Since the restriction where you HAVE to use a Mind type on your team is soon to pass (On the 17th)
I'd like to ramble about my experience using Celestian, the one doodle with the exclusive ability to deal super effective damage to other mind types that can't do shit against other mind types.
I love Celestian but it's so bad at doing anything.
Its trait is Illogical—allows your mind type moves to deal super effective damage to other mind types.
It doesn't actually beat the most popular mind types, it loses to them more often than not.
What do I mean by this?
Celestian struggles to actually beat other mind types without set up or something else.
With some exceptions such as:
Such as Cerebopod, Hypnotl, certain Morphu forms and Partybug.
Primarily because they either can't deal with Celestian at all due to their poor stats or because both stab types can't deal with Celestian.
The rest are some of the ones Celestian can't beat without prior set up or something getting in its way.
Bionotic (Gets rid of Illogical)
Hattrix (Dark type, making it immune to mind)
Cresceroken (Dark type)
Malotrick (Dark type + It's slower so Meteor Launch doesn't do much against it)
Djinneko (Spirit type with Boo!)
Runewt (Earth type that's bulkier than it)
And those are just the ones I've actively faced against. Mind types have more Dark types than one would think.
(Like why is there so many Dark/Mind types)
Making Celestian's supposed counter against them useless—it doesn't even have the niche of dealing with other mind types effectively because Lobsugar can do that with it's food type better.
Sure Lobsugar is still weak to lots of the same types Celestian is, but at least it can actually do something instead of just stand there and die.
(This isn't like Pokemon where Psychic and Steel is actually good, here there's way more types, and way more it's weak to)
Celestian wants to be bulky, but it doesn't have enough stats to do that. And it doesn't even have the coverage to help it be supportive.
It gets Mind, Metal and Melee moves while other types get everything they could ever want.
It can't even get good support moves or a decent ability.
Celestian doesn't even get access to any real ice moves despite living in ICYwood forest surrounded by ICE types.
While also being found in the Christmas maps, the maps covered with ice and snow.
Serpensheen got the powerful two turn mind type move Ascending Flow—BUT NOT CELESTIAN.
THE CRYSTAL/METAL RING DOODLE FROM ICYWOOD GOT IT BEFORE THE ONLY MIND TYPE IN THAT ROUTE.
IT'S NOT EVEN A MIND TYPE.
THE PLANT TURTLE HAS ACCESS TO ASCENDING FLOW AND IT'S NOT EVEN A MIND TYPE.
THEY FUCKING LET THE PLANT TURTLE BEFORE LETTING CELESTIAN GET IT, THEY LET THE RING WHO DOESN'T EVEN USE ATTACKS HAVE IT.
...ahem, sorry I've been meaning to get that off my chest. I find it stupid that they keep just not giving Celestian anything in terms of moves.
I love you so much Celestian but goodness, you need so much more than what has been given to you.
You're not bulky enough, you're weak to five of the most common offensive types, and you aren't even good with the type you're supposed to be good at dealing with.
It used to have a niche of being bulkier and dealing with dark types—but now it doesn't have that.