>>53301641Oh, much worse for sure. You want to place arbitrary stats on creatures that get stronger with power of friendship bullshit? The forums would be spammed with non-stop requests for tweaks and fixes based on fringe cases and anecdotal bullshit.
>no you see Onyx's base attack stat should totally be lower than Oddish's because—>LOOK HERE'S A VIDEO OF CYNTHIA'S GARCHOMP OUTSPEEDING A HAXOROUS, THEREFORE THE SPEED VALUE OF THE SPECIES SHOULD REFLECT—>Ackshually the command 'dodge it' is very prevalent in competitive circuits so an additional evasion check should be granted to pokemon under 5'2, speed above a value of 87 and the following body types—And bla bla bla retarded nitpicking like that. I imagine politics would also play into it, with unfriendly regions making tug-of-war edits on their rival's pseudos and Champion's aces.
>NIGGERFAGGOT PALDEANS THE COUNCIL SETTLED ON 140 STOP PUSHING FOR A SHITCALIBUR BUFF NOT EVEN YOUR CHAMPION USES THAT SHITMON—>bajen la velocidad de su pinche lagartija entonces puercos Unovanos hijos de su puta madre jajajaja