>>56947837>but variants can help give new life to existing pokemoni don't want this when it often just means slapping a beard on it or slapping spikes, eye liner and skin teeth.
>Eviolite exists and is so overwhelmingly powerful all pokemon design has to warp around it and be very careful about adding cross gen evosyou say that like this is a bad thing but this is actually somewhat valid defense for adding evos if anything. there's a problem however
>since the ability to use eviolite might end up completely eclipsing anything the evolution might add99% of fully evolved pokemon have higher HP and/or defenses than their pre evolutions, so using and NFE with Eviolite is kind of a waste when you could achieve similar or better results with the final stage (especially if it also happens to be compatible with an item that aids it defensively like Leftovers or Assault Vest). I am aware that some NFEs have higher HP, Defense, and/or Special Defense than their final evolved forms, or sometimes a useful ability that they upon evolution, but these are rare cases
