>>50891862>You can't analyze these Pokemon in a vacuum. Typhlosion is the only good Fire type you can reasonably get in a Johto Nuzlocke,Is that supposed to be a big deal? The defensive parts of the typing is not a notable boon in Johto(in fact, being a fire-type hurts you against 3 different gyms), and as far as offense goes, Fire Punch is on a lot of mons that you can pick up.
Mareep is a pretty likely pickup and it uses the very same Thunder Punch+Fire Punch combo as Typh. Gastly is borderline guaranteed and can use that combo too as soon as it goes Gengar. Abra, Drowzee, the Nidos...
Typh is good but not some unique mon.
>whereas there's at least half a dozen other Water types you can get that are just as good if not better than Gatr There is no easily accessible Water type in GS Johto that is better than Gatr in Johto bar maybe early caught Red Gyarados(regular Gyarados takes ages to raise) and doubledipping is fine on a nuzlocke team anyway if both mons are good- especially when they only share one weakness.
>and they aren't even hard to catch. The comparison isn't Typhlosion vs Feraligatr, it's Typhlosion + any other Water type vs Feraligatr.Typh is competing against every mon in the game just the same as Feraligatr. It is flat worse than Feraligatr in gen 2.
I can even do a breakdown gym by gym in Johto:
Gym 1: Totodile is by far the best.
Gym 2: Quilava has the edge, but Rage Toto wipes it as well.
Gym 3: Quilava is by far the worst.
Gym 4: Croconaw has Surf, Dig, Bite and Ice Punch to choose from- and better stats for this gym. Quilava has Ember and Dig.
Gym 5-7: You have Feraligatr for these gyms and it wipes the floor with all of them. Meanwhile, Quilava(not Typh) struggles with Pryce(can't thunderpunch his Water/Ice type mons until Typh, and your Fire STAB is a joke), loses to Chuck, and only does well against Jasmine. You do not have Typh for any of these gyms if you play with Level caps.
Gym 8: Feraligatr is leagues better vs Clair than Typh.
