Ever since I was a kid I always wanted to use Beedrill but in my experience (r/b/y, fr/lg, emerald) Beedrill always sucked.
Any off the DS/3DS games where Beedrill is at least viable for the main game or post game (no interest in online battles)
Beedrill got a mega evolution in ORAS which makes it playable
>>27541738
I used a beedrill in blue version and x version. It was a surprisingly competent team member in both games.
>>27541738
It got a mega that minmaxed it to hell and back, its amazing.
>>27541738
>>27541971
ORAS is best, but Beedrill isn't catchable in Hoenn and the Mega Stone for it is found quite late in the game. Still, if you can trade in a Weedle and are willing to put up with a long slog of a partially useless Beedrill until you find the Mega Stone then you're all set for an actually useful Mega Beedrill.
>>27542163
can I get a non oras trade before postgame?
>>27542180
Yes you can, either through traditional means or through the Pokebank. If you want a Mega Beedrill earlier you can trade Beedrillite from one game to another if the Pokemon you trade is holding it (does not work through Pokebank as it does not allow for trading items), but Beedrillite cannot be found in XY so you'd need access to another copy of ORAS to get the Mega Stone early.
If you don't mind romhacks twitch plays aniversary crystal gave it a large stat buff and it's avalible early.
>>27542226
Or you could inject it if you don't have an extra 3ds around.