Best Team for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

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[@DragonKnightCole]

The difference between Skeledirge and Typhlosion is that yes they share the same type, but are completely different in gameplay style. One is a fast sweeper, the other is bulkier and can play a defensive role while still buffing itself with Torch Song. Same types but completely different styles and I like it.

[@mcpeguru4060]

Typhlosion is only fire type

[@virtualcolt]

@@mcpeguru4060 Hisuian Typhlosion: Am I a joke to you?

[@angelicaph483]

@@mcpeguru4060 Hes talking about Hisuian Typhlosion tho

[@SeraphBlademaster]

Ones a flash in the pan and the other is a snowball. Once torch song gets going... there's very little to be done.

[@allen2reckless676]

@@SeraphBlademaster i mean unburden ability or any of the stat reset moves. Then u got flash fire ability etc etc. good bulky mon tho. Fan run as a stall special attacker. With willow wisp possibly toxic? Learns slack off through mirror herb. Has a lot of coverage in special attacks. Pretty good starter mon. This gen is the gen of competative

[@PrivateSparky]

Honestly, since all 18 types have representation, and with the exp share, let’s go and exp candies around, I personally found it quite easy to invest in multiple Pokémon at the same time. I think I had like 10 “main” Pokémon as a result.

[@Radiogumdrop]

Since it’s so easy to switch out and level up, I plan to use a different team for each storyline. I’m love that there’s so many team building opportunities with this game

[@grantnewton4230]

Same! When I was done I had 12 Pokémon I was switching around and then took on the elite four with the best combo imo

[@Dingbat42069]

That was my favorite aspect of the open world. Once my first team got too high leveled for the Pokémon around me, I’d swap into my second team and level them up as well.

[@joeyteter9383]

I did the same exact thing. Except it was because there were so many mons I wanted to use

[@kefentseKdot]

I have 3 teams

[@noahs_villainark]

Skelidirge 1:50 Garganacl 3:49 Tinkaton 5:45 Gardevoir 7:54 Annihilape 10:11 Gastrodon 12:44

[@samjordan935]

legend

[@shawnstafford3019]

I've got skeledirge and Gardevoir on my team in scarlet first time using both of em

[@monkeman258]

thanks messenger of god

[@icemindrichardson6742]

😄👍

[@PrivateSparky]

I think giving Skeledirge Flamethrower is kinda unnecessary. Torch Song is still 80 base power which is good enough. Not to mention the Sp. Atk boost.

[@johnnyhall4335]

How about a move like Flame Charge instead?

[@PrivateSparky]

@@johnnyhall4335 Skeledirge has base 75 Attack and 66 speed. You’ll basically be using Flame Charge for the speed boost and nothing else as base 75 Attack is awful especially without any EV investment, not to mention Flame Charge has only 50 power. 66 speed is also below average. It’s not crippling slow but it’s just that you’re effectively wasting one turn to boost Skeledirge’s speed to an acceptable level that would still get outspeed by typically fast Pokémon.

[@johnnyhall4335]

@@PrivateSparky Okay. I'm sorry.

[@PrivateSparky]

@@johnnyhall4335 Chill man. I get the idea behind it but just explaining that the benefit from using Flame Charge isn’t good enough to warrant using it.

[@johnnyhall4335]

@@PrivateSparky Okay.

[@tamjidterrorblade]

Lucario is an absolute beast. Pawmot was also very helpful.

[@uitmcj]

I use Pawmot as a Pokemon Catcher since it has Nuzzle. Low dmg and sure paralyze. 😅👍

[@ninja9567]

There are plenty of great options in this game for variety than just these mons, but overall, pretty great choices. My only request is that if there are some other best teams rolling around in the future, try including Pawmot in one of them, since Pawmo alone is great, and theres a neat trick for getting Pawmo to 1000 steps pretty easily, and Pawmot is quite strong. And let’s not forget Clodsire with Water Absorb. But anyway, thank you for a great video Mystic. I hope that you can experiment with some more variety in the near future too.

[@MogXcity]

May go back and binge watch this series you have here Mystic. I'm getting heavy inspiration to do an entirely new run based off of these teams of yours. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@theyshisizj]

Every team is actually really good. Have run most of them in my own playthroughs recently

[@kamentrainerhorn2073]

Thanks to your years of hype, Mystic, I ended up using a Gardie on my Violet team. She did not disappoint. (I might even use Gallade as my starter for the next Scarlet playthrough.) Also thanks to you, Mystic, I’m more inspired to try out Garganacl along side my Gallade. And, yes. Annihilape is the best thing ever (alongside Kingambit, which I’m looking forward to seeing in your next few vids).

[@FaolanHart]

Gardie has been a fan favorite for many years for good reason. When they gave it fairy it went from amazing to one of the best Pokémon in the series.

[@FoxFighter-HellBringer]

For Violet, my team is Mascarada, Ampharos, Gallade, Talonflame, Floatzel, and Clodsire. They cover a lot with their move sets and they're easy to find early game. I especially love that my Gallade's Tera type is Fairy, so I can hit some other stuff for super effective damage like Dark or Dragon types.

[@TheSandwhichman108]

I think Clodsire is a great option for anyone looking for something to just be a damage sponge. It evolves from the regional variant of wooper at level 20 so you can have a really good tank early on.

[@Ace_BS]

I agree Im gonna replace it with gastrodon for my team.

[@Matsuna13]

I’m using Clodsire in my Violet play through and it is a great Pokémon and it removed one of the weaknesses, thanks to the ability, water absorb.

[@noahloftin7705]

yeah my pooper boy's HP stat is ridiculous. wanted to do an experiment in my first playthrough and specifically give my Clodsire NO HP ev's, whether that be from Vitamins, the feathers, or EV training. At level 100, I still ended up with 398 HP for the guy 😅

[@ratassed]

Great to see Annihilape on this list. Can't wait to use it, the design and concept is just so good.

[@pjanderson4876]

It’s hilarious how close this was to my in-game team. Switch out Tinkaton for Kingambit and it’s the exact team I had for most of the end game. I did eventually switch Gastrodon out for the Terawater Garchomp you can find in that cave, but the rest is almost exactly all the same, movesets and all.

[@randys4467]

I know you did a video with your thoughts on this Pokemon, but I stand by Clodsire w/ Water Absorb belonging on best teams this gen. It is super-effective against or straight up walls much of the game. Even when facing opponents with super effective damage against it, it has enough special bulk to shrug off a ton of attacks, and access to Recover. I used one in my first playthrough and while it did faint a couple times, it walked through most of the competition.

[@NowAndToEternity]

True. It is prob the best pokemon to deal with the water starter from Clive if you choose the fire starter.

[@kireikay]

It’s deff one of my fave!! Mine came in clutch so many times! ❤❤❤

[@aliastheabnormal]

I ended up teaming up my Clodsire with the traded Quagsire and the two esentially sharing wall roles. With Clodsire poisoning opponents with Toxic and Quagsire putting them to sleep with Yawn, And the fact that Clod has Water absorb means i can spam Surf and wash away the field with impunity.

[@randys4467]

@@aliastheabnormal I didn't try the Clodsire/Quagsire thing. Sounds like fun though. I stuck to new Pokemon for my first playthrough so Clodsire was on a team with Meowscarada, Armorouge, Tinkaton, Baxcalibur and Annihilape. Not having a water type around was a bit strange (I'd have had Palafin but I don't do much multiplayer), but the team was still a lot of fun.

[@mj-kx2kw]

huge power azumarill also is a beast. water+fairy and clodsire and azumarill can literally be your first 2 pokemon. this list is ridiculous.

[@erickpacas5409]

I chose Quaxly, so at the end stayed with Quaquaval, Tinkaton, Ceruledge, Baxcalibur, Glimmora and Toedscruel. Some times I got trouble with water types with ice coverage, but I decided to use the pokemon that I found interesting.

[@AnnaElyy]

Great video, was waiting for this one like crazy. I don’t disagree with your Gardevoir choice, but opted for Gallade as Tinkaton covered my fairy needs. Amazing list as always, keep it up! 🎉 happy new year.

[@RockOrso2]

Used Meowscarada, Ceruledge, Gastrodon, Farigiraf, Tinkaton, and Baxcalibur and have been doing fine so far especially since I've actually used Ceruledge & Baxcalibur in 5 star Tera raids even if their EVs were meant to go against trainers and not Tera Raids.

[@mr.beatsmachine]

Similar to what I used 💜 Meowscarada, Palafin (lead), Ceruledge, Eelektross, Baxcalibur, and Great Tusk

[@omegadrive9999]

My Ceruledge has been a MVP in soloing 5 Star Raids running Bitter Blade, Shadow Claw, Flame Charge, and Swords Dance. Dealing heavy damage while fully healing makes Ceruledge run circles around 5 Stars that it has the Type Advantage.

[@tomdilly3230]

I went meowscarada because of Ceruledge typing. My team was Meowscarada, Ceruledge, Lucario, GargaNACL, Garchomp and Toxtricity

[@assordante2205]

You managed to somehow come up with a more basic and boring team than this guy usually does.

[@RockOrso2]

@@assordante2205 sorry it feels a little too basic for your blood then since I tried really hard to not have any overlapping weaknesses throughout the main story, especially when Meowscarada got the Ability Patch to wield Protean.

[@Breaking_Brad99]

Awesome, my team was Skeledirge, Tinkaton, toadsscruel, annihiape, cyclizar, and palafin. Really good team couple of notes is toadscruel new ability made it hard to use moves like spore especially since it was pretty fragile. Cyclizar feel off a bit in the late game especially without easy access to sitrus berrys and no regenerator. How ever palafin came on strong in the late game with flip turn. Overall a great team with the MVP’s the core 3 that ironically is in this video too lol

[@abk_yt]

Was waiting for 10AM EST eagerly. Finally this video is here.

[@alexvaughan1013]

Come to think of it, the Paldea starters are pretty similar to the Hoenn starters. We've got a chonky swamp animal who dominates the region (Skeledirge/Swampert). A Fighting-type bird whose battle style revolves around increasing its speed (Quaquaval/Blaziken). And a fast, hard-hitting Grass type who compensates for its lackluster typing (Meowscarada/Sceptile).

[@vmarvel4615]

Oh i've been waiting for this!!!

[@snapclub8751]

I did not expect 2 fairy-types and 2 ghost-types on this team.

[@chillfrosted2670]

fairy is understandable but 2 ghost types is a bit crazy

[@lorenzomabalos9851]

I miss Eryizo's best starter series. I hope he comes back and does one for Paldea.

[@consistentpogba237]

doubt got called out for racism

[@solindefault]

@@consistentpogba237everyone needs a chance to change.

[@Kyubii01]

@@consistentpogba237 what happened ?

[@antonioiniguez1615]

@@consistentpogba237 What'd he do?

[@mr.monster91666]

I think if you would make a public apology he would be able to come back on and be welcomed back

[@medusathedecepticon]

It's really neat to see what Pokemon would be the best this time around. This is going to be pretty helpful since I unfortunately lost my original switch and have to start over from scratch, so I kind of wanted some advice so I could get to where I was a bit easier. Thankfully I didn't have any physical games in it but after I got a new one I learned that the save data doesn't save to the game cartridge like it did for 3ds games and the switch wont let you transfer save files from your sd card.

[@kingsim9288]

Always a big fan of your best teams. Keep up the great work!

[@zgreninja1]

Awesome video, respect on all of the Pokémon you chose! For people wanting to swap out Flamethrower on Skeledirge, another good option is Slack Off for health regen, which is very scarce in these games due to Recover being removed as a TM.

[@michaelaburns734]

I am starting playing and I really love raising a bunch of pokemon. I love this game. I am sharing time with all of the ones I caught. I can't wait for the other 2 different teams for Quacksly and Sprigatitto as well.

[@Message_MysticUmbreon2]

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[@Shukakuson]

Love the vid. Due to the amount of variability in teams and only needing certain mons for Tera raids I have made an all fish mon team. Not too bad for coverage given tatsugiri, chi-Yu, elektross, etc.

[@danielronan9822]

Good video. Trying to decide on a water pokemon in this region is the hardest part imo because I really don't like the options. Can't wait for some dlc so they can add some more mons.

[@BunnyWitchcraft]

Really recommend the Iron Defense + Body Press combo on Garganacl. Lad has a large def stat. Smush some lads.

[@TheAuron32]

thats some salt right there... I'll get my coat.

[@Talesofaweedsmoker]

Fuck yeah rage worthy strategy

[@jaimereupert4247]

What 2 moves from the 4 this video mentions would you replace for these 2 moves?

[@loganthomas5736]

Yes. I knew Skeledirge was the best starter, and it feels so good to see it confirmed.

[@darianclark3980]

Me too! Not only best designed starter but a great starter in best team and recently competitive singles

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

Meowscarada with its blazing speed and Protean ability are better. Even after the ability nerf. The water starter with the ability Moxie, way to boost its speed with Aqua step is better. Skeledirge is good, it's unaware ability is the only reason people are spamning the crap out of it.

[@p0ryg0nz]

Quaquaval better

[@jerrygoodman1943]

Eww

[@fatebags]

quaquaval should've been the best starter it has a better movepool and is just overall better.

[@patdav56]

If you'll be doing the shorts, I'd like your take on a couple of the bug types, mainly Rabasca or Tarountula's evo, see how good they really are. (Plan on a bug only nuzlocke)

[@orangutan879]

Ok this might be a little late, but Kirlia learns Psychic at Level 32, so you can evolve your Gardevoir a little bit later but you can get a great psychic-type move earlier on.

[@nizuma_8341]

I feel the part that's more weird about using Gardevoir is not only that we have 2 fairy types but also the fact that Espartha exists. It's faster and it has great coverage for the trade off being frailer. This is made up for the fact that Espartha's signature move reduces sp def by 2 stages. Another problem I have with the team is that the highest speed stat on the team is 94 from Tinkaton. While this is a more of a problem I have, I do feel like having fast Pokémon like Kilowattrel and Cyclizar would help a ton. An alternative team I have which works really well is Skeledirge, Kilowattrel, Toedscruel, Glimmora, Aqua Breed Tauros and Dudunsparce. While I haven't researched as extensively, I like that it has a balance of speed between Tauros and Kilowattrel and bulk with Dudunsparce and Toedscruel who can also support with paralysis and sleep respectively. Glimmora I feel can be substituted by Revaroom or Tinkaton but I love it's ability and just how much damage it can output. It acts as a support with that incredible ability or laying toxic spikes for free along with being the hardest hitter on the team naturally. A fitting Pokémon as the champion's ace. This wasn't the team I used on my actual play through though so all of this is just theory but it is something I'm trying in my replay. Also just realised that Aqua Breed is Violet Exclusive so something as an alternative was swapping Aqua Breed for Espathra and Glimmora for Revavroom. Espathra is faster actually and its signature move along with great coverage make it a great option. Revavroom's typing is great and replaces Glimmora as the poison type due to losing a physical attacker in Tauros. Shift Gear is an amazing move as well and coupled with dual stab and any coverage should start sweeping instantly. For water type replacements you could go with Palafin from this gen or returning Pokémon like Barraskewda but I prefer using current generation Pokémon and Palafin while great can only be evolved in multiplayer. If you can get it it's amazing, if not, these suffice

[@houndrysmagolyteofhope4661]

I like your team build better, extra points for finding a solution on not using Gardevoir. I feel people always forget it can still be easily defeated by certain pokemon

[@nizuma_8341]

@@houndrysmagolyteofhope4661 thank you. I really like Gardevoir but I much prefer using new Pokémon especially when they're this good

[@NuclearGroudon]

I think meowscarada is the better starter imo for coverage especially since I don’t like crossover in types and I wanna use the other ghost types In this game which I can’t if I choose skeledirdge

[@benrogencamp258]

If you give Skeledirge throat spray, one use of torch song makes flamethrower an obsolete move. Much better off having some additional coverage there.

[@wizrad3172]

I’ve been waiting and it’s finally here

[@thatguyberg9988]

For my playthrough i ended up using Skeledirge Clodsire Flamigo Florges with grass tera Veluza Baxcalibur with dark tera Worked pretty well since i wanted a team that has a majority of new mons and no shared weakness among 3 or more members

[@ryhi5]

I found a Frigibax with a Fire Terra Type and an Espathra with a Steel Terra Type. I also bred a Klawf with a Clawitzer to get one that knows Crab Hammer and then spent some terra shards to give my new Klawf a Water Terra Type so Crab Hammer would be STAB

[@omegadrive9999]

My Team (By Post Game): Ceruledge Meowscarada Palafin with Psychic Tera Type Tinkaton Annihilape Iron Thorns

[@jordansimpson9361]

i used skeledridge and meowscarda and felt meow was better. the speed was the difference for me. and it’s nice to be able to buff special attack but the instant crit owns.

[@RealSportsMotion]

Yeah I thought the grass starter was better as well

[@johnnypollack3243]

Love the video and keep up the great work

[@jaceb3106]

Nice video! My Skele ran Torch Song, Hex, Hyper Voice, and Will O Wisp. Wisp- Hex combo was nice

[@malachirodrigues3013]

Skeledirge is the best starter because it has the advantage for the first two gyms and it's better ahead. If you choose meowscarada fine go ahead and teach him aerial Ace.

[@dura_digi]

My floragato just got aerial ace from that oldman in the black suit before the bug gym. I could say that baker mommy gym leader head turn upside down when i swept her team with a high weedcat.

[@djdrizzy9139]

Never taught her aerial ace, never struggled. Meowscarada is better because of speed and coverage. Flower trick deletes things.

[@nessaoku4215]

@@djdrizzy9139skeledrige : 🐊

[@anthonyanglemyer]

This has been great to see, honestly. That said, I just have one thing to say: Variety is never a bad thing. I think it would be more interesting if you went into the alternate starter teams with that mindset. Thank you for a great video, Mystic.

[@ninja9567]

I agree with you on that. I spent a lot of time crafting a team using only Paldean Pokémon, and many of them are pretty good, save Oinkilone or Tarountula, but the one I think that could pick over Annihlape would be Pawmot, since Pawmi is really easy to get, and there are plenty of moves you can teach it too to deal with its early game move issues, and there’s a neat staying on top of Pokémon Centers trick that comes in really handy for getting Pawmo to 1000 steps. It’s pretty easy to find on the internet, and Pawmot’s quite strong, especially utilizing the Loaded Dice to help with Arm Thrust or Low Sweep, since I got 3 TMs of that in my game already, and let’s not forget when it gets close combat. Not to mention Clodsire is a really great mon too, especially with Water Absorb.

[@Cyberelf85]

This team isn't too far off from my actual team! Though I used Meowscarada as my starter, I used Gardevoir, Tinkaton, Annialape, Gastrodon & had Luxaray instead of Garganacl. Nice to see we had some similar teams for this list! Nice job! 😁

[@turtlewithacontroller892]

I think belibolt is one of my favourite new mons in the game, it's ability electromorphasis boosts it's electric type moves every time it gets hit, so if u put all ur ev and I've points into health this thing can just stall the first pokemon and then sweep the rest of the team, its rlly useful against gyms and the elite 4

[@dr4ondestr0yer64]

This is a very good team and I think it can do very well throughout the game, but I honestly think that Pawmot also deserves a slot on a future Best Team video. It’s got a great typing of Electric-Fighting and combined with the fact that it can learn all of the elemental punches via TM crafting as well as using Close Combat would make it into a very capable Pokémon on many teams throughout the story. The moveset I would give it is as follows: Thunder Punch, Close Combat, Ice Punch, and Fire Punch (although you can replace Fire Punch with something like Fake Out or anything else) Edit: Thank you guys soo much for the 25 likes! TvT This is the first time a comment of mine ever reached this point ;v;

[@BarcaFan1899]

You could also find it useful because of Revival Blessing

[@SlifertheCanadian]

100% agree, Pawmot should of been on the best team! It has great typing, great movepool and it can be fully evolved at level 19. It should of been the picked over Annihilape. Does the team really need to ghost types.

[@dr4ondestr0yer64]

@@SlifertheCanadian this is honestly true, especially considering that you already have coverage against both Ghost and Psychic in the form of Shadow Ball from Skeledirge (however you spell it ;-;) and Brutal Swing from Tinkaton, so you already have what you need.

[@dr4ondestr0yer64]

@@BarcaFan1899 this is very true indeed and considering that you could save your revives for when Pawmot goes down, it can be a real lifesaver as well.

[@RenzohsClub]

I really didn’t like Skeledirge’s design. I tried so hard to like it cuz Fuecoco was my ONLY choice since the start. I ended up picking Meowscarada and I kinda don’t regret it. I like Meowscarada

[@asmonull]

Tinkaton tip: you can run Protect as your 4th move, to let you safely spam Gigaton Hammer - using those two moves interchangably works, and only thing you might need to watch out for is Taunt. Overall, team seems to be on the slower side, with big ghost weakness. An option would be to swap Gardevoir for Farigiraf - brings Ghost immunity, doesn't drop any coverage, matches slow bulky theme, can run Tick Room to enable rest of the team if needed, and offers similar coverage (minus Energy Ball). Outside that - solid team, my fire starter team went in a bit different direction with Skeledirge/Kilowattrel/Tauros-water fast core and Cetitan/Farigiraf/Clodsire for bulky mode, so far works well - just still feels weaker than hyperoffense team built around Meowscarada/Pawmot/Palafin for easy repositioning.

[@user-rd1tn4dx6i]

The only issue with farigiraf is it is a trade evolution,

[@alijahmartin9962]

Gastro is one of my favorite Pokémon ever- but clawitzer is fantastic too. Mega launcher makes its attacks incredibly strong, it’s special, and it’s just cool as hell to boot!

[@Tvdiet]

For those who don’t want to use Gastrodon I highly recommend Clodsire as it can also Surf

[@hypershadicfusionofhope9342]

The problem with Clodsire is that it is not really able to hit hard. At least with Tinkaton, it has SD. Clodsire's only boosting option is Curse, and that is a much slower boosting option.

[@zeospark9715]

@@hypershadicfusionofhope9342 Yeah I freaking love Clodsire but it has very low attack stats. It's main function is to stall things with status moves mainly poison (mine had the Poison Point ability but I feel it having Water Absorb and setting with two layers of Toxic Spikes is way more effective)

[@JustinPinedaMedia]

Clodsire is more of a tank than anything.

[@Tvdiet]

@@JustinPinedaMedia that’s exactly what I used mine for especially if I came up against a Special attacker I’d start off using Amnesia then just chipped away at my opponents

[@OdysseusKing]

@@hypershadicfusionofhope9342 Clodsire doesn't need to hit hard. To borrow some wisdom from Rocky Balboa, it's not about how hard you can hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep getting up. And Clodsire can take a pounding.

[@rue8929]

Ironically, the one battle you didn't cover here was the one I had the most trouble with, and that's with Clavell right before you fight Penny in the Starfall storyline. My team was Skeledirge, Pawmot, Toedscruel, Tinkaton, Grafaiai, and Mabosstiff, and everything was going fine until I hit that damn Quaquaval, it solo wiped my team twice with that Aqua Step boosting its speed and its coverage moves like Ice Spinner taking out my Toedscruel.

[@ashleybrandt7742]

The only thing I found that worked against quaquaval and its obnoxious aqua step was water absorb ability pokemon. I used a vaporeon. As silly as it felt to use a water type against a water type it was the only way I could survive long enough to take it out.

[@vudoga6082]

Yeah that fight was super annoying. I actually used my Skeledirge with an Assault Vest wave and kept healing it until it ran out of PP on Aqua Step. Then i got it with a Yawn from Clodsire and killed it with Eelektross. Hardest fight I think.

[@OdysseusKing]

That fight is another reason Clodsire is being criminally underrated. He turns both Meowscarada and Quaquaval into jokes.

[@CamFloral]

This video helped so much, thank you!

[@magiccauldron5553]

Honestly, the quartet of of Flamigo, Meowscarada, Cetitan, and Clodsire can take care of nearly the entire game. Just add an Armorouge or Ceruledge for fire coverage, and any decent eletric type (My suggestion is Pawmot, but any decent electric mon will do). There's very few pokemon in the entire game that can't be handled by one of the first 4. Only ones I see are Cavell's Gyarados and Poppy's team. The rest can all most likely be be OHKO'd by the main 4, with the exception of Iono's Mismagius, which is fairly easy to brute force.

[@barthedlund1429]

interesting team, i don't think you need 2 fairy and 2 ghost types, hopefully your alternate teams will cover a major weakness this team has which is you dont really have a way to cover water types with no grass or electric types( i know you have coverage moves but i don't think thats enough throughout the the game)

[@ItzHop130]

My underleveled Gardevoir was surprisingly able to OHKO quite a few water types in major battles. Also, Gastrodon can easily deal with them with storm drain.

[@raheembarnes5073]

When are alternative starter team coming?

[@Seth6000]

You know what's wierd? That the Geodude, Abra, Zubat and Machop lines use to come together in a regio they were in Hoenn, Sinnoh and Hisui and alot of remakes. In Scarlet and Violet they don't appear. In the new games it's Mankey's time to shine and Hypno's. It's like they were falling behind and now they are brought back to shine. It gives me the feeling like they aren't from the same gen! But Zubat, Geodude, Abra, Machop, Onix, Rhyhorn, Drowzee, Mankey are all gen 1!

[@coryking1791]

Thank you! Appreciate this.

[@GetYourPhilUp]

I know it’s Violet exclusive so wouldn’t work as a general team but Ceruledge is the reason Skeledirge isn’t the best starter for me. It’s a Fire/Ghost type with Physical Attacks as you had wished.

[@ryhi5]

It's also way harder to evolve since the only place to find the Sinistea needed to craft that armor to evolve it is near the Psychic Gym Leader, and their levels are in the upper 30s lower 40s. Armarogue doesn't take as long since the Bronzor are in the Asado Desert with levels in the 20s

[@frankdijkhuis7038]

U can easily beat the sinisteas with a lvl like 25 Floragato

[@frankdijkhuis7038]

@@ryhi5 since if u use bite its weak armor activates and most of the time 2 shots sinistea. Only move it really gets its giga drain which isn't alot

[@whisperingwooper1763]

I’m not sure how I feel about this team I don’t like the repeating typings of fire, ghost and fairy. I think clodsire should have been on the list as it’s a great tank and has an immunity to water absorb. Overall not a bad team I just don’t like repeating typings so I’m looking forward to the alternate starter ones!

[@PyroKitsuna11]

True, I prefer having 3 physicals 3 specials so to balance things

[@AcrobatTheDragon]

My Kilowattrel, Harpy, was a huge asset for my team with her speed and special attack. Here's to hoping Kilowattrel will be in one of your future videos!

[@tuvyamaeir4684]

I would specifically seek out one Garganacl in particular: The wild Tera Ghost Naclstack in West Province Area Two. Since your starter will be Tera Fire throughout the playthrough, you might want something that can bait Fighting attacks only to have them whiff, especially since it will now take neutral Ghost damage even when Terastallized. Plus, it has the Egg Move of Curse, an amazing move for Garganacl in general but BROKEN when you need an all-or-nothing victory when Terastallizing.

[@jaimereupert4247]

Where can you find it?

[@pazboy8675]

Waited so long for this best team and it didn't disappoint.

[@assordante2205]

You enjoy when this guy rattles off the most generic team any toddler could put together?

[@me0101001000]

Skeledirge, Garganacl, Tinkaton, Gardevoir, Annihilape, and Gastrodon. That's a really solid team! And it would be great coverage if you had Meowscarada instead of Skeledirge as well! I think if you have Quaquaval, you'd just have to replace Gastrodon and Annihiape. I'd instead add Volcarona for fire coverage, and for ghost I'd use Dreepy in Violet and Houndstone in Scarlet.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Larvesta doesn't evolve until pretty late and it's not great until then. Dreepy is in a similar boat as it doesn't become Dragapult until Level 60. Houndoom is alright since you can get it very early though its level up set leaves a bit to be desired. Same with Scovillain. Scovillain also scores Flamethrower upon evolving which is amazing for how early you can get it. The combination of Volt Absorb Wattrel/Kilowattrel and Cyclizar makes Iono sort of free since you can just pivot through her Mismagius with the former being immune to Charge Beam and Cyclizar immune to Hex on top of resisting Charge Beam and outspeeding Mismagius so you can chip away at it until it goes down.

[@pezpesavento4830]

I'm so excited that you posted this on my 30th birthday!!!! Thanks for the great videos buddy!

[@raiddaddy1635]

My team is actually very similar to this one. I just used the cat as the starter and didn't know which water to pick. Do you think Gardevior with Mystical Fire instead of energy ball would be a good fit for the coverage to replace the gator with the cat?

[@tourmaline0859]

I think Bellibolt is pretty underrated. Its really tanky which works very well with its signature ability which increases the damage of the next electric move it used after getting hit. Electric is also a pretty good typing because it is very defensive and pretty offensive too. And not to mention, it’s really derpy and cute.

[@nizuma_8341]

Also if you're into breeding you can get it with soak. It's actually not too difficult either as you get Buizel on the first route which learns soak at level 7. With soak it hits everything super effectively, if breeding is not your style then you can even run acid spray. It's really bulky and can output insane damage sometimes

[@thesnowyzorua378]

Very ture I used this boi this Rocky helmet he's great love this lad

[@hirakujup]

I nicknamed my shiny bellibolt Goofball 😂 and run it with Tera electric -Weakness policy -Electromorphosis * Thunderbolt * Muddy water * Discharge * Protect It’s a BEAST!

[@8b40ommishra3]

Please make meowscarada based team

[@kartavianmacrath7219]

Not going to lie, I beat Arceus with your team lineup and thought Volo was easy because it. I have beaten Violet on my own, super proud, but will definitely try to build my scarlet run based on your team plan. Garchomp, Annhilape and Tinkaton destroyed everything I came across but threw a lot of poor mons to their doom being my second pokemon game to finish and decided in Scarlet to reduce the number of mons to use. I am not good enough to nuzlocke but def would like to build a team I can actually feel like I took on an adventure with instead of dropping my team to try and build for the next gym. I appreciate your educational videos and feel they helping me catch up on the typing if that makes sense.

[@C.Ezra.M]

I had my copy of Scarlet after 1.5 days from the release date (so I played way before this video got released), and I caught all my six mons in the early game. In the end, I had Skeledirge and Garganacl (out of the mons you recommended), and Corviknight, Pawmot, Tsareena (with Fighting Tera Type), and Wigglytuff (with Water Tera Type). My team was all fully evolved by the time I was challenging Atticus. I'm yet to challenge the E4 and Geeta. I had to do a lot of grinding after Eri (which was the latest boss I defeated). I guess I picked up my team building skills from Pokémon Showdown. When I challenged them, the most difficult boss was either Iono or Mela. It's hard to say! It doesn't mean I don't respect your videos anymore. I had my Sword and Shield teams from your videos!

[@HmmWho69]

Theres no reason to run a second fire stab move on dirge. WoW or Slack off are far more useful than flame thrower will ever be. Using Garg without iron defense and body press straight doesn't make sense.

[@robertt.4176]

Skelidirge is not what I was expecting from feucoco but it is amazing. I'm very happy with my starter choice.

[@coffeeafters3x]

love the video! but for some reason i feel like scarlet and violet seems like one of the few pokemon games where you kinda want to use more than just 6 main pokemons.

[@KazeSenseii]

I raise your Gardevoir with my Gallade! You can get a Dawn stone as early as you feel like running to Medali. Gallade has amazing coverage that all plays into its 2nd ability “Sharpness” which boosts slicing type moves. Ability change items are so easy to get in this game too. Plus you don’t have to use Gardevoir

[@returnofskurk1633]

Nah, Meowscarada better than Skeledirge. It does not need to set up and moves first 99% of the time unlike Skeledirge which means you have to tank a hit, which can be hit or miss especially if you cannot oneshot. "But the first two gyms" yeah, you are going by gyms. What if you do Klawf first? Then Fuecoco or Crocalor struggles while Sprigatito/Floragato does not. Also while I like Annihilape, I find it kinda silly to use several Pokemon of the same typing on the "best team". Especially Tinkaton, that thing seems so out of place on the team. It has a good typing, but terrible stats.

[@FaolanHart]

I disagree with Tinkaton. People really underestimate it based on those stats. That thing basically decimated everything in my run. Even things its weak against because of that hammer. If its stats where higher it would be the best Pokémon in the game quite frankly.

[@returnofskurk1633]

@@FaolanHart Nope, people are rightfully calling it bad, as it is what it is. It is literally not that good, super easy to KO and does not hit hard, at all. Nor would it be the best if it just hit harder, lol.

[@ShadowofLegacy]

@@returnofskurk1633 Don't know what game you played. I used Tinkaton as well and it was MVP. It's extremely powerful and walled so many Pokemon and 1 shot so many mons. Fairy/steel is great typing and destroys almost everything. Tinkaton is arguably one of the most used Pokemon. I don't know what you are even remotely talking about. It's objectively a great Pokemon and super strong for a playthrough. You are just weird lol.

[@returnofskurk1633]

@@ShadowofLegacy I played Scarlet and Violet, you are just a goofy kid unable to handle that a Pokemon you like actually sucks in the game. Tinkaton is awful, it is slow, has bad physical defense, does not have good hp and has low attack stats, objectively. It doesn't oneshot anything. "One of the most used Pokemon" except that it literally isn't, lol. It's objectively BAD and super weak. You are the weird one here, not me. Your username alone is proof of it.

[@fattyshortlegs6162]

If annihilape isn’t on this I don’t want it

[@tentrilliconlp7748]

Have you even seen the thumbnail?

[@fattyshortlegs6162]

@@tentrilliconlp7748 I didn’t even realize

[@mnite25]

Lez goo another mystic umbrella banger

[@terryrds]

Used: Toxapex, Dragapult, Garganacl, Gardevoir, Lucario, and Meowscarada for my playthrough. Toxapex and Dragapult work well together, and Garganacl got me out of a lot of messy situations. The other three were just straight up batting cleanup.

[@FaolanHart]

I love all the starters this time around, but I honestly find the Ghost type to be a weakness most of the time, much like Ice. Pretty much everything has Dark type attacks. My favourite overall Starter is Decidueye & that Ghost type has almost always just been a weakness. So personally Meowscarada wins out for me, will be looking forward to that team. Garganacl is a great choice, mine dominated pretty much everything until it's ace status was replaced by Tinkaton. I found out in post-game that it had a negative Attack IV, I can only imagine what it would have done with Best. Its also probably got the best move pool of any Rock type I can think of. The type variety on the team is a little limited.

[@darlingfern]

I've been waiting for this one...turn it up

[@jasonsjy88]

This is a fantastic and awesome video mystic. Thank you very much bro!!!!! XD

[@man1nth3b4ckgaming4]

Not gonna lie, for the Elite 4, I essentially soloed half of them, plus the champion with Skeledirge. No overleveling or super specific strategies. Glad my boy's getting recognized.

[@DietersYT]

Gardevoir and Gastrodon are two of my all time faves. I wanted to use Gen 9 only on my first playthrough so we have some overlap: I used: Meowscarada Tinkaton Ahnillape Artibax Armarouge Clodsire/Gargancal

[@chrisjohnsen8448]

"If Pokemon allowed you to have 10 members on a team" That's literally what I've been doing since LGPE. Box link makes team rotation super easy, and it's honestly shocking that that hasn't been brought up at any point so far.

[@hanbanan2251]

Skeledirge with Will-o-Wisp + Hex and Quick Claw is THE move. Higher power than Shadow Ball, no doubling up on similar fire moves. I use a utility move in place of earth power (usually encore, sometimes protect) but earth power is nice for coverage too! 252 Sp Atk, split the rest in defenses and HP. He is a bulky monster!

[@hyrulezomby6828]

I like running drain punch on annihilape because I get a pretty good stab move, tank a couple hits, and then heal back enough damage where I can now use rage fist as a super strong stab ghost move.

[@theawesomeman9821]

For VGC doubles competitive, I recommend having on your team: Amonguss with hard hat and Ghouldengo with focus lash.

[@tedsmith8892]

Oh man thank you so very much playing violet and was having a hard time to figure out what I liked with skeledirge and love this thank you. Was gonna do sprigatito next you have one for her I'm playing violet by the way

[@kyabyss6314]

One thing i really like about skeledirge is that it takes all of the Champions pokemon except her ace Glimmora everything else it hits with super-effective damage.

[@manifestedmemory2448]

Had a Skeledirge with the exact same move set with my playthrough of scarlet before viewing this video, what a happy coincidence. Super effective or normal damage to every major battle. Even swept Geeta with just Skeledirge. earth power is early access too.

[@amitystan]

Hey Mystic, I have an idea to help with the teams for people who really want the best of the best sera on their Pokémon, if it’s okay to you, and I’m talking about showing the best ability, item and/or IVs/EVs ( and maybe tera types ) for each of the Pokémon, basically competitive but for in game characters,

[@TheGeekGauntletPodcast]

I have this team and I love it. Thank you for the line up!!!

[@Waffle_CODM]

I like how u made the best team with all the pokemon u can get from both games

[@Juanito825]

I use Skeledirge with Torch Song while holding throat spray. Gives a 2X special attack boost right off the bat

[@kylegadaleta]

My team was Meowscarada, Killowattrell, Tinkaton, Ceruledge, Clodsire, and then last spot was switching btwn Azumarill and Veluza when I eventually made it to the lake

[@thejiujitsumlo]

Gave my Sleledirge Torch Song Shadow Ball Energy ball for coverage And overheat Super useful during Terra raids. By using two torch songs to boost its special attack then a powerful overheat. I'm back at square one and can repeat the process

[@beyondawesomegaming3517]

That moment when you sweep arvens whole team with just anihalape. Not even using ice punch, just close combat and acrobatics goes to show a lot of move sets that mystic uses doesn’t need to be exactly the same

[@benjaminrosenbohm8910]

5:15 I would argue something like an iron defense+Body press combo would also work pretty well for garganacl. I see it used a bunch in competitive cuz of its gigantic def stat…(cause damage with body press is calculated via def, not attack)

[@timberich1647]

I already used Tinkaton in my Scarlett playthrough so when i play thru Violet I'm going to swap her out for Kingambit since Gardevoir has the Fairy type covered and I want to use Kingambit. I'm also going to swap acrobatics for U-turn on Annihalape because I like having a pivoter on my team and Ice punch covers 2/3 types that acrobatics is strong against (bug and grass) and it's immune to fighting types because of the ghost typing. Otherwise, great team that I look forward to using

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Tinkaton's great just with its great defensive typing and Gigaton Hammer but it's kind of weak without boosting moves if it isn't using Gigaton Hammer. Brick Break is also good for the Tinkaton vs Tinkaton match-up in the Elite Four too.

[@Lilla_Jatten]

I have both gardevoir and tinkaton in my team already, but I didn't put much thought of it at first. I just had them because I like both of those pokemon.

[@JonahhhTV]

Great team! I really wanted to focus on using new pokemon for this game. My team are Quaquaval,Ceruledge, Tinkaton, Farigiraf, Clodsire, and Pawmot 😁

[@williamspaulding8129]

hey, mystic, i may have a good pokemon for one of the best teams for the alternate starters: kilowattrel. kilowattrel mostly fills the same role as something like whimsicott in speed control, while it doesn't have prankster it does have an incredibly high speed stat at base 125 and access to tailwind, it can also pivot with volt switch and paralyze with thunder wave, i think it could synergize well with quaquaval as kilowattrel could help with grass types and quaquaval could help with the rock and ice types kilowattrel fears.