>>55248833>it's a dogshit defensive typing. All of its weaknesses are horrendously bad and it has no offense or utility to make up for it.Rock and Flying are relatively uncommon in Singles, and Fire is rare as a coverage type meaning you can typically avoid the matchup entirely by clicking U-turn on the Fire type. Meanwhile Ground and Fighting are 2 of the top 5 most common attacking types in singles (1. Ground, 2. Dark, 3. Fighting, 4. Bug, 5. Water). Bug also enjoys its Grass resistance since that lets it handle Rillaboom, Lilligant, and so on.
>you mean the meta where everyone runs Stealth Rock and needs to switch 50 bajillion times every game?You mean the meta where everyone uses Heavy Duty Boots? And yeah, U-turn is part of the switching meta. It's the only unblockable switch move. That's what makes it so common. Even Pokemon with access to Volt Switch prefer to use U-turn, like Zapdos and Thundurus-T.
