The pokemon battle system is genuinely complete dogshit.

Here are the reasons why imagine the pokemon Arcanine you think to yourself hmm they might use a Water so I run Wild Charge or they might use a Rock so I run EQ or Close Combat or whatever this means your moveset

STAB
FIGHTING/GROUND
ELEC
EXTREME SPEED?

Which makes playing Arcanine very very very very boring Arcanine does not feel like a strategic unit it doesnt feel like Arcanine has a role to play in the game hes like a gun with different colors on it than you click on when you see the right color. Its not fun at all.

What does strategic design mean? It means the moves are not just le coverage they all have a role to play which is either
Disruption like Fake Out
Revenge killing like Sucker Punch or Quick Attack variants
Status like T-Wave Toxic or WOW
SetUp boosting moves
Stalling moves like Taunt Torment or Encore
Healing moves like Roost Wish Life Dew or Recover
Any upper priority move