>>48322492>For example Poliwrath has pretty mediocre offensive stats compared to say, Gyarados, but it's still one of the most used water type in the LGPE metagameYeah, look at all that Poliwrath usage!
>Poliwrath is good in other games?No, but Pokemon can be saved from Poliwrath's fate with abilities, like Azumarill who I mentioned earlier that you casually avoided talking about.
>But they're not as fast as Serperior.Then use Sceptile, who's faster and stronger. Serperior's stats are not good enough to allow it to function as a tank the way Tangrowth would. If you're using Serp, its for its speed, at which point, with no abilities, you're better off with Sceptile, and if you're using it for its utility, well, you're using the wrong Grass Pokemon. If Glare Serp was worth using before, we'd have known about it because people would have been running it pre Contrary...funny how that hasn't happened.
>Glare is incredibly useful utility to have.Other grass Pokemon provide more utility with better stats. Sceptile can also induce status with Swagger and is still faster than Serp.
>This game doesn't have abilities so they don't need to design Pokemon around abilities.The Pokemon designed around abilities still exist though, and will exist in PLA and be noticeably worse, if functioning at all. And that's Pokemon DESIGNED with abilities, Pokemon that weren't designed with abilities, but were heavily buffed by them are also useless.
>No, this is just wrong. No its not, Pokemon can function just fine without typing, just look at Unite. In fact, I'd say they're too confusing for kids and need to be removed next game. If abilities can go, typings can too.
