Spheal is actually rly good, granted it has some limitation on its moves but the bulk is worth it, Skiddo is hard to use but most of the field leading up to 2nd gym is either forest or Grass field so you can get +2 atk and SpAtk with Growth rly helping with Skiddo lack luster damage until it evolve/ gain some coverage, Posty did a good job with balancing the starter pkmn