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>Should we put Electivire in E-Rank? It's seriously garbage; it cannot KO anything, not to mention from my experience Munchlax is more useful than it. I feel it should be E-Rank.
>With all my arguments aside, I'd like to propose putting E-Vire in E-Rank. E-Vire is really fucking awful-it can't even OHKO Roselia with Ice Punch! E-Vire simply cannot hit hard enough-its attacks are way too weak to use its offensive stats well. The standard mixed set is incredibly subpar-Tangrowth barely survives its Flamethrower, and Steelix can just smash it with EQ. Sandslash can too. And Slowking can survive its Wild Charge. That's pretty bad. Its physical set is also mediocre as hell and fails to accomplish anything. Tangrowth and Steelix laugh at how weak E-Vire is all day long. It's weak attacks cannot OHKO shit at all, and it has low defenses. Also, Motor Drive is a highly impractical gimmick that is too situational to work.
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Electivire is the best example of a great concept gone horribly wrong. Think about it: a mixed attacker that could take advantage of one of the more common and crucial attacking types in the game to sweep most teams! Unfortunately, in the end it failed when people realized that "It's super effective!" doesn't translate directly into a KO. Maybe if Electivire had better Special Attack to use its stronger STAB, or if it was a little less frail, it would be useful. Until then, it'll just remain as "that thing that noobs pair up with Gyarados."
Guess.
