If fighting/fleeing from 5 zubats in Mt. Mortar and then walking 50 steps to that patch of grass truly is "out of the way", then I don't even know what to say.
Yeah, Kadabra might have 120 sp.atk, but when both pokemon get the STAB and are similarly (disgustingly) over-leveled, the hits are going to be doing overkill regardless. The speed and strength difference is negligible between the two. At the end of the day, if the thingy is weak to psychic, and you want it dead, then it's going to die. It doesn't really make a difference if Kadabra can slam something for 300% when a Giragarig can get 150%. But what does matter is having the option of going for those super-powerful physical moves when you want it/need it without having to raise up a whole different Normal-type mon from scratch.
Girafarig is good because it is like a Tauros and an Abra put together. Benefits of both stabs all in one pokemon, thus you'll be able to kill stuff that BOTH mons can kill. And becuase of that fact, the Gira will be at level 40 by the time you get the Red Scale at the Lake of Rage (after acquiring 6 badges). It's a very braindead mon. I'm still confused why it's rated so low while Tauros is so high. If someone else can do a better job at articulating the point, please do.
By the way, I also don't really get what you mean by it's movepool isn't that good. It comes with 2 fantastic moves the moment you catch it, which is better than you can ask for from 90% of pokemon. I'm confident I'm not alone here.
EDIT: You note that it doesn't learn Psychic naturally, but neglect the fact that Psybeam can actually be argued as better than Psychic for in-game. Psybeam has 20 PP compared to the very low 10 PP of Psychic; plus 65 base power behind STAB is quite often enough to 1-shot stuff.
Girafarig's movepool may be limited, but what's wrong with it being limited if it works like a charm? Where exactly do you see an issue in the [Stomp/Strength]+[Return]+[Thunder/Confusion]+[Psybeam] moveset? You sail through the game just as easily with this thing as you do with a Kadabra. What is Tauros planning on doing to touch Rocks, Ghosts, Steels or pokemon with high physical defense? Literally, the ONLY good move Tauros naturally learns is Horn Attack until Thrash (@level 43). The argument that it's better than Girafarig seems to be rooted deeply in bias.
Yeah, Kadabra might have 120 sp.atk, but when both pokemon get the STAB and are similarly (disgustingly) over-leveled, the hits are going to be doing overkill regardless. The speed and strength difference is negligible between the two. At the end of the day, if the thingy is weak to psychic, and you want it dead, then it's going to die. It doesn't really make a difference if Kadabra can slam something for 300% when a Giragarig can get 150%. But what does matter is having the option of going for those super-powerful physical moves when you want it/need it without having to raise up a whole different Normal-type mon from scratch.
Girafarig is good because it is like a Tauros and an Abra put together. Benefits of both stabs all in one pokemon, thus you'll be able to kill stuff that BOTH mons can kill. And becuase of that fact, the Gira will be at level 40 by the time you get the Red Scale at the Lake of Rage (after acquiring 6 badges). It's a very braindead mon. I'm still confused why it's rated so low while Tauros is so high. If someone else can do a better job at articulating the point, please do.
By the way, I also don't really get what you mean by it's movepool isn't that good. It comes with 2 fantastic moves the moment you catch it, which is better than you can ask for from 90% of pokemon. I'm confident I'm not alone here.
EDIT: You note that it doesn't learn Psychic naturally, but neglect the fact that Psybeam can actually be argued as better than Psychic for in-game. Psybeam has 20 PP compared to the very low 10 PP of Psychic; plus 65 base power behind STAB is quite often enough to 1-shot stuff.
Girafarig's movepool may be limited, but what's wrong with it being limited if it works like a charm? Where exactly do you see an issue in the [Stomp/Strength]+[Return]+[Thunder/Confusion]+[Psybeam] moveset? You sail through the game just as easily with this thing as you do with a Kadabra. What is Tauros planning on doing to touch Rocks, Ghosts, Steels or pokemon with high physical defense? Literally, the ONLY good move Tauros naturally learns is Horn Attack until Thrash (@level 43). The argument that it's better than Girafarig seems to be rooted deeply in bias.
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