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What were they thinking with this? Most of the other Grass-type starters in this series are my favorite of their respective games, and then there's just... this.
>all it has going for it stat-wise is 100 Defense/Sp.Def, which is undermined by having 5 weaknesses
>weak to 3 Johto gyms plus 1 Johto Elite Four member
>not particularly strong against any of them except for Pryce, who it is also weak to
>only status condition move it gets by level up is Poison Powder, while even in Gen I Venusaur gets Poison Powder, Sleep Powder, and Leech Seed
>barrier moves aren't helpful prior to Gen III because double battles didn't exist yet
Does Meganium have anything going for it? Is this anyone's favorite Pokémon? Is this even anyone's favorite within just the three Johto starters? Or is it just the worst of all starter Pokémon?