Okay, I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before but...the ice type. Oh (Ice) Arceus (Haha get it because Arceus can be Ice type thanks to Multitype and I'll shut up now).
Things may have changed since I last checked in on things, but my understanding is that the ice type is currently awful. Well, as a defensive type assigned to Pokemon.
The moves are apparently great, as they can hit all sorts of things, but the Pokemon with the typing of ice are crippled from the start, just due to how many Pokemon carry a move they're weak to.
Now, one would think that this would provide a balance, making ice types glass cannons: they hit hard, but they get hit hard in return. Now it would work...if it weren't for the fact that all sorts of Pokemon get ice moves as well. The worst offender of this are the water types, one of the better defensive typings in the game, which get a lot of these ice moves too! As a result, most of the ice-typed Pokemon are rendered nigh-unusable, as they die fast, and don't even provide something another type can't other than S.T.A.B.. That's an entire typing. How do you even do that!?
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Another thing that bothers me not nearly as much but still somewhat would be gaps where there should exist a move but doesn't. Flareon is a fire type with high physical attack, and as such makes great use of physically-based fire attacks. The problem is...there aren't very many of these at all. There's a pretty good 90 bp fire attack called Flamethrower, but it's a special attack. What you want is a physical equivalent for that which...doesn't exist. Oh sure, you can use flare blitz, and that's a powerful attack and all, but it also deals recoil damage that you might not be able to deal with. So if you want a move that doesn't hurt you back (say, you're trying to play it safe), your best bet is Fire Punch, which is a whole 15 bp weaker than Flamethrower. It doesn't sound like much of a difference, but it adds up.
Of course, due to the fact that Flareon cannot walk on two legs and punch things, the next best move would be Fire Fang, at 65 bp. That's a full 25 bp weaker than Flamethrower. At this point Flamethrower is starting to look more viable, and it's not even a physical attack!
Let's check. Flareon has a base attack of 130, and Fire Fang has a bp of 65. 135 * 65 = 8450.
Flareon has a base special attack of 95, and Flamethrower has a bp of 90. 95*90 = 9900.
Yeah, if you don't want to injure yourself with Flare Blitz, your best bet is to use an inferior attacking stat. Unless you want to sacrifice ten MORE BP for Flame Charge to increase your speed. Which is sitting at 65, so that's going to be helpful. Brilliant. Simply Brilliant. Flareon is PU for a reason.
Granted, Flareon would still be awful even with more physical fire moves available, but my point still stands. Maybe. Hopefully.
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Another thing that annoys me: Flareon, for reasons stated above. It's lucky it's cute or I'd be questioning why it even exists.
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Just wondering, how big can our posts be? I have one more after this, and I don't double post just on principle, but this post is getting bloated.
