Category: RBY
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Marowak – Meeting Expectations
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RBY Marowak is easy to evaluate theoretically, and I found my expectations were accurate when I tested it in competitive play.
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Beedrill – Bugs Really Got Screwed Didn’t They?
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Beedrill somehow has a claim to fame in RBY. Sadly, its flaws serve to undermine this premise, and it ends up being exceptionally inadequate.
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Pidgeot – What Else Would You Expect From an Early Game Pokemon?
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In casual play you might often use Pidgey early on before moving onto better Pokemon. It’s fully evolved Pokemon is similarly overshadowed in competitive RBY.
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Poliwhirl – A True Test of Luck
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Poliwhirl is surprisingly powerful in competitive RBY… as long as luck doesn’t turn against you.
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Kadabra, Because Who Wouldn’t Want More Psychic Types?
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Kadabra may seem totally unviable in competitive RBY, but if you run it alongside Alakazam, it actually performs reasonably well.
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Farfetch’d – an Oddball of a Pokemon
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Farfetch’d in competitive RBY has some interesting tools, but lacks other crucial components and just isn’t great
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Venomoth – Less Terrible than Butterfree
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Venomoth has a lot in common with Butterfree both superficially and competitively. Thankfully, it’s not nearly as bad as Butterfree though.
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Seaking – Overshadowed and Underpowered
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Seaking is one of the most forgettable Pokemon in existence. Its showing in competitive RBY is even worse.
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Butterfree – You Had One Job
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It turns out that in competitive RBY, Butterfree does only one thing, and does it worse than everything it’s competing against.
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Hitmonchan – So Close, Yet So Far
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Hitmonchan in RBY isn’t really useless, but it is deeply flawed