LogFAQs > #974389716

yes, i'm talking objective levels of power, not "this one mon wasn't built horrifically in the main game"

beedrill doesn't even has a single option that could OHKO alakazam, and alakazam has twice its speed to begin with, so there is absolutely nothing beedrill can even do if they are on the same level. it's not like beedrill specifically scales better at lower levels, it's just shittier statwise. you can say alakazam's defense is bad, but it's equal to beedrill's special stat, and beedrill excels in literally nothing unlike alakazam which has absurdly high special and speed

you don't even need to optimize or anything, beedrill is just a bad option at all points of the game because you can't get around those low stats except by outlevelling your opponent or relying on AI stupidity