>>24672150
good BST spreads, functional abilities, best movepools from pokemon also performing the same function

frankly, I wish the next gen is a very big shake up that we finally see most of those fall out of favor

Aint nothing wrong with Gengar besides the mega.

>>24672156
Gengar, Gyarados and Tyranitar are the only ones that have been good for very long period of time though. The rest only became useful during gen IV or later.

>>24672194
Scizor has been pretty good. But yeah, honestly, I'm sick of seeing the same select few always perched on the top of the chain

>>24672194
Gen 2/3 Scizor was pretty decent. Not Gyarados/Gengar/T-Tar good, but did well enough.

Makes me wish Technician was a thing in Gen 3 just to see Silver Wind sweeps.

>GF makes their favorites strong
>babbies like them
>favorites become popular
>GF gives more boosts next gen
>more babbies like them
>GF gives them glorified forme changes and +100 BST even though most are already great on their own
>they become even more popular
>never-ending cycle

>>24672194
four of them didn't exist before gen IV though and out of the four, three of them have been consistently strong in every gen they were in.

>Scizor
>Gyarados
>Ferrothorn
>Gengar
>Garchomp
>Gliscor
>Tyranitar
These were all good from their introduction, and have remained as such

>Clefable
changed to fairy type. Would be awful without

>Bisharp
knock off got buffed...

>>24672611

>knock off got buffed

and defiant vs intimidate/defog/sticky web meta
and steel vs fairies

>>24672611
dark type dealing neutral damage against steel was also a big buff.