First off, it has a painful weakness to Ice, and since ice is such a prominent offensive typing, you’re going to encounter either HP Ice from an Electric type or Ice Beam from a Water type.
Next off is Garchomp’s design. There is nothing really special or cool about it, it’s just a shark that walks. Frankly, it looks more like something out of a cartoon as opposed to a menacing dragon beast.
It’s not OP. Deal with it. If this is OP to you, whatever.
252 SpA Choice Specs Jolteon Hidden Power Ice vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Garchomp: 400-472 (111.7 - 131.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
That’s on the switch. And Garchomp switching into Jolteon is way predictable.
Anyway, now my explanation on my favorite pseudo legendaries.
Goodra- with an Assault Vest, it has huge special defense, allowing it to take a usually special Ice/Fairy type hit. It can also run an Expert Belt due to its great coverage. It gets moves like Surf, Power Whip, Dragon Pulse, Flamethrower, and Ice Beam. I like that it breaks the trend of Dragons as far as its design goes, and it’s pretty interesting. Also it’s adorable.
Metagross- surprisingly, it’s an amazing special attacker, even though it’s mostly physical. This means it can catch its opponents off guard. It’s defensive stats allow it to take hits while sweeping. An Assault Vest also works great on it. It’s movepool is nice, with moves like Psychock, Zen Headbutt, Meteor Mash, Bullet Punch, Flash Cannon, Icy Wind, and Thunder Punch. It’s design is super cool, I mean, it’s a... I don’t even know what it is. It’s just awesome.
Tyranitar- it has a great offensive typing, even though it’s bad defensively. It’s main niche is Sand Stream, boosting its special defense. This allows it to take, once again, usually special moves like Water/Grass/Fairy moves. It runs a nasty good Weakness Policy + Dragon Dance set, and it destroys things with moves like Ice Punch, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Crunch, Earthquake, and Stone Edge. It reliably sets up Stealth Rock as well. Also, you can’t tell me that it’s design isn’t amazing.
So yup that’s my reasoning.
Because everyone asks me why I don’t like Garchomp, here you go.
Jul 19, 2020
by
y-chai
