Top 10 Most Powerful Non Legendary Pokemon

They may not be legends, but they sure pack a punch. Join Ashley as we look over the strongest Pokemon across the franchise that aren't classes as legendaries, including the likes of "Garchomp", "Charizard", "Gardevoir", and more! Which of these Pokemon do you always make room for in your team? Let us know in the comments!
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[@WatchMojo]

They may not be legends, but they sure pack a punch! Which of these Pokemon do you always make room for in your team? Let us know in the comments! To see more Pokemon content, click here! -------> kzbin.info/www/bejne/nImZZZpseMyfkNE Become a channel member to get access to special perks: kzbin.info/door/aWd5_7JhbQBe4dknZhsHJgjoin

[@BowserMovies1989]

Lucario, Dragonite, Alakazam, Charizard, and Tyranitar

[@vanessasandoval96]

1. Ash-Greninja Waterium Z 💧 2. Dusk Lycanroc Lycanium Z 🐺🪨 3. Krookodile Sunglasses 🕶️ Darkinium Z 🌙 4. Charizard Charizardite X 5. Lucario Lucarite Fightingium Z Steelium Z 6. Pikachu G-MAX Electricium Z Pikanium Z

[@omanyte9972]

Top 10 greatest fairy-type pokémon

[@omanyte9972]

Top 10 greatest bug-type pokémon

[@devingiles6597]

Swampert, Lucario, Garchomp, Dragonite, Gengar and Metagross.

[@KoolBeanz101]

Surprised Volcarona didn''t make the list. Not only is it crazy strong, but it's literally treated like a legendary pokemon (especially in pokemon black & whiteand it's sequels)

[@Azel247]

I suppose that's because Volcarona never had a chance to shine in the anime. It has very few appearances and the only notable one was where it was defeated by a Jellicent.

[@KoolBeanz101]

@@Azel247 that is very tru

[@SiCxNeMeSiS]

I think this list based on the show 🤷‍♂️ not sure tho

[@KoolBeanz101]

@@SiCxNeMeSiS probably

[@eljordinio7647]

Yeah. You give this month quiver dance and it can shred

[@bigguy952]

I’d like to see a list of Team Rocket’s best moments

[@leonardolim8976]

James: oh wow like dont we make like the coolest girls. AAHHHHH Jessie: stop acting like an ignoramus

[@surajhawk27]

All 9 would be blasting off and 1 will be not blasting off

[@bigguy952]

@@surajhawk27 yea number one would involve Bewear lol. But no they do have some great moments like when they got their z-rings or dealing with James’ fiancé

[@luisbarragan1539]

God bless the soul of that murkrow at 5:30 taking on that garchomp

[@tylermcbean273]

I already knew Machamp was a powerhouse since it's victory against goro

[@draco4569]

@Christopher Richardson Myself included.

[@LordRumshi]

If there's a sequel video to this one, gyarados should be in the list as pokedex entries tell how their rage has destroyed cities in ancient civilizations.

[@potatomatop9326]

The most powerful non legendary pokemon is a karen from walmart.

[@gensmoke1226]

Them bitches super effective at being annoying

[@southparkstanmarshofficial]

"I would like to see your manager"

[@killgamer0014]

​@@southparkstanmarshofficiali am the manager

[@joshuamohlman]

Underrated comment

[@emilyholasek63]

It's super effective!!

[@angel71717]

Honestly shocked that Greninja doesn't even get an honourable mention here??? Especially when we all cheered and were enthralled everytime Ash-Greninja came on the scene and stole the show throughout the Kalos Saga and even in Master/Ultimate Journey? Respect to Greninja's awesomeness!

[@jamiepearsonn]

Bruhh, Greninja is not as good as the other Pokemon here, It's just really favoured by the anime.

[@mdrasedulhoque992]

​@@jamiepearsonnGame and anime logic is for most part different. Charzard is overrated in anime compared to games,but it made the list anyway.

[@preet31123]

​@@mdrasedulhoque992 yes but in anime there are many strong trainers using Charizard while none except ash use greninja

[@mdrasedulhoque992]

@@preet31123 Different topic brother. None of those trainer use Pikachu,but it is top on the list because it's Ash's ace pokemon. Same with Ash-Greninja which isn’t your average Greninja either by Anime logic.

[@preet31123]

@@mdrasedulhoque992 That is the reason why Pikachu is not on the list in anime only ash pikachu and greninja are strong why charizard is a Pokemon which is strong in general

[@khubbbuddha8287]

Salamence should have definitely been on the list smh

[@Z-KzV]

They messed up bad. How is Salamence not there. I'm not surprised by watchmojo anymore. They make omissions to get people talking smh

[@HorrendousCaliber]

yeah Salamence is a terrifying monster machine capable of destroying almost all pokemon, except legendaries and a few other pseudos

[@TickleMyNonos]

Ash's lists are definitely always my favorite(s), but I feel like he hasn't been doing many lately! Nice to see a comeback man, unless I'm just oblivious

[@champ7644]

Because ash left anime

[@TickleMyNonos]

@@champ7644 why?)':

[@champ7644]

@@TickleMyNonos D: he wom biggest tournament, nothing left

[@steadydropnem]

@@champ7644 how old is Ash?? To me he still looks the same age from first ever pokemon episode lol he accomplished all his goals and dreams that fast? 😂

[@champ7644]

@@steadydropnem yes

[@jaykoblue172]

4 of these Pokemon Ash owns: Charizard, Dragonite, Gengar and Lucario. 4 of these Pokemon Ash doesn’t own: Machamp, Alakazam, Gardevoir and Metagross. 2 Ash could’ve owned: Garchomp if he evolved his Gible and Tyranitar if Ash kept the Larvitar he hatched and evolved it.

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

And for those who are responsible for not letting some of Ash's Pokemon evolve into their stronger and even more powerful forms and letting Ash owns those Pokemon in the first place:The Writers. Seriously, They do that, every single time when they making a Pokemon series.

[@jaykoblue172]

@@jeuryrabassa4724 Yeah it's annoying, Most of Ash's Pokemon are [art of Evolution families and yet a majority of them haven't fully evolved.

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

@@jaykoblue172 Cause these writers get so damn lazy, They're just like:"You know what,f**k it." "Let's give most of Ash's Pokemon a power boost and plot armor in their baby forms, without even evolve them." That's so stupid, Not Even a Yu-Gi-Oh writer wouldn't do that and it would do a much better and clever writing than those lazy bums.

[@jaykoblue172]

@@jeuryrabassa4724 I see.

[@kevinimation5508]

​@@jeuryrabassa4724 if they do that ash would be unstopable. Thats not the point of the story based on the genre, this is not a story where the main character have to be overpower, but its a story when the mc have to keep fighting even with his weakest state and never give up. Its always been like that.

[@robertrivera8060]

I just love that Tyraniyar was #1 that's a real beast

[@davidrosenberg9615]

I love how this video is half Lucario fighting with the pokemon being discussed.

[@TheAxtrex]

Silly how "he can move a mountain with a punch" proceeds to multi punch lucario and lucario seems all good

[@grayshigami6797]

Slaking has to be lazy so others have a chance against him

[@albertthonius9407]

Until his truant ability got change then disaster coming

[@JayPro4620]

Interesting list. I’m just happy to see gengar here.

[@waheedabdullah6371]

Does Shuckle with Power Trick counts?

[@jeremygilbert7989]

It should. Don't fuckle with Shuckle...

[@swaygfx]

Tyranitar most definitely worthy of it. That Pokémon is nuclear weapon 🔥 Alakazam??? Nah, you should’ve add Salamance

[@SiNKarnage]

I was about to say, if Pikachu was at #1 boy are we gonna have a problem 😂

[@d.n.tranger1457]

Same but thank God they didn't lol

[@marcustrujillo8662]

Fr but tyranitar was kinda dumb too 😪

[@Axecon1]

A really solid listing here and Tyranitar is a perfect pick for #1! I'd also add Greninja, Gyarados, Blastoise, Venusaur, and the Hoenn starter trio as honorable mentions to that list.

[@djones24man]

Ttar gets shit on competitively, Blastoise isn't that good either even with shell smash. Venusaur is a beast tho.

[@jabob381]

@@djones24manthis list is only going off of anime though.

[@ciborg25]

I just love the fact that I knew much about this facts thanks to the videos of Quicklag, also, I would Aggron put somewhere in the list

[@tungstentarkus8626]

I agree. Aggron should be in this list

[@OfficiallyRich]

Just knew Gyarados was going to be on this list 😕

[@sovereign3351]

Dragonite will always be the best 💚

[@lorenbrown7100]

Funny you say that when a another dragon type just comes in and one shots it let’s not forget fairy’s and ice types cause oh boy dragonite is weak but it’s still good

[@costinha10]

​@@lorenbrown7100 draginite is good but turns him 4x weak against ice, same as garchomp but they ate my fav dragons by far, special dragonite

[@fardinkabirtonay882]

I remember when stacy says dragonite is the strongest pokemon till now.

[@victoriabuzzelli3843]

I love that it’s a non legendary Pokémon video but puts 4 pseudo legendaries in it.

[@soneiwarserto1168]

Pseudo legendaries are not legendaries. They are not even a thing in the anime or anything related to Pokemon. It is fan-made term for Pokemons whose powers rivals that of the legendaries and having the total base stats of 600.

[@aidanbalzli4657]

Salamence is powerful as well. It should have been in this list. It's more powerful then metagross alakazam and gardevoir. It should have been on the list.

[@isaiahnoel3118]

He a suedo legendary and this video was for non legendary which includes suedo legendary

[@abiskar9686]

Lol garchomp,metageoss & dragonite also is a psudo legenedary

[@fioravanti675]

You should do another top 10 most powerful non legendary pokemon and top 20 most powerful non legendary pokemon

[@omanyte9972]

Watchmojo can make many more pokémon lists like Top 10 greatest fairy-type pokémon Top 10 greatest flying-type pokémon Top 10 greatest bug-type pokémon Top 10 greatest evolutions of previous generation pokémon Top 10 coolest pokemon regional variants

[@RebelsWolf]

Check out mystic umbreon he makes lists like this

[@bronwynroberts860]

They’ve already done the Bug and Flying lists.

[@jamiewalsh3349]

Hey you made the video I wanted. Thanks guys!

[@jacobsosa1497]

The thumbnail on this was 🔥 clicked it just because of that

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, WatchMojo! You should definitely do a list of the Top 20 Water Type Pokémon. Examples: Gyarados Blastoise Lapras Squirtle Mudkip Piplup Greninja Would you mind doing that, please?

[@williamsummerson1204]

Great idea.

[@fioravanti675]

Yeah There are actually a lot of water type pokemon

[@d.n.tranger1457]

I have been requesting them to do this for a long time now. For real

[@WatchMojo]

Working on it

[@leonardolim8976]

Gyarados is number one

[@doug_b330]

Do a Top 10 funniest pokemon. Wobbuffett would easily make #1.

[@ogcov5940]

when half the pseudo legendaries aren’t on there

[@omanyte9972]

There are many more strong non-legendary pokémon. Watchmojo can make a top 20 list of these pokémon and include Greninja, Arcanine, Gallade, Heracross, Swampert, etc.

[@sybren2734]

Zoroark!!!!

[@viraltuberyt1110]

Blaziken

[@RocketPropelledMexican]

If we're going not by anime but by competitive 6v6 singles then it's either Darmanitan-Galar or Dracovish. If we include megas and use natdex rules, it's 100% Mega Gengar which is banned into the AG tier and sits alongside Mega Rayquazar, Calyrex-S and Miraidon (and Shedinja, Leipard but we don't talk about those).

[@coryakabueze4541]

Top 10 Brock moments

[@frankorious534]

Will you do top 10s for the pokemon generations you didn't already do (3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)?

[@fioravanti675]

Top 10 Pokemon generation 3 has already did it now only top 10 pokemon generation 4,top 10 pokemon generation 5,top 10 pokemon generation 6,top 10 pokemon generation 7,top 10 pokemon generation 8,and top 10 pokemon generation 9 have didn't already do it

[@leytonwalker1190]

Not having gyarados on this list is beyond me

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Charizard is in the running with Goku for having the most amount of transformations.

[@luis15317]

😂😂 underrated comment

[@jaylonbanks2604]

Machamp over Gyarados is a tad wild

[@Tesko91]

Metagross is GOAT. I used to roll Arcanine and Spinda in double battles. If you know, you know. Personal favorite is para flinch Togekiss.

[@morehouse98]

we forgot Pikachu at #0

[@danielspencer6205]

Majorly happy you put Tyranitar as top Mon! It's my all time favourite and we'll deserving number 1 spot! 🔥

[@jetguy128]

I think Pikachu should have been number 1 spot

[@soneiwarserto1168]

@@jetguy128 this list is not about Ash's Pokemon. Its about Pokemons that genuinely rival the power of legendaries. Sure , Ash's pikachu is strong n has taken down legendaries. But u won't see any random pikachus going toe to toe with legendaries will you.

[@raider_reaper_4194]

1 Charizard 2 Greninja 3 Grovyle 4 Tyranitar 5 Haxorus 6 Lucario 7 Zoroark 8 KingGambit 9 Celeredge 10 Armorouge

[@lorenbrown7100]

Your list here mine Sceptile Lyconroc midnight form Mimikyu Gliscor Infernape Gallade Orbettle Ceruledge Zoroark That’s my team

[@dragonslayerdragonslayer]

Alakazam is a strong power pokemon for any pokemon team but it's a glass cannon though but gangar is such Pokemon with great special defense

[@V-Jes]

Gengar is a Glass canon too with it's Special defense being just 75...

[@cscmusictv]

Why is Charizard almost always on #2 in every damn list?

[@darshan.b685]

Because it's worthy of it don't cry kid 😂

[@sceptilethehedgehog5862]

The Top 6 Pokemon Are Gonna Be On One Of My Teams For A Playthrough

[@marvelboi3416]

Don't forget the first protagonist in the Pokemon franchise Red also had a Charizard before Ash and Leon.

[@showdownist]

Ash-Greninja : hold my water shuriken

[@yixyuxtuxuyc8197]

Bro dickrides too hard asf 💀

[@quetzalava2243]

Gyarados deserved to be on the list 😢, this flying and water type pokémon is my fav pokémon.

[@eljordinio7647]

Personally Greninja should have been here given its strength in competitive battling, and cos of Ash's. Otherwise, you were bang on with all of these

[@EvErLoyaLEagLE]

Top 6: Tyranitar, Charizard, Metagross, Gengar, Gardevoir, Garchomp Next 4: Alakazam, Dragonite, Machamp, Lucario Got it...

[@WillHoopes-pw5vr]

I think there needs to be a list of Pokémon from the VGC that are the most powerful. Or maybe a list on the most used Pokémon used in VGC tournaments. It would be a different list, not to say these Pokémon aren’t but there are some crazy powerful non legendary Pokémon like Houndstone, Snorlax, Gyarados, Ferrorthorn, Primarina, Incineroar, Greninja, Swampert, and Dracovish.

[@champ7644]

U mentioned vgc but incineroar is only good Pokemon out of these . Primarina is just close to being good.

[@WillHoopes-pw5vr]

There has been teams with the Pokémon I listed that won championships. And actually don’t sleep on Houndstone with having Sand Rush as an ability and Last Respects is a broken move.

[@champ7644]

@@WillHoopes-pw5vr no one using houndstone tho . It's player talent, not Pokemon. I think smogon will be better option to judge Pokemon.

[@WillHoopes-pw5vr]

I’m sure there are people using Houndstone. Heck, someone used Pachirisu in the 2014 championship and won the entire thing. Anything’s possible. It’s not that I don’t pay attention to Smogon, but also check Wolfe Glick’s channel as well as False Swipe Gaming as resources too.

[@luboss822]

Charizard on this list and even at number 2 really? 😃 And where is for example Blaziken when Charizard makes the list

[@upasanagarima7829]

what about GRENINJA?

[@jamiejameskingofgames4648]

I feel like Gyrados should be here. It’s considered one of the strongest non starter. It’s the first shiny you get in gaming history with the red Gyrados.,plus a main character has one.

[@ryanroswellcacho]

Also known as Pseudo Legendaries

[@Duelinator]

And surprise surprise, Pokémon Master Ash has a few mentioned Non-Legendary Powerhouses under his belt

[@leoking7160]

Why is Greninja not on this list?!

[@rmannayr2129]

THEY PACK A PUNCH!

[@clodlink]

Why the heck isn’t greninja on here?! It’s so much more cracked than half of the mons on this list.

[@absonyte3647]

Not all greninjas are powerful, only Ash's greninja is insanely powerful. The list is for general non legendary. In that case Pikachu didn't make the list 😅

[@First-Last_name]

I thought Mudkip was the King of pokemon and poseidon of the sea. How did he not make the list? Sea 🌊

[@rmannayr2129]

ALL OF THESE POKEMON ARE POWERFUL!

[@Thisissirknight]

Charizard number 1. 🐐🐐🐐

[@TheBatman23ac]

Busted list

[@TheCommenterDragon]

A lot of these particular Pokemon may not be legendary, But i can remember back in the earlier seasons of the Pokemon Anime when they were classified as "rare." Especially Dragonite because at the time Dragonite was considered to be one of the rarest dragon type Pokemon in existence.

[@Theprophet3928]

Tyranitar is brutal.

[@joshuamohlman]

As a kid I always thought Lucario was a legendary Pokémon. I feel so stupid realizing he wasn’t

[@scarrantsandreviews]

Its because, up till that point, they didn't really give Pokemon their own movie unless they were legendary. Movie 3 was arguably about Unown, but Entei wae the one with actual character.

[@jetguy128]

I thought Lucario was supposed to be legendary before they introduced Diamond and Pearl game. This was when they release Lucario and Mew movie

[@BigPat216]

Tyranitar, Metagross, Gardevoir.

[@riannunuhitu3327]

Good for charizard but where blastoise and venusaur?

[@Krono-yx3de]

I felt like Arcanine should've been on this list. It's literally considered the closest thing to a legendary pokemon, because it's called the legendary pokemon. I suppose OVERALL, it's not that big of a powerhouse, but it can have extremely horrifying sets on it.

[@jackyevee6177]

My boy T-tar is no 1❤

[@SkittyGirl300]

My faves on this list are Lucario and Gardevoir,

[@mattiasolsson1523]

We need more Pokémon content. Do Top 10 Pokémon own by Team Rocket Please.

[@williamsummerson1204]

Plz

[@weeburflurrr4286]

I wouldn’t have won my Pokémon platinum nuzlocke without alakazam and garchomp but I’m surprised hydreigon didn’t make the cut given how overpowered it is in competitive battle

[@agentekkkk]

Concordo

[@scarboymsha5596]

I have Lucario(mega), Dragonite, Gengar(mega+gigantamax), Charizard(mega x) and Tyranitar. I'm happy with what I have but I won't complain if I got Garchomp, Gardevoir or Metagross🤔🤷.

[@ARonsoInEorzea]

If Incineroar learns the school boy roll up we're all screwed

[@haleyrose-tq8ck]

Ash Ketchum

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Charizard, Gyrarados, Dritini, Ditto, Jynx, Mr Mime. From The First Generation.

[@camrenbesse9280]

No oddish or Zubat? Man you even know what you're talking about? Those two gave me nightmares.

[@deltasrage97yt]

Tyranitar is one of my favourite Pokemon

[@TheOscar401]

idea: top 10 best non battle moments in the pokemon anime

[@harshalshetkar885]

Greninja deserves to be very high on this list.....I kinda disagree with this tier list :(

[@Caveman_ultra]

Putting Gardevoir over Alakazam is shameful

[@timerdudestephens1]

I really like see ash Pokémon including pikachu fuse together do fusion Pokémon in another region make ash true Pokémon master now we have to say goodbye to ash and welcome two new Pokémon trainers in future Pokémon horizon anime series

[@flankkeditz_04]

Swampert left the chat.

[@TheAxtrex]

5000 IQ 😂, he would be able to talk and run over the world, id prolly say 200 iq at most

[@crimsonrayquaza]

defeating a Dragonite is no easy task me bullying the dragon type gym leader's dragonite with a Gliscor

[@junglefury45]

1. Cinderace 2. Pikachu 3. Charizard 4. Blaziken

[@toker928]

Can't forget the god of all pokemon...bidoof!

[@gauravsherke4127]

Can we all agree...We all knew Dragonite was going to be one of the greatest from the start.

[@PTstuimproveshimself]

10 lucario 9 machamp 8 Dragonite 7 Alakazam 6 Garchomp 5 Gardevoir 4 Gengar 3 metagross 2 Charizard 1 Tyranitar Some on this list I agree with.. you’re welcome

[@MrRaziel25]

Thought gyrados would be on here as well

[@jesusgee98]

I haven’t watched Pokémon in years but what’s the descriptions seemed way overhyped compared to the footage. The new forms look cool 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@HaisaySasaki]

ok let me guess starters (probably charizard at least), pseudo legendaries, gengar and lucario, how'd I do?

[@tylerpinniger9958]

Perfect, and of course they put charizard at #2 over pseudos and gardevoir which can create black holes

[@Lugiahunter7]

No Greninja? Could’ve easily swapped that in for Machamp. Otherwise, a cool video! 🤙🏽

[@V-Jes]

Greninja is not very strong in terms of power so it relies on Super Effective hits instead of raw power...

[@absonyte3647]

Not all greninjas are powerful, only Ash's reach insane power levels

[@yixyuxtuxuyc8197]

Greninja sucks

[@samuelgonzalez-tovar3936]

The most powerful Pokémon is the plot

[@jameswelsh4479]

Ashe from watch mojo of course narrated this 😂

[@callmeshifu4114]

most of the list was pretty cool, but im sorry, there is no way charizard is stronger then the stupidly smart metagross or alakazam, or machamp who can move f*cking mountains with a single arm, or gengar and gardevoir who can warp reality fan favorite and all and i love it too but just no salamence probably deserved a spot here instead

[@darshan.b685]

Cry about it 😂

[@kazukiishimura3972]

Instead of 10, this video should do Top 20 most powerful non Legendary Pokemon because I want to know the most powerful non legendary Pokemon with these types: Bug, Normal, Water, Grass, Ice and Electric 0:31　10. Lucario (Fighting/ Steel) 1:33　9. Machamp (Fighting) 2:38　8. Dragonite (Dragon/ Flying) 3:50　7. Alakazam (Psychic) 4:58　6. Garchomp (Dragon/ Ground) 6:10　5. Gardevoir (Psychic/ Fairy) 7:17　4. Gengar (Ghost/ Poison) 8:29　3. Metagross (Steel/ Psychic) 9:33　2. Charizard (Fire/ Flying) 10:55　1. Tyranitar (Rock/ Dark)

[@Raeinok]

Dragonite doesn't get a Mega Form because reality itself can't contain his power.