>>59021249Early Pokemon kinda reminds me of the MTG color pie
Types had more unique roles before the split naturally as a result of their limited move pool which didn't always include a move for every strategy
A mon like Gyarados was more balanced because even though it had amazing physical stats and could be gotten very early it wasn't so easy to just sweep everything with one physical stab water move because those didn't exist
Now every type gets perfect physical and special attacks they can all use
Now Gyarados can just hit waterfall and roll over everything
What reason is there for Gyarados to even have a sp atk stat at all anymore
It's just wasted design space
Gyarados should just have 185 atk and 0 sp atk
That's how you design a "usable" Pokemon now
