This just keeps getting cooler and cooler. Someone MUST use this trick in a backup character, if not now. (Heck, I'll do it with my Trickster.)
I have a character with a lot more tricks.
Each of the starters have one cool thing that makes them outclass most opponents a CPU throws at you. Snivy is a bit of a late bloomer (Coil is only learned in the 40s IIRC) but until then his stats, particualrly his godly speed, should win out. Tepig gets Heat Crash and a bunch of other hard-hitting physical moves, and Oshie gets the best stat spread, with solid numbers in everything.
Only Yoshi is kind of derpy as hell until it's final evolution.
Of course, if we start talking about competitive play, it gets waaay more complicated than that. Snivy in particular has a gimmick strategy that was very hyped up at the time but people have learned how to counter it.
Oh God, tell me that the discussion did not devolve to Pokemon while I was asleep...I WAS TALKING TO YA'LL ABOUT A HEALTHY THING LIKE FOOTBALL AND THEN AS SOON AS I TURN MY BACK WHAT DO YOU DO?!?
Anyway, NOOB GET YOUR *** IN GEAR AND TURN IN THAT CHARACTER BY THE END OF TODAY. Otherwise I will start the game without you.
Oh God, tell me that the discussion did not devolve to Pokemon while I was asleep...I WAS TALKING TO YA'LL ABOUT A HEALTHY THING LIKE FOOTBALL AND THEN AS SOON AS I TURN MY BACK WHAT DO YOU DO?!?
Don't make me go upside your head! And lets just start without him and have him come in in a bit.