Thought my lycanroc wasn ' t gonna be that great but its become one of my most used pokemon <| sep |> The story you told below about your perfect IV Dragonite being beat by Jynx isn ' t about how good the pokemon are , it is simply a matter of how the attacker has an enormous advantage over the defender . Not to mention , dragonite is double weak to ice . Lapras could have finished that battle way faster than Jynx thus having an advantage . Rarer pokemon , with the exception of porygon , generally have better stats than common ones , vaporeon being the one exception . Anything you can beat with a Flareon , Jynx or any other pokemon you can beat with Snorlax , Lapras , Dragonite or Alakazam quicker assuming it is neutral damage . Balance is when players who have shitty spawns can still participate in gyms . I dont mind all that much vaporeon being so good because it gives rural or new players a chance to fight . But a level 35 player with 5 Snorlax and 3 Lapras is always going to be better .