>>32654162>Why so much hateBecause it's fairly boring aesthetically and harder to use in any setting than any other starter. I'd rather use Eviolite Bayleef for the simple reason that I won't fall asleep just looking at it.
Also the whole of Johto is stacked pretty heavily against Grass-types. The only gym that comes close to being Grass-weak is Pryce, and he's still an Ice-type trainer. Faulkner to Bugsy at the start of the game is brutal, Morty's gym being nothing but Poison-types sucks, and Jasmine and Clair both laugh at Grass-type moves. Meanwhile the only major hurdle that Typhlosion or Feraligatr face is Clair and maybe Whitney if you suck.
>>32654768>Serperior>sufferingMaybe if you can't get Contrary on it. Sure, its movepool is shallower than a puddle in Death Valley, but when all you have is a 130 BP STAB hammer that gives you +2 Sp. Atk with each swing, everything else in the game becomes a nail.
