Oftentimes I hear the phrase "underrated" thrown around for Pokemon on the lower rung of the usage statistics. However, I really question whether some of those Pokemon are really underrated and wonder if they just plain stick.
So now is your chance to explain and justify your stance. (hopefully) In his process you convince me (and maybe others) that some Pokemon are really underated and deserved to be used. For our explanation, we will be following a specific definition of underrated:
So now is your chance to explain and justify your stance. (hopefully) In his process you convince me (and maybe others) that some Pokemon are really underated and deserved to be used. For our explanation, we will be following a specific definition of underrated:
Thus, when explaining why a Pokemon is underrated it is necessary to explain what value or service it provides that is not recognized by the majority of players. So for my example:A Pokemon is underrated if it provides a value, a characteristic, and/or a service to a team that is not recognized by the majority of players. It is this characteristic that has to benefit a team. This characteristic does not necessarily have to be unique to that Pokemon, but adds to its value if it can not be done by others as easily.
Correspondingly, what do you think is one of the more overrated Pokemon in the tier? To define what an overrated Pokemon is:I think that Roserade is perhaps one of the most underrated Pokemon in OU due her ability to set up Spikes against rain and volt-turn teams easily. While it receives competition from Ferrothorn in the role of setting up Spikes against Water types, Natural Cure makes it more comfortable to take burns from Scalds while setting up Spikes. By having a powerful HP fire while being an excellent counter to Rotom-W, Roserade makes one of the better ScizorWash (thus Volt-Turn) stoppers in the tier. Her ability to set up Spikes to limit switchs only cements this. Overall, Roserade's spike setting utility and ability to stop Volt-Turn are the qualities not seen by most players, making it underrated.
Again, it is necessary to detail the role and the value of that Pokemon that is overrated. Again, I will show through my own example.A Pokemon is overrated if it holds a quality or service that is overvalued by the majority of OU players or does not actually have the merits of the specific role it is stated to have. Overrated can also mean it does have an execellent quality or service, but it is detracted by some other overlooked, negative characteristic. The quality or role of that Pokemon does not have to be shared with other Pokemon, but if it does detract from its value if it can be done as effectively.
So get cracking and explaining fellows.Latios remains one of those Pokemon that I maintain has been overrated by OU players. Latios primarily has been used as a wall-breaker with the attachment of Choice Specs; the power of its Dragon moves unleashed at their full potential. However, its non-complimentary movepool detracts from its power and there remain more powerful wall-breaking options available. Particularly, Hydreigon offers better wall-breaking potential by having more power using its most common nature, Modest, and having access to powerful Fire, Fighting, and Ground moves. Latios also has the "overlooked problem" of being wary about when to use Draco Meteor, since #1 and #4 spots trap and kill the dragon even while switching in. Overall, Latios' wall-breaking potential is not as powerful as other unrecognized, special wall-breakers in tier and it remains easily trapped after one use of its most powerful move (Draco Meteor).