Pokemon: What's wrong and what it needs

[Gnizmo]

Words Of Wisdom said:

Gnizmo said:

I do have a few things to say about the misconception of legendaries though. For the most part they are not actually all that much better than the normal ones. Yes you have a good bit that are broken, but those are still relatively low compared to the total number of pokemon. I do agree they seem to be adding them at an obscene rate, but the truly broken ones aren't all that bad. 

Actually, they are.  If you ever check out the competitive scene for pokemon, you'll find that legends and pseudo-legends dominate the uber tier of pokemon battles.  That's not just a coincidence.  Their base stats and abilities often make them far more brutal than other pokemon and thanks to Platinum's move tutors allowing just about any pokemon to learn some devastating attacks... legends have become even stronger.

You have pokemon like Giratina (both forms), Arceus, Shaymin Skye Forme, Dark Rai, Palkia, and Dialga which are all broken admittedly. But you also have pokemon like the varios trios (Zapdos, Uxie, Raikou et al), Shaymin, Crecellia, Heatran, and every single pseudo legendary outside of Garchomp. Yes the legendaries dominate the uber tier, but there are a lot of legendaries that fall outside of that. Hell Articuno is seen as completely unusable in competitive play, and it has the same 580 (600?) stat total a lot of legendaries have. I never claimed all legendaries are balanced, but to pretend they are all broken is equally absurd. The pseudo legendaries are not broken for 90% of the cases.