God, not another one....XD
QFT
In descending order of usefulness:
1. Vaporeon - The only one of them that's consistently useful because it can defend
and attack, unlike Umbreon. Can take hits like a champ, and dish them back out with suprising force. Definitely the best of the seven most overrated Pokemon in the game, and deserves any and all praise thrown at it.
2. Jolteon - Strong and fast, but that's about it. Priority and Scarf wearers own it dead. But it's
soooooo cute!
3. Umbreon - Can defend decently and can be a better physical sponge (I think?) than Vaporeon, but can't do much else but tank and Wishpass, which Vaporeon can do
so much better. But it's
soooooo cute!
4. Espeon - Overwhelmingly average. It's
severely outclassed as a sweeper by Alakazam, who has better Special Attack and Speed, in addition to (barely) a better movepool, and Azelf, who trades 5 base Special Attack for 5 Speed,
and can hit from the physical end just as hard as it hits from the special end, unlike Espeon. In the UU environment (Espeon? UU? Yes, it's a reality, children.), it's ditched in favor of Claydol and Uxie because stall teams are more prevelant there and a ground immunity and more-than-decent defense is what you need in a Psychic-type to deal with Fighters like Hitmontop and friends. Contrary to popular belief, it's overrated and not quite as useful as most would like to believe. It's an OK fighter, but it's ridiculously predictable, as it's often going to be packing Psychic/Hidden Power Fire or Ground/Signal Beam/Shadow Ball, the only four attacks that are even half-decent on it. But it's
soooooo cute!
5. Glaceon - It goes all downhill from here. Stealth Rock is not a kind move to a lot of Pokemon in general, and when you're Ice-type, you really are the worst out of all of the bunch who get owned by the move. You're weak to Rock, Fighting and Fire, three of the game's most prevelant attacking types. Glaceon's movepool, like all of the Eeveelutions, is incredibly shallow; it learns a STAB move, can make use of Hidden Power, and can learn Shadow Ball. ohwait, where have I seen this before? Put off already? It's got 65/60/95 defenses and resists but one type, and in NU, nobody uses Ice as an attacking type where there are no Dragons. But it's
soooooo cute!
6. Leafeon - It has Swords Dance and great Attack, yeah. Too bad it only has STAB Leaf Blade and X-Scissor to support that. In NU, where virtually
everything takes 0.25 damage from this, it's a hard life for this little leafy Pokemon. But it's
soooooo cute!
7. Flareon - ...When your best way to abuse that 130 base Attack on a STAB is in a 55 BP move, you know you fail. Hardcore. But it's
soooooo cute!
I know I might pick on the Eeveelutions a lot, but when they suck so much and people still love them for no reason other than their aesthetic appeal, it's simple to understand
why. But they're
soooooo cute!