>>54762481"Its numerous tentacles serve as a powerful weapon. It is known as "The Gangster of the Sea." And it's a posion type too which fits with Team Rockets love of posion types.
From a theme standpoint it fits. No Honchkrow in gen 1. That and it adds type coverage. Giovanni is supposed to be the strongest non elite four trainer in Kanto and who's running an entire criminel gang based on stealing and hoarding rare Pokemon.
He's not exactly just going to throw out a bunch of unevolved Pokemon that die from one single razor leaf or bubblebeam
>>54762487Hard choice to take it out but given the Cubone Team Rocket story and the fact that giovanni has used a Marowak in the PWT it does fit
