>gen 1normals and psychics run the game. thunder wave also runs the game. expect alakazam/starmie/chansey to sit there spamming thunder wave at each other despite neither ever switching, just to prevent the other guy from switching. if you get snorlax or tauros in safely you can fuck shit up. game isn't over until tauros is dead because crazy crit chance, paras, etc.
>gen 2much slower than newer gens, but not stall necessarily. typical offense pokemon like egg, snorlax, zapdos all take respectable hits because of how stats work in gens 1/2, so games just inherently last longer. think of it as a chess match where you slowly improve your position, rather than just blowing shit up. actually that's a lie, there's a ton of explosion these days so you do often just blow shit up and try to capitalize on whatever you killed.
>>36164196>Gen 2 was all about stall. Snorlax was king. Skarmbliss was the best strategy.only 1/3 of this is right. stall exists but explosion offense is king. skarmbliss is old hat.
