>>38985668>Designs aren't the end-all of what makes a Pokemon great. It's all just aesthetics anyway.They're a huge part of pokemon. They're what make pokemon fucking pokemon and not another collection of just lines and code. The design is hugely important and gives it personality and charm that most other things can't even touch. Just because a pokemon with a good design is often poor in competitive is doesn't stop people from using it. Fuck, I've seen people use shitmons in competitive and completely change how I viewed the pokemon itself, and they're often quite good simply due to the surprise factor shattering the norm because, well, everyone knows what the fuck a Salamence is going to do when it steps up to bat, but what the hell is that Turtonator gonna run? Shell Smash, bulky attacker, who knows? It's honestly quite fun to experiment with your favorites to run something new, and you'll more often than not be pleasantly surprised unless you expect to auto-win because you care more about pure raw stats than anything else.
Impidimp looks fucking hidious but I wouldn't shame anyone for using one anyway simply because they like it. Even though I won't buy the game because of all the horrible things that have come out torpedoing my excitement like a Sharpedo slaughtering a Camerupt, I'd be a hypocryte if I said I couldn't see how anyone could like the designs of the gen 8 mons and told them to fucking hate them just because I do when my bros aren't always up to snuff with the big boys. I still hate the new games but I do like the new pokemon somewhat, even if in a mostly backhanded way.
If you play pokemon just to look at them like lines of code and not because you actually like any of them individually for their design or personality you're probably part of the reason Game Freak is throwing competitive under the bus as their bullshit excuse for gutting the national dex. I'm not gonna blame you since, well, they did throw you under the bus but I will laugh.
