"Worst Pokémon Ever"

[CTNC]

Unknown have a laxy design and look dumb. They only learn one move which increases how garbage they are.

I'm not going to say Unown is good, but they were the first Pokemon with alternate forms (Unless you count Nidoran Male and Nidoran Female as different forms of Nidoran, but they were done in a way that makes them different species.) and the Ruins of Alph were a pretty memorable part of Gen 2. The different forms thing is less interresting now with more Pokemon getting forms and forms that do somehting though and the Ruins of Alph were last in a game... I'm not going to check how long ago it was...

Also, the third movie made Unown way cooler than they are in game... and way cooler than the rest of the anime... At least they had some time not being a borderline joke Pokemon.

 

[Volt-Ikazuchi]

I used Crabominable in my first playthru of Gen 7 and Barbaracle in my first playthru of Gen 6...
and yeah people do call you a quirky tryhard if you like them lol

Spidops is legit cool tho, it's just garbage

 

[Pikachu315111]

I used Crabominable in my first playthru of Gen 7 and Barbaracle in my first playthru of Gen 6...
and yeah people do call you a quirky tryhard if you like them lol

I wouldn't call people who like these Pokemon "tryhards". Certainly not usual picks for a team you'd take to the Elite Four, but for the main game if they're appropriately trained and have team synergy they're not worse than other Pokemon.

I'm not going to say Unown is good, but they were the first Pokemon with alternate forms (...) and the Ruins of Alph were a pretty memorable part of Gen 2. The different forms thing is less interresting now with more Pokemon getting forms and forms that do somehting though and the Ruins of Alph were last in a game... I'm not going to check how long ago it was...

Also, the third movie made Unown way cooler than they are in game... and way cooler than the rest of the anime... At least they had some time not being a borderline joke Pokemon.

A thing about Unown is that in a way they're sort of like Zygarde's Cores & Cells. They were not meant to be used in battle, the only reason you can is because they were created in Gen 2 where GF's philosophy was "if it's a Pokemon you can technically send it out into battle". But their low stats and only knowing one Move was more than enough to show these Pokemon had another purpose, even if it's a purpose the player can't do anything with. Simply put, Unown exist as a worldbuilding Pokemon, an enigmatic Pokemon whose true power is unfathomable because you need hundreds to even tap into it. I'm not sure what GF's plan was for the Unown at the time of their creation, but we have seen them since used by Arceus in the thousands if not millions to bend reality; seemingly implying the Poekmon World is maintained by if not made from Unown. To know the secrets of the Unown is to know the secrets of the universe, and only a god has the power let alone the mind to handle such a thing.

 

[CynicalGiant]

I wouldn't call people who like these Pokemon "tryhards". Certainly not usual picks for a team you'd take to the Elite Four

tryhard in this instance is more that there's a certain type of vocal pokemon fan that thinks if you like ugly or goofy pokemon that you are only using them for their stats or you are being a contrarian if you say you like them. Both of these pokemon are also used on Elite Four teams for the record.

I tend to like mostly weird pokemon and then also the big idiots, and the latter is usually very high levels of bulk or offense which can make most pokemon games rather trivial to complete, not that any of the games are actually hard to begin with.

A thing about Unown is that in a way they're sort of like Zygarde's Cores & Cells. They were not meant to be used in battle,

I think in gen 2 since the power level is so insanely low that you can easily use an Unown if you really wanted to and wouldn't be at that much of a disadvantage.