Why are the Grass-types in the Legendary Quartets so BAD?

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Wo-Chien and Virizion got the Meganium treatment, being mons that are supposed to be bulky, yet at the same time are also supposed to be mixed attackers, which results in a stat distribution nightmare. At least with Virizion, it has the Fighting-type and Sacred Sword to justify investing into Attack, but what is Wo-Chien's excuse? It's literally a snail. For Virizion, you'd probably need to also buff the other three members of the quartet as well, because Game Freak loves their patterns. In this case, the buff would be to give all the Swords of Justice new Hidden Abilities. Terrakion would get Reckless + access to Head Smash, Cobalion would get Intimidate, and Keldeo would get Competitive (I _would_ say Battle Bond into Resolute form, but that's probably way too complex of a thing to expect from a 4 Gen old mon). Then, Virizion would get Sharpness to buff its main STAB moves in Leaf Blade and Sacred Sword, making them both into spammable 135 bp attacks that could boosted further by Swords Dance. A more minor buff would be to swap its Defense and Sp. Atk; though Game Freak has never done such a stat swap in the past, so hopes aren't exactly high for that. For Tapu Bulu, just give it Grassy Glide _and_ Spirit Break. It probably won't overtake Rillaboom in VGC, but in Singles it would gain a clear niche over the grass starter as a harder hitting Grassy Glide sweeper with more longevity due to also having access to the Bulk Up + Horn Leech combo. Spirit Break gives it a clear answer to the many Dragon types running around OU, which Rillaboom can have trouble dealing with. Wo-Chien is an easy fix. Remember Ting-Lu's 110/55 Attack/Sp. Atk split? So we take 30 points from its Attack, and move it over to its Sp. Atk - going from 95 Sp. Atk to 125 Sp. Atk. Its Knock Off is weaker now? My bad, I forgot that Wo-Chien was a Knock Off sweeper akin to Weavile. Hold up, I just got word from the analysis pages; it doesn't use Knock Off for damage! Who'da thunk? Foul Play, its next most commonly run physical move, doesn't even use its Attack stat, and neither does the bronze medalist Body Press. And in return, now it can actually threaten opponents with 125 base Sp. Atk Leaf Storms and soak up more HP with its stronger Giga Drains. Plus, if you're feeling awfully toxic, Trick Room + Dark Pulse is now more viable of an option. I'd even say to make its Attack/Sp. Atk split into 45/135 and to give it access to Sleep Powder so it could reign terror on VGC, but we'll just take baby steps for now.