I believe this is where we need to really evaluate on what is going on within the game then
Lucchini . First and foremlst what is going on.
- I have already been bouncing back and forth with Corphish. I want someone to legitimately test it first before I continue to keep it in S.
- Im really confused on how you find a Pokemon like Lotad mediocre. It is very good for a large portion of the game with minor hiccups along the way which many Pokemon face even in S Tier.
- Carvanha comes after Gym 5 and has access to STAB Surf right away with STAB Assurance or Thief as well. It also comes with Ice Fang and can learn Night Slash through move relearner at Level 30.
The biggest perk is that Sharpedo Surfs almost twice as fast as any other Pokemon with a small cost of not being able to fish in the water. Even outside of combat it is a godly HM Slave that only lacks learning Fly and Cut. Every efficient playthrough should have a Sharpedo. Im not even joking with this statement either.
- Geodude has minor mediocre moments but its biggest problem (Speed) is solved with Rock Polish. After Brawly it rarely struggles against any important fight. Wattson is screwed by STAB Magnitude or Bulldoze. Flannery will suffer from STAB Rock Tomb or STAB Magnitude. Though Graveler and Golem dont have SE coverage with STABs against Norman there is a hard time for Norman to bypass Graveler and definitely Golem. Only Pelliper poses as a moderate threat with Winona.
That is roughly 3-4 major battles that Geodude family exceeds in. And it can still somewhat win vs Tate and Liza if someone uses Smack Down - theyre all prone to Earthquake / Magnitude in this way.
It only sucks late game but its period of existence is very solid. Rock solid. It can be dropped off after its weak point starts settling in and its contributions, for the most part, yield positively.
Treecko is good Iunno what youre smoking.
Also Marcus almost never has a bad period even in FE7. Enemies are so piss weak that Marcus would still double the majority of them. Those he misses Brave Axe would pick up just fine. I mentioned FE7 Marcus and not FE6 because FE6 Marcus actually suffers an eventual rut where as FE7 Marcus stays strong for about 90% of the game. I also didnt mention Seth for obvious reasons.