>>54947154One thing it did negatively impact is mixed attackers.
Back in the day, sometimes your only coverage option was off your lesser attack stat. So, these 80 base secondary attack stats were pretty important to muscle through or at least dent a check. Lotta Mons had more spread BST because of this, and highly specialized attackers would need something else to be viable, like Gengar numerous immunities or Aerodactyls speed. Raw offense in a single stat wasn’t enough, hence Alakazams middling performance.
Modern Pokémon basically overpower their checks, because their primary stat is all they need. Every point in their non main attacking stat is a wasted point in the BST. By providing so many options, it really simplified offense by making it so easy to get coverage
I personally enjoy the special/physical split, I think it’s weird to avoid things like Ice Punch on a Hitmonchan, and things like Gyarados and Gengar avoiding their STAB moves never felt right, but any sweeping changes like this is going to have its ups and downs
