Gastrodon has delivered the most surprising results for me so far. While I did not consider it a particularly bad pokemon, I wasn't expecting it to be quite as powerful and versatile at it is. Other than how Gastrodon's Storm Drain allows it to nullify water attacks for its teammates, Gastrodon's 92 base special attack can also allow it to strike back fairly well: I in particular remember how it survived survived the first turn against the fire gym leader and KO'd both of her lead pokemon in return. Gastrodon's bulk also makes it a great switch-in in general if you want to use healing items. (Yes, I'm a scumbag)
The nidoran male line (with hustle/sheer force) also comes to mind. Nidoran male requires a bit of patience to obtain from the game corner, but can be evolved with a single levelup and evolved further with a moon stone the moment you get it. Afterwards. It has a limited movepool when you first get it, but gradually becomes very versatile on account of nidorino/nidoking obtaining additional type coverage both from levelup (Earth power, Megahorn) and TM (Surf, Sludge wave, Flamethrower) moves.
Finally, I'd like to mention sneasel. I would usually be averse to using an unevolved pokemon this late ingame, but against the flying gym its speed, ice typing and field boost from icicle crash proved instrumental in winning. It also outsped and OHKO'd Solaris' garchomp, if that counts. In the short period before it evolves, it can be surprisingly useful.
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Gastrodon has delivered the most surprising results for me so far. While I did not consider it a particularly bad pokemon, I wasn't expecting it to be quite as powerful and versatile at it is. Other than how Gastrodon's Storm Drain allows it to nullify water attacks for its teammates, Gastrodon's 92 base special attack can also allow it to strike back fairly well: I in particular remember how it survived survived the first turn against the fire gym leader and KO'd both of her lead pokemon in return. Gastrodon's bulk also makes it a great switch-in in general if you want to use healing items. (Yes, I'm a scumbag)
The nidoran male line (with hustle/sheer force) also comes to mind. Nidoran male requires a bit of patience to obtain from the game corner, but can be evolved with a single levelup and evolved further with a moon stone the moment you get it. Afterwards. It has a limited movepool when you first get it, but gradually becomes very versatile on account of nidorino/nidoking obtaining additional type coverage both from levelup (Earth power, Megahorn) and TM (Surf, Sludge wave, Flamethrower) moves.
Finally, I'd like to mention sneasel. I would usually be averse to using an unevolved pokemon this late ingame, but against the flying gym its speed, ice typing and field boost from icicle crash proved instrumental in winning. It also outsped and OHKO'd Solaris' garchomp, if that counts. In the short period before it evolves, it can be surprisingly useful.