Top 10 BEST Pokemon In Scarlet and Violet

[@MysticUmbreon]

Hey folks, for those asking a bit about Tinkaton, the Charcadet evolutions, and more -- I tried very hard not too repeat myself too much on this Best list and bring more of my general opinion into it, bringing over Annihilape and Clodsire but leaving the others on my Should Use list which was definitely a lot more about just how good they are in-game only. Trust me, I love Tinkaton, and you just might be seeing it again very soon ;) So if you're looking for Tinkaton and a few other Pokemon, I spoke about them a lot more on that other video, which you can find right here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2OsoGivZdZphtE

[@WinoaKaronhiatens]

I was thinking Gardevour was useful as a raid healer or team battle healer but I can't say it's the best. However you can trust it's heals unlike cheers. Also some pokemon even have rezzes so it may be questionable even on that to other pokemon.Which if this wasn't important this gen they'd likely not get these new rezz skills.

[@theproducer321]

Man clodsire i swear might be one of the most useful pokemon in this game it helps out so much haha i love it

[@johnnyhall4335]

So when are you going to make that "Best Team" video?

[@aliastheabnormal]

Gardevoir has mystical fire now. So Steel types can go die now.

[@MysticUmbreon]

@@johnnyhall4335 very soon!

[@Wrathful_woodie]

I think I get why palafin looks so similar to its pre evo. It's a superhero who blends in with the rest of the population, and needs to go change to his hero clothes.

[@icyboi7696]

Oh my god you are 100% right. Its literally the Clark Kent and Superman of Pokémon

[@blksmagma]

I really wish more people got that. Its design is super plain, but thats literally Clark Kent to a T. Hence "zero to hero". There's also a Disney's Hercules reference there.

[@mattmelville3888]

I also heard it is actually a direct reference to superman, having it level up at 38 which is when the first issue of superman came out (1938).

[@Wrathful_woodie]

@Matt Melville i thought of superman from the beginning, but he was the start of a lot of superhero tropes. I didn't know of the level, which i think is really cool. I'm a huge superman fan.

[@Quetzalcoatlus100]

It's neat but still a weird one in its Hero form to look at

[@FlipMyster]

Annihilape is one of my new favourite pokemon. The fact that he basically got so angry he died and then goes on to have amazing stats and an incredible design is so cool.

[@jorgegamboa5821]

His dex entry in Scarlet reads "When its anger rose beyond a critical point, this Pokémon gained power that is unfettered by the limits of its physical body." Bro literally went super saiyan 3!

[@darthkage2163]

Mine was a straight beast through my play through solo'd the normal and Ice gyms with him along with the fighting star base one of my favourites of the game

[@FlipMyster]

@@darthkage2163 same, haven't finished the game but all the gyms i've gone through have been dominated with inihilape. His name speaks for itself i guess.

[@johnkyl123]

People actually missed the entire point of his design lol. When you read anything surrounding the mythos of “ascension” the soul must leave the physical body to obtain higher power. The body is what keeps the soul’s infinite power bound. So primeape quite literally got so angry at being weak, that died and then ascended to limitless power as a ghost still able to interact with the physical world. He literally got so mad, he said fuck this, I’m coming back as a ghost with limitless power lol. And that’s why he continuously get stronger as he’s attacked in his ascension form.

[@gioanysgonzalez3396]

Armorouge should have been mentioned since it’s the best Fire type aside from Skeledrige. I mean it’s really bulky, it’s immune and power up by fire attacks, you can get it really early, and it learns Psyshock and Mystical Fire upon evolution, it’s move set is amazing, and on top of that, it hits real freakin hard and when it learns Armor Cannon it can practically one shot almost anything that’s not bulky or resisted to fire.

[@conjonsilver_]

Agreed. I beat all of the late game with calm mind armourage and setting up or quaquaval swords dance. Armourage has a great move pool as well with psychic, shadowball, flamethrower, energy ball and willow wisp

[@supasage8131]

I 3rd this. If I find an Assualt best, combined with it's already high defense. Come on...

[@Big_Nick31]

Ceruledge>>

[@darianclark3980]

Gioanys yeah, I agree. It should switch places with Clodsire since it cant really hit hard

[@tommycleary1431]

I turned mine into a confuse ray, willowisp, sunny day, flamethrower wall who can easily catch Pokemon for me lol. By far one of my favorites of this generation for sure

[@IsaacPK]

If Tinkaton isn't on this list I'm gonna lose my mind

[@gabemaurer4969]

One of my favs this gen for sure! Top 5

[@dripyonko_3912]

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[@dyce8539]

Flutter mane better

[@nickb6425]

I think I’m about to lose my mind then

[@marvsland]

No tinaton on the list lol

[@Bogrin]

Garganacl was the big surprise for me in my first playthrough! That and Clodsire carried me in all the hard battles!

[@slackerofhell]

Garganacl is like an even more suped up Gigalith but with an even better ability. It's great.

[@MilkJugA_]

I wish Squawkabilly and Flamigo had evolutions, because they have cool concepts limited by their stats

[@bawdydaram8114]

Flamigo has amazing stats tho with a solid 500 BST

[@MilkJugA_]

@@bawdydaram8114 oh shit yeah you're right. still i feel like there's a lot of other underwhelming non-evolution pokemon in this game, either new or carried over from a previous one

[@OPGardevoir]

Nah I used flamigo on my play through and I was SO good but I do agree that it should get an evolution it looks a little too much like a real flamingo imo 😅

[@christopherhu7189]

Flamingo fits into that category of Pokémon where it looks like a early game mon but for some reason has the base stats of an late one.

[@netweed09]

@@bawdydaram8114 500 BST = ''amaZinG'' he said. 😂

[@wowomah6194]

Gallade is my dooooood. I'm still opting for him in Scarlet and Violet just because he still has a good combo of types, looks cool, and frankly, despite playing Pokemon since the originals as a kiddo, I just never used Gallade when he was released and so he's, ironically, a "new" Pokemon to me haha

[@UmbraStarWolf]

He is new cause he gets the new ability sharpness who boost his slashing moves

[@zacharyjoy8724]

Well, I hope you enjoy him now. I tried him in Platinum, and I also feel in love with his awesomeness. And now he has a new ability? Sweet!

[@wowomah6194]

@@UmbraStarWolf Well then he is double-new for me!

[@TheXabronsio]

I use him every single chance I have lol

[@SantosOverlord]

Palafin is an hero moved by friendship, thats why you need the union circle to evolve, so that he learns about the power of friendship

[@randalwalker6957]

No, Palafin is based on Superman. Finizen is based on Clark Kent prior to becoming Superman. The level 38 requirement is a nod to that.

[@pyro5159]

Have no fear and do you know why? For I am here!

[@devilfacethedarklord]

Nah fam this is an anime game.its obviously based on All Might

[@noahgabel7487]

@@devilfacethedarklord No Palafin is based on Superman and it even evolves at level 38 with the union circle but 1938 is when the first Superman comic came out, it's literally a reference to Superman not All might lol

[@ShouldaWoulda]

Pokemon can draw from more than one place. Why not both?

[@gray-pogo2916]

On corvinight the 4th move should be Bulk up. Since it raises both attack and defense, you’ll get a boost to brave bird and iron head while also getting a boost to body press

[@mattmanley7118]

My corvinight awaits 😅

[@netweed09]

No, all you'll need is Iron defense. Cut out Physical weaknesses completely and double the Power of Body Press anyway in 1 fell swoop.

[@gray-pogo2916]

@@netweed09 and what if you ran into a ghost type? Now your body press sweep has ended. That’s why I mentioned bulk up. It might only raise both attack and defense 1 stage but it still helps with backup plans

[@hypershadicfusionofhope9342]

That's pretty much the set I ran with Corviknight in my playthrough of Scarlet.

[@BioZombie77]

@@gray-pogo2916 I would switch Pokemon since your only issue is Ghost and iron defense with Body press wipes the floor with everything else so you only need a Pokemon to deal with Ghosts and usually you have that.

[@TheTrueMorse64]

14:15 I definitely used Palafin on my Violet team (main game) and I love it! When I first got it to evolve I was like “What!!!! Why does it just look like the exact same as Finizen?!?!” (And keep in mind I didn’t see anything about it beforehand and was going into the game completely blind) but then I saw it’s ability and found out about the form change and absolutely loved it and it’s been really good on my team! It also reminds me of Hercules because of that ability And as for the moveset I ran, I used Jet Punch, Ice Punch, and Drain Punch and had it hold the Punching Glove to power all those up, and the the fourth move of course was Flip Turn to activate Hero Form

[@soapyphie]

there’s a Naclstack in the wild that has a Ghost Tera type with Curse, combine it with Salt Cure and you have an HP draining MACHINE

[@rtbog6442]

Wait it’s in every game?

[@soapyphie]

@@rtbog6442 yeah the overworld tera pokemon are the same for every game! There’s a map with all of them online, and the Naclstack is east of Port Marinada

[@tompatrikc]

Clodsire is the only pokemon I caught that I have kept for the whole runtrough he just felt good being immune to electric and healing from water! the new wooper form just looked cool so I picked him up straight away.

[@calvinalston685]

My Clodsire has poison point and it’s still so reliable

[@carlharris7282]

hes been the MVP on my team, ive had him since wooper at like level 6 and hasnt left the team since

[@arkavalon5347]

I think that it should stay away from Veluza with Mold Breaker. It goes through Water Absorb, I think.

[@chaliceohearts4658]

I think why Palafin being initially no different than it’s pre evolution is to reference the “Clark Kent” part of Superman that is also “just an ordinary guy”. Palafin’s normal form is it’s secret identity and it has to go change into Hero Form out of view because it’s “secret identity” would be blown if you saw it changing. It’s like how the superheroes of comic books also can’t afford to have their secret identities revealed.

[@Cussie3]

@0:41 "let's not waste anymore time, let's get into it" followed immediately by "before we start check my shorts and other channel" 😂

[@MikesterMF]

Really think people are sleeping on Kilowattrel right now

[@amandamakin1542]

I have to mention that Finizen & the evolution, Palafin reminds me of Ecco the Dolphin, a surprisingly dark Genesis/Mega Drive game about a normal bottlenose dolphin who is given super powers to save his pod from monsters who stole them away from him. That's what makes the Finizen line one of my favourite Scarlet & Violet Pokémon.

[@AlexsaurusRex]

I got that game for the 3ds and didn't know what to do in it. It's real nice in the visuals department though

[@Dragonemperess]

Cute Dolphin vs H.R. Geiger creations.

[@bobble-hat-01]

i was very glad to see glimmora brought up, it's one of my favorite new pokemon purely for it's design, though I'm not 100% sure what it's based on

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

And that’s why gardevoir is the Ultimate Casual Pokémon

[@HurricaneDev]

Man I am eating up your content like candy. I appreciate your time and input on this!

[@bradleydenny3116]

My favorite to take down most of the gyms and badges was my boy Lucario and with the tera type Ice still made him cool to use

[@Foxy-Mask_Menace]

I have a Lucario too. He is such a great pokemon.

[@LatinGiudo817]

I see someone caught that Lv. 75 Lucario in that one cave 😏

[@PokéJolt50]

I'm shocked Tinkaton did not make the list. Arguably the best Steel-type introduced this generation, with access to Gigaton Hammer and Mold Breaker. Quaquaval with Aqua Step and Moxie as well as some good coverage was great to use, too. Oh, well. I guess I can't deny that Garchomp and Gardevoir are here for a reason, and the other new 'mon introduced in this region are just as good, some of them I used like Clodsire. If anything, I'm also surprised none of the Starters are here. I was expecting one of them to be mentioned.

[@BlinkofaStorm]

Same, but also with Bone doggy he didn't mention the terror that is it's Sig. Move that I guess you won't be using much since story mode is pretty easy.

[@LatinGiudo817]

That's what I'm saying. I have her on my playthrough team and she's so fun to use. Gigaton Hammer might have a Torment drawback, but one BONK is all you need

[@totalSLACK]

What would you say about Gallade vs Gardevoir? Would Gallade make it to the list as an equal to Gardevoir? If the fairy type is already accounted for in a squad, would you still say Gallade is a solid pick for a team, or would you try to fill the psychic and fighting roles with someone else?

[@nicholasbelangermartin6269]

the fairy is what makes it better overall , there is better fight pokemon

[@returnofskurk1633]

With the new ability Gallade has, I prefer Gallade personally.

[@totalSLACK]

@@returnofskurk1633 I agree, but I guess my question is what does Gallade NOT have that what it is about Gardevoir that puts it where she is in the list? Or does Gallade have the things Gardevoir has that puts her where she is on the list?

[@returnofskurk1633]

@@totalSLACK Technically people value strong fairy types, which Gardevoir is. Even though Gallade now has harder hitting moves thanks to the new ability. Gardevoir is still higher ranked on my list of favorite Pokemon, but in terms of who to use for battles Gallade seems more beneficial. The difference is that there is more competition between fighting types than with fairy. (A lot of good fighting types in Scarlet and Violet, if you'd do a monorun fighting would definitely be fun)

[@DungForever]

Listen, Gardevoir is literally one of my favorite Pokemon and I always have her on team for a second or later playthrough BUT I don't understand why it's being considered the strongest or even best for this region. If we were in a region where it's type combination is extremely helpful I would agree but this region is pretty balanced with the Team Star based, Titans and Gyms.

[@devilrider39000000]

Personal bias, that's why its 1 on this list.

[@thebukojoeplays]

@@devilrider39000000 Same thoughts, man. I'm actually so disappointed by this list.

[@devilrider39000000]

@@thebukojoeplays Don't get me Wrong Garde is a good mon, but over Palafin, that's insane.

[@manporo5865]

You haven't played the full game right? Psychic and fairy are the most useful typing for this entire region aside from ground. And Gardevoir is a coverage god, being able to hit for at least 2x against any type with prior preparation (which this game made completely accessible). I avoided using her because I knew Gardevoir would make the game be on easy mode

[@BlazinBoomsy]

6:36 I know that we're not talking about competitive, but Houndstone is the most busted Pokémon in this Gen.

[@Giratina575]

Him and flutter mane

[@ldmtag]

Best pokemon? 1. Azumarill raised from Tera Normal Azurill for triple Huge Power STAB 2. Jumpluff for speedy Sleep Powder and Leech Seed 3. Eviolite Bisharp for taking hits and catching mons with False Swipe 4. Gyarados for Intimidate. Seriously, you don't even have to raise it from Magicarp, just catch lv51 in the wild and just switch it in a couple times 5. Either Oinkologne or Clodsire just for boosting your team's overal bulk 6. Salazzle to beat the sh*t out of Arven's Scovillan 7. Switch any of the above with Counter Annihilape cos that kid can beat Mabosstiff even being SEVERELY underleveled.

[@ssjgarfield]

To me, my starter Lyle (Fuecoco to Skeledirge) has been one of my greatest assets to my team where I started out with just using gen 9 Pokémon (With the exception of Primeape and Girafarig, but only to have access to their new evolutions). While fairly slow, Skeledirge can hit hard with it's signature move Torch Song, raising it's special attack after every turn of using it, but it can take hits like crazy.

[@domenicaz390]

I was incredibly surprised when my Skeledirge was outspeeding 90% of the pokemon I had to battle. He is a monster and carried me through a lot of battles

[@dragonmaster870]

I trained my Fuecoco with a power anklet and it helped the speed a bit better

[@MacaroniMiracleMac]

My new insanely powerful Pokémon I was suprised wasn’t on the list ( also my new fav Pokémon ) is Ceruledge!

[@LatinGiudo817]

Mystic usually doesn't like to include version exclusives

[@MacaroniMiracleMac]

@@LatinGiudo817 oh ty

[@Kid_illithid]

I was so pumped to get a huge power azurill at the beginning of the game. I bred an adamant one. My level 35 azumarill almost soloed the earth Titan on its own. It’s moves miss sometimes but it just clobbers everything in its path

[@michaelcollazo7911]

Rabsca, Gyrados, Water paldean tauros, Toadscruel and gholdengo getting slept on.

[@beatssquaa]

My final Violet version Elite 4 Team (going in the first time) was: Palafin, Ceruledge, Meowscarada, Eelektross, Baxcalibur, and Great Tusk (I traded a shiny early on to get one from Scarlet)

[@danielebowman]

Can't agree on Gardivor, she kept getting one hit KO'ed when I was using her in a number of battles, before I dropped her out as I re-structured my team with 2 gyms to go roughly.

[@sevenmilano]

Gardevoir is also one of my favorite pokemon but the short explanation doesn't justify its spot. It has a nice movepool but it has average speed, weak physical defense, and HP. You emphasized the great stat distribution of the other Pokemon but Gardevoir's summary can easily be applied to Hatterene, Espeon, and Lucario.

[@Cardlimits]

I like how we can find dratini's in the middle of the journey, and they're like level 52 already so it saves alot of struggle

[@ZaxFSO8083]

My early team members that I never had to remove are Skeledirge, Wugtrio and Clodsire, I just reached the post game and these 3 hard carried, and I love them too much to even think of removing them.

[@shawnhancock468]

I've never used a bug pokemon before besides Scyther on any team, but I've been using Rabsca and it has surprised me in the best way. So far it has been soloing everything I've thrown it at. Including 3 Titans, 3 Gym Leaders, and 2 Team Star fortresses. I also love the design its definitely worth a try even if you aren't into bug types.

[@samfordmagnus7774]

Rabsca was an unexpected monster on my team personally. I had a hard time picking a planned 6th mon and I was like fuck it I'll use the scarab.

[@JG_113]

Volcarona for me. I know it doesn't evolve until lvl 59, but it did some HEAVY lifting for me in the end game. I don't see a lot of people use it so it's a fun and unique mon as well. Just watch out for those rock types.

[@itspapaghost6989]

throw assault vest on gargancal and you have a true defensive tank. Also with bisharp having a new evo it can use eviolite which upgrades it’s defense to 150 and sp defense to 105 and if you have a sp defense nature it will be 112 sp defense alongside its 125 attack and not bad 70 speed. It also has the ability defiant and has swords dance.

[@Giratina575]

The problem with that is that you'll be unable to use recover due the assault vest

[@NotGord]

BTW a 50% boost to stats doesn't mean a 50% boost to the actual base stat. This is even more so if you invest evs into it.

[@Naythe004]

Can we please get a Top 10 Best Pokémon (Gen 9 only)? Some of us actually want to use new Pokémon.

[@chunnisama6835]

I was holding my breath when you'd joke about Gardevoir being #1. It's slow and squishy competitive wise. Scizor one shots it. In fact so many things on your list one shots it.

[@colbert6122]

Tinkaton, Baxcalibur, Kilowattrel should definitely be included, & Lokix is a cool bug type

[@andromeda232]

I agree Tinkaton is such a great pokemon, and so is Kilowattrel

[@porglicious9636]

Tinkaton has such a cool design and signature move, but its stats are just way to bad for me.

[@Slither.Wing.]

@@porglicious9636 tbf if it had good stats with a signature move like that and an amazing typing it would just be the Zacian of OU

[@devilrider39000000]

I would have chosen Baxcalibur on this list over Chomp, but I think the fact that Chomp is easier to obtain influenced Mystic's decision.

[@porglicious9636]

@@Slither.Wing. I just wish its attack had even the slightest boost. 75 base attack just sucks so bad

[@elizabethwoodall7057]

Altaria tbh. For really tough mons you can invest in speed and perish song to get rid of Pokémon you don’t have a counter for

[@zeospark9715]

I want to make a mention to Kilowattrel. It's a very good Pokemon to have and Electric/Flying has always been a good typing. Plus it's really fast and has fairly good Special Attack making it pretty good glass cannon. You can also find Wattrel everywhere around coasts.

[@slackerofhell]

It's easily my fave of the new Pokemon. Great value Zapdos is ridiculously fast and deals heavy damage.

[@blaster915]

Damn. Gaudevoir was the FIRST pokémon I replaced in my team. Just didn't hit like I needed. Was replaced by Clodsire

[@KugelBlitz0]

I was going to use Gardevoir this playthrough, but I found Tinkatink shortly after, and didn't want 2 fairy types. Sorry, but the big hammer prevailed this time!

[@noahgabel7487]

My clogsire has water absorb and a quick claw which gives it a chance to negate it's lack of speed sometimes, I'm sure there's a better item it could hold but I like mine how it is

[@Jevone9388]

I’m glad Annihlape is so good. I managed to catch a shiny Mankey, so I’m happy that I’m actually going to be able to use him

[@RenegadeGamer89]

Palafin and Meowsquerada have amazing synergy with each other. Lead with Palafin, use Flip Turn then bring out Meowsquerada. U-Turn back into Palafin, gg anyone you play against in game.

[@slackerofhell]

I'm all about Killowattrel. Great value Zapdos is my fave from this generation. Grafaiai is pretty cool, too.

[@ajibarra23]

Technician Maushold is so much fun. Population Bomb (mine is holding a wide lens) with a Tidy Room set up is one of my favorite combos this gen. I just imagine a group of mice jumping an opponent Pokémon. Plus, I saw someone online that named thiers MausPit. Beautiful.

[@sdmofficial1506]

I found a terra garchamp in a cave who was 65 I had to catch it. My team was only 40 at the moment.

[@TheRezignator]

Kilowattrel is one of the best pokemon during a playthrough. With Volt absorb it gets immunities to both ground and electric attacks, and is only hit super effective by ice and rock. It has an high base speed and access to Volt Switch letting it come in and out to eat up any stray electric or ground moves. Speaking of eating up ground moves Orthworm ended up being the literal backbone of my team. I had a lot of U-turn esque moves on my team and Orthworm was almost always the right switch in. plus it gets Shed Tail to let it give a set up sweeper (Ceruledge in my case) the chance it needs to setup and clean house..

[@apricot8301]

Gonna comment before I watch, but Flamigo is a god damn monster for in game play. Not only is Fighting/Flying an amazing type in general AND for a lot of major battles, this thing has 115 base attack and you can catch it BEFORE THE FIRST GYM. Thing is like a fully evolved mon while you're stomping anything not bulky to take even one hit. Also lasts well into your playthrough because 115 attack and really good speed is just solid even during the elite 4.

[@archienw110]

Baxcalibur using icicle spear holding loaded dice is so powerful even with neutral damage, im surprised this line wasn’t mentioned at all

[@manporo5865]

3rd slowest pseudo legendary and the 2 it outspeeds have more balanced movesets and better stat distribution

[@kazukiishimura3972]

Will Sylveon be in the Top ten Fairy list of non legendary Pokemon? I wanted to see at least one evolved form of Eevee in the non legendaries

[@BlackSaiyanKing]

My Final Pokémon Violet Team Is Palafin Tinkaton Clodsire Pawmot Ceruledge Goodra

[@ajlucky0076]

Tinkaton is literally insane. Gigaton hammer just one shots EVERYTHING. I am shocked they didn't make the list.

[@jeffloud6180]

It didnt make it due to how bad its stats are. Rigatoni hammer carries it and makes it actually decent

[@ajlucky0076]

@@jeffloud6180 Stats are pretty weird, but the typing saves it. Tinkaton is immune to 2 types and resists a whopping 9 types. They can also outspeed the majority of pokemon with a base 94 speed stat. I think Tinkaton will be used as a bulky fairy slayer

[@SuperSaiyanRome]

My Top 10 were Great Tusk, Dondozo and Tatsugiri in duo battles is OP. My Skeledirge damn near destroyed ALL the gyms by himself, Tinkaton was amazing, and the rest are TBD rn. I beat the whole game but I’m still debating which are the best ones imo

[@totalSLACK]

Team Skeledirge! 😎🤙

[@colbert6122]

Torch song, Earth power, Shadow ball, Hyper voice/Will-o-wisp?

[@blueblank8287]

You can also get Palafin from high-level raids, as I recall! Still likely to take a person a long time to get unless they’re very, very lucky (even if you do have online access and don’t have a Union party so you’re trying to get one by joining others’ raids, good luck on getting in on a Palafin raid before it’s full), but at least a non-paywalled option exists.

[@FredHorein]

RE: Palafin, cost for the NSO subscription isn't the only barrier to getting access to a Union Circle. It's also cost for the internet service itself. Not to mention, a lot of the world doesn't have access to reliable high speed internet (even countries like the U.S. still struggle with that). I mean, in theory it's no worse than trade evolutions, but to me that's just a case that we need to get rid of the latter as well (like they did in Arceus).

[@frankgonzales8098]

I am liking Quaxley a lot, and I am very glad that we have a lot of Pokemon choicces in this generation. I can even get a Lucario!

[@legacylibra7480]

Been using Palafin (flip turn) with Meowscarada (U-turn) and Kilowattrel (Volt Switch) on my play through and it's been amazing to use. Got Goodra as my special wall then Armorouge and Anniliape as my secondary mixed attackers.

[@angelpineda8097]

Oh my gosh so happy to hear about clodsire because I just recently got a shiny wooper!

[@kellebour9794]

Garganacl with Curse and Recover and the Purifying Salt ability as well as Ghost Tera type was super fun for my first playthru

[@Arcanas3]

You slept hard on Ceruledge. It has insane physical attack, decent speed, excellent movepool, and it's signature move heals it. Houndstone should have also been higher. There's a reason it got put on Smogon's banned list a week after the game came out.

[@spiralgamer333]

I ended up having both Clodsire and Gardevoir on my team this time, so it's great seeing them on this list. My rest of my team was Meowscarada, Lucario, Kilowattrel and Ceruledge.

[@Jimmy-gr5vb]

It took 20+ years for Mankey for finally get some evolution love ❤️ 😍 👏

[@andrewmlink]

Maushold should be here based on its OP Population Bomb and either kings rock or wide lens. Completely flattens opponents

[@aviatinggamer9051]

Tinkerton is a huge snub. Also, I would’ve included Goodra at the same spot of Garchomp. With the new region gimmick you can give it the poison typing it’s always deserved giving it STAB on its poison moves. Could also give it water Tera if you want STAB on water skills it can learn but there’s that dolphin Pokémon, water tauros, and other great water options.

[@keenanklauz2777]

Tinkaton deserves the spot om the list that thing is a beast

[@whacker01]

Surprised Baxcalibur or any of the starters are here especially quaquaval

[@SP1ROLEGEND]

The best Pokémon in my opinion on my team is Lycanrock Charizard Mewoscarada Garchomp GENGAR

[@wesleyhunt7599]

My Hall of Fame team was Quaquaval, Dragapult, Corviknight, Weavile, Magneton, and Gogoat. The last one was there to take out the Whiscash at the beginning of the Elite four.

[@kartavianmacrath7219]

I named my Gardy, Victor, he is adorable and I love him... This is the first game I have played that I even considered, what would make a competitive team and Anni, I named her Wolfy, and Tink who I named Norada Thora. Great video!

[@aarongreen2064]

you can honestly argue like 30 pokemon to be in the top 10 spot for these games. There is so many good ones that you can get really early.

[@McKolton]

I found a shiny nacli before the elite four. So using it to crush Mr. Larry and that ground type user ( I forgot his name) was fun. Then during the champion battle I used it with mud bomb and then sending out my dondozo was great. 10/10 team.

[@The_Jho]

Great tusk fricken solo’d all of scarlet for me, caught the ground titan one so it had 30 in every iv while being a massive tank while being fast and hitting hard too, not even the psychic gym was a challenge with it as it out sped and one shotted all of them while being around the same level

[@GamingG4276]

Sorry Mystic, but I have used Gardevoir as my main Fairy type a bit too much lately. I went with Florges for my first Violet playthrough.

[@johnnypollack3243]

Love the video and keep up the great work

[@coolguy5133]

Even though I caught a Ralts♀️ with the Dragon Tera type in a Raid Den, I was going to wait to add Gardevoir to my Pokedex when the connection to Pokemon Home is available, I have an Alpha Ralts♀️ waiting to be brought over.

[@ShowFly]

For my playthrough at least, my dragon dance Gyarados was a hard carry hahaha

[@CyborgForgael]

Raichu. You can get Pichu early on, and it evolves to Pikachu quickly. If you know where to find the Thunderstone on the map, you can have a strong Pokémon that can “relearn” Thunderbolt and Nasty Plot. Great to have before the first gym!

[@orala2593]

What about Gyarados evolves at level 20 and gets dragon dance and flying stab do to terra.

[@gabrieltownsend6102]

Gengar was actually heavily used in my playthrough.

[@lucascurrin2398]

I have to say houndstone ahould be higher, just for the move last respects makes it one shot anyone if you have multiple deceased pokemon. Add in you have it paired with someone with sandstream it's so op

[@MrArcadia2009]

I got Gible early on, and he's still tearing shit up on my team. Gardevoir has been on my team since early on. I caught Ralts near the beginning, not even knowing if it was good, or not. I still caught it, anyway. I've used them both enough to put my trust in them.

[@minmin8580]

The Gardevoir bias is real. This thing has been outclassed decades ago lol. Its still good but no. 1 is just ridiculous.

[@AceTrainerSquirtle]

You don’t actually need NSO to evolve Finizen. I believe Union Rooms can be made offline.

[@BlueWolfZero]

Gardevoir: **ranked #1 for best Pokémon to use for a Scarlet and Violet team** Gallade: **Sharpness intensifies**

[@lambsauce54]

Hey Mystic, any chance of doing a series on "Best Pokemon Per Route In A Nuzlocke" ? I think you'd enjoy it and provide us Trainers really helpful content!

[@just_a_rebel8261]

You forgot the fact houndstone gets the most broken move in the game which got it banned combined with sand rush he's one of the strongest mons to come out this gen

[@pyro5159]

That's a good reason it's on the list but with it's speed stat being low and Sucker Punch so common no real reason to mention it

[@sketchtheparadigmyork1217]

Clodsire is amazing. I found a shiny wooper within my first hour of playing online, and he’s staying on my team forever. Even with just good ivs he’s a tank

[@jaydenhanson3348]

My end game team Quaquavol Armourage Gholdengo Annihilape Glimmora Baxcalibur Kinda wish I started with meowscarada, Managed to get fuecoco from wonder trade

[@DarkestVoid]

A list like this should’ve been just the new Pokémon. Regardless Gardevoir absolutely should not be number one. It’s nowhere near as good as half the Pokémon here at least and honestly just isn’t as good as people act like it is.

[@adriankylev]

I used Glimmora on a whim based on its design and amazing stats and loved it! Seeing it on Greeta’s team made me feel so validated in my choice

[@N7Landry]

Palofin is the one i need to get but no mates

[@Andres-pk5bb]

I looked at clodsire and feel in love. I used it for a bit then benched it due to it not being able to keep up with its low base stat total. Todd’s rule is my special wall now.

[@ComeFurtherUp]

Fun Fact: NaCl is the chemical compound for salt hence why its name is Nacli and Naclstack and Garganacl and it's the rock salt pokemon. Thought that was interesting

[@mrworldwide6993]

I mean, i’ve got Palafin and Scizor from raid dens and i’ve not got switch online. So it is available without needing to join a friends game and not needing to do trade evolutions.

[@mattymattmason]

I think Copperajah is a better choice than Garganacl. Insane defense and attack, and it can learn hella moves. I always use it for dragon Tera raids because it can use fairy type moves. Loved these picks though!