cᴏᴍpaʀɪng lᴇgᴇndaʀɪᴇ ᴛɪᴇʀ lɪsᴛ pᴏᴋᴇʀᴏᴜgᴇ: ᴛhᴇ ᴜnfɪlᴛᴇʀᴇd ᴛʀᴜᴛh
lᴇgᴇndaʀɪᴇs ᴛɪᴇʀ lɪsᴛs aʀᴇ aʙᴜndanᴛ ɪn ᴛhᴇ pᴏᴋᴇʀᴏᴜgᴇ cᴏᴍᴍᴜnɪᴛʏ, ᴇach claɪᴍɪng ᴛᴏ pʀᴇsᴇnᴛ ᴛhᴇ ᴜlᴛɪᴍaᴛᴇ ʀanᴋɪng ᴏf ᴛhᴇ sᴛʀᴏngᴇsᴛ pᴏᴋéᴍᴏn. hᴏwᴇᴠᴇʀ, ɪᴛ’s ᴇssᴇnᴛɪal ᴛᴏ appʀᴏach ᴛhᴇsᴇ lɪsᴛs wɪᴛh a cʀɪᴛɪcal ᴇʏᴇ, ʀᴇcᴏgnɪzɪng ᴛhaᴛ ᴛhᴇʏ ᴏfᴛᴇn ʀᴇflᴇcᴛ sᴜʙᴊᴇcᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏpɪnɪᴏns and ᴛhᴇ cᴜʀʀᴇnᴛ ᴍᴇᴛagaᴍᴇ. ʀaᴛhᴇʀ ᴛhan ʙlɪndlʏ fᴏllᴏwɪng a sɪnglᴇ ᴛɪᴇʀ lɪsᴛ, ɪᴛ’s cʀᴜcɪal ᴛᴏ ᴇᴠalᴜaᴛᴇ ᴇach pᴏᴋéᴍᴏn’s sᴛʀᴇngᴛhs, wᴇaᴋnᴇssᴇs, and pᴏᴛᴇnᴛɪal sʏnᴇʀgɪᴇs wɪᴛhɪn ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴇaᴍ.
ʙʀᴇaᴋɪng dᴏwn lᴇgᴇndaʀɪᴇ ᴛɪᴇʀ lɪsᴛ pᴏᴋᴇʀᴏᴜgᴇ: pʀᴏs, cᴏns, and ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛhɪng ʙᴇᴛwᴇᴇn
pʀᴏs:
- lᴇgᴇndaʀʏ pᴏᴋéᴍᴏn ᴛʏpɪcallʏ ʙᴏasᴛ ᴇxcᴇpᴛɪᴏnal ʙasᴇ sᴛaᴛs and ᴍᴏᴠᴇ pᴏᴏls, ᴍaᴋɪng ᴛhᴇᴍ fᴏʀᴍɪdaʙlᴇ ɪn ʙaᴛᴛlᴇ.
- ᴛhᴇʏ can ᴏfᴛᴇn lᴇaʀn pᴏwᴇʀfᴜl sɪgnaᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴍᴏᴠᴇs ᴛhaᴛ aʀᴇ ᴇxclᴜsɪᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛhᴇᴍ, gɪᴠɪng ᴛhᴇᴍ an ᴇdgᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴏᴛhᴇʀ pᴏᴋéᴍᴏn.
- ᴛhᴇɪʀ pʀᴇsᴛɪgᴇ and ʀaʀɪᴛʏ can ᴍaᴋᴇ ᴛhᴇᴍ ᴠalᴜaʙlᴇ assᴇᴛs fᴏʀ ʙᴏᴛh cᴏᴍpᴇᴛɪᴛɪᴠᴇ and ʀᴇcʀᴇaᴛɪᴏnal plaʏᴇʀs.
cᴏns:
- lᴇgᴇndaʀʏ pᴏᴋéᴍᴏn aʀᴇ ᴏfᴛᴇn ʀᴇsᴛʀɪcᴛᴇd ɪn cᴇʀᴛaɪn cᴏᴍpᴇᴛɪᴛɪᴠᴇ fᴏʀᴍaᴛs, lɪᴍɪᴛɪng ᴛhᴇɪʀ ᴜsagᴇ ɪn ᴛᴏᴜʀnaᴍᴇnᴛs.
- ᴛhᴇʏ can ʙᴇ challᴇngɪng ᴛᴏ ᴏʙᴛaɪn, ʀᴇqᴜɪʀɪng sɪgnɪfɪcanᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ and ᴇffᴏʀᴛ ɪn-gaᴍᴇ ᴏʀ ᴛʀadɪng wɪᴛh ᴏᴛhᴇʀ plaʏᴇʀs.
- sᴏᴍᴇ lᴇgᴇndaʀʏ pᴏᴋéᴍᴏn ᴍaʏ haᴠᴇ spᴇcɪfɪc wᴇaᴋnᴇssᴇs ᴏʀ ʀᴇlʏ ᴏn spᴇcɪfɪc sᴛʀaᴛᴇgɪᴇs ᴛᴏ ʀᴇach ᴛhᴇɪʀ fᴜll pᴏᴛᴇnᴛɪal.
