LogFAQs > #979674954

Went gen 6. The one where I finally dont shun megas, since MegaKanga basically defined the meta for a while, and it made the other three viable (Audino more so in the TCG, but details.)

Additionally, my SwSh team has Helioptile as a bit of a sleeper hit. I dont know how I relied on it so much, but I did - plus it's going on Team Lizard if I can ever assemble a six Poke team.

Meanwhile I will ACTIVELY shun genwun in this case for a bunch of normal fliers, and bad Pokes that almost all had to eventually be tweaked with alternate forms and later gen evolutions to make them usable. And then you have Chansey, original sinner for the fat pink whore, while still doing a stall job way too well with Eviolite. Ugh. Eevee and Ditto are the only good ones of the bunch, and I say this as a Persian-enjoyer.

Beyond that, every gen i absolutely loathe something in it to bring it down for being a gimmick or a "you're starting out here have this and dump it immediately when you can catch more than 3 unique mons" Poke (the early route rodents, generally, except Zigzagoon who is friendship-shaped, and Bidoof, who is HM-shaped.)