Best Team for Pokémon Legends Arceus

The time has come! Best Team for Pokémon Legends Arceus is finally here and it sure was an interesting one to do! Plenty of you might ask "How do you determine the Best Team in a game that doesn't focus on battles?" Well I think I've nailed that and am giving it to all of you today!
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[@ezekieljohnevardo1190]

2:06 *Samurott* _as Starter_ Ceaseless Edge Aqua Tail Megahorn Poison Jab 4:05 *Roserade* _Crimson Mirelands, as _*_Budew_* Sludge Bomb Energy Ball Dazzling Gleam Shadow Ball (Temporary Pokemon for Roserade) 4:26 *Luxio* 5:50 *Goodra* _Crimson Mirelands, requires _*_Wrydeer's leap_*_ (see __6:05__), as _*_Goomy_*_ or _*_Alpha Sliggoo_* Iron Head Dragon Pulse Ice Beam Rock Slide 8:12 *Infernape* _Ramanas Island, requires _*_Basculegion_*_ , as _*_Chimchar_*_ or _*_Alpha Infernape_* Flamethrower Close Combat Thunder Pinch Drain Punch (Temporary Pokemon for Infernape) 8:47 *Ponyta* 10:04 *Gardevoir* _Crimson Mirelands, as _*_Ralts_* Psychic Moonblast Thunderbolt Mystical Fire (Early Temporary Pokemon for Gardevoir) 10:28 *Alakazam* (Obsidian Fieldlands) 11:56 *Rhyperior* _Crimson Mirelands, as _*_Rhyhorn_* High Horsepower Stone Edge Thunder Punch Shadow Claw (Early Temporary Pokemon for Rhyperior) 12:27 *Geodude* (Obsidian Fieldlands) 13:40 *Garchomp* (too late in the game, Coronet Highlands) *Boss Pokemons* 15:12 Kleavor (deal with Samurott) 15:24 Lilligant (deal with any Flying type moves, i.e. Dewott - Aerial Ace) 15:40 Arcanine (deal with Samurott) 15:50 Electrode (deal with Infernape) 16:03 Avalugg (mainly deal with Infernape, but also Samurott, Roserade, Rhyperior) *Trainer Battles* 16:17 Rival, Volo, Mai (deal with Shinx, Oshawott) 16:29 Lian (mostly pain when dealing with Shinx, Samurott) 16:39 Misfortune Sisters (deal with Gardevoir) 17:08 Ingo (deal with Gardevoir) 17:18 Adaman & Irida (deal with Goodra) 17:28 Beni (deal with Gardevoir, Samurott) 17:43 Kamado (deal with Infernape, Roserado, Samurott) 17:50 Palkia & Dialga (deal with Gardevoir, Infernape) 18:16 Volo (deal with mainly Goodra, Gardevoir) If i misquoted any of Mystic Umbreon's words from the video, please leave a reply so that I could edit it. I would also love if someone could give me precise locations from where each mentioned pokemons can be caught. Thank you very much to MysticUmbreon and I hope this helps!

[@marccx.]

How I cam get thunder punch at infernape?

[@Dynacrown]

@@marccx. Zisu (move tutor, at Training Grounds in Jubilife Village)

[@direngreyfan88]

How to get gardevoir thunder bolt?

[@felixedbert4957]

Hey, thank you very much for spending your time to summarize the video

[@miroslavbaranja4918]

What color you have eyes and eyebrows and shoes ..and name of shoes please

[@RuikasaCEO]

Love how samurott is in the thumbnail. I had a feeling typhlosion was gonna be the best but I’m glad my favourite otter is on the best team!

[@williamlevison9966]

Typhlosion is a better offensive pokemon, but not as bulky.

[@blackwoodd]

Heck yeah

[@charmishing]

Typhlosion has a terrible move pool compared to the other two plus a lot of mons have access to crunch

[@bromicorn]

Let's goooo my favorite pokemon

[@iambravvo]

Idky but I hated typhlosions design

[@madbomber3840]

Counting down the minutes while I play Pokémon arceus. You’re my go to for Pokémon thank you for your content!

[@LewaPlus]

This is such a uniquely put together team! Arceus really opens up the possibilities to try so many new pokemon! Great video

[@sterling8389]

I'm Suprised that Roserade was chosen for a Best team and not Hisuian Liligant, which has Victory Dance, Powerful moves, and an excellent typing. You must be Wary around most Flying types, but with Victory Dance, you could one-shot just about anything

[@sen5857]

Likely didn't want to double up on Fighting types with Infernape on the team.

[@Varghaz]

@@sen5857 Using Hisuian Lilligant makes room for Hisuian Arcanine instead of Infernape. Catching my first full odds Petilil basically forced me to use it, and goddamn, isn't it amazing and the most overpowered in the whole team. Using exclusively new Pokemon is another thing for me.

[@annslow41]

@@Varghaz I like that variation - I'm gonna have to go raise these guys

[@sen5857]

@@Varghaz Oh, I agree. Hisuian Lilligant is really good. All I was doing was speculating why it wasn't on the team.

[@joshhallam6342]

@@sen5857 same thing can be said to Kreavor since Syther is acceptable very early and that a base 500 stact and fought well against most the noble pokenon in a risk vs reward way with it soild 85 speed and an powerful 130 attack

[@anthonyanglemyer]

This was quite fun to watch. Thank you for putting this out.

[@soulgaurd1044]

Imo, bulky Pokémon are quite good in legends, because they typically have a lot of hard hits and staying power, as well as the fact that the pokemons speed does not seem to affect turn order too much (as in, they still get to move twice) in order to merit using a speedy Pokémon that won't stick around

[@HybridHero]

Can't be a Mystic's Best Team video without Gardevoir 😂

[@Sidneychu129]

Starting to think Gardevoir is his waifu

[@thornelson1411]

Or Roserade

[@Ash-GreninjaExpert]

fun fact bendi is an ancestor to wally cause of the hair and they both use gallade and Gardevoir 🤩

[@joshhallam6342]

@@Sidneychu129 well I did say Mystic/Tey the simps on his teyvationavy channel aka his genshin impact channel on a live stream

[@kingsim9288]

Beautiful! Now I can’t wait to see the alternative starter best team

[@stevengn7647]

Scizor is top tier in this game imo - powerful, tanky as hell and with a decent movepool to boot. I didn't find the fire weakness to be a problem for it either - bar the obvious section in the midgame it seemed to me like fire coverage was pretty rare overall.

[@earlymorninstonedpimp]

Scizor is good in every game lol

[@style668]

Scyther and scizor will always be one of my favorite pokemon. Their design is lit and an epitome of "pokemon" design. The only thing that turns me off is the last evolution "kleavor" it's a major downgrade when it comes to design. Kleavor is a china version of kabutops

[@misfitkid3926]

@@style668 yeah it’s ugly.

[@marccx.]

How I cam get thunder punch at infernape?

[@edmg7]

You can get Chimchar near the Heights Camp. It's a pretty rare spawn, but if you're determined you can get it before Kleavor. Much earlier than after you have Basculegion.

[@mirrors_edge3183]

Hey Mystic, a question popped into my mind: What inspired you to make the “Best Team” Series? I used these teams for some playthroughs because I wasn’t confident in my team building so I always appreciated when they came out, and I still like watching them, even if I don’t use them. But is there anything that wanted you to make this series? I’m curious what your answer will be,

[@Brianycus]

One of the beauties about this game, aside from the exploration and catching elements, is the fact that this could be the BEST team, but you can't have a final solid team sometimes. Like I have switched so many Pokemon during my playthrough with the sole exception of my Typhlosion and it's still insane in the end. Especially with that final post-game fight? BLESSINGS

[@angelliriano5167]

If anyone is curious, this team doesn’t have any flying type moves, and although it doesn’t really matter because its super affective against grass, fighting, and bug types, which is already covered by the entirety of the team, if you really want to go the extra mile for a flying type, I’d say it doesn’t hurt to change one of the two fighting type moves Infernape has for Ariel ace, samurott can also learn Ariel ace, but the decision is yours to make. 😌

[@michaelhill1256]

Thank you so much for this video MysticUmbreon! I always have fun using your recommendations for best teams, and I wanted to see your recommendation for Legends Arceus before I started my play through. 😊👍

[@tuvyamaeir4684]

The problem with a Legends Arceus Best Team is that it needs to be much, MUCH tankier than the standard games. Sweeping quite literally does not exist in this game thanks to the turn system being...well, actually based on turns this time. You need to be able to take hits before dishing them out in every battle against more than one Pokemon, including every Trainer. Some of choices are way too frail, and I made the same mistake with Infernape on my team. Sure, you can have one super fast sweeper, maybe two, but you've got four. If you were to ask me for the best team with everything like that in mind... Samurott (best starter by far, both offensively and defensively) Sylveon (best Fairy type in the game, since it has the fewest weaknesses and plenty of bulk) Heracross (not as frail as the other Fighting types, and covers its weaknesses really well) Goodra (the best standard Pokemon in the game by far thanks to its typing and the move Shelter) Gliscor (defensive monster with awesome movepool) Electivire (pure Electric is a good defensive type, especially in this game, plus its movepool is astoundingly good) TL;DR, you treated this game way too much like a normal Pokemon game which it absolutely isn't. If it were, sure, you might have a point with your team. But one needs to adapt to the mechanics.

[@mauroperez2848]

I noticed it during the endgame fights. Sweeping isn't going to cut it if the next sent pokemon gets to move before you. You need a decent defensive backbone if you want to survive. I had my Goodra and Gliscor act as my tanks and Samurott to an extent due to typing. The team you mention sounds very good. A good mix of type diversity while still having a decent amount of bulk.

[@tuvyamaeir4684]

@@mauroperez2848 My own team only half resembled this. Samurott, Goodra, Sylveon, Kleavor, Infernape, and Porygon-Z. I try to speak from experience of making some good decisions and bad decisions. I mean, heck, I only added Goodra because I had an opportunity to gain a Shiny Kleavor. But that is about my playthrough on a whim with no research. A Best Team would do things differently, and you pointed to exactly what I was getting at. :)

[@RendHeaven]

ah but I swept a certain final boss, 6-0. so perhaps it quite literally DOES exist...

[@feircy]

I caught an alpha elekid and replaced my luxray with him, carried me through all the legendary captures and what not. And umbreon was a huge help with those defenses

[@trafficcone7344]

This is legit my team rn except I have infernape instead of heracross

[@johnes]

This is the kind of game where you don’t even need a “best team” list. You can get through the game just fine using whatever you really like as long as you use the grits. And idk if I’ve seen anyone talk about this yet but when you release pokemon, you get grits like candies in Let’s Go sending to Oak.

[@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure]

No matter what you fight or what you use, you can usually only take a couple of hits anyways. Even if your lvl 60 mon is fighting a lvl 25 lol

[@Mavarik311]

That is EVERY Pokémon game

[@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure]

@@Mavarik311 nah. You can usually walk around with a team of lvl 60s and clear areas no problem without having to heal every 10 mins.

[@tegsxx4020]

Exactly 😂 I beat arceus using just chimecho during the Pokémon battle times (swapping to cresselia to take hits only while I heal a couple times) and I just use shaymin for all my alpha and distortion battles 😂. Once you get Pokémon to level 50ish and use grits it's a lot easier

[@charmishing]

@@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure there are a couple of bulky mons that can take quite a few hits like blissey and ursaluna

[@erinmckinney1310]

I might try this team for a playthrough, this looks great

[@annslow41]

Wow, you described my team exactly. I was expecting to learn of a more optimized team, but I guess I'm already there. Thanks for the confirmation 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mattholloway3550]

I started off with Rowlett which was super fun and personally I really liked using umbreon and electivire on my team. Umbreon with calm mind and snarl is super good and being able to get the elemental punches with electivire is super nice. I ended up getting gyrados early and catching the togekiss that’s in obsidian fieldlands. Then I ended up catching a gliscore for ground which isn’t the best but was super fun

[@Xdot15]

Umbreon was super clutch for me with that defense

[@imedwin3953]

My Umbreon was able to solo giratina

[@obits3]

I highly recommend getting a Sylveon. It's great for the entire game. You can get one before even crossing the first bridge without over leveling (a fairy move can be tutored, so I got one at level 15).

[@Chaz-Support]

My sylveon was honestly my mvp in my play through. Evolved from the first eevee I saw so early in the game. I was shocked by its coverage, it can deal with almost anything u come up against.

[@itsnatemate7697]

I’ve never seen an eevee before the first bridge. Can you elaborate please?

[@lamija1474]

i actually got a shiny eevee on my first outbreak, jokingly saying i would shiny hunt it and ended up getting one 😅 but, glad i evolved it into sylveon, love color scheme and it’s my favorite evolution 🙂

[@Chaz-Support]

@@itsnatemate7697 like on the far left of obsidian fieldlands by the alpha rapidash there like a little pond and there either spawns bidoof or eevee right there. U can just keep going from the village back to the fields and one will spawn, it’s rare but not hard.

[@obits3]

@@itsnatemate7697 As Chaz said, the best place to hunt for Eevee is in horseshoe area going left from the tutorial hill. You have to have a keen eye because they will run away if they see you. Once you see an Eevee, drop to a hard save. Then, toss a berry so it will start eating it facing away from you. From there, get close enough to make a good throw, but don’t get too close. If you fail, reset. The Eevee will generate every time.

[@snapclub8751]

Not bad team. However, most of the team members are pretty frail and, due to how battles are like in the game, I feel like it’s better to have a slow and bulky team rather than a fast and frail team in Legends Arceus.

[@BigRion16]

Or build your team of both 🤷‍♂️, not that hard to grind in the game, I used a garchomp and kept facing alpha electric types

[@LordSteeleCastleClashPsteele68]

I'm surprised Umbreon isn't mentioned I did another playthrough and Umbreon is super clutch and just bulky

[@DatBoiHungLo]

me personally, i disagree. i think its best to have around 4 sweep/2 bulk or maybe 3sweep/1bruiser/2bulk combos but it really does matter wat ur playstyle is. (it feels like even the bulk gets hit hard) I used Garchomp (free lvl85), Infernape (prob best/versatile poke), Gardevoir(powerhouse), Gyarados (needed a water type and cant go wrong with this guy), Tangrowth (mainly just for def/tank), Goodra (good sp def/bruiser) I also use togekiss instead of gardevoir when i need some more bulk. but i beat volo with just my garchomp, infernape and tangrowth(just used to heal my garchomp/infernape).

[@LordSteeleCastleClashPsteele68]

@@DatBoiHungLo I kinda agree with you on my first playthrough I felt like everything was getting hit hard but on my second run my team with Umbreon and goodra as my bulk feel bulky enough though togekiss feels underwhelming for me

[@DatBoiHungLo]

@@LordSteeleCastleClashPsteele68 yea sometime he does feel underwhelming. i didnt mind umbreon or sylveon but i also dont like farming for a good eevee since theres no alpha.

[@darkserpentcat3309]

You can also get a static alpha rhydon in the second area which further helps, saved me a couple times and defensive tanks are definitely helpful in this game

[@krishivrathi4381]

Correction :You don't actually have to wait till you get basculegion to get a chimchar. Chimchar (and on rare occasions Monferno) can spawn near the heightlands camp on a cliff in the obsidian fieldlands. You don't need any ride pokemon to get it

[@finn__3300]

Luxray is so insanely good in this game. Keep him trough the end of the game and defeating the final boss will be very easy as he can learn ice fang to kill the giratina and he can withstand 2 palkia attacks, giving him the chance to defeat palkia without dying

[@michaelhuh8397]

Would love to see a no restrictions version and an Alpha only version too!

[@vaughnweeth1581]

Will take this into consideration thanks for the amazing video.

[@snowyphantump1123]

The fact I get featured in the form of my satchel being return is amazing, thanks for returning it.

[@ShayTheValiant]

I really hope you do a best team for Legends Arceus but with only Hisuian forms and evolutions. Whenever I play a new generation, I only use new Pokémon on my final team and never old Pokémon.

[@scribbledibble7918]

My one dilemma with picking my team for this game is that I ended up with a fairly generic gen 4 team but I also really wanted to use some of the new Pokémon. It's a hard choice lol

[@aseulgi4659]

What can I say… Gen 4’s just that good! 👌

[@leeabaker96]

Been waiting for this since it came out

[@VegaGameplayz]

Love your content!

[@roboboombyyahh1279]

After you do the Alternate Starters, you should create a best team with all Starters

[@roboboombyyahh1279]

@@timotheninja You can trade for them.

[@mkt568]

I know we still have Rowlet and Cyndaquil ahead, but I especially look forward to what the Worst Team for Legends Arceus will play out like.

[@meafterme2042]

6 magikarp

[@nick2605]

Love it! For my playthrough I used samurrot, glacé I , garchomp, lucario, and dialga. But then I fell into the chain of only using arceus and just switching its plates to what is most convenient

[@richarddominguez1959]

Great video, you earn a sub. I already beat the game with my team. Typhlosion (shadow ball, flamethrower, mystic fire and infernal parade). Sylveon (shadow ball, mystic leaf, calm mind and dazzling gleam). Garchomp, my favorite pkmn (dragon claw, iron head, outrage and bulldoze). Sneasler (bulk up, drain punch, shadow claw and dire claw). Empoleon (ice beam, flash cannon, hydro pump and wave crash). I replaced empoleon with Dialga later, then replaced Dialga with Giratina. Lopunny (ice punch, thunder punch, drain punch and play rough). things i noticed, but i can be wrong as they may function differently: -It seems you also gain friendship if you use your pokemon for exploration, talking with it and let it talk with other pokemons as my eevee evolved really fast into Sylveon. -Some moves are inherently fast or slow: hyper beam and giga impact will give your enemy an extra turn while in the other hand iron head and zen headbutt will give you an extra turn.

[@robbymanable]

Here’s my team so far in Legends Arceus: Hisuian Decidueye Wyrdeer Hisuian Goodra Basculegion Overqwill Hisuian Arcanine

[@KKeerat]

My team 5 Bidoof and 1 Bibarel with Simple .

[@calikcoolboygames]

A god team

[@theygotjohnny1365]

Do 4 bidoofs and 2 bibarels and your team is unstoppable

[@stoptheohiomemes]

Abilites don’t exist (besides that darn Regigigas)

[@KKeerat]

@@stoptheohiomemes . O ya It's Lagend . Not a Sequel game. .

[@12fishcake]

I ended up on running empoleon, infernape, torterra, froslass, alakazam and gliscor (full odds random shiny 😄) Found it to be a pretty balanced team with an answer to anything you come across. Also froslass is beastly and came in clutch in that postgame battle first time which I was NOT prepared for haha. Super fragile but if you're clever with using agile style moves she can pull of 3 moves in a row against a lot of stuff.

[@LeeBezaro]

Can't wait for the Typhlosion video!

[@mauroperez2848]

I got the three out of six for my team. I used Gengar, Gliscor, and Porygon-Z for the main story. For the post-game, I swapped out Z for an Alpha Zoroark that I caught. Looking at my team, I feel like I could have used a few more tanks, but the game threw me an alpha Ghastly and Zoroark, so I couldn't say no.

[@QuokkaCore]

Seeing Hisuian Samurott on this team makes me happy.

[@Joan12cuba]

I caught Chimchar earlier in the mountain by where weirddeer hang in the first map. Didn't have to wait to get fish lol

[@nicholaswilliams4911]

I have always tried to use new and different Pokemon on each play through I do, just to force myself out of my comfort zone. It is so easy just to use Lucario and Lapras in most play throughs that it just gets old. The team I was planning on rocking was H. Samurott as my starter (after a lot of debating with myself, a water type early on is very important), H. Lilligant, H. Goodra, H. Typhlosion, Ursaluna, and Kleavor. The only Pokemon I have used before on this team were the starters. It is really easy to get attached to your favorite Pokemon, but switching it up provides an extra challenge and a chance to get attached to other Pokemon as well. I just wish H. Zoroark was available a lot sooner than it is.

[@juanca2567]

Can you try to introduce “non-recurring” teams for future videos? An example is not being able to use Gardevoir or Mawile in ORAS because of already being in X and Y Pokédex. HGSS would not allow Pokémon with new Sinnoh evolutions or Johto and Kanto Pokémon already in the Platinum Pokédex. This disqualifies Roserade from BDSP since it was in SwSh.

[@TDay-uk6dq]

i literally used this team exactly before you made this video and that’s amazing also infernape is a top teir starter no arguments

[@unclebrian8156]

Great video al always Mystic. Here's my team for Legends Arceus let me know what you think of it: hisuian samurott, wyrdeer, hisuian arcanine, kleavor, torterra, & sneasler

[@jannfredryckmatias3545]

Phew, two of my special six came from Alabaster Icelands (Braviary & Avalugg) and one from Coronet (Electrode) 😅-- since they were preplanned. However, the first three: Samurott, Toxicroak, and Goodra managed to carry me early on with massive thanks from Ursaluna, Luxray, and Wyrdeer ❤

[@bigfan10-gaming79]

Frankly I'm considering Ursaluna instead of Rhyperior mainly for it's Tanky-ness, and how the Normal Type-ing protects it from Giratina's Shadow Force, while at the same same having Access to Play Rough

[@diegofuentes8986]

the alpha garchomp in the alabaster icelands it´s SO worth it, A MUST i believe, that thing can solo the entire postgame

[@sifgonmad3629]

well volo's giratina, garchomp and togekiss?

[@tarkus1056]

A level 32 croagunk almost two-shoted my level 71 Electivire with Poison moves. Your level 85 Garchomp will be decimated eventually.

[@petertilton7004]

Of course to get Hisui Samurott, you have to fill up Oshawott and Dewott's pokedex entries cause you may not get another chance until post game. Things like see it use Strong or Agile Moves 15 times. I try to complete the starter's entries before evolving them.

[@sterlingdragon123]

I'm past the postgame Volo fight and watching this out of curiosity, and finding just how much it accidentally matches my own team. To be fair I've swapped Pokemon around a lot, but Goodra, Roserade and Rhypherior all saw a lot of use. I had Typhlosion as my starter so I wasn't in the market for a fire type, though an Alpha Machamp that is super very tall ended up filling my fighting niche instead. I've been using a Gardevoir now in the postgame too, so I can see why you recommended it as well.

[@KayXiro]

Bulldoze is really good in this game, abusing it with the agile/strong system can actually net you 3 consecutive turns depending on opponent

[@solidmetagross]

Garchomp still fucking sucks lmao, bow down to the superiority of Metagross’s coverage.

[@ralphmarges2965]

@@solidmetagross your high as fuck if you think garchomp sucks lmao, i agree tho metagross is pretty damn good.

[@eduardocervantes4390]

That Alpha Garchomp was at level 85 when I caught it so yes, very worth it 👀

[@harryw3310]

I think Ursaluna is a pretty underrated mon, really good defensive capabilities which in a game like this seems pretty big, great move pool as well

[@Luckyy94]

My mvp Luna will never leave my side 🥲

[@zagger999]

Chimchar is also a rarer encounter in Obsidian Fields in Deertrack Fields right where you can find Stantler near the berry trees, next to the camp. In fact I got a Monferno there as well. So It is possible to have one right before even fighting the Alpha Kriketune.

[@Xdot15]

if you don't use Samurott, Vaporeon was an absolute tank for me, almost impossible to 1 shot in my experience and it has great special attack to go with it, and looks cool af too

[@KingkyLeor]

Hey guys,

[@JesusChrist-iu3mh]

@@KingkyLeor pls no

[@anthonyroberts7486]

Gyarados is a great option too.

[@calamity69907]

Alpha empoleon is great too

[@jstinftw]

I really like your choices for the team! I used Infernape & Goodra on my Decidueye playthrough, but I’ll definitely keep in mind some of your thoughts for my Oshawott run! The last boss battle was 100% the most difficult battle if you dont overlevel + max out on Grits. can’t wait for the decidueye Best Team!

[@nomnom2407]

I'd recommend Aerial Ace for Samurott, since it takes care of Bug, Fighting and Grass types.

[@glebs]

Good team! Gardevoir is fantastic, I ran aura sphere & energy ball on mine for coverage. Along with Typhlosion, Kleavor, Gastrodon, Snorlax and Goodra/Dialga

[@cyber2cyke]

I replaced Gardevoir with Cresellia. Moon Blessing and Calm Mind is a must have for the Volo battle.

[@themasterblaze7563]

Togekiss is the better substitute imo. 2 immunites and 1 resist and 1 neutral hit when Vs-ing giratina was invaluable to my run.

[@cyber2cyke]

@@themasterblaze7563 The problem with Togekiss imo is that it's not fast enough to avoid getting wrecked by Volo's Arcanine. Cresellia for me pretty much trolled Volo with Moon Blessing like he can only hit me 1/5 after 2 casts of it. Cresellia is tanky enough and with obscured status it becomes more broken.

[@themasterblaze7563]

@@cyber2cyke I Never really had an issue with Togekiss' speed due to the mpve order system, but I see what you mean.

[@cyber2cyke]

@@themasterblaze7563 Tbh it's a close gap between the Cresellia and Togekiss. It's just that Cresellia is broken af when Calm Mind and Lunar Blessing came to play. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpWudIlmnZiSoMk

[@themasterblaze7563]

@@cyber2cyke Fair. I can see the Value in Evasion in more cases, but i just like immunities and the lack of a Dark and Ghost weakness since those types are super common in the region. Plus Togekiss only has access to rest in this game instead of roost so cresselia def has a better grind game, but this game is super aggressive.

[@elusivepigmangaming749]

I feel like typhlosion is the better for this game. Calm mind on this thing makes it a freaking monster in game

[@themasterblaze7563]

Typhlosion is def the best starter, but I would agree with Mystic on Sammurott for the game. Like, everything has a dark move and fire is weak to a lot of common types like water and Rock. Water Dark is just better for the game.

[@mysterypryze8444]

Fun fact: you can catch a ralts on the edge of the crimson mirelands. I was committed to finding a ralts in my first playthrough and stumbled upon it while riding on wyrdeer.

[@anthonymalone4714]

Thank you for putting Rhyperior! Mine has been a godsend

[@cyber2cyke]

Good team except it lacks speed. With this setup you'll trade kills with Volo's regular team before Giratina.

[@Someoneidk7808]

The plan for my team is gonna be Hisuian Decidueye (Favourite starter available), Hisuian Goodra (Steel / Dragon is awesome, cool design as well), Hisuian Arcanine (Just looks awesome), Hisuian Zoroark (I loved normal Zoroark, and Hisuian Zoroark is darn near perfect), Garchomp (Favourite Pokémon, and it's goated) and Basculegion (I need a water type and Basculegion is awesome). I don't care if it's bad, I just chose my 6 favourites in the Pokedex.

[@zubairsadiq5565]

Gardevoir is just a killer....I can't imagine my any playthrough without this majestic angel....

[@alexstiger3350]

Im just glad how early everything is. Have my full team the second i get to mirelands though goomy is a bit overleveled but its here for later. Makes for a more fun game knowing i wont forget one.

[@the_clawing_chaos]

My team at the last boss, porygon Z, rhyperion, gardevor, magmortar, lucario and garchamp. By giratinas first form, I had three standing. By the end of the battle, only my porygon was left. Its funny, if you swap out magmortar for leafeon and gardevor for alakazam (who I ran with till the sinnoh temple let me know I needed a fairy stab) it would be exactly the same as my platinum team

[@clauteletuby]

spelt like every pokemon wrong

[@Avalon01998]

I like to see two of my teammates on here being Samurott and Goodra. The rest of the team is nice but I think Ursaluna is better then Rhyperior. Mainly for the lack of 4x weaknesses.

[@themasterblaze7563]

Agreed. Ursaluna has pretty good STAB's and REALLY GOOD stats.

[@SACREDSCIZOR9116]

And should have used h lilligant over roserade

[@Avalon01998]

@@SACREDSCIZOR9116 I only agree if you need other physical attackers

[@sqlyoutuber8230]

There is also a alpha roserade that you can catch on the second island. Just keep in mind that you will need to do a little research grinding to use it.

[@Casperfacekilla]

Ursuluna is my fav hisuian starter. That HP paired with bulk up goes crazy

[@arlen7726]

Given the way the turn order mechanics work in this game, I heavily recommend running Aqua Jet on Samurott instead of Aqua Tail just for the ‘multiple moves before your opponent’ thing. You can get off an Aqua Jet and a Ceaseless edge consecutively before your opponent gets to move at all as long as the opposing Pokémon isn’t absurdly fast, but if it is, you simply pull an Agile Style Aqua Jet to achieve the same effect.

[@Kevin-yr7mr]

I love how diverse the teams can be in this game, I went with: Samurott Magnezone Crobat Zoroark Garchamp Gallade

[@Gingeneer95]

My team just kept changing but I landed on this in the end: Electivire Froslass Rhyperior Gallade Goodra Torterra

[@susanwalls3580]

This is just my 2 cents, but as an alternate choice for another bit of coverage, replace "poison jab" with "aerial ace" as it works well since it not only covers Hisuian Samurott's weakness against grass, but aslo the fighting & bug types. Another good back up move for Roserade is "spikes" which will cover its weakness to fire types.

[@JKS_SPPrepSports]

I just finished a second playthrough of PLA with this actual best team, Samurott with five Alphas of the others. It's truly a dominant team.

[@BigRion16]

Samurott Infernape Togekiss Luxray Garchomp Gardevoir Might replay the game on a different account but with the new forms and different starter because this feels more like a BDSP team

[@stoptheohiomemes]

Yep BDSP had Unova Pokémon (don’t insult me it’s just a joke)

[@BigRion16]

@@stoptheohiomemes Lmaooo don’t worry it’s fine😂

[@Memekyu]

I definitely agree with the Bulldoze issue with Garchomp. I'm raising an alpha Garchomp and I replaced Earth Power with Bulldoze at first...but it just wasn't doing it for me. So I maxed out its Sp. Atk EVs and gave it Earth Power. Works much better 👍

[@anthonyroberts7486]

That works too but my experience Bulldoze usually allows Garchomp to move twice making it the better option for me.

[@Memekyu]

@@anthonyroberts7486 Its been about a month and I still don't get how getting 2 attacks off in a row work, aside from Agile Style.

[@anthonyroberts7486]

@@Memekyu Bulldoze lowers the opponent action speed and since Garchomp is already fast my Garchomp can move twice without agile style against alot of mons. Bulldoze works wonders on my Torterra, so much so I keep both Bulldoze and Headlong Rush.

[@hqizyyy]

I used Skuntank a lot early game, since at the time I first encountered it it was over leveled. However I recently switched to alpha Electivire and I’ve LOVED it. This is the first time I’ve actually used Electivire, despite always loving its design 🤧 granted I’m also not going for a “best” team. My Gliscor has also been AMAZING, he’s carried my team numerous times. (His name is Super Luck because he was the fourth shiny Gligar I got, as a random encounter, and the only male)

[@RockOrso2]

I pretty much use this team for my personal playthrough but replace Roserade & Rhyperior with Lilligant & Gliscor since I really don't want to deal with half of the team being susceptible to fighting.

[@JoeMah.]

For those who chose Samurott as their starter: Against Giratina, teach Samurott Dark Pulse instead of Night Slash. Crits are nice but it will not matter if you don't hit Giratina.

[@calamity69907]

Ceasless edge is great i got a critical hit against giratina plus that residual damage is also helpful

[@omegadrive9999]

Good to have a high level Hisuian Zoroark on your team for the battle with Giratina. Can learn Dark Pulse too and is immune to most of Giratina's attacks like Shadow Force and Aura Sphere.

[@Seth6000]

For the next game we just need to keep the battle animations and the open world and bring back cities, trainers and gyms

[@pellet1167]

Yeah probably the only thing I wasn't a fan of was the fact that to go anywhere you had to go back to Jubilife village first. Would've been cool if there were other villages to make pit stops at when transitioning from area to area

[@_TheViewer_]

Hey man, thanks a lot for those vids ! Where to get the charts with the stats for each Pokémon from ?

[@cynthesizer_]

My endgame team ended up being Garchomp, Hisuian Zoroark, Gallade, Crobat, Clefable, and Bastiodon (yes, I swapped out my starter, XP gains in this game SUCK). I’m currently looking for a good replacement for Bastiodon, since two 4x weaknesses doesn’t bode well for a team tank, but other than that, I’m really happy with it!

[@stevie1493]

My final end game team was similar to yours... Samurott, Arcanine, Roserade, Ursaluna, Gardevoir, and Goodra Eventually I built another team that I don't think was as good but I thought it was really fun... Typhlosion, Empoleon, Tangrowth, Avalugg, Overquil, Alakazam In other games I've thought coverage was not as important, but in PLA having moves of virtually every type is OP when you're trying to complete all research tasks. Great vid!

[@k2basior]

You can get Chimchar much earlier as part of one request. I got it Before Kleavor fight.

[@mauroperez2848]

I actually caught a Monferno before Kleavor. You can get Chimchar before like you said, but I got lucky.

[@LexYeen]

It's also a rare spawn in Deertrack Heights. Best odds are during Sunny or Drought conditions according to Serebii.

[@connorradcliffe1769]

@@mauroperez2848 Poor Kleavor wasn't expecting my Infernape, grabbed the Chimchar near the top of Deertrack Heights

[@mannyblight6140]

One thing about pla is the at moves are one big pool accessible from the menu and even the moves taught are stored with them I love that system

[@helpmysinkistalking5592]

Nice. I got lucky with a shiny alpha buddy recently so this will be fun :)

[@chrisjohnsen8448]

I’d much rather use Ursaluna than Rhyperior, since it takes Special hits better, has fewer weaknesses, an amazing move pool, and most importantly is much easier to obtain early compared to Rhyperior.

[@Brockbuiltmore]

the problem is you need the link cable and MP points to get rhyperior from rhydon anyways but if you ask me, the highlands is no later to get the garchomp line compared to most of the pokemon here. besides, garchomp is stronger and faster and has less weaknesses than rhyperior

[@Brockbuiltmore]

even a year later, the garchomp is too late in the game argument is REALLY stupid. who freakin cares when its better and faster than garchomp

[@anthonyroberts7486]

The way Bulldoze works in this game especially for a fast mon like Garchomp allows it to move twice even without Agile Style making it better than Earthquake. Also Hisuian Lilligant is leagues ahead of Roserade, Victory Dance is so broken. Last I would recommend a bulkier fairy over Gardevior, probably Togekiss or Sylveon.

[@the-angel-of-light-gardevoir8]

Serisously at this point it seems like the best psychic type is a tie between the 2 giants of the type with their insane movepool stats and of course popularity, You wouldn’t be missing out by choosing one or the other

[@captaincriticize8050]

You can say samurott is the best starter, but typhlosion carries me through the entire game by itself. There wasn't a single challenge it couldn't handle

[@kjmcgrew1215]

I’m using cyndaquil, and I’m still working out my team. I just put both piplup and turtwig on it. With jolteon, gardevior, and kleavor

[@azulblanko7503]

@@kjmcgrew1215 yea i chose cyndaquil too because that was favourite starter back then but now i replaced him because i now have the VERY BEST fire type heatran idk why i did it but it was worth it

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

But it's ugly af.

[@azulblanko7503]

@@NoThankUBeQuiet yea it may be but its worth it trust me

[@captaincriticize8050]

@KMichelle Argus boy you best get that blasphemy out of your mouth. He's just a chill happy dude and didn't do nothing

[@edyrivero7084]

In my experience, I found Luxaray to be probably the most important Pokémon in the game, having access to thunder wave early in the game means you can catch Alphas early in the game on top of that with his high speed decent attack and decent defense and so defense he can often times survive hits and get Alphas low enough to catch. Idk if this is confirmed but I’ve noticed that using strong thunder wave is best because it lasts longer and they’re paralyzed more often at least it feels that way. So basically Luxaray allows you to catch any Alpha you need fairly easy and fairly early fairly early with the use of smoke bombs and back shots, making him in my opinion one of the best pokemons in the game. He also has access to Crunch which is a great move in this game. The game is based on catching Pokemons and I think he may just be the best Pokémon catcher in the game.

[@keefy3482]

Luxray has 70 base speed. That's not even remotely fast.

[@burnzzyyy5955]

This has been probably my favourite “best team yet” some absolute power mons on here

[@lumi4178]

I think it's hilarious how Samurott's moveset is the exact one I ended up using on mine

[@shiatsu934]

The best part is: The team is done as soon as you enter crimson mirelands. There is a mission that gives you a free chimchar in obsidian fieldland after kleavor is done

[@TempestNouzen]

But why not Ursaluna instead of Rhyperior? It has better speed, as good (if not slightly better) bulk, stronger ground type stab with Headlong Rush, and nearly the same coverage options

[@mauroperez2848]

It's due to how you get an Ursaluna. First, you need a Peat Block which you can only find digging where you first meet Ursaluna. Then, you need to wait for the full moon in the Crimson Mirelands to even evolve Ursaring. I'm guessing the reason he included Rhyperior over Ursaluna is due to ease of access. You can get a Protector from either trading your merit points or space-time distortions. You can also find an Alpha Rhyperior whereas you can't find Ursaluna in the wild.

[@TempestNouzen]

Peat blocks are available everywhere as long as you have Ursaluna (I’ve gotten them in all areas) and Goodra still evolves in the rain so cycling for special conditions isn’t an automatic disqualification.

[@mauroperez2848]

@@TempestNouzen didn't know about peat blocks being everywhere. Also I forgot that you can cycle through to get the weather or moon phase that you need. I remember doing that to get my Goodra and to get Thunderus to appear.

[@mandorian3774]

Thx a lot!

[@ryanlort7727]

I went with Typhlosian, Umbreon, alpha Rhyperior, alpha Tangrowth, alpha Togekiss, and alpha Ursaluna. All were above 530 stats and I felt I could cover all weaknesses with them.