>>50449036A couple already strong mons like Gengar and Alakazam were barely affected. Gengar remained a monstrous threat in OU, Alakazam got access to strong coverage moves like Shadow Ball and Focus Blast. Meanwhile many of previously underwhelming (due to the arbitrary pre-split) mons gained spotlight after the split like Hitmonchan, Crawdaunt, Absol, Feraligatr, Azumarill, Flareon, and of course Sneasel no matter how hard you try to ignore her
