Question

Are Ariados and Ledian good for GSC?

Comments

Ledian is complete garbage, and you've got better choices than Ariados.

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Is this for in-game or competitive? If it's competitive, what format?

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The asker mentions GSC. I think it is in-game.

Answer 1

I'm going to assume this is for in-game purposes.

Ledian is one of the single worst Pokemon of all time, and you should never use it, not even in a playthrough. 390 BST is pathetic, and it gets barely any good moves. It has garbage attacking stats, and ingame is all about attacking. Don't use it, in-game or competitively.

Ariados is a bit better, but still bad compared to other Bug types. It's slow, and its only good stat is Attack. Its best STAB move is Sludge Bomb, and Poison is a crappy attacking type.

Scyther and Heracross are far and away superior Bug types, and it's not too difficult to obtain them. Use one of those instead.

Hope I helped!

Comments

Even Scyther and Heracross aren't that great, mostly because they don't learn any strong STAB moves until pretty high levels (or never). Use Fearow if you want a good flying Pokemon or Nidoking if you want a good poison Pokemon.

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The Bug type as a whole is pretty bad in Gen 2, yes, but I do think Scyther and Heracross are the two best, with Heracross being a bit better.

Answer 2

”Ledian is complete garbage, and you’ve got better options then Ariados” -Commeneted by X.

My thoughts exactly. Ledian should never be used, with only 390 BST it is absolutely poor. Even in casual playthroughs. Ariados is a bit better, but you still have better options. For Ledian, you should use Scyther/Scizor. They are absolutely better in everyway, and are very good in game. Here is a moveset.

Scyther/Scizor (Gen 2) @ Silver Powder
Steel Wing - Coverage
Fury Cutter - STAB -While a weak move on the surface, the held item and aand STAB boost will make this very good.
Wing Attack - STAB -Same case as Fury Cutter
Swords Dance - Setup

Now, for Ariados, you got two options. If you want to maintain the bug typing, then Heracross is a good solution. If not, then go with Fearow. I will list movesets for both.

Heracross (Gen 2) @ Really Anything.
Megahorn - STAB
Strength - Coverage
Earthquake - Coverage
Curse - Setup

Fearow (Gen 2) @ Kings Rock
Fly - HM use and STAB
Hidden Power (Ground/Water/Grass) / Return - Coverage
Steel Wing - Coverage
Curse - Setup

In the end, I would go with Heracross and Fearow.
Hope I helped!

Comments

Leech life had 20 base power in gens 1-6. It is technically a recovery move, but it’s never going to give the user enough hp back. You should replace leech life with Toxic or if you’re adamant about recovery moves, Crobat would be better off using Giga Drain. Return is another option, since you have to have high friendship to get Crobat anyway.

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Doh. Whoops, I totally forgot about that, here, lemme fix it.

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Why would you use Crobat and not Fearow?

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Because he had a poison type, and Crobat is a poison type.

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Why would he use a poison type Pokemon that has no Poison type move?

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Oh yeah, good point.

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Why would you use tri attack and not return?

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I think he/she got confused with Doduo/Dodrio because Fearow can't learn Tri Attack.

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Fearow technically can learn tri attack as an egg move, but requiring breeding is a pretty good reason to not use a move in-game.

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I just wanna say that, in Gold/Silver/Crystal, they can't have abilities.

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Oh, right, sorry. Gotta fix that.

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Also I am a he, and no, I didn’t get confused. Fearow can learn Tri Attack from eggs.