>>54232282It is understandable why it felt weak. Take a look at the changes made to its learnset. In the remakes, Kirlia gets Calm Mind later and is stuck with 50 BP STABs. You can't even buy Psychic TM for it since Game Corner got removed in ORAS.
>>54232574I used Slugma in SoulSilver and it is as awful as you might imagine. It evolved after beating Clair and before League.
Slugma was only good for a short period of time (thanks to learning Flamethrower in Game Corner) and while Magcargo is tolerable, it is also underwhelming.
I fail to see it being better in Hoenn due to massive amount of water types in the lategame.
