Venonat

Venonat is not intended to be the star of the show or the centerpiece of a team. However, it is, with proper support, a very valuable niche Pokemon that can help a team immensely by providing paralysis, sleep support, or Speed boosts for its teammates. Venonat does have some useful resistances, most notably quadruple resistances to Fighting- and Grass-type attacks. If you manage to get Venonat in safely, the threat of Sleep Powder gives you the opportunity to swing the momentum back in your team's favor. Venonat may not have stellar stats, but it must be played around carefully since it can easily cripple multiple Pokemon with status.