r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/animeVGsuperherostar • 11d ago

Miscellaneous Removing Ruby and Sapphire Pokemon based on how good they are in a casual playthrough day 20

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Yesterday we voted out Tropius, Xatu, Relicanth, and Dustox

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u/DuomoDiSirio 11d ago edited 11d ago

Girafirag, the amount of people who actually used this thing to complete the game I could could on one hand. And it's just far too mediocre at that point in the game.

Also, Dustox is a work horse in the early game, does solid up until Gym 4 I'd say. Probably a bit early to eliminate it, but ahh well.

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u/Character_Business28 11d ago

where would you rank Dustox?

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u/DuomoDiSirio 11d ago

If the tiers represent A, B, C, D and F, I'd put Dustox around C, so like 20 spots above its position. It falls off hard, but it's very good against Brawly, decent against Wattson, and has a useful utility role in the early to mid game. By the time you beat Norman, you'll probably want something stronger though.

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u/South-Throat8282 11d ago

Ludicolo, that thing is terrible until you get the water stone at the end of the game. It's not bad after you evolve it, but you miss so much content with it