grandjedi6 said:
Eeveelutions aren't bad in general. The things that harm them mostly are:
-Generally learn their "power attacks" later than comparable Pokemon of their type, if at all. If you're a TM hoarder this is going to be a black mark against them.
-Shallow movepool compared to most Pokemon of their type: usually Eeveelutions are restricted to attacks of their type, whatever they can bring over from Eevee (usually Shadow Ball), and maybe an odd attack or two outside their type. For Pokemon like Vappy (who can learn Surf/Blizzard or Ice Beam) who have decent coverage with that it's not so bad, for others (Flareon), not so much.
Flareon-crap. 130 base attack and your most powerful physical fire attack is Fire Fang. Nobody likes Flareon, not even God.
Jolteon-Good, but you'll probably have to cough up a Thunderbolt TM, since he doesn't learn any special electric attacks outside of lolThundershock at 15 and Thunder at 71(!).
Espeon-Good. Too bad it doesn't learn Focus Blast, because unless you want to breed Hidden Powers for a Pokemon you use in game (hint: don't do this) you're going to be slightly up shit creek against steels and darks.
Umbreon: Iffy for in game. I tend to prefer Pokemon that are either fast and can annihilate the opposing Pokemon in one or two hits (Jolteon/Espeon would be analogous in this case), or can take a hit while dishing big ones out (Vaporeon). Umbreon has the defense, but it hits like a cream puff and the situations where you need it to tank for your team are rare pre Elite 4.
Glaceon: Straddles the line between Espeon/Jolteon and Glaceon stat-wise. In game the worst thing about it is that you won't be able to get it until you're almost at the seventh gym, and it shares Jolteon's "I don't learn good special moves of my type until level fucking ridiculous" syndrome.
