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I never really understood why people liked Alakazam, they never really impressed me that much. Like, sure, he can one shot things when he's overleveled but so can a Gyrados or anything else
Didn't even really need to overlevel him for that, though. He was fast and had a high special attack, so he got the first move in most situations and could oneshot most things. Even when it first evolved, my Kadabra carried me through pretty much every gym on its own, just because of how broken the psychic pokemon were in gen 1.
Maybe that was my problem? I always evolved to Alakazam asap so his speed wasn't what it needed to be.