Ray Jay
"Jump first, ask questions later, oui oui!"
I disagree. First off, people greatly overestimate Natu's support to the team. If Natu is repeatedly bouncing moves back, it risks taking hits which it can't really do all that well. Furthermore, it can't be used in place of a spinner and status absorber, as many people claim. Let me explain. If I'm using the combo of Natu + Larvesta, I have no way of removing SR if I make a mistake (we all do, even with Natu). If Lileep gets Toxiced because I make a mistake, I can't do anything about it.Natu is used because it's just a great pivot and is extremely useful on offensive teams rather than having to pack a cleric, spinner, status absorber, etc. on to the team. You can't really compare natu with things like drillbur or timburr tbh as they have completely different roles.
Finally, I think macle has a point. You surely can compare the usage; Natu has an extremely niche role while Drilbur, Timburr, and Gastly are more broad useful Pokemon. It's ironic that Natu (a utility Pokemon) brings so little utility when compared to something such as Drilbur, that can take on a larger variety of threats. In other words, why is Natu (a Pokemon with such a specific purpose) higher in usage than Pokemon with broader usefulness?