>>43614594I wouldn't mind it, but they act like Ponyta is powerful and don't let it evolve until like level 42 or close to that. But it's not, and having a pontya that late doesn't help when by then some teams have stage 1's and even 2's that highly out stat Ponyta, even against type advantage in favor of Ponyta.
I did forget houndoom and
>>43614605 heatran. But you have to wait until veilstone for houndour. And I'm pretty sure heatran is very late game and that hardly counts.