>>40605447>It's faster than Arcanine and stronger than both in terms of special attack.Zard most definitely was not stronger than Ninetales in terms of special attack.
The SpA order in Gen 1 for Fire Types went:
Moltres(125)>Flareon(110)>Ninetales(100)>Magmar+Charizard(85)>Arcanine+Rapidash(80)
I mostly agree with you otherwise, except for this:
>>40605272>it was a reliable fire type boyo in Stadium who could actually use it's Fire STABIf Zard could "actually use it's Fire STAB", so could all of the fully evolved mons, considering he only had 5 more SpA than te weakest Special Attacker with the type.
Zard's actual boon over the others is having both speed and coverage( this in particular seriously lacking on pretty much all of the others).
He's also outright better than Arcanine(who is worse) and at worst on par with Ninetales unlike what this anon
>>40605346 said.
As a side note, Arcanine is also worse than Rapidash who rounds out the top 3 of non-legendary Fire-types in Gen 1.
