>>58278017Not exclusively, but i pretty much always had one on my team, and i been benching my starters as soon as i catch ANYTHING (I unbench to evolve for Dex entries later) since Alola they actually get a lot of milage, Obstagoon was unironically my SwSh "Ace" and it didn't even Evolve into one until Wyndon.
"Early Routes" is a bit nebulous though cause there is stuff like SM where you can get Growlithe on one.
People underestimate them for main game but they are usually FAR better then people think BECAUSE they are meant to be available early and accordingly get their meme strats and signatures available early. In the campaign rhat is.
