>>52443948>>people take that as people saying its bad altogether and not even bothering to question whySame could be apply for most of the critiques against Gen2 but that's a different story.
Meganium is the least optimal starter to use but its in-game badness is overblown. Even the common argument if Johto being bad for Grass types because of the Gym Leaders falls if you actually look at every gym leader.
>FalknerBad, Everything resists Razor Leaf so it has to rely on tackle while Falkner can Gust it to death.
>BugsyComplete Shit. Razor leaf is a joke, and Scyther can Fury Cut it to death.
>WhitneyGreat. Can Poison Powder her Miltank before it gets going and use Reflect to tank its attacks.
>MortyBad, Normal and Grass moves do nothing to his team. Mud Slap super-effective but its so weak that Razor Leaf is a better choice, Also Curse makes tanking difficult
>ChuckGreat. Primeape is a nothingburger and Poliwrath is weak to grass
>JasmineGood. Steel being strong against grass doesn't matter. Meganium resists all her Magmemites' Electric attacks and Magnemite is 4x weak to ground making Mud Slap a great move. Also Steelix is neutral to grass and has low Special Defense
>PryceGood. His entire team is weak to grass, and while Meganium is weak to Ice its can screen to tank which may not even be necessary
>Clair,Good, Dragon resists Grass but Meganium resists most of Clair's Pokemon's moves' (Electric and Water) while taking neutral damage to Dragon. Only weakness is Ice Beam from one Dragoniair. Keep in mind it can Poison Power and Screen to tank.
Note, Team Rocket's poison types coudl give it trouble but they are mostly incompetent unleveled grunts. And it actually is bad against the Elite 4. But for the gyms its only Bad against 3 with and Falkner is weak enough that being weak to him isn't that bad.
