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@MysticUmbreon thanks for this awesome video, this’ll be useful ^^. Hey, do you think there’ll be a update patch to help against the glitches and such for the game?
Evolve him into Aniahlape and he shall be Ashes ace, like mine has been. Good Old Oberon, has clutched every gym, star raid, and titan..... except the psychic gym
It's funny they added the little shrimp pokemon and made a Dodonzo connection but not a Flamigo one. The famous pink flamingo actually turns pink because of it's diet. Which is little shrimps. Flamigo would be the mortal enemy of Tatsugiri and Dodonzo.
Only just came across this video now, and I can tell I've got a good team seeing as 4 of my 6 mains for the game are here. Those being Skeldirge, Pawmot, Tinkerton and Clodsire.
If anyone's watching this video before starting out, ignore the part about the rival picking the starter that is strong to your own. She actually does the opposite and you won't encounter the one with the elemental advantage until you're in the lv60s range.
Yeah lol- which means sprigatito makes it even harder since she'll have gay jojo duck Oddly enough his point still stands, even stronger now, actually- despite the misinformation
Dude I freaking love how Ahhlinape came to be. I believe it was inspired by the Sun Pokedex entry where Primeape tends to get so mad that it dies as a result. The fact that it's new signature move is called "Rage Fist" and it needs to be used 20 times which results it evolving into a Pokemon that has the added Ghost-typing is a good hint of this
This is an awesome theory and I believe it to be true. I don’t even have the games yet and Annihilape with Skeledirge to boot are 2 new favorites. I’m excited for this new gen.
@@TheSpectator7 she DOES pick the starter weak to the one you chose though... if you choose Sprigatito, she does in fact take Quaxly. Starter doesn't start with dual type. Same would go for Fuecoco then since dark is super effective against ghost.
Flamigo carried my team in my early game, killed the bug gym singlehandedly and finished off the water gym when my starter fainted. She has more than earned her spot on my team!
I noticed how powerful Flamigo was during my first battle with one… which is why I decided not to use it. I even knew that there wouldn’t be an evolution just based on its stats so I knew I’d just be stuck with a normal looking flamingo. Nah. Lol.
To me meowscarada is the best gen 9 starter. It has a never miss guaranteed critical hit move, high speed and great attack. It can do a great amount of damage with that move even if it's not very effective.
And it has a good movepool Play rough, Uturn, flower trick and knockoff and you have a great sweeper with great coverage Plus the type matchups is pretty even It’s not amazing but 6 on each side with an immunity to balance that 4x isn’t terrible especially since you typically don’t need to take hits given that speed star 123 puts it in an amazing speed tier putting it in tied 34th with noivern
Just to let you know for me, (also chose Sprigatito) that Nemona chose Quaxly. Whoever the headmaster takes is the one I was weak against since the croc was left alone.
@@appleslice4412 it totally does could’ve been our first but dragon. Damn. At least we got a poison steel and grass fire as our new type combos we haven’t seen before
Meowscarada is definitely not the worst of the three. Crazy fast, biggest move pool, early access to u-turn, safe midgame with seed boom, OHKO everything with tera + signature move, have play rough for situations. And trick room for those slow/average speed sweepers, exp Kingambit, Azumarill,...
I feel like I should point out as an extra bonus for Meowscarada, it has an absolutely terrifying signature move in Flower Trick, 70 Base Power Never Misses and Always Crits, top that off with your started having a STAB Tera type when Terastalized it has 140 Base Power.
You have a point with Meowscarada being the hardest to use in the main story, but I think it’s the best starter overall. It has amazing speed and atk, and can learn hone claws and flower trick. Flower trick is a 70 base power move that never misses, gets STAB, and guaranteed crit. You can easily take out Quaquaval in one hit, and Skeledirge in two hits with Night Slash.
I've gotta hard disagree with Meowscarada being the supposed "worst" pick. I've used all 3 starters on my journey, but I find that Meowscarada has bailed me out of most situations thanks to its OP grass move, incredible speed, and fantastic movepool compared to the other two. Both Crocalor and Quaxwell struggled mid game as their overall movepool was lacking at the time. Meanwhile, Floragato had seed bomb to give me a painless transition to its final stage. And further down Meowscarada had lots more moves that genuinely helped it revenge kill things that were well above its level. There are unfavorable match ups for sure, but even then my cat manages to take names while under leveled due to that damn crispy crit when I need it. As for the other two, Skeledirge is indeed strong but sucks at most auto battles for me because freaking everything knows the moves crunch and bite. Plus if your in violet, Ceruledge exists to be a nice alternative unless you're double dipping in typings. The bulk is good, but the typing isn't favorable to tank too well. Once you get torch song off, you'll be swimming in OHKO's. Quaquaval is middling in the speed department which holds it back because it needs to build up its momentum to become the sweeper. Having okay bulk while raising speed sounds good on paper, but in practice you're either one shotting things with aqua step, or you're too low health to take full advantage of the stats you've built in order to get the KO when it would be smarter to switch. Plus, Palafin and Annihilape exists to kinda be a better alternative for either a water or fighting type mon. But Quaquaval is decent too fulfill both rolls. The thing is no other pokémon can really fill the void and match the effectiveness that Meowsacarada brings to the table. My friend chose Skeledirge, and he was having massive trouble keeping pace with Nemona because he knew the cat could one shot his gator. Favorable match ups aside, sometimes you just need a pokémon with all the right moves in all the right places to get the job done. But you know, to each their own.
Yea, I chose meowscarada and have had to force myself to use other Pokémon on my team bc I can essentially defeat any and everything just with him, he’s literally grass type greninja. Meanwhile, my brother chose the gator and ditched it during the middle stage because he never used it and was frustrated with how slow it was-he opted for armorouge instead and much prefers that for his fire type.
I agree a lot of other TH-camrs have said Meoscrada is actually the best so I think it’s personal preference and also my rival chose quaxlly so Meowscrada destroys it.
While its true being the hardest to use in the story and grass having the most weaknesses, Meowscarada is the fastest out of the three, yes Protean is still good but a lot of people don’t realize that is one of the abilities that got nerfed along with Libero considering that once its activated, that typing is permanent but even so it’s still not bad and speed-wise, Meowscarada would definitely win against Skeldirge with the dark typing!!!
Hard agree with this… their move pool is really great especially with acrobatics to take care of the 4x bug weakness. Meowscarada is just so fast that he can wipe everything in one hit.
I was so excited when I found Flamigo and Finazen, but was quickly lost when I seen Flamigo doesn't evolve into anything interesting and Finazens evo hero form looks atrocious.
Meowscarada shouldn’t be ranked so low. The 120 spd is useful the entire game and 110 atk with a always crit move is really good it also has uturn so switching is never a problem being faster
Flamigo surprisingly stayed on my team for the whole game. I was gonna replace it for a water type, but it became my water type instead. Makes sense that a Flamingo Pokemon can learn water moves.
@@1Chasg To be fair, it is available in the first area and has a BST of 500. Also that some fully evolved pokemon like clodsire and lokix don't even have a BST of 500.
A cool design AND a strong move that always crits. Meowscarda might not be the best starter, objectively, but it is my favorite of the bunch. Also helps that it gets options like Play Rough and U-Turn.
I’d heavily recommend trying out Orthworm , it’s ability (earth eater) is a ground type equivalent to water absorb and the ai often has trouble remembering it lol
I actually really like scarlet and violet the only minor complaint I have is if you win or run away from a pokemon in a battle you can sometimes run into another pokemon right away and you can't do anything about it
@@gee1271 I don't really have that problem one I have and same with my friend the game crashes from time to time I'm not sure if that's just our switches or the games themselves
@@gee1271 Yep! I’m about halfway done with the pokedex because of the back method. Do that + a great ball/quick ball, critical catch almost every single time!
Is kinda morbid how Primeape gets a Ghost-type evolution, since it has Dex entries saying it can die of anger, but at the same time, love that it got some attention with said evolution, specially having such good stats. Also I'm pretty sure Skeledirge will end up being the best starter for the game, as not only Fire-types are usually good, but it also matches up well with a bunch of Gym leader PS: Wait, since when Electric-types don't do well on a playthrogh? At least in my experience it has always been the other way around
The new Pokémon I used in my first play through were Skeledirge, Clodsire, Cetitan, and Flamigo and honestly all of them were fantastic!!! The biggest surprise to me was Cetitan, I love its design and I’ve never had so much fun using an Ice type before!!
Personally I found Espathra a great addition. Lumina Crash is busted and it learns a diverse move pool. Also, the leader is Grusha, Glaseado is the town he lives in.
2:40 nemona has the starter weak to yours though? I picked sprigatito and she chose quaxly Also hone claws,Tera grass,stab,crit,miracle seed,and overgrow is absolutely broken,especially with your good hp,attack,and speed stats
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet has the perfect design of a flamingo Pokemon. The only thing I would change is its type. It should be either Fairy/Flying type because its pink, or Water/Flying type because flamingo are water birds
I do really like that game freak went a bit outside the box with the dual typings this time, Pawmi evolving into the first ever Electric Fighting type, Capskid becoming the first ever Fire Grass type, and Glimmora being the only other rock Poison type aside from the ultra beast nihilego and I can’t get over just how great tinkaton’s typing is being the second fairy steel type in the series.
Tinkaton has been a fantastic addition to my team as I’ve been playing through. It hits so hard with its moveset and has fantastic typing. One of my favorite new Pokémon so far.
I used Klawf just for fun because he looks goofy, and helped me move through most of the early game. Also, I caught a Pawmo with Dig that swept the electric gym
All of these Pokémon sound great to use. One Pokémon that I feel that should have been included here is Palafin it’s a very strong water type option other than Quaquaval!
2:40 Nemona doesn’t choose the type stronger than you tho (skeledirge), she chooses the type weaker than you. So your point about not choosing amorouge if you choose sprigatito makes no sense. She’ll have chosen quaxley. Edit: also, I’ve noticed this in a few videos, sinistea is pronounced like “TEE”, not “TIA”; because it’s, you know, a cup of tea… a sinister cup of tea.
@@ladyV-hara yep haha I’ve been commenting that on other vids of his. This poor guy clearly struggles with reading. Every video he mispronounces multiple Pokémon names, easy ones too, not confusing ones.
I picked Sprigatito, but Nemona chose the water duck. She chooses whichever is weak to you, so she wouldn't have Skeledirge. The Pokémon that's strong against your starter goes to "Clive"
Gholdengo is carrying me through Violet’s late-game and while evolving Gimmighoul takes a lot of time and effort to get 999 coins, it is absolutely worth it for getting yourself a monster of a Ghost/Steel-type.
I do think Tauros deserves a spot on this list. I swept through a lot of the game with the fighting one as my lead. I didn’t get a chance to use the fighting/fire one though
The title says NEW Pokémon, as in generation 9 Pokémon. Paldean Tauros is only a new form, not an entirely new Pokémon. Therefore, it shouldn't count for the list.
I hope they continue the journeys series and just have some episodes dedicated to the new region, it’s nice having an updated interpretation of some older series and games
Talk about a difference in generations. I felt gen 8 was very weak with only a few that stood out. I feel like this generation is very overwhelming with so many great Pokémon. Annhilape (yeah defiantly spelt that one wrong) is one of the best add on evolutions ever. That ghost/fighting typing is something to be afraid of. I would say right there with fairy/steel typing. Having a blast with this game so far. Even with all the tech issues, I’m still having way more fun then the last few generations.
Thank you for making this video. I was sooo overwhelmed which new Pokémon to use on my team. I catch myself wanted to go back to the older Pokémon cuz I know what they do.
It's a good thing I didn't get Scarlet on opening day, cause hopefully, Nintendo will have a patch for it when I get this for Christmas. Primeape was one of my favorite pokemon back in Gen 1, so to hear Annilhape is one of the best for this top ten has me excited now!
Flamigo has 115 base attack for the early part of the game where most pokemon have garbage defense stats. Also, his typing is fantastic. I believe it is the perfect early game Pokemon.
Glad I saw this before I started the game. Pawmot and Tinkaton I was already kinda interested in, so I'm glad to know they are good Pokémon. I also appreciate you saying what starters they do well with cause I try to balance my team type wise as much as possible.
I happened to run into a Wooper before I even made it to the first City of the game and I caught it with the idea that since it was a new form I was gonna try it for a bit and see what it could do. Wasn't too thrilled by its performances in the beginning but everything changed when it evolved into Cloudsire, as you said this thing is really bulky and has helped me win some tough battle when I didn't necessarily have any type advantage.
meowscarada is the best starter? with a 70 base power STAB move that always crits and never misses, also super effective STAB moves against 3 titans and ground elite 4 also the other two starters look stupid asf lmaoo
I have to say I love to watch your vids but when I watch them I see a lot of bias for ceruledge when you use stuff like he at least has super effective moves to use on a Pokemon that u only fight once if u choose sprigatito u even gave false facts saying namona would get fuacoco don't know how to spell that she chooses the one weak to you meaning she would get Quacklly and yes ceruledge and armarouge are still weak to that but
Meowscrada is a great starter imo. I had mine setup with Flower trick Foul play Play rough Power gem And I had no trouble at all. Gives me access to super effective damage to all weaknesses. Would've prefer something other than power gem. But that was the best rock type move I could give her.
Clodsire was the one that surprised me the most. I only caught a paldean wooper early game cause it was a new mon and I only planned to keep it on the team as a benchwarmer until it evolved. Then when I saw its evo I found Clodsire's design to be too goofy for me. I tried looking for a cooler mon to replace him but before I knew it I was already standing in front of the Pokemon league with Clodsire still in the team. Guy's just too good at being a damage sponge and setting up toxic spikes for maximum torture.
Naclstack sturdy eveolit with recover salt cure iron defense and body press lets just say this owns all the Titans. Also primape eveolit makes anger point wirth it and is just fun ow and remember annihilape has one of the strongest final gambit's in the game with a base 110 hp stat
Its signature move is op and it has good attack and and speed state which make it a good sweeper. Also in early game its has the best stab grass move compare to the other starter. The low point is it does stand.
Quaquaval definitely has to be the weakest. It's strong physical attack doesn't make up for its mediocre speed. Meowscarada easily beats the duck by having both high speed and attack. I do favor Skeledirge though. I love the Fire-Ghost typing, its design, and stats so far
My current team is: Crocalor, Donphan, Axew, Bellibolt, Grafaiai, and Tinkatuff. I managed to catch an adamant Scyther, so I'm tempted to get a Scizor as soon as I unlock the metal coat in the shop.
Ok while Armarouge & Ceruledge are version exclusives, that only applies to the items you need to evolve charcadet into, because those items can be traded into the opposite version and be used to evolve charcadet into the other, I know this because thats what I did to get Ceruledge in Scarlet edit: also I won't argue with that claim of Meowscarada being the "worst" starter to use in gen 9....cause it really does struggle, there's only 5 battles where you have the type advantage, a few that are neutral....but then you have a grand total of 12 battles where you just lose to (most of that being pretty much all of Team Star), man grass starters in general REALLY can't seem to catch a break with being the worst starter to go with in nearly every region huh?
Meowscarada and Amorouge have been carrying my team really well. I can't even recall how many times switching into either one helped me in some way/was bneficial. So I have to disagree, both are great mons you just have to understand the typings. I didn't even plan to use Amorouge but I'm glad I changed my mind and did use it.
people sure are mean to Meowscarada. I love Flower Trick tho. Guaranteed hit AND crits? Everything dies to my girl. Plus, her little jumpsuit like fur is super cute
In case you were wondering here's the order: 10. Armarouge/Ceruledge 9.Meowscarada 8.Flamigo 7.Quaquaval 6. Pawmot 5.Skeledirge 4. Tinkaton 3. Cylclizar 2. Clodsire 1.Annihlape
I picked sprigatito and nemona picked quaxly so I didn't have that problem lmao it must be a random pick she makes. You just got the long end of that stick
Is it just me, or does Flamigo's moveset leave a lot to be desired? I wanted to love it, but I found better use with other fighting types with better move pools.
Early game it's just really good because of its stats and the moves it does have access to are really good for that early in the game.. it probably falls back to earth as you get half way through the game tho
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@MysticUmbreon thanks for this awesome video, this’ll be useful ^^. Hey, do you think there’ll be a update patch to help against the glitches and such for the game?
Arma-rouzshe, not Arma-rogue.
You should try ranking all Victory Roads from Worst to Best.
what water type will be good
@@charizardboi9993 Quaquaval or Palafin.
Now I want Ash to go to paldea cuz i want his primeape to come back evolve and become a powerhouse that he always deserved
This is a great idea for an episode!
Yeah and possibly good Dragon Ball references sprinkled throughout the episode as well
Evolve him into Aniahlape and he shall be Ashes ace, like mine has been. Good Old Oberon, has clutched every gym, star raid, and titan..... except the psychic gym
Agreed, would be a perfect time to get back one of Ash's kinda forgotten Pokémon
Yes
Tinkaton's one of my favorites. Its a monster with Life Orb or Choice Scarf.
Tinkaton is very fun but I wouldn't recommend choice sets, because Gigaton Hammer can't be used twice in a row.
I used Leftovers, since it was such a tank it could survive a ton of hits it probably shouldn’t have after getting the HP back.
I especially love how much sass my girl has, casually using her hammer as a portable bed. 😂
It's funny they added the little shrimp pokemon and made a Dodonzo connection but not a Flamigo one. The famous pink flamingo actually turns pink because of it's diet. Which is little shrimps. Flamigo would be the mortal enemy of Tatsugiri and Dodonzo.
I am LOVING Kingambit. Obviously later game, but he sweeps
Only just came across this video now, and I can tell I've got a good team seeing as 4 of my 6 mains for the game are here. Those being Skeldirge, Pawmot, Tinkerton and Clodsire.
Never expected for Flamigo Cyclizar Clodsire and Annihilape to be on this list and I was also expecting Baxcalibur to be here
He only ever puts pokemon you can get before the mid game on these lists despite better options appearing later like Baxcalibur as you mentioned.
Nemona doesn't have skeledirge if you chose spregitio, have you even thought of researching
Bruhhh, i caught a shiny mankey the first day i played.... I cant wait for anihlape!!
No love for Arboliva? Dude obliterates everything because it's ability makes grassy terrain always spawn. And it's decently bulky
If anyone's watching this video before starting out, ignore the part about the rival picking the starter that is strong to your own. She actually does the opposite and you won't encounter the one with the elemental advantage until you're in the lv60s range.
I can’t even get to lvl 60 because the Chansey’s won’t spawn
@@breadisyummy_ do small raids they give ex candies
@@breadisyummy_ did you use encounter powers?
@@megaspacewaffles yeah. I forgot to do that.
Yeah lol- which means sprigatito makes it even harder since she'll have gay jojo duck
Oddly enough his point still stands, even stronger now, actually- despite the misinformation
Dude I freaking love how Ahhlinape came to be. I believe it was inspired by the Sun Pokedex entry where Primeape tends to get so mad that it dies as a result. The fact that it's new signature move is called "Rage Fist" and it needs to be used 20 times which results it evolving into a Pokemon that has the added Ghost-typing is a good hint of this
You are on to something. That makes a lot of sense but in the end I'm still happy it got an evolution
It's like a d&d barbarian now. Literally to angry to die
This is an awesome theory and I believe it to be true. I don’t even have the games yet and Annihilape with Skeledirge to boot are 2 new favorites. I’m excited for this new gen.
Ima go evolve him now thanks for the guide
>gets so mad it dies
>just gets stronger
Lmao
2:48 Actually if you choose sprigatito, wouldn't Nemona actually have Quaquaval? I think she always picks the weaker starter
Yeah
MysticUmbreon confirmed to have not actually played the game.
@@RaynmanPlays facts also torch song as a move pales in comparison to ceruledge’s bitter blade which also heals you
Ah but little do you forget that Dark Types are weak against Fighting Types, so no she doesn't.
@@TheSpectator7 she DOES pick the starter weak to the one you chose though... if you choose Sprigatito, she does in fact take Quaxly. Starter doesn't start with dual type. Same would go for Fuecoco then since dark is super effective against ghost.
Time stamps :
2:00 (ceruledge/armarogue)
3:50 (meowscarada)
5:27 (flamigo)
6:40 (quaquaval)
7:48 (pawmot)
9:03 (skeledirge)
10:19 (tinkaton)
11:38 (cyclizar)
13:10 (clodsire)
14:27 (annihilape)
Thanks bro
gracias
*Armarouge (pronounced armarooje)
Flamigo carried my team in my early game, killed the bug gym singlehandedly and finished off the water gym when my starter fainted. She has more than earned her spot on my team!
I love my Flamigo! It’s surprisingly strong!
I noticed how powerful Flamigo was during my first battle with one… which is why I decided not to use it. I even knew that there wouldn’t be an evolution just based on its stats so I knew I’d just be stuck with a normal looking flamingo. Nah. Lol.
@@mug281 exactly. What a waste pf a pokemon.. a regular flamingo
I saw it’s base *115* attack stat, and was like, *”HOLY COW, I’M GONNA USE THIS.”*
I love flamigo. Early game beast and scrappy is nothing to scoff at
To me meowscarada is the best gen 9 starter. It has a never miss guaranteed critical hit move, high speed and great attack. It can do a great amount of damage with that move even if it's not very effective.
And it has a good movepool
Play rough, Uturn, flower trick and knockoff and you have a great sweeper with great coverage
Plus the type matchups is pretty even
It’s not amazing but 6 on each side with an immunity to balance that 4x isn’t terrible especially since you typically don’t need to take hits given that speed star
123 puts it in an amazing speed tier putting it in tied 34th with noivern
It's the best online sure but in game it's a different story
Just to let you know for me, (also chose Sprigatito) that Nemona chose Quaxly. Whoever the headmaster takes is the one I was weak against since the croc was left alone.
Did anyone notice alot of the new pokemon are fighting type?
Yeah im still kinda mad that paradox volcarona (past version) is bug/fighting when it looks like it should be bug/dragon
also ghost type too lol
@@appleslice4412 it totally does could’ve been our first but dragon. Damn. At least we got a poison steel and grass fire as our new type combos we haven’t seen before
There's alot of fighting types and dragon types in general in this region
@@starbolt293 Also Dark/Bug with the Lokix line.
Meowscarada is definitely not the worst of the three.
Crazy fast, biggest move pool, early access to u-turn, safe midgame with seed boom, OHKO everything with tera + signature move, have play rough for situations.
And trick room for those slow/average speed sweepers, exp Kingambit, Azumarill,...
Also, meowscarada has hidden ability protean which is broken with its move pool.
And Flower Trick is visualy a fantastic move, especialy if you played Bayonetta, it gives you some massive Cereza vibes xD
Skeledirge 1 meowscarada 2 quaqavale 3
You can’t ohko everything with that move. Unless it’s super effective too, you can’t really use it against something over 10 levels above you.
@@breadisyummy_ except its x0.25 resistant or too underleveled situation. Its ohko almost everything, even x0.5 resistant or some bulky mon.
I feel like I should point out as an extra bonus for Meowscarada, it has an absolutely terrifying signature move in Flower Trick, 70 Base Power Never Misses and Always Crits, top that off with your started having a STAB Tera type when Terastalized it has 140 Base Power.
Basically grass type wicked blow lol
I agree. My Meowscarada shredded through thebgame
70*2for tera stab × 1.5 for crit is just crazy
It also has Protean as a hidden ability
this is why im picking sprigatito
You have a point with Meowscarada being the hardest to use in the main story, but I think it’s the best starter overall. It has amazing speed and atk, and can learn hone claws and flower trick. Flower trick is a 70 base power move that never misses, gets STAB, and guaranteed crit. You can easily take out Quaquaval in one hit, and Skeledirge in two hits with Night Slash.
And it is even more op of it is super effective
I've gotta hard disagree with Meowscarada being the supposed "worst" pick. I've used all 3 starters on my journey, but I find that Meowscarada has bailed me out of most situations thanks to its OP grass move, incredible speed, and fantastic movepool compared to the other two. Both Crocalor and Quaxwell struggled mid game as their overall movepool was lacking at the time. Meanwhile, Floragato had seed bomb to give me a painless transition to its final stage. And further down Meowscarada had lots more moves that genuinely helped it revenge kill things that were well above its level. There are unfavorable match ups for sure, but even then my cat manages to take names while under leveled due to that damn crispy crit when I need it. As for the other two, Skeledirge is indeed strong but sucks at most auto battles for me because freaking everything knows the moves crunch and bite. Plus if your in violet, Ceruledge exists to be a nice alternative unless you're double dipping in typings. The bulk is good, but the typing isn't favorable to tank too well. Once you get torch song off, you'll be swimming in OHKO's.
Quaquaval is middling in the speed department which holds it back because it needs to build up its momentum to become the sweeper. Having okay bulk while raising speed sounds good on paper, but in practice you're either one shotting things with aqua step, or you're too low health to take full advantage of the stats you've built in order to get the KO when it would be smarter to switch. Plus, Palafin and Annihilape exists to kinda be a better alternative for either a water or fighting type mon. But Quaquaval is decent too fulfill both rolls.
The thing is no other pokémon can really fill the void and match the effectiveness that Meowsacarada brings to the table. My friend chose Skeledirge, and he was having massive trouble keeping pace with Nemona because he knew the cat could one shot his gator. Favorable match ups aside, sometimes you just need a pokémon with all the right moves in all the right places to get the job done.
But you know, to each their own.
Yea, I chose meowscarada and have had to force myself to use other Pokémon on my team bc I can essentially defeat any and everything just with him, he’s literally grass type greninja. Meanwhile, my brother chose the gator and ditched it during the middle stage because he never used it and was frustrated with how slow it was-he opted for armorouge instead and much prefers that for his fire type.
I agree a lot of other TH-camrs have said Meoscrada is actually the best so I think it’s personal preference and also my rival chose quaxlly so Meowscrada destroys it.
While its true being the hardest to use in the story and grass having the most weaknesses, Meowscarada is the fastest out of the three, yes Protean is still good but a lot of people don’t realize that is one of the abilities that got nerfed along with Libero considering that once its activated, that typing is permanent but even so it’s still not bad and speed-wise, Meowscarada would definitely win against Skeldirge with the dark typing!!!
Hard agree with this… their move pool is really great especially with acrobatics to take care of the 4x bug weakness. Meowscarada is just so fast that he can wipe everything in one hit.
The only thing I don’t get is Skeledirge having a hard time with Meowscarada, mine never did, and you can terastilize to remove the weakness to Dark
not only did they finally make a dolphin pokemon and a flamingo pokemon but they also made a grass/fire type pokemon
And they also gave us evolutions of old mons and a powerful grass starter!
I was so excited when I found Flamigo and Finazen, but was quickly lost when I seen Flamigo doesn't evolve into anything interesting and Finazens evo hero form looks atrocious.
Don't DM that "mysticUmbreon0", they're fake, and probably a scammer
Scorvillain supremacy!! I only wish it was a 3 branch evo
whose grass and fire? did I miss something? lmao
Meowscarada shouldn’t be ranked so low. The 120 spd is useful the entire game and 110 atk with a always crit move is really good it also has uturn so switching is never a problem being faster
Plus food coverage with okay rough
Didn’t even mention mabosstiff, the best dark type in the game. He def should have been on the list.
Flamigo surprisingly stayed on my team for the whole game. I was gonna replace it for a water type, but it became my water type instead. Makes sense that a Flamingo Pokemon can learn water moves.
Does it get liquidation?
@@primarinegaming6761 yes
I just wish it evolved tho
@@primarinegaming6761 Yes, And Water Pulse.
@@1Chasg To be fair, it is available in the first area and has a BST of 500. Also that some fully evolved pokemon like clodsire and lokix don't even have a BST of 500.
Kilowattrel and Daschbun put in work for me. Daschbun defensively with play rough at lvl 20 and Kilowattrel with electroball at its evolution
Same. Dachsbun is a blessing if you take on the fire team star early.
Meowscarada has been a powerhouse for me. Especially after increasing all her stats with feathers
All of them?
I've never felt that safe with a grass starter before! Meowscarada is just the best and it hits so hard! Also I love using Tinkaton!
A cool design AND a strong move that always crits. Meowscarda might not be the best starter, objectively, but it is my favorite of the bunch. Also helps that it gets options like Play Rough and U-Turn.
Those two are my powerhouses on my team.
Meowscara is easily the best starter. Great sweeper with the best signature move.
i went for meowscara for the U-Turn
Nawh
I’m cringing every time he incorrectly states your rival chooses the starter strong to yours.
Correction: if you pick the grass starter, Nemona will pick the water one. The fire one stays with the director.
2:48 Nimona chooses the starter weaker to yours not the stronger.
Was about to say haha that didnt make any sense
@@jamesnicks5367 I think it's because she wants a fair fight since she's more experienced as a champion-level trainer
But its funny that their secondary typing is the opposite (Dark -> Ghost, Ghost -> Fight (Fight can’t attack Ghost), and Fight -> Dark)
I’d heavily recommend trying out Orthworm , it’s ability (earth eater) is a ground type equivalent to water absorb and the ai often has trouble remembering it lol
I have the most unbalanced team right now. Having Skelidurge, Cerulegde, Annahilape, and Pawmot. A lot of fighting, fire, and ghost types in one team
It is so hard to not have a team of mostly ghost for me 😭😭 and I'm loving all these fighting types, I sound not have started with quax lol
I actually really like scarlet and violet the only minor complaint I have is if you win or run away from a pokemon in a battle you can sometimes run into another pokemon right away and you can't do anything about it
Yea that’s very annoying. My 1 other issue is wasting pokeballs because these pokemon DO NOT want you lol
@@gee1271 I don't really have that problem one I have and same with my friend the game crashes from time to time I'm not sure if that's just our switches or the games themselves
@@gee1271 just hit them in the back, it’ll catch them off guard and it increases catch rate! :)
@@domenicaz390 thank you! I also found out once you run out of money you can use LP to buy stuff & raids give LP
@@gee1271 Yep! I’m about halfway done with the pokedex because of the back method. Do that + a great ball/quick ball, critical catch almost every single time!
Is kinda morbid how Primeape gets a Ghost-type evolution, since it has Dex entries saying it can die of anger, but at the same time, love that it got some attention with said evolution, specially having such good stats.
Also I'm pretty sure Skeledirge will end up being the best starter for the game, as not only Fire-types are usually good, but it also matches up well with a bunch of Gym leader
PS: Wait, since when Electric-types don't do well on a playthrogh? At least in my experience it has always been the other way around
The new Pokémon I used in my first play through were Skeledirge, Clodsire, Cetitan, and Flamigo and honestly all of them were fantastic!!! The biggest surprise to me was Cetitan, I love its design and I’ve never had so much fun using an Ice type before!!
Personally I found Espathra a great addition. Lumina Crash is busted and it learns a diverse move pool. Also, the leader is Grusha, Glaseado is the town he lives in.
2:40 nemona has the starter weak to yours though? I picked sprigatito and she chose quaxly
Also hone claws,Tera grass,stab,crit,miracle seed,and overgrow is absolutely broken,especially with your good hp,attack,and speed stats
I'm personally enjoying scolvillian.
The first fire grass type is really fun to play with 😄
Annihilape is the better fighting Pokemon. If I'm using quaquval then I have to rely on other ghost type Pokemon.
Flamigo was really good during my whole playthrough. It saved me with a last minute barely survive and ko more than once.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet has the perfect design of a flamingo Pokemon. The only thing I would change is its type. It should be either Fairy/Flying type because its pink, or Water/Flying type because flamingo are water birds
yeah fighting/flying for a flamingo was certainly strange
I’m of the opinion it could be changed to be a bit more distinct from a regular flamingo, but that’s just me.
@@bulborb8756 I agree
@@lord_boneman maybe
lmao bc it’s pink?
I do really like that game freak went a bit outside the box with the dual typings this time, Pawmi evolving into the first ever Electric Fighting type, Capskid becoming the first ever Fire Grass type, and Glimmora being the only other rock Poison type aside from the ultra beast nihilego and I can’t get over just how great tinkaton’s typing is being the second fairy steel type in the series.
Tinkaton has been a fantastic addition to my team as I’ve been playing through. It hits so hard with its moveset and has fantastic typing. One of my favorite new Pokémon so far.
Tinkaton and Clodsire are my new all-time favorites after playing
My team was: Quaquaval, Kilowattrel, Clodsire, Ceruledge, Tinkaton, and Espathra
Kilowatteral is awesome as well. I always loved the Electric/Flying typing and it's quite effective as a glass cannon
Say it with me, folks! ARMOR... ROOOOOOZHE. Like the color... Armorouge is the exact opposite of a ROGUE like Ceruledge.
I was hoping to see Annihilape on this list, and look and behold it's #1 on the list. When I get S&V, he's definitely on my Scarlet team.
I used Klawf just for fun because he looks goofy, and helped me move through most of the early game. Also, I caught a Pawmo with Dig that swept the electric gym
I wanted the water starter to begin with. But I fell in love with the fire starter cause I love crocodiles!
Sounds like this is a good gen for Fighting types. Which is good, because I want to do a Fighting Monotype run sometime.
Ghost type got some good treatment as well
@@zeospark9715 That's also on my list.
You forgot to mention flamigo's ability which let's you use Both Normal and Fighting against Ghost types which really caught my eye
All of these Pokémon sound great to use. One Pokémon that I feel that should have been included here is Palafin it’s a very strong water type option other than Quaquaval!
Definitely. I combine it with Meowscarada for the flip and u-turn plays.
He probably excluded it because of the Union Trade requirement.
2:40 Nemona doesn’t choose the type stronger than you tho (skeledirge), she chooses the type weaker than you. So your point about not choosing amorouge if you choose sprigatito makes no sense. She’ll have chosen quaxley.
Edit: also, I’ve noticed this in a few videos, sinistea is pronounced like “TEE”, not “TIA”; because it’s, you know, a cup of tea… a sinister cup of tea.
And Armorouge is Rooj as in the colour. Not Rogue the DND class.
@@ladyV-hara yep haha I’ve been commenting that on other vids of his. This poor guy clearly struggles with reading. Every video he mispronounces multiple Pokémon names, easy ones too, not confusing ones.
I picked Sprigatito, but Nemona chose the water duck. She chooses whichever is weak to you, so she wouldn't have Skeledirge. The Pokémon that's strong against your starter goes to "Clive"
Gholdengo is carrying me through Violet’s late-game and while evolving Gimmighoul takes a lot of time and effort to get 999 coins, it is absolutely worth it for getting yourself a monster of a Ghost/Steel-type.
Gholdengo can solo 6* raids... It is a must have pursuit.
He’s and absolute tank. I had to force myself to stop using him at times just so I could see someone else. He could easily beat the game soli
Wait what?.. Does Nemona switch which starter she's using later down the line? Cause if you pick Sprigatito, Nemona has Quaxwell. Not Fuecoco. :S 2:47
I do think Tauros deserves a spot on this list. I swept through a lot of the game with the fighting one as my lead. I didn’t get a chance to use the fighting/fire one though
Tauros is not a new Pokémon, so of course it's not on the list.
@@ShayTheValiant But Paldean Tauros exists? Regional forms count as new, right?
@@ShayTheValiant The forms are new🤦🏽♂️
The title says NEW Pokémon, as in generation 9 Pokémon. Paldean Tauros is only a new form, not an entirely new Pokémon. Therefore, it shouldn't count for the list.
I hope they continue the journeys series and just have some episodes dedicated to the new region, it’s nice having an updated interpretation of some older series and games
Province, province, the word is province, there is not a single d in the word, I swear pokemon players can't read
Talk about a difference in generations. I felt gen 8 was very weak with only a few that stood out. I feel like this generation is very overwhelming with so many great Pokémon. Annhilape (yeah defiantly spelt that one wrong) is one of the best add on evolutions ever. That ghost/fighting typing is something to be afraid of. I would say right there with fairy/steel typing. Having a blast with this game so far. Even with all the tech issues, I’m still having way more fun then the last few generations.
Meowscarada is the strongest of the starter wipes most of the game and is an untouchable monster... sorry really missed the ball on this one
They may not be the best but Nacli and Smoliva are my favorites of all time
Thank you for making this video. I was sooo overwhelmed which new Pokémon to use on my team. I catch myself wanted to go back to the older Pokémon cuz I know what they do.
how he pronounced things makes me very mad
You missed the biggest Pokemon in the world who needed a lot of attention. Tauros-the combat breed, the aqua breed & the paldea breed.
But where you will Find a aqua breed Tauros???
@@mateuszczyzewski9646 it's violet only and the fire one is scarlet only
Ok but where??? Not in which game but where? Which province?
It's a good thing I didn't get Scarlet on opening day, cause hopefully, Nintendo will have a patch for it when I get this for Christmas. Primeape was one of my favorite pokemon back in Gen 1, so to hear Annilhape is one of the best for this top ten has me excited now!
Flamigo has 115 base attack for the early part of the game where most pokemon have garbage defense stats. Also, his typing is fantastic. I believe it is the perfect early game Pokemon.
I always spam low kick on team stars revavroom
Glad I saw this before I started the game. Pawmot and Tinkaton I was already kinda interested in, so I'm glad to know they are good Pokémon. I also appreciate you saying what starters they do well with cause I try to balance my team type wise as much as possible.
I happened to run into a Wooper before I even made it to the first City of the game and I caught it with the idea that since it was a new form I was gonna try it for a bit and see what it could do.
Wasn't too thrilled by its performances in the beginning but everything changed when it evolved into Cloudsire, as you said this thing is really bulky and has helped me win some tough battle when I didn't necessarily have any type advantage.
meowscarada is the best starter? with a 70 base power STAB move that always crits and never misses, also super effective STAB moves against 3 titans and ground elite 4
also the other two starters look stupid asf lmaoo
Love Ahnlinape's typing. It's the first Ghost/Fighting Type That's Not a rare Mythical Like Marshshadow! 🥊
I'm so glad they made the Mankey line more viable, it's always been a favorite
My current play through team is Arcanine, Mabosstiff, Dachsbun, Jolteon, Lucanroc(dusk), and Houndstone✌️
Armarouge with Psychic terrain, calm mind, and expanding force is OP
I have to say I love to watch your vids but when I watch them I see a lot of bias for ceruledge when you use stuff like he at least has super effective moves to use on a Pokemon that u only fight once if u choose sprigatito u even gave false facts saying namona would get fuacoco don't know how to spell that she chooses the one weak to you meaning she would get Quacklly and yes ceruledge and armarouge are still weak to that but
Meowscrada is a great starter imo. I had mine setup with
Flower trick
Foul play
Play rough
Power gem
And I had no trouble at all. Gives me access to super effective damage to all weaknesses. Would've prefer something other than power gem. But that was the best rock type move I could give her.
Bro meowscarada is OP! I swept the elite four with that pokemon alone and wooped the champion. You sure you played the same game lol 😂
Clodsire is AMAZING! evolved him early and used him ever since
Clodsire was the one that surprised me the most. I only caught a paldean wooper early game cause it was a new mon and I only planned to keep it on the team as a benchwarmer until it evolved. Then when I saw its evo I found Clodsire's design to be too goofy for me. I tried looking for a cooler mon to replace him but before I knew it I was already standing in front of the Pokemon league with Clodsire still in the team. Guy's just too good at being a damage sponge and setting up toxic spikes for maximum torture.
Garganacl was definitely one of my top Pokémon. Salt cure was very useful
Naclstack sturdy eveolit with recover salt cure iron defense and body press lets just say this owns all the Titans.
Also primape eveolit makes anger point wirth it and is just fun ow and remember annihilape has one of the strongest final gambit's in the game with a base 110 hp stat
Meowscarada is 100% NOT the worst starter in this generation. It is leaps better than the other 2, with a way better movepool.
Its signature move is op and it has good attack and and speed state which make it a good sweeper. Also in early game its has the best stab grass move compare to the other starter. The low point is it does stand.
Quaquaval definitely has to be the weakest. It's strong physical attack doesn't make up for its mediocre speed. Meowscarada easily beats the duck by having both high speed and attack. I do favor Skeledirge though. I love the Fire-Ghost typing, its design, and stats so far
I think this list is almost perfect! However I think you missed Palafin. It’s definitely the MVP of my paldea team
I can't wait to evolve mine!
My current team is: Crocalor, Donphan, Axew, Bellibolt, Grafaiai, and Tinkatuff.
I managed to catch an adamant Scyther, so I'm tempted to get a Scizor as soon as I unlock the metal coat in the shop.
Ok while Armarouge & Ceruledge are version exclusives, that only applies to the items you need to evolve charcadet into, because those items can be traded into the opposite version and be used to evolve charcadet into the other, I know this because thats what I did to get Ceruledge in Scarlet
edit: also I won't argue with that claim of Meowscarada being the "worst" starter to use in gen 9....cause it really does struggle, there's only 5 battles where you have the type advantage, a few that are neutral....but then you have a grand total of 12 battles where you just lose to (most of that being pretty much all of Team Star), man grass starters in general REALLY can't seem to catch a break with being the worst starter to go with in nearly every region huh?
Just got a shiny Flamingo and its kinds meh, its mostly just lighter pink. I was hoping for blue lol
Glimmora with its signature move and hazard setting is definitely a fun one to use!
Meowscarada and Amorouge have been carrying my team really well. I can't even recall how many times switching into either one helped me in some way/was bneficial. So I have to disagree, both are great mons you just have to understand the typings. I didn't even plan to use Amorouge but I'm glad I changed my mind and did use it.
I've had bad luck find Pokes with good natures, until I found* an Adamant Mankey
My annihilape is named Tyson because of how he came back to life after being knocked out
1st 6 teams S/V... new mons only... then 2 Monotype teams, then My Ultimate Team😅
people sure are mean to Meowscarada. I love Flower Trick tho. Guaranteed hit AND crits? Everything dies to my girl. Plus, her little jumpsuit like fur is super cute
Wait. If you take Sprigattito Nemona will take Quaxly, not Skeledirge no? He says it around minute 2:50
She chooses the one weaker to your starter
17 minute video? Really dude? Cut down the time and I might consider watching it all.
In case you were wondering here's the order:
10. Armarouge/Ceruledge
9.Meowscarada
8.Flamigo
7.Quaquaval
6. Pawmot
5.Skeledirge
4. Tinkaton
3. Cylclizar
2. Clodsire
1.Annihlape
I picked sprigatito and nemona picked quaxly so I didn't have that problem lmao it must be a random pick she makes. You just got the long end of that stick
Is it just me, or does Flamigo's moveset leave a lot to be desired? I wanted to love it, but I found better use with other fighting types with better move pools.
Early game it's just really good because of its stats and the moves it does have access to are really good for that early in the game.. it probably falls back to earth as you get half way through the game tho