>>47769755Ursaring is like the standard badass normal type of Johto. Best stat distribution overall for its typing with a massive 130 atk and respectable defenses, even a usable spatk, not that you would, and isn't laughably slow but it doesn't even matter. He has return and earthquake, enough said. He gets faint attack to hit ghosts and also fire/ice punch which allows him to not be useless vs the rare airborne normal resist.
Granbull's main appeal over ursaring is that is learns shadow ball by TM and evolves in time for Morty.
Stantler will obviously be fully evolved for Morty and has hypnosis. It also is much faster than both.
Girafarig has the boon of being a psychic type immune to ghost with an uncommon weakness in bug. At the point you get him, there are no more major bug battles, and there is literally only one threatening bug move in the entire game that does not make an appearance (heracross' megahorn).
He has every move he needs to be effective. Normal STAB which is huge in gen 2, literally OP. Psychic STAB, crunch and shadow ball and even earthquake and thunderbolt (crystal only).
You'd never need any other moves, but it does have agility and baton pass too if you are about it. This is balanced by very mediocre stats.
Miltank is probably one of the better ones too. Recovery move, normal STAB, shadow ball, earthquake, fast with good overall stats, available before Morty....what else do you need? Oh yeah it also gets a party status healing move which is quite rare through levelup.
Gen 2 has some great pokemon, especially normals.
