>>49178957honestly nidoran is cool but he really robs rattata of his well deserved steam of an early game heavy hitter against anything and everything. 1 hit kills via hyperfang is very fun up to even the mid 20's with raticate. i'd say beedrill suffers the same fate... always overshadowed by nidoking, who does the same thing but with even more move selection and coverage, even better stats, and of course, can last into late game
also, while we're on the same subject... nidoking also robs Geodude's line out of a lot of use. And once they started giving nidoran "peck" instead of tackle, he makes having early game birds fucking obsolete as well.
again, i love nidoking... but it's too much, honestly. to give him even MORE after gen 1 already was nicknamed "the nidokingdom" was unnecessary...