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4th Gen What was the most dissapointing Pokemon in Gen IV?

curiousnathan

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    With a thread like this about the Fifth Generation, I think the Fourth deserves one too! \o/

    So, simply put: What was the most dissapointing Pokemon you found to be or used while playing through the games?

    With the variety of Pokemon mostly easily accessable - (Mainly HGSS), there is a lot to choose from, so I really do have a list of pokemon that I found useless and dissapointing -- Dusparance (not surprisingly) being one of them.
     
    I never really found any of the Pokemon I used to be bad. I never use certain Pokemon because I can clearly see which ones are going to be decent and which ones are going to be garbage.
     
    long list
    absol
    meganium
    infernape
    bibarel
    staraptor
    garchomp
    palkia
    giratina
    dusknoir
     
    Shieldon. Always seemed inferior to Cranidos, and probably because I prefer the more offensive strategies to the defensive ones.
     
    ZetaZaku said:
    Well... Geodude was pretty much an inanimate object too. A rock.

    Spiritomb on the other hand is a ghost.
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    I personally like both, since we've seen Spiritomb to be ncredibly powerful -- especiallu under Cynthia's ownership. And geodude does evolve into Golem eventually, which can also prove to be a tough opponent, although it's defense is iffy.
     
    But he's a ghost. You know, ghosts tend to possess things (in fiction). Geodude on the other hand isn't a ghost.

    My point is, Spiritomb isn't the first inanimate object Pokemon. They had them since the beginning.
     
    Trainer Timothy said:
    ... SpiritTomb? That's the start of the inanimate object POKeMON.
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    Magnemite line, Grimer line, Voltorb line, and Porygon line aren't inanimate as opposed to Spiritomb?

    For me the most unappealing not necessarily ones I dislike, but just didn't click for me were the Finneon line and Carnivine. Never used them so I can't say how useless they are.
     
    Trainer Timothy said:
    About time someone picked up on it. I also never really fell in love with Bidoof... He's to plain.
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    I actually really liked bidoof, at least, he's grown on me. I think we've never really had an otter based pokemon before Oshawott etc. So I think the concept of them are great, and they prove to be especially useful for HM slaves.
     
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    I remember seeing Buneary and I went "Oh, it's so cute".

    I decided to train one and hopefully raise its happiness to get a Lopunny but then... I found myself losing happiness rather than gaining it cos I found my poor Buneary falling so easily.

    Yeah, what a letdown was that!

    I also loved Lumineon's design but it stats really are garbage.
     
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