other pokemon with fantastic movepools they can't make use of, like aggron and all the special moves it learns.
Pokemon should have four stats only: HP, attack, defense and speed.
This way, most pokemon could be usable in battle, both in game and online. And it would add so much variety, too. Elemental punches alakazam would be usable again, for example.
Getting rid of the STAB bonus would be good too. More freedom to build movesets.
