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>Great stats
>Awesome typing
>Badass design and concept (a fucking metal bird)
>Never needed an evolution
>Never needed a baby pokemon
>Still used today
>Physical bulk, outclasses even steelix despite not having it's 200 base defense
>Doesn't need to be base 600 to be cool
>Steel typing actually made it relevant after gen 6
>From gen 2 and managed to stay relevant to this day
>Still manages to have weaknesses to keep it interesting