>>57218511the line does get its shit together in white 2/ORAS when it gets lava plume/earth power by level up in the early-mid 20s
of course you'll still have to plan around its 40 base speed and 4x water weakness but it's still reasonably bulky otherwise
and what it lacks defensively it more than makes up for offensively
but in its debut gen, gen 4, and competitive, yeah I can see why you'd complain about it
