>>26597003I picked Squirtle on first playthrough, so his Venusaur team had a Gyarados in it. Hyper Beam certainly hurt, but otherwise most of it was the same in subsequent playthoughs.
I mean with all his pomp and the whole "the best" business I expected a Rock Slide/Earthquake Rhydon, Exeggutor with Solarbeam, basically what we eventually got in Gen2, since those were the strongest attacks of their type during the first games. Shit, they gave his Pigeot Sky Attack, after all.
Then again, like
>>26597131 said, that Alakazam was one of those in his team most likely to fuck your shit up, and in Gen1 it could probably do just that.
Yellow does beef him up somewhat. With the exception of Ninetales with its sole Fire Spin if he doesn't have Flareon, most of his team is significantly upgunned.
