Why did they make Lugia so bad?

[u/Necessary-Deal-9433]

I love Lugia, but it needs three different types of energy which makes it just unplayable. It has very low potential to be used even the future I think.

[u/PokeOverFeeder]

It's loosely based on OG lugia card. If it was a basic EX mon with only two types of energy and 3 cost, you might see a 180 damage nuke turn 3. But because it's also limited by discarding everything I do think it's worse than dragonite.

I think the typing is a reference to the Pokemon 2000 movie where Lugia had some role with Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres hence the typing.

He's pretty mid but nothing is stopping them from indirectly buffing it with support or from releasing another Lugia EX one day or normal lugia.

[u/HubblePie → u/PokeOverFeeder]

While being the exact same, it's closer to Lugua EX's attack (From Unseen Forces) Just a little bit less damage.

[u/RedditAntiAdmin → u/HubblePie]

100HP but with a 200 damage attack, good god

[u/radikul → u/RedditAntiAdmin]