Quinneapolis
here's a pokemon stats fact
Quinneapolis
Wurmple has the same attack as, and higher HP than, Onix
Quinneapolis
onix is a chump
thetaClysm
just checked this and.... yeah
thetaClysm
but onix has base 160 defense and wurmple has 35
Quinneapolis
details
ShootingXC
Onix is weird
ShootingXC
it feels more designed to be a first boss than a pokemon you catch and use
Quinneapolis
I feel like rock type in particular is weird in that like
Quinneapolis
future generations just love continuing to lean on gen1 for rock types
Quinneapolis
RSE's rock gym has six pokemon in it and five of them are geodudes
thetaClysm
the fact that there arent any pure rock types in gen 1 is kind of wild as well
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honestly they should buff Onix
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it's iconic but basically useless
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I guess Steelix is that buff but like
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swap its speed with its attack or something
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boom
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sensible statline for an NFE tank that's available early-game but generally harder to catch than average
Quinneapolis
nfe?
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not fully evolved
Quinneapolis
ah
ShootingXC
any big stat swaps are unlikely, and steelix is probably seen as the 'fix'
ShootingXC
but an attack buff would still make sense
Quinneapolis
anyway 
ShootingXC
cuz. look at it.
ShootingXC
shit
ShootingXC
watermelonleg
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yeah they basically haven't fucked with stats for pre-existing Pokemon since Gen 1, but, get this:
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they should
Beans
yeah Onix was basically meant to be the starter boss to the pokemon series, being Brock's toughest pokemon that isn't that tough
Beans
but then they just... never made it better
Quinneapolis
unless you picked charmander
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suggesting ways to improve the game design of Pokemon RGBY at this point is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic after it sank, but,
BERSERKER
even then gen 3 and later fixed that because oops rock is weak to steel and charmander learns metal claw
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Brock's Onix should just have only known Bide
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that way you can cheese it despite it having high stats
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and it teaches you about strategy
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...actually that would take fucking forever for Charmander choosers
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which the fight did anyway
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but I think this would be worse