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I dont see why Starmie would be better in the same position. Starmie with Blizzard is rubbish against Alakazam (worse than Alakazam is). Starmie with Surf is just as good against Eggy as Zam is (though this does depend on the Eggy). And Starmie with anything is utterly useless against Chansey while Alakazam is not.
Starmie does switch in easier against Alakazam, but once it does so it is unlikely to kill it itself..
Then Alakazam is much more useful against Snorlax and Tauros. With a much better chance of 2hkoing.
Alakazam is a support pokemon. The point of it is that your opponent needs it paralysed if he is going to be able to use his normal types to their full effect later in the game. So you should be using that as a way to paralyse his other fast pokemon that you need paralysed. IE Starmie and Alakazam.. And if they dont have an Alakazam, then ideally you can paralysed their starmie while keeping yours untouched. And then your paralysed Alakazam is a lot more useful than their paralysed Starmie because it will beat your opponents Chansey if given the opportunity.
And Alakazam takes sleep better because it is much more likely to survive a sleep than pretty much anything except Chansey..
Having said that, if the argument is Alakazam is better than Chansey, then that is hogwash..
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Starmie does switch in easier against Alakazam, but once it does so it is unlikely to kill it itself..
Then Alakazam is much more useful against Snorlax and Tauros. With a much better chance of 2hkoing.
Alakazam is a support pokemon. The point of it is that your opponent needs it paralysed if he is going to be able to use his normal types to their full effect later in the game. So you should be using that as a way to paralyse his other fast pokemon that you need paralysed. IE Starmie and Alakazam.. And if they dont have an Alakazam, then ideally you can paralysed their starmie while keeping yours untouched. And then your paralysed Alakazam is a lot more useful than their paralysed Starmie because it will beat your opponents Chansey if given the opportunity.
And Alakazam takes sleep better because it is much more likely to survive a sleep than pretty much anything except Chansey..
Having said that, if the argument is Alakazam is better than Chansey, then that is hogwash..
Have a nice day.