Are There Any Pokemon That you Frequently Use, Even Though They're Horrible?

[Jolly Co-operator]

Personally, I always find myself using Ledian. His stats are mediocre, his typing is bad, and his moveset isn't great, but I can't help but love the little guy. He always made me think of a Power Ranger crossed with a bug.

So, are there any sub-par Pokemon that you use simply out of favoritism?

Captcha: "hear me roar!" No, Captcha, don't! You'll make all the wild posters flee.

 

[ShinyCharizard]

Scyther isn't particularly great but I always have him in my party. I love the design.

 

[bojackx]

I always used Sceptile back when I played Ruby. Back in Gen 3, leaf blade was the only good grass move Sceptile learnt, and it only had 70 power, and was a physical attack despite Sceptile being a much better Special Attacker.

In short, he sucked major donkey balls before Gen 4 introduced Energy Ball and made leaf blade have 90 power instead of 70.

 

[upgrayedd]

Probably Houndoom/Absol

 

[Professor Lupin Madblood]

I've only played through a Pokemon game once (still haven't gotten around to finishing B/W 2), but my team eventually had Amoonguss and Crustle on it. Amoonguss didn't have the greatest moves, especially the way I trained him, but I wanted a poison type and he was a pretty good wall.

Crustle is debatable, since he's pretty beastly, but I did find it amusing that he was a rock type who was weak to rock.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

I've always had a thing for Butterfree. Not sure why. Something about a psychic butterfly just makes me smile.

Charizard too, but he's not completely awful, just bad.

 

[INF1NIT3 D00M]

Bidoof. Also, Ekans/Arbok.
Maybe they're good, but not the way I use em.
I always acquire a Totodile and teach it Fly.

 

[Voulan]

I've always had a thing for Butterfree. Not sure why. Something about a psychic butterfly just makes me smile.

Same here. I usually detest bug type Pokemon because they're boring most of the time and after the first 2 hours of the game you never want to see one again, but Butterfree is one of my favourites. And being able to use Psychic abilities makes up for it.

I even have a plushie of it.

 

[Brendan Stepladder]

I love having Onix/Steelix rentals in Stadium, despite them rarely being that powerful.

It's just freaking awesome to have your guy tower over the competition.

 

[Paragon Fury]

Pretty much my entire team with the exception of Jolteon is considered "Low Tier" or at best "Mid-Tier".

 

[Ljs1121]

Despite them typically not being that great, I always have a fully evolved version of whatever the common flying/normal bird is (Pidgeot, Noctowl, Swellow, and probably Staraptor and Unfezant once I play Gen 4/5).

They just look so cool and majestic.

 

[Jark212]

Despite them typically not being that great, I always have a fully evolved version of whatever the common flying/normal bird is (Pidgeot, Noctowl, Swellow, and probably Staraptor and Unfezant once I play Gen 4/5).

They just look so cool and majestic.

What??? Pidgeot is a beast!!!

Also I always had a big soft spot for Sandslash... and using him to spam Dig.

 

[Ljs1121]

Despite them typically not being that great, I always have a fully evolved version of whatever the common flying/normal bird is (Pidgeot, Noctowl, Swellow, and probably Staraptor and Unfezant once I play Gen 4/5).

They just look so cool and majestic.

What??? Pidgeot is a beast!!!

That's where the word "typically" comes in play. I completely agree that Pidgeot is amazing. I was mainly referring to the others being lackluster, but still a necessary part of the team.

 

[Ryotknife]

Beedrill. The underdog back in the red/blue days.

plus the Guren Lagann joke.

 

[Terminate421]

I've been told Chatot is worthless, so is Butterfree when it comes to PvP. But when combined for a double battle, the results are quite the opposite.

 

[Terminate421]

Despite them typically not being that great, I always have a fully evolved version of whatever the common flying/normal bird is (Pidgeot, Noctowl, Swellow, and probably Staraptor and Unfezant once I play Gen 4/5).

They just look so cool and majestic.

You might want to rethink classifying Starraptor

If there was a definition for the phrase "destructive flying type". It'd be Staraptor, for both PvE and PvP. (Also his look is fucking awesome)

 

[cjspyres]

Stunfisk. I just.....it looks.......I don't know.

 

[Zepherus14]

Bibarel/ducklet because although they are terrible pokemon they make wonderful HM slaves.

 

[Drakmorg]

Zangoose.
For a couple reasons actually. For one, it was the first pokemon I ever actually leveled up to 100 (And so far, still the only one I've ever done that with). Plus it's a bad-ass looking mongoose/cat-ferret thing.
That's pretty much it really.

*Waves to above poster*