>>38738805My current understanding is that cases like Primeape, Dodrio, Alakazam stem from the time crunch Game Freak was under in the second half of the long and arduous development. What's weird about Poliwrath and Dragonair specifically is that they were made before that, and they had different designs. Dragonair was only slightly different, but Poliwrath was a full-on fat tadpole king - that's why its base Speed decreases.
