>>53819183>How is it victim to power creep if pokemon from the same gen that were designed first are stronger?Powercreep wasnt Eggy's main problem.
Powercreep in pokemon doesnt work like most people think it does, it's not strictly linear-- Tauros for example hasnt fallen in usage because it has the same strength as it had in RBY, it got actively worse over the years. Exeggutor is an example of this.
DVs/StatExp meant that it used to have far higher stats all around. Special being one stat meant that it was also significantly bulkier. Explosion used to be both a great deal stronger in a vacuum, but also in the context of RBY given everything's significantly higher bulk. Psychic lots its 30% chance to drop Special. There are SOME instances where powercreep was a major factor, like Bug moves getting way better and more strong Bug types. Steel and Dark not existing is also a mechanical change.
If you plopped Exeggutor from Gen 1 exactly as it is - maxed out "EV"s in every stat, 50 more points in SpDef, a special Psychic that has a 30% chance to drop both Spatk and SpDef, the ability to Sleep Grass types, an Explosion with the og defense halving backed by 252 attack, and the fringe Hyper Beam without the need to recharge on KO- into the modern metagame, itd be a great deal better than it is now.
