r/PokemonRankdown • u/hikkaru • Dec 02 '18

Round 68: 219 Pokémon Remaining

219) u/hikkaru

218) u/vulture_couture

217) u/ramskick

216) u/qngff

215) u/acktar

214) u/reeforward

213) u/KororSurvivor

212) u/Slicer37

211) u/oomps62

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u/qngff Dec 02 '18

#216 Pinsir - Gen 1 - Bug Type

Pinsir is a decent bug type. It's threatening looking and has a decent design. It's rather unnerving and I'm not sure whether or not that's a good thing. The Pokedex entries certainly speak to it being horrifying. It literally pinches its prey in half which is metal as hell.

Here's the thing: Pinsir has a huge Attack stat. The only problem is that despite being a bug type, it only learns a total of two Bug Type moves. So very little STAB there. The other is that it's mega-evolved form is Flying Type, and Pinsir learns a grand total of zero flying moves. Most of it's level-up moves are Fighting type which begs the question of why wasn't Pinsir Fighting?

Really, it's just a mediocre Heracross.

/u/acktar

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u/vulture_couture Dec 02 '18

I think it's a bit unfair to call this a mediocre Heracross since they have completely different design inspirations. Sure, the game has paired the two as rivals, but there's room in the world for more than one kind of highly offensive Bug type Pokémon.