I am one guy that for some reason love to look at pokémon stats, they are the ones that shows some of the pokémon's streghts and weaknesses beyond just the typing and make every pokemon more unique, be it for the better or the worst (looking at you Sunkern).
Stats usually reflect by how the pokémon looks, most of the time, if it is a bulky looking monster it might have a higher HP stat just like Snorlax, if it is sleek looking it might have a higher speed stat, just like Weavile, and there are cases which the stats are made in such a way to help a pokémon to use a certain unique ability or move it has just like Malamar which has an attack stat higher than its Special Attack stat to allow it to use Superpower more reliably, thus helping it to abuse the contrary ability.
But there are some cases that, simply put, doesn't make any sense at all, and this thread should be dedicated to them. Here are some examples:
Kangaskhan
Speed: 90
Maybe it is just me but I always thought this speed stat just didn't make much sense on Kangaskhan, I know kangaroos are quite fast and all, but lets be real here, the only thing that Kangaskhan has of a Kangaroo on its design is the pouch on its belly, it looks more like a dinosaur monster, but anyway, how such a bulky looking mon has a 90 base speed. I know that 90 speed isn't an impressive speed at all but it also isn't slow, and once you compare this speed stat with other pokémon that looks like Kanga such as Nidoking (85 spe), Nidoqueen (76 spe), Aggron (50 spe) and Rhydon (40 spe) it only gets weirder. I guess it should have around 75~80 speed.
Glalie
Has 80 in every single stat
Oh this one you guys probably already knew. It is just pure laziness, this kind of stat distribution doesn't show any of Glalie's streghts and weaknesses and doesn't reflect like anything on its design. I guess it should have better defenses because of its armor like structure that covers its body, it should have a better attack stat because of those (ugly looking) teeth and on the other hand it should have worse HP because most of these artifical looking mons doesn't have that much HP and it should have bad speed because it looks heavy and it has no legs (By the way, his mega's stats make even less sense to me if you couldn't already tell). It should look like this: 60 HP / 100 Atk / 110 Def / 70 Satk / 90 Sdef / 50 Spe and it still mantains its 480 base stat total.
Chansey
Attack: 5
Yeah we are not here to talk about Chansey's god like HP but rather its paper strength attack stat. Yeah I know that Chansey shouldn't have a higher attack stat because it just doesn't reflect its design which is peaceful and innocent looking, but...WHY THE HELL, CHANSEY'S SIGNATURE MOVE IS A PHYSICAL ATTACK!? We are talking about Egg Bomb (not softboiled of course) a physical, normal type move with a whooping 100 base power, introduced since gen 1. This could have been a very decent move if Chansey had at least a usable Attack stat (and if Return had never happened). The only way this could have been fixed is by making Egg Bomb a special attack, but I don't guess that would make sense.
Charizard
Attack: 84
And here we have the good old (happy 20 years) Zard. I never got why Charizard has such an average attack stat because it has always been shown as a physical fighter as you can see in the anime where most of its moves are physical, such as Seismic Toss, Slash, Fly and Dragon Tail with fire type moves being the only ones that are special. It only got even weirder when Brawl happened and almost his entire moveset was physical with Seismic Toss (up grab), Rock Smash (side B), and Fly (up B) and then it got Flare Blitz and some custom moves (like Dragon Rush) in Smash 4, and again his only special moves were many fire type ones bar Flare Blitz, like flamethrower and Fire Blast. Pokken Tournament brought many special moves to zard but most his moveset still physical tho. Why market such a physical attacking Charizard when it just has 84 attack stat, thankfully his X mega fixed this issue but I still think that normal Zard should have like 92-100 attack stat at least.
Well then there are one kind of mon I would like to ban from this thread, which are the mythical pokémon: Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy and Victini because their 100 all around stats is like a tradition of some sort and I would also ban Arceus from the list, because it has 120 in every stat, mainly to fit the god of all pokémon theme.
Happy Posting and thanks for reading.
Stats usually reflect by how the pokémon looks, most of the time, if it is a bulky looking monster it might have a higher HP stat just like Snorlax, if it is sleek looking it might have a higher speed stat, just like Weavile, and there are cases which the stats are made in such a way to help a pokémon to use a certain unique ability or move it has just like Malamar which has an attack stat higher than its Special Attack stat to allow it to use Superpower more reliably, thus helping it to abuse the contrary ability.
But there are some cases that, simply put, doesn't make any sense at all, and this thread should be dedicated to them. Here are some examples:
Kangaskhan
Maybe it is just me but I always thought this speed stat just didn't make much sense on Kangaskhan, I know kangaroos are quite fast and all, but lets be real here, the only thing that Kangaskhan has of a Kangaroo on its design is the pouch on its belly, it looks more like a dinosaur monster, but anyway, how such a bulky looking mon has a 90 base speed. I know that 90 speed isn't an impressive speed at all but it also isn't slow, and once you compare this speed stat with other pokémon that looks like Kanga such as Nidoking (85 spe), Nidoqueen (76 spe), Aggron (50 spe) and Rhydon (40 spe) it only gets weirder. I guess it should have around 75~80 speed.
Oh this one you guys probably already knew. It is just pure laziness, this kind of stat distribution doesn't show any of Glalie's streghts and weaknesses and doesn't reflect like anything on its design. I guess it should have better defenses because of its armor like structure that covers its body, it should have a better attack stat because of those (ugly looking) teeth and on the other hand it should have worse HP because most of these artifical looking mons doesn't have that much HP and it should have bad speed because it looks heavy and it has no legs (By the way, his mega's stats make even less sense to me if you couldn't already tell). It should look like this: 60 HP / 100 Atk / 110 Def / 70 Satk / 90 Sdef / 50 Spe and it still mantains its 480 base stat total.
Chansey
Yeah we are not here to talk about Chansey's god like HP but rather its paper strength attack stat. Yeah I know that Chansey shouldn't have a higher attack stat because it just doesn't reflect its design which is peaceful and innocent looking, but...WHY THE HELL, CHANSEY'S SIGNATURE MOVE IS A PHYSICAL ATTACK!? We are talking about Egg Bomb (not softboiled of course) a physical, normal type move with a whooping 100 base power, introduced since gen 1. This could have been a very decent move if Chansey had at least a usable Attack stat (and if Return had never happened). The only way this could have been fixed is by making Egg Bomb a special attack, but I don't guess that would make sense.
Charizard
And here we have the good old (happy 20 years) Zard. I never got why Charizard has such an average attack stat because it has always been shown as a physical fighter as you can see in the anime where most of its moves are physical, such as Seismic Toss, Slash, Fly and Dragon Tail with fire type moves being the only ones that are special. It only got even weirder when Brawl happened and almost his entire moveset was physical with Seismic Toss (up grab), Rock Smash (side B), and Fly (up B) and then it got Flare Blitz and some custom moves (like Dragon Rush) in Smash 4, and again his only special moves were many fire type ones bar Flare Blitz, like flamethrower and Fire Blast. Pokken Tournament brought many special moves to zard but most his moveset still physical tho. Why market such a physical attacking Charizard when it just has 84 attack stat, thankfully his X mega fixed this issue but I still think that normal Zard should have like 92-100 attack stat at least.
Well then there are one kind of mon I would like to ban from this thread, which are the mythical pokémon: Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy and Victini because their 100 all around stats is like a tradition of some sort and I would also ban Arceus from the list, because it has 120 in every stat, mainly to fit the god of all pokémon theme.
Happy Posting and thanks for reading.
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