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The Pokémon Profile Standards page features the following notion, which I find fundamentally wrong:
Intelligence: [...] and fight the likes of Machop which train in all martial arts), Gifted in battle as [3RD STAGE] (Should be superior to 1st and 2nd stage Pokémon and are able to consistently fight the likes of Machamp which have mastered all martial arts, as well as Alakazam
First, I don't see why all Pokémon should scale to Machop's line in terms of skill. They are masters of all martial arts, but that has to be taken with a grain of salt considering that non-fighting type mons don't make use of martial arts, but rather use various bodily features, superpowers and such things, which aren't related to martial arts.
It's like comparing an animal to a boxing champion, the latter would still be a gifted fighter, but the former utilizes a wholly different set of skills and features.
This rule is incorrect even when applied to other Fighting types. Being a master of all martial arts is Machop's line's exclusive behavior, not an inherent property of all fighting types. They come with their unique physiques, abilities, skills, styles and so on that can very well pose a threat to Machop's family for a pletora of reasons unrelated to them being as skilled in the same style.
Lastly, there is no reason to involve Alakazam either. Being super smart is its own pecualirity and it doesn't apply to any other Pokémon. Its abilities also aren't specifically stated to be related to battle, so it outperforming supercomputers, having a huge IQ and remembering everything doesn't automatically make it a genius fighter.
And while surely useful in certain situations, that is a far cry from all the other Pokémon having nowhere near the same intelligence, which still remain challenging thanks to their aforementioned skills and powers.
There is no doubt all mons are supposed to be able to fight each other, to a reasonable logical extent, but namecalling these two extraordinary cases is misleading and draws a wrong comparison.
Intelligence: [...] and fight the likes of Machop which train in all martial arts), Gifted in battle as [3RD STAGE] (Should be superior to 1st and 2nd stage Pokémon and are able to consistently fight the likes of Machamp which have mastered all martial arts, as well as Alakazam
First, I don't see why all Pokémon should scale to Machop's line in terms of skill. They are masters of all martial arts, but that has to be taken with a grain of salt considering that non-fighting type mons don't make use of martial arts, but rather use various bodily features, superpowers and such things, which aren't related to martial arts.
It's like comparing an animal to a boxing champion, the latter would still be a gifted fighter, but the former utilizes a wholly different set of skills and features.
This rule is incorrect even when applied to other Fighting types. Being a master of all martial arts is Machop's line's exclusive behavior, not an inherent property of all fighting types. They come with their unique physiques, abilities, skills, styles and so on that can very well pose a threat to Machop's family for a pletora of reasons unrelated to them being as skilled in the same style.
Lastly, there is no reason to involve Alakazam either. Being super smart is its own pecualirity and it doesn't apply to any other Pokémon. Its abilities also aren't specifically stated to be related to battle, so it outperforming supercomputers, having a huge IQ and remembering everything doesn't automatically make it a genius fighter.
And while surely useful in certain situations, that is a far cry from all the other Pokémon having nowhere near the same intelligence, which still remain challenging thanks to their aforementioned skills and powers.
There is no doubt all mons are supposed to be able to fight each other, to a reasonable logical extent, but namecalling these two extraordinary cases is misleading and draws a wrong comparison.