>>49877641>Fucks with the balance of pokemonIt improved the balance. Yes, it "fucked with" the balance, but so does literally anything you can do. Fixing the bugs in Gen 1 would've fucked with the balance since Normal-types could be paralyzed by Body Slam, for example.
>Makes some better, most worseMost Pokemon improved from the Phys/Spec split. There are only a handful of examples of Pokemon that got worse. Yes, a lot of older Pokemon dropped down a tier or two in Gen 4, but that's largely because Gen 4 was full of power creep with new items like Choice Specs, Life Orb, and the weather rocks as well as strong attacks for types that previously had no good moves, like Close Combat for Fighting and Brave Bird for Flying.
>Only benefits Pokemon that have hyper specialized stats that dumps their other attack statIt benefits any Pokemon with a dominant attacking stat that wasn't good for their type. Physical Water-types like Kingler, Feraligatr, and Kabutops, special Ghost-types like Gengar, Misdreavus, and Mismagius, and physical Dark-types like Absol, Tyranitar, and Sneasal all got improved by the change.
Also, slow, frail mixed attackers were always a dumb concept. Always have been, and always will be.
>Ruined Hidden Power by making it special attack only, hurting the moveset potential for physical attackersIt actually improved Hidden Power since now special attackers had beneficial coverage moves that they couldn't otherwise use. Hidden Power Fighting, Ground, and Flying are great coverage options for weaker special attackers
