"I love how Fossil Pokemon are “weak” until Gen 8"

Fossil Pokemon have been a mainstay since the very first game. Almost every major region has introduced new fossil Pokemon which are revived and you get these cool Rock types which always have two glaring features:Their designs are amazingAndDespite decent stats, are deceptively frailAnd while we can argue that yes Aerodactyl is quite serviceable and the likes of Omastar can Shell Smash to become powerful, or how Bastiodon, Cradily and Armaldo even have the defence to tank hits, none of them really match up to their designs, in-game or competitively (I’m sorry Steven)Here is my theory as to why: they are extinct! By definition fossil Pokemon were extinct which implies there is a degree of real world survival of the fittest happening in the Pokemon world.Now traditionally we expect the extinction of species in the real world to be tied to either that or to some cataclysmic event such as meteors or volcanic eruptions. However the Pokemon world has conveniently placed legendaries to prevent exactly that! We already know Rayquaza destroyed a threatening meteor once. We know Groudon and Kyogre keep each other in check under Rayquaza’s surveillance. Heatran alone isnt world-endingly powerfulAnd if you notice, lot of them have a very readily exploitable quadruple weakness. Grass for the Kanto pair, fighting for Bastiodon and Aurorus, etc. And even in the case of Armaldo and Cradily who have bulk, they have so many weaknesses that its not impossible for them to have been extinct through combatBut you may ask, what about the threatening gen 8 legendaries? Well don’t forget they are freaks (sorry)! They are chimaera beings which might have been quite exploitable with their original typingsAny thoughts? via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/2U6SCsx