/vp/ and campaignshitters (redudant) essentially want to MTG-fy the pokemon franchise. in old MTG each color had a specialization
>red liked to deal direct damage to the player with spells
>blue liked to heal, draw and do overall control such as counterspelling and bouncing
>green was the "momentum" color, it ate shit for 2/3rds of the game but after you built up enough mana you could put beefy, scary creatures on the field
>white liked to flood the field with an army of weak creatures who become much stronger in a group
>black liked to be high-risk high-reward with spending life points for effects, as well as killing or weaknening creatures
but nowadays? who the fuck cares, everyone can do everything. And this concept makes campaignshitters cream in their pants because all they want to do is have a team of 6 pokemon with no overlapping types, 2 STABs, a boosting move and a coverage move. It's no coincidence that campaignshitters fellate the fuck out of the phys/spec split because it made every pokemon play exactly like that