>>48222746Nobody said Whitney wasn't beatable or didn't have options in the game at that point, but how many kids and even inexperienced players whited out to her is because its an early game fully evolved mon with great base stats.
The stats she employs with it are just the icing on top that make her a very difficult boss based on a lot of factors people wouldn't know for years
>Milk drink PP + Physical special splits>Rollout getting stronger every turn to snowball damage and punish switch in, kills ghosts>STAB Stomp (BP 70 in the early game) with flinch >Attract to shit on your starter who 9/10 is maleWhitney was a massive difficulty spike and tried to fit too many learning moments for the player into one
- Teaching new infatuation status
- Teaching new recovery moves
- Teaching the importance of type coverage
This is made worse given the first 2 gyms are Bird and Bug which are a cake walk, especially when Scyther run FURRY CUTTER.
