>>55616796Just pre-split fuckery. Game Freak decided to double down on the pre-split system in R/S, but then changed their minds a generation later. Picrel is Shiftry, a Pokemon that exudes physical power but is stuck with two special STAB types. So what do you do? You balance them out so that any shithead kid that doesn't understand stats can put whatever move he wants onto it. Lots of other mons have this problem, like Cacturne, Camerupt, Sharpedo, etc.
Shit like this existed in gen 2 as well, such as Sneasel, but it seems in Hoenn they actively tried to design Pokemon around being able to actually utilize their STAB. I wish more of these mons had gotten significant buffs, like Crawdaunt did (Adaptability has made it into a UU mainstay), but most of them have just been left out to dry ever since Diamond and Pearl released. Even in-game, they feel pretty awkward to use in newer gens.
