Reason why go’s scorbunny is weak

[ValorSugarcakes]

The main reason why Go’s Scorbunny is weak is because Scorbunny lost to a freaking Mightyena. That’s right... A freaking Mightyena, a weak pokemon that no one uses. If Scorbunny loses against a weak pokemon which is Mightyena, this means that Scorbunny is officialy weaker than Ash’s Pidgeotto, Ash’s Palpitoad, and Ash’s Torkoal combine.

 

[Lightning Flame Blast]

Um... yes, it is, but not because of that...

It’s a young first stage pokemon who’s barely gotten any training in and who isn’t quite used to having a trainer. Of course he’s weaker than Torkoal or Palpitoad combined (neither of which are weak when you look into it).

The Mightyena in question belonged to an experienced trainer and even gave Pikachu trouble. Your reasoning’s pretty flawed.

 

[Cresselia92]

That's quite the hyperbole.

For one thing, Mightyena is an evolved Pokémon. Even in an in-game setting it would be able to give trouble to a Scobunny, an unevolved Pokémon.

Second, Scorbunny may still be an unexperienced Pokémon. Considering that it got taken down quickly after being poisoned, it could imply that Scorbunny has currently really low stamina and may not be able to handle battles as well as a battle-ready Pokémon (aka, Mightyena in this case).

Thirdly, the anime doesn't pay as much attention to species as the games do. Ash had a powerful Gible and we had seen a "weak" Tyranitar, so there is nothing wrong about a "strong" Mightyena.

Besides, Gou is also very fresh in terms of battling, so a loss for the bunny due to lack of experience from both of them would make perfect sense.

Aside from all of that, since when Ash's Palpitoad is considered weak? It was one of his strongest Unova Pokémon, if all.

 

[ValorSugarcakes]

That's quite the hyperbole.

For one thing, Mightyena is an evolved Pokémon. Even in an in-game setting it would be able to give trouble to a Scobunny, an unevolved Pokémon.

Second, Scorbunny may still be an unexperienced Pokémon. Considering that it got taken down quickly after being poisoned, it could imply that Scorbunny has currently really low stamina and may not be able to handle battles as well as a battle-ready Pokémon (aka, Mightyena in this case).

Thirdly, the anime doesn't pay as much attention to species as the games do. Ash had a powerful Gible and we had seen a "weak" Tyranitar, so there is nothing wrong about a "strong" Mightyena.

Besides, Gou is also very fresh in terms of battling, so a loss for the bunny due to lack of experience from both of them would make perfect sense.

Aside from all of that, since when Ash's Palpitoad is considered weak? It was one of his strongest Unova Pokémon, if all.

Palpitoad lost to elesa... An electric type trainer

when Palpitoad is a water ground type

 

[Lightning Flame Blast]

Palpitoad lost to elesa... An electric type trainer

when Palpitoad is a water ground type

After taking out her strongest pokemon who swept through Bianca’s team-also taking a lot of hits in the process- and being faced with an opponent that outmaneuvered him and had the perfect move to lower his guard and make him a sitting duck.

There are far too many factors there for you to just thrust the “weak” stamp.

 

[Daenerys]

Jesus, wasn't Scorbunny caught like 2 or 3 episodes ago? Of course it's gonna be portrayed as weak for a while. :/

 

[Cresselia92]

Palpitoad lost to elesa... An electric type trainer

when Palpitoad is a water ground type

Yeah, and Elesa as an Electric-type specialist should know well how to take down Ground-type Pokémon through coverage and strategies, as they are their main weakness. Nothing strange with that.

Like, you don't really expect a type-specialist to not cover the weak points of their Pokémon to avoid auto-losing to certain types, do you?

 

[Hidden Mew]

The main reason why Go’s Scorbunny is weak is because Scorbunny lost to a freaking Mightyena. That’s right... A freaking Mightyena, a weak pokemon that no one uses. If Scorbunny loses against a weak pokemon which is Mightyena, this means that Scorbunny is officialy weaker than Ash’s Pidgeotto, Ash’s Palpitoad, and Ash’s Torkoal combine.

This seems like a strange logic because I'm sure plenty of people have used Mightyena. It's not a particularly powerful Pokemon for competitive teams, but that doesn't mean that no one has used it. I've used it before and the Poocheyena line is one of my favorite Dark type Pokemon too. Scorbunny losing to a Mightyena doesn't mean that it's the weakest Pokemon around. It was just caught, Gou still isn't used to battling and a Mightyena would be more powerful than an unevolved Pokemon like Scorbunny both in the anime and in the games.

Palpitoad lost to elesa... An electric type trainer

when Palpitoad is a water ground type

Palpitoad was exhausted after defeating Zebstrika, Elesa's strongest Pokemon, and her Pokemon had moves/strategies to overcome a type disadvantage. That really doesn't make it particularly weak.

 

[ValorSugarcakes]

That's quite the hyperbole.

For one thing, Mightyena is an evolved Pokémon. Even in an in-game setting it would be able to give trouble to a Scobunny, an unevolved Pokémon.

Second, Scorbunny may still be an unexperienced Pokémon. Considering that it got taken down quickly after being poisoned, it could imply that Scorbunny has currently really low stamina and may not be able to handle battles as well as a battle-ready Pokémon (aka, Mightyena in this case).

Thirdly, the anime doesn't pay as much attention to species as the games do. Ash had a powerful Gible and we had seen a "weak" Tyranitar, so there is nothing wrong about a "strong" Mightyena.

Besides, Gou is also very fresh in terms of battling, so a loss for the bunny due to lack of experience from both of them would make perfect sense.

Aside from all of that, since when Ash's Palpitoad is considered weak? It was one of his strongest Unova Pokémon, if all.

scorbunny knows double kick, a move super effective against mightyena

 

[Panky..]

The main reason why Go’s Scorbunny is weak is because Scorbunny lost to a freaking Mightyena. That’s right... A freaking Mightyena, a weak pokemon that no one uses. If Scorbunny loses against a weak pokemon which is Mightyena, this means that Scorbunny is officialy weaker than Ash’s Pidgeotto, Ash’s Palpitoad, and Ash’s Torkoal combine.

It's a recently caught Pokemon that doesn't even have any true battling experience, the trainer himself is an overconfident noob. Mightyena is hardly weak, it gave Pikachu some trouble and the trainer himself was shown to be quite competitive.

I find it funny that you decide something is "official", who gave you that right?

scorbunny knows double kick, a move super effective against mightyena

A toddler's strongest attack is his/her kick or bite, doesn't mean that attack will hurt a full grown man.

Lemme guess, you're one of those people who think Pikachu is weak because "hE lOsT tO a LevEl 5 sNivY"?

 

[Sakuraa]

Is this a joke? Seriously, I can't tell if OP is trolling or not.

 

[Almonds]

I don't see any problems with Scorbunny's power as of yet. It is still young.

 

[BigDocFan]

Simple explanation is that it hasn't had much battling experience

Giving time, I'm sure like Pikachu it will get stronger

 

[Hidden Mew]

scorbunny knows double kick, a move super effective against mightyena

Double Kick isn't really a strong attack though. Even in the games, Scorbunny wouldn't get a stab bonus from it, so it would not have the same amount of power behind it compared to a Fighting type Pokemon. This also still ignores that Scorbunny isn't that experienced in battle, so a move like Double Kick wouldn't have that much power against Mightyena.

 

[Phosphene]

That’s right... A freaking Mightyena, a weak pokemon that no one uses.

Mightyena’s stats: 70/90/70/60/60/70
Scorbunny’s stats: 50/71/40/40/40/69

Mightyena may be weak, but it’s still faster, stronger, and bulkier than Scorbunny.

Edit:
0 Atk Scorbunny Double Kick (2 hits) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Mightyena: 20-28 (34.4 - 48.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

I put both at level 18, which is when Poocheyena evolves.

 

[Daren]

Mightyena’s stats: 70/90/70/60/60/70
Scorbunny’s stats: 50/71/40/40/40/69

Mightyena may be weak, but it’s still faster, stronger, and bulkier than Scorbunny.

Edit:
0 Atk Scorbunny Double Kick (2 hits) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Mightyena: 20-28 (34.4 - 48.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

I put both at level 18, which is when Poocheyena evolves.

Of course Mightyena is probably higher level than Scorbunny, too; it took some blows from Pikachu and hit back fairly hard, while Pikachu KO'd Scorbunny with one hit when they fought.

 

[Neo Blaze]

I don't understand this reasoning either. Go and Scorbunny losing here makes perfect sense.

Now, if Scorbunny had lost to a Caterpie or a Magikarp maybe you would have had a point. But as others have said a lot of factors come into play here and it makes a lot more sense that Scorbunny lost in this situation.

 

[BigDocFan]

Scorbunny's loss to Mightyena made a lot more sense then Pikachu's loss to Trip's Snivy in my mind

 

[Eeveely]

Scorbunny's loss to Mightyena made a lot more sense then Pikachu's loss to Trip's Snivy in my mind

To be fair ,it made total sense for snivy to win because pikachu's power were drained away by zekrom,wich was not the case in the other battles, so the writers are still unjustifiable

 

[Everclear]

Scorbunny seems like the new Chespin to me so I don't think him losing to Mightyena was a big shocker. Also we're only 7 episodes into this series so Scorbunny might get stronger later.