>>19239007For me, it was a childhood favorite. When I saw it in a magazine I instantly fell in love with the design. When I got back into pokemon in the 4th gen, my knowledge of how the game worked was still pretty weak, so when my love of Magcargo returned, I was under the impression it was a good physical tank. Despite knowing better now, I cant help but love Magcargo still. The fact that it is so completely awful is just a spear through my heart.
It only appeared at the end of the game it was introduced in. You would think it would have some pretty impressive stats, like amazing HP, great defense, strong special attack and then sub par stats everywhere else. But no, it literally the only great stat it recieved was defense, and everything else was unusable. I cant even salvage Magcargo with Shell Smash, because I would literally have to pour 252 EV's into speed just to have the chance of outrunning SOME things.
Having Magcargo as a favorite is truley suffering, maybe only one step above those who have Ledian as a favorite.
