Pokemon is a fun game, no doubt about it, but some of the battles you have to endure can feel like pulling teeth. Even worse, there's always a few Pokemon that rear their heads throughout the several games in the series that we could certainly do well without. Most series fans hate these five Pokemon with a passion... and we don't think too highly of them either.
#5: Zubat
Why We Hate This Guy: We've seen this Pokemon more than ANY other species in ANY of the games.
Oh, Goddammit, not again!
Every gamer who's ever played a Pokemon game HATES going in caves. Not because they often have maze-like puzzles that keep us there for hours, nor because they're always standing between you and that next Pokemon Center. No, we hated the caves because of the all those goddamn Zubats. If I never see another Zubat in my life, it won't be soon enough. Zubats and caves are the reason that trainers by Repels in bulk, or make sure to have at least one Rock or Electric Pokemon on hand for those occasional spelunking excursions. Unfortunately, this still hasn't changed in over 10 years: even in Diamond, Pearl or Platinum: I can't walk five freaking steps without bumping into a Zubat.
#4: Dragonite
Why We Hate This Guy: Having a Dragonite is like bringing a nuclear bomb to a gunfight.
Some people are real dicks and like to carry SIX of these guys.
Using a Dragonite in a Pokemon Battle isn't a bad thing at all. Hey, if you're willing to put up with 55 rounds of level grinding, more power to you. No, we were fed up with Dragonite during all those annoying rounds with Lance, the original Red and Blue series' Pokemon Champion. In later games down the road, he even packed as many as THREE DRAGONITES in his overbuffed team. C'mon, do you really need more than one? That's just as bad as having more than one Mewtwo. Isn't that overcompensating for something?
#3: Blissey
Why We Hate This Guy: I don't care if you're a third-level evolution, nothing in the world deserves THIS many Hit Points.
WHY WON'T YOU JUST DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE~
This pink puffball isn't as powerful as the various Dragons in the Pokemon series, nor is it as rare as any Legendary (since Diamond and Pearl). But, despite its harmless appearance and personality, Blissey is undoubtedly the single most irritating Pokemon on the planet. Why? Quite simply, it's damn near impossible to kill, thanks to its ridiciulously high amount of HP, which totals in the 600s at Level 100. Even worse, Blissey has the ability to learn Softboiled as it grows, which restores an unfair amount of its health, making that Hyper Beam you just used praticially worthless. So when you see this Pokemon in a tournament, get ready to waste tons of your best moves, or in some cases, just get wiped off the battlefield with any number of attacks in Blissey's movepool. Does anybody want to explain to me how this thing can learn so many elemental attacks?
#2: Mr. Mime
Why We Hate This Guy: Ugh, just LOOK at it!
Call the police or Animal Control if you see this on your street!
Most Pokemon are based on some type of animal. That's just the natural order of things. Even with some species that are "Human-Shape" types of Pokemon, the designers at least try to make them interesting and cool looking: Hitmonlee, Gardevoir and Machamp (the four arms are just badass) are all well designed, despite looking human. Heck, even Jynx is acceptable since it's modeled after the Japanese "ganguro" fad. At the very least, that's a cultural thing. But Mr. Mime? That's just a deformed clown with a speech impediment, not a Pokemon. Mister Mime looks like one of those Pokemon that got crapped out at the last minute because the designers realized at the last minute that they needed a few extras to hit the all-important 150.
#1: Mewtwo
Why We Hate This Guy: Freaking EVERYONE had a Mewtwo.
"Use Recover, then Attack, Repeat until Win."
Ah, the so-called "ultimate Pokemon" that first ruined player-versus-player Pokemon Battles. Psychics were already WAY overpowered in Pokemon Red and Blue: most Bug Pokemon could get KO-ed by attacks equivalent of a soft breeze, and the only Ghost Pokemon in the game were also secondary Poison types, which was weak against Physics anyway (A/N: This made NO sense to anybody back in the day).
Then, you had the problem of the Master Ball. You weren't going to use it on anything else BUT the ultimate Pokemon at the end of the game; what would have been the point? So, of course, everyone had a Mewtwo. As a result, most PvP battles came down to who could use Recover the most, and that made things drag on for AGES. This is why everyone hates Legendaries -- their high stats are tough alone, but their movepools are stupidly over-buffed, making them impractical for serious competitions. F**k Mewtwo.
