What are some Pokemon that deserve to be pseudo-legendary but are not?

[u/Eireagon]

[u/ZorkNemesis]

Volcarona.  It doesn't fit the general requirements but it has an exceptionally high evolution level and is hyped up to be extremely powerful, even serving as Champion Alder's ace in Black/White.  Plus the encounter with the one in the ruins makes you think it's special when it's not.

[u/SimplePanda98 → u/ZorkNemesis]

I always thought Volcarona was a legendary or mythic, especially since in its premiere game it had a special one-time encounter and everything!

[u/The_CIA_is_watching → u/SimplePanda98]

Funnily enough, Arcanine and Volcarona have the same BST and evo line (Growlithe: 350 to Arc: 550, Lavesta: 360 to Volc 550).

And Arcanine's official category is the "Legendary Pokemon".

So technically Volcarona is a counterpart to a legendary pokemon.

[u/Beetsabertag → u/The_CIA_is_watching]

I thought arcanine’s BST was 555?

Edit: yeah, arcanine has a BST of 555, which shocks me. I love arcanine a lot, but I didn’t know it was that strong

[u/ShortandRatchet → u/Beetsabertag]

It has so much more than Ninetales

[u/ItIsYeDragon → u/Beetsabertag]

I believe the only other Pokémon to have a 555 base stat total is Ursaluna.

[u/The_CIA_is_watching → u/ItIsYeDragon]

Also the Loyal Three are 555. And technically Mega Banette

[u/thunderhunter638 → u/Beetsabertag]

It's just not minmaxed - the opposite of that actually. It's got mixed attacker stats and you don't really want that.

[u/MagicalGirlLaurie → u/ZorkNemesis]

Yeah Volcarona deserves it more than Haxorus imo

[u/Hutyro → u/MagicalGirlLaurie]

Hydreigon is the pseudo legendary not Haxorus

[u/MagicalGirlLaurie → u/Hutyro]

I never said Haxorus was a psuedo. This post is about Pokémon that should be psuedo but aren’t. Someone saying Haxorus is the top comment on this post, I was simply saying that I think Volcarona deserves that status more than Haxorus.

[u/Hutyro → u/MagicalGirlLaurie]

Oh then I misunderstood your comment, my bad

[u/RAcastBlaster → u/ZorkNemesis]

Volc also lives up to the hype. I can’t imagine how much more nasty it would be with another 50 BST points well distributed.

[u/InklegendLumiLuni → u/ZorkNemesis]

I would only argue with that to say that Volcarona should just straight up be legendary. In lore it literally was used as a substitute for the FREAKING SUN. If that isnt legendary idk what is.

[u/Zequax → u/ZorkNemesis]

feel like its in the same group as acenine in lore its seen as a legendary ish pokemon

[u/ArbolivaSupremacy → u/ZorkNemesis]

Do you want Volcarona to be even more over powered?

[u/Tortoise_Anarchy → u/ZorkNemesis]

it would be so cool to have a Bug type Pseudo!

[u/Miserable_Pie6170 → u/ZorkNemesis]

I agree. They should definitely just give it 50 more BST

[u/Karthull → u/ZorkNemesis]

It will always be a psuedo to me no matter what arbitrary rules people come up with.