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Team #13 I already wrote about Treecko here. Nosepass is simply unusable. It is the gen 3 version of Onix, as it is the ace Pokemon of the first gym leader, who specializes in the Rock type. And as horrible as Onix is, an argument can be made that Nosepass is somehow even worse. At...

Team #12 I already wrote about Torchic before. Marill is good. Among the physical Water types of Sharpedo, Crawdaunt and Gyarados with no actual physical STAB moves, it is most likely the best physical attacker out of them. Of course we are only talking about Huge Power Marill here...

Might seem weird that Pokemon like Poochyena and Zigzagoon come up so late but I moved the Pokemon I had the most interest in using towards the top. Also I have to keep some early game Pokemon in stock for the later teams, otherwise I need to solo the entire early game with my starter before I...

Team #11 I already wrote about Treecko here. Poochyena is bad. I don't think that is coming as a big surprise to a lot of people. It is one of the main Pokemon of the two evil teams, and was made bad on purpose because of that. Even so, you probably will still be shocked how not a...

Even if the Day Care is very early in Emerald, trying to breed useful egg moves is still a huge time investment. A Lotad egg takes around 3750 steps to hatch and with just a 20% chance for an egg to appear every 256 steps, there is a good chance it will take over 4000 steps to get a level 5...

Yeah, some gen 3 level-up movepools are ... special. But clearly Mud Slap is a powerhouse that you have to lock to higher levels. That is why it costs 24 BP in the Battle Frontier, right?

Is Shedinja's matchup against Wattson even good? I didn't even try to use it against him in my run, because early game gate keeper Magneton takes a ton of luck for Shedinja to overcome, when one self hit from Supersonic knocks it out and its best attacks at this point are Cut and Fury Cutter.

Team #10 I already wrote about Torchic before. Oddish is an early game Grass type. And while that isn't saying much, because most Grass type, outside of Breloom, are pretty mediocre early on. And that is almost entirely because Grass moves are so terrible in gen 3. But as far as Grass...

I was not aware of that, thanks for letting me know. That certainly gives some more passive mons a real opportunity to sweep in major battles. Even if it still requires a decent bit of support and time. While Skarmory really does have a respectable attack stat, I have found its damage output to...

I maybe worded that poorly. By stalling I just meant that Pokemon like Skarmory need to slowly chip down the opponent with its weak attacks while it takes hits and needs some amount of healing items. I didn't mean stuff like Rest or Toxic. I agree that those don't really have much of a place in...

More entries of low rank mons. Also, whoever put Plusle and Nosepass in the same tier was out of their mind. D rank: E rank: F rank:

Team #9 I already wrote about Treecko here. Wurmple is the generational early game Bug of Hoenn and is sort of weird because it can evolve into two different Pokemon based on a value that is completely hidden from the player. So if you want to end on a specific Pokemon, you are better off...

I 100% see what you mean. Without a standardized playthrough in mind, ranking Pokemon is a crapshoot because the games can be played in a lot ways. That being said, I don't think we are talking about overleveling a Beedrill for 20 levels and then claiming that it beats every gym leader =>...

I think it's mostly about lower tier Pokemon. Ideally, Pokemon should be good against gym leaders and normal route trainers. Otherwise they are lower on the tier list by default. But then there are some Pokemon that are perfectly fine to use for most of the game and can even help out in gyms...

That is a very interesting topic, that I also have a bit of a gripe with. Generally, only the major battles (mostly gym leaders) get considered for determining how well a Pokemon does in a game. And while those battles clearly are important to look at, it is kind of weird to me that regular...

Volbeat is standing so near the cliff of viability too. It is barely fast and strong enough for the generation, has barely good enough coverage and moves, which become available at the perfect time, and actually has a real niche where a non-Bug isn't just better. Meanwhile Illumise loses a ton...

I had to get going when I wrote that, so I forgot that part. Bug types are mostly terrible pre-gen 4 for in-game runs because there just aren't any good Bug moves to use for the most part. Either the base power is just laughably low like Leech Life and Pin Missle, or its a signature move like...

I haven't really abused the Pickup ability in those games yet but I always thought it was not nearly as broken as some people think. Hoenn is pretty lenient with items, to the point that I rarely even use Full Heals due to all the available berries you can pick up. Money is also not really a...

I would love if in-game viability discussion gets more traction on Smogon again. Sadly, I was also one of those people that got into the topic a few years too late, so nowadays the topic is either done or work is very slow or non-existent. But while community tier lists need some kind of frame...

Team #8 I already wrote about Torchic before. Magikarp is the original investment Pokemon. As in, you have to invest a lot of time, resources and EXP into it for a big reward later. And in contrast to Abra, it is actually a real commitment because Magikarp's evolution level is higher and...