>>33571855There are many Pokémon that I feel bad for, but the ones I really feel bad for are Regular Raichu and Chikorita line.
Chikorita has never had an opportunity of shine:
>in debut games and remakes is the worst starter>very feminine design makes the Chikorita line to be ignored by most players>can't do nothing against 5 Gym Leaders and 3 of them have type advantage>Koga and Lance's signature Pokémon resists its STAB and have type advantage>most of the moves it learns are Grass- and Normal-types>its stats are the same as Bulbasaur line but with Def and SpA stats swapped, making the whole line a worst Bulbasaur line>comes Gen 5 and HA is Leaf Guard, that protects the line from status effect in Harsh Sun, that also increases the damage of Fire-type moves>even if its HA is shit it had to wait until 2015 for be availableAt least Chikorita's and Bayleef's designs are good.
