25 Red & Blue Pokémon Everyone Uses (Even Though They Have Bad Stats)
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Pokémon Red and Blue might be classic games, but there are a lot of Pokémon that just aren’t worth it anymore, even though people keep using them.
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Everyone knows that Pokémon are great little creatures that we walk around our neighborhoods and capture, or maybe even watch on televison. But what too many people don’t understand is that the real beginning was Pokémon Red and Blue. Yes, we know that the card game technically came first, but we’re going to ignore that for a second here.
Pokémon Red and Blue for the Game Boy Color were something new to the RPG video game market. It was like Final Fantasy, but with hundreds of characters that you could raise and use in battle. But even with all those choices, there were tons of Pokémon who should have stayed in the tall grass and never shown their faces. Regardless of how cute and cuddly they are, they just shouldn’t be used in battle. We should lock them inside tiny balls forever.
These are the Pokémon with stats that make us wonder how they ever survive in the wild. But then we realize that their only purpose is to be beaten by more powerful Pokémon such as Gyarados and Machamp. Machamp, for the record, won’t be on this list, as he’s much stronger than any Pikachu or Rattata. Machamp is here for the gains. Don’t disrespect Pokémon with actual power. Don’t do it.
So, here are some of the Pokémon that everyone seems to keep using, for one reason or another, that just shouldn’t be used anymore.
25 Pikachu: Ash’s Favorite
Everyone on this planet knows about Pikachu. And for all of those people who happen to have played any Pokémon game, they know that his dude is the mascot for the entire situation. Does Pikachu deserve it? Definitely, maybe.
While his stats are pretty weak and they don’t get much better when it evolves, Pikachu has done some pretty epic things in the TV show.
With his love for Ash and general cuteness, Pikachu has fried fools to the limit even if they aren’t susceptible to electricity.
24 Butterfree: Fighting With A Butterfly
Butterfree is a Pokémon that levels up and evolves pretty quickly from the runt we know as Caterpie. Caterpie is essentially useless, and so is his daddy, Butterfree. But this is a Pokémon many of us have used to defeat multiple Gym Leaders.
But beyond its early game uses, this Pokémon only has one great thing: its name. And that’s only because it is comprised of butter and freedom. The freedom to eat as much butter as you want is an American law. So we thank you, Butterfree.
23 Pidgeot: Still Just A Pidgey
Pidgeot is another Pokémon from the early levels of the game that most people end up keeping around because they need a decent fighter who also knows the HM Fly.
Fly is arguably the most useful of the Hidden Machines.
It’s a benefit that Pidgeot would not only have the HM take up a slot, but also be its most powerful move in the game. Sort of a benefit. But the problem is that Pidgeot has no defining stats that make it a bruiser. It’s a utility bird.
22 Nidoking/Nidoqueen: Not Really Royalty
The Nido family are a bunch of liars. They look super tough and super powerful, but all of them have little baby stats. With their great moves and awesome skillsets, they fall so short of mediocre it’s painful.
They act like they’re royal, but we all know these fools spend their days eating grass and when they’re lucky, they eat potatoes and hot sauce. You’d think they’d be way more powerful, but all of their stats are low. Nothing stands out, but everyone thinks they’re worthy of their team. Lies.
21 Psyduck: Just Popular Because Of Misty
Psyduck is a mystery. It’s a duck, so it happens to be a water type, but it also clearly has the letters “psy” in its name.
Indicating that it has psychic abilities that cause its constant migraine-level headaches.
But this Pokémon is as useless as most water Pokémon, especially because of its stats. It’s popular because of Misty and it only has a purpose because of the show. Yet everyone loves this thing. Even without its psychic powers, that would no doubt make it awesome.
20 Onyx: The Useless
Onix is one other Pokémon lucky enough to be in the show pretty often, so everyone knows who he is. He was Brock’s favorite rock snake to hang out with and we don’t really know why. Other than a super high defense stat, this thing is weak.
About as weak a bunch of rocks would be. The only fighting value this Pokémon has is performing attacks that have to do with the weight of the Pokémon or getting beaten on while you heal the rest of your crew.
19 Ditto: The Transformative
Everyone has Ditto for one simple reason: breeding. It’s a tough life, but Ditto is clearly happy with it. Hopefully, at least, or someone needs to find an adult. And a lawyer.
But regardless of being extremely useful, his stats are atrocious.
Ditto might be the only Pokémon out there who actually rivals Magikarp in base stats. That’s like finding out you smell as good as the nearest homeless person. You think you have value because people desire you, but really you’re just trash. Ditto, ya trash.
18 Poliwrath: Not A Great Evolution
Here we have another run of the mill weakling water Pokémon that will never stand up to the greatness of Gyarados. Now, it may seem as if I am unfairly rooting for Gyarados to rule the world, and may have even named my pet dog Gyarados. But I’m right.
Poliwrath is a 3rd level evolved Pokémon, and not one of his stats goes over 100. None of them even reach 100. This guy tops out in the 90s, with no real stat to stand out and focus on. He’s meant for nothing and will remain nothing.
17 Meowth: Talk About Bad
Meowth is a lot like Pikachu in a way that it was popular on the show, super popular, and has an evolved form that basically no one knows about. Meowth evolves into Persian, another Pokémon that no one uses.
Everyone wants to have this Pokémon because it talks.
But it doesn’t talk in the game. And if it did, the only thing that it would say is ” don’t look at my stats” because they are absolute garbage. We’re glad this thing is often astray.
16 Jigglypuff: Too Cute
This one actually makes us angry. Why is anyone into this Pokémon at all? Why is it even popular? Because it’s cute and sings and stuff? Who cares? This thing is useless. And look at it. It’s disgusting.
Its stats are just as ugly as this thing’s entire existence. Other than health, everything is below 45. 45! What’s the point? And can someone tell us why it was inducted into Super Smash Bros.? Now we’re stuck with this piece of excrement forever in good games.
15 Blastoise/Venusaur… Compared To Charizard
We’re not saying that choosing either of these guys at the beginning of the game is a bad choice, we’re just stating the obvious. Charizard is king. It should also be noted that Gen 1’s starters were by far the best, coolest, and most iconic.
What’s great about Charizard is he’s got stats that make him a valuable, well-rounded fighter. Blastoise has a good defense, but he’s outclassed by Gyarados as a water type. And Venusaur only has one good attack, Solar Beam.
14 Hitmonlee/Hitmonchan: Twice As Weak
The problem with Hitmonchan is that the attack stats aren’t nearly high enough to justify being in your party. The same goes for Hitmonlee. They have decent stats that make them good fighters, but they’re simply outclassed by Machamp.
Machamp is a titan.
And there’s no reason to have two Fighting-types in your party. So when there’s this big deal about being given these awesome fighter Pokémon based on Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, you realize you’d rather just have the Champ. Machamp.
13 Hypno: The Psychic
This entry sort of hurts my soul a bit, and I’m going to have to get personal. I once beat Pokémon Red with a Pidgey and a Hypno. The Pidgey was only for transportation. Hypno was for eating the dreams of those who stood before me.
Hypno has an attack called Dream Eater and it is so strong. It also heals the user. The only requirement is that the enemy is asleep. I defeated the Elite Four in this way never having to heal Hypno. Only to find out his stats are so sub-par. Hurtful stuff.
12 Chansey: The Tank
Chansey is another Pokémon popularized by the TV show as it’s always helping out in the hospitals. But the only stat this Pokémon has going for them his health. And we will say, it’s a ridiculously high health stat. 250.
But the problem comes with its attack and defense stats. Which are at the strikingly low price of 5. Base stat of 5, people. All that health for nothing. And if you don’t believe us, just watch how much money you spend on potions to keep this thing alive.
11 Mr. Mime: The Strange
So Mr. Mime might not really deserve to be on this list because his special attack, special defense and speed are all above 100. That makes for a decent warrior when dealing with enemies.
But none of those stats come close to other Psychic-types in the game. Especially dudes like Alakazam. Most psychic Pokémon have a high special attack, so this guy may be fun or some but he’s just outclassed by so many other Psychos.
10 Starmie: Another Misty Fave
Everyone who played these games and watched the shows knows about Misty. She loves water and the beach and all that junk, despite her being a ginger. Makes no sense.
But she is the most difficult gym trainer to defeat.
She’s the second gym to be faced, and if you don’t have something strong against water you’re not going to beat her. Being stomped by a starfish feels terrible and then when you go out and capture your own to raise, you realize that they’re not good. Because it’s a starfish.
9 Raticate: To Be Expected
Raticate and Rattata are a common Pokémon in the series, and Raticate may seem like a good warrior to have with his Hyper Fang, but really he’s a bum. Just another common Normal-type rodent with no redeeming qualities.
Yet people still have one at level 100 because this rat has been with them since the beginning. Chances are that Rattata could have been the first Pokémon any of us ever captured ever. That’s a big deal. 413 total base stats. Come on, dude.
8 Golbat: A Bit Batty
The thing about Zubat and Golbat is they are most likely the highest knocked out Pokémon in the entire series. They are native to caves and there sure are a lot of them within the caves. You’ll knock out hundreds.
But most of you probably caught one or two since you were tired of wiping out entire generations of the species.
And you decided to level Zubat up into Golbat. Which to everyone involved would become a disappointment.
7 Dugtrio: Three Isn’t Better Than One
Dugtrio has two pretty decent stat numbers in Attack and Speed. Basically, that means this little guy is digging hard to rise up and tear you shoes off before you can even realize. But the negatives sort of show his glass jaw.
Dugtrio has virtually no health. A base stat of 35, which happens to be the same as Diglett’s health stat. These dudes squad up and evolve and stay at the same health level. What’s even the point. Get lost underground somewhere, bro.
6 Muk: A Waste Of Stats
Now Muk happens to be a formidable opponent especially if you have no one who can use any fire attacks. His stats are actually great, some of the best among all poison types. But the problem with Muk is that he has no good moves.
It’s a shame really. The other issue is that Poison is not really strong against many other types of Pokémon for it to be in your party as say something like fire or ground. You only get two slots, don’t waste it on Muk, he has no moves.
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