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So let's take a look at what we've got, because this is a tough call.

Gen II...even though Heracross is a GREAT Pokemon, this is hindered by Tyrogue being THE worst Pokemon of all time, and Hitmontop not being worth the trouble in terms of a third, inferior evolution.

Gen VIII has SO MUCH heavy lifting being carried by post-game content. The DLC gave us Galarian Zapdos and the Urshifu line, and Arceus gave us Sneasler and Hisuian Lilligant. Those are all great. Which the main game of Sword/Shield gave us was an admittedly cool Galarian Farfetch'd...as one of SIX (Zamazenta's base form included) monotypes and NO dual-types whatsoever.

Gen VII is unfortunate. They gave us our first Ice/Fighting, Normal/Fighting (outside of special formes), Dragon/Fighting, Ghost/Fighting, and the first Bug/Fighting since Gen II...and none of them are REALLY high tier except Kommo-o by virtue of being a pseudolegendary. Nothing sticks from Gen VII's roster.

Gen V has some stars for sure. Mienfoo/Mienshao, Scraggy/Scrafty, and the legendary trio are all solid entries. But I just think Pignite/Emboar, while not bad, are a step down from the previous two generations. The Timburr line is FAR inferior to what it's replicating, and Sawk/Throh even moreso. Plus Keldeo is awful.

Gen III has Blaziken and Breloom, both of which are amazing, top tier Pokemon. Unfortunately, Combusken's a bad design, Meditite's a bad design, the Makuhita line is kinda lame, and Medicham is okay. Blaziken/Breloom/Medicham feel like a solid foray into having a decent number of unique Fighting type combos, but it's not enough.

Gen I has a lot of quality Pokemon, with Machamp, Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan being especially memorable. The big problem I have ranking it the BEST is that of the EIGHT Fighting-types in Gen I, SEVEN of them are monotypes, so there's little diversity there.

Gen VI is a surprising one to me, because it gives some solid Megas, most of which have great designs, and three of the four new Pokemon are REALLY high tier. The only thing holding it basic is the disappointment of Chesnaught.

Gen IV is solid. It might only have four lines, but all four final evolutions are awesome, and the three pre-evos aren't terrible either (with Riolu as one of the few baby Pokemon that's actually GOOD).

Gen IX is the best. There is only one Pokemon among this number that I have no real fondness for (Slither Wing), and this generation gave us TWO Water/Fighting-types (after we'd only had Poliwrath and a mythical for the previous eight generations), a second non-legendary Fighting/Flying-type, finally completed Fighting's pairings with multiple Electric/Fighting-types, Ground/Fighting AND Fairy/Fighting, plus one of the better cover legendaries.