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168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Sinnoh remakes are finally here! While the game's other features are certainly on most fans' minds, one thing to note is the National Dex from Kanto to Sinnoh is accessible for the first time in Generation 8. That means some Pokemon that have been abseꦑnt for💫 a few years will now be available for use.
While the Pokemon not in Sword and Shield still can't be transferred over, there's a new Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl competitive meta for them to dominate in. The Pokemon on this list will see the light of day for the first time since Generation 7, and expect them to be on BDSP OverUsed teams in the foreseeable future.
Note: This list will not include Shaymin and Darkrai, who, while expected to return at some point thanks to being found in a datamine of the games, are not legitimately available.
10 Swellow
The regional bird of Hoenn is a good old-fashioned Guts sweeper, and one of the best in that mold thanks to its blazing 125 Speed. Just give it a Flame Orb t♌o burn itself and it can be an offensive menace with STAB Facade and Brave Bird as its main offensive weapons. Another viable set is one using its hidden Scrappy ability, and the 140 base power Boomburst.
The main issue with Swellow are its attacking stats. It doesn't have the attacking stats of a typical offensive Pokemon, so getting burned for its Guts set or equipping a pair of Choice Specs for its Scrappy set are absolutely required.
9 Honchkrow
Honchkrow follows the same blueprint that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:fellow Dark-type Pokemon Bisharp would later perfect. It's a unique late-game sweeper that mainly relies on STAB Sucker Punch to deal damage, with the help of its 125 Attack stat that gets boosted via its Moxie ability.
One of its pros is its movepool, which includes the aforementioned Sucker Punch, a nice selection of Flying-type moves, a suitable coverage move in Superpower, and even some good special moves to make use of its very good 105 Special Attack. Its main cons are its glaring lack of both defenses and Speed, magnified by Sucker Punch's weird properties that make it unreliable against other set-up sweepers and utility Pokemon.
8 Donphan
You'd be forgiven for not really thinking of Donphan as a competitive giant, but it's an unexpectedly good wallbreaker with a lot of extra tools in its bag. Its stats show a highly capable Pokemon on the physical end, but its movepool gives it some potential as a support player.
It puts its power 120 Attack to use with moves like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Earthquake, Stone Edge, Play Rough, Gyro Ball, and even Ice Shard. Its main purpose outside of dealing damage is carried out via Rapid Spin, taking away✤ hazar🐻ds on your side of the field, and having access to Knock Off never hurt anybody. Just watch out for its terrible Special Defense.
7 Staraptor
Staraptor has gotten a lot of love as arguably 1💞68澳洲幸运5开奖网:the most competitively viable regional bird, at least before Corviknight came around. Either way, it has that title for itself in BDSP's metagame, and for good reason.
The bird of the game's home turf comes with a sky high 120 Attack stat, and very good 100 Speed to boot. That gives it lots of potential as a revenge killer and sweeper, especially with its moveset. Alongside your typical Normal and Flying-type STAB moves, it has rare access to Close Combat as an answer to potential Rock and Steel-type checks. When looking at its flaws, it's sorely lacking in defensive prowess, and it also really doesn't appreciate Stealth Rock.
6 Empoleon
Empoleon continued Game Freak's streak of competitively viable Water-type starters, and a lot of what made it good in its debut still applies in the BDSP meta. The Water/Steel-type makes its money as a utility Pokemon, and is a popular lead.
It has a unique set of support moves, with Stealth Rock and Defog being the most useful, and Roar and Yawn also accessible in BDSP. It can deal some offense, too, with its best stat being its 111 Special Attack, and it has access to solid attacking moves like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Scald, Flash Cannon, and Ice Beam. I🦩ts biggest flaw is its 60 Speed, which is a problem considering its bulk, whileꦗ good, is not spectacular by any stretch.
5 𝔍 ﷺ Feraligatr
While the Sinnoh starters are rightfully getting all the buzz at the moment, the National Dex will also bring back the Johto starters. While Meganium and Typhlosion are subpar competitively, Feraligatr was a constantly prominent set-up sweeper in Smogon's UnderUsed tier until its removal. Expect it to be even more dangerous in the BDSP meta.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Water-type starter has a decently wide movepool even with BDSP's relatively limited move distribution, with Waterfall, Ice Punch, Crunch, and Rock Slide all benefitting from its hidden ability, Sheer Force. It uses Dragon Dance for setting up, which is certainly needed to punch up its Attack and make up for its somewhat lacking 78 Speed.
4 Manaphy
Manaphy manages to stand out amongst all 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the Mythical pixies with its access to Tail Glow, a set-up move that boosts its Special Attack three stages. When paired with its wide special movepool (Surf, Ice Beam, Energy Ball, Psychic, Shadow Ball, Dazzling Gleam) and given a little help Speed-wise꧃, it can be incredibly hard to stop.
It's incredible in the rain, in large part thanks to the Hydration ability that prevents any crippling status ailments like toxic poisoning or paralysis when the rain is out. It can be a bit disappointing power-wise without the Tail Glow boost, though, so be sure to switch it in safely for a free turn to set up.
3 Infernape
The second Sinnoh starter to be competitively viable (sorry, Torterra) and an absolute fan-favorite, Infernape is back on the map as one of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the two Fire/Fighting-type starters to watch out for. While it doesn't have Blaziken's potential to snowball all over its opponents, Infernape is more versatile offensively.
It's one of the few Pokemon truly capable of a mixed attacker set, having equal Attack and Special Attack (108) and both excellent physical and special moves, though you could choose to specialize in just one. That said, it has very below-average bulk, so you'd better hope that 108 Speed is enough to beat opponents to the punch.
2 Breloom
Breloom can be, at once, a dynamic attacker and one of the most frustrating Pokemon to get rid of defensively. It boasts very little stat-wise aside from a great 130 Attack stat, but it's way better than the sum of its parts.
Its attacking movepool is not the widest in BDSP, but being a Grass/Fighting-type, it can deal at least neutral damage to a lot of types with STAB. It's one of the most infamous Substitute users ever, utilizing the free hit for either setting up, Leech Seed-ing, or dealing impressive damage with Focus Punch. Other choice attacking moves include Mach Punch and Seed Bomb, and it even has access to Spore, a rare 100 percent accuracy sleep-inflicting move.
1 Gliscor
Without Landorus taking its lunch money, Gliscor is primed to roam free and wreak havoc in BDSP's metagame. Don't be surprised when you see this flying scorpion everywhere, and it has a different moveset every time.
It has access to the immaculate STAB move, Earthquake and can be a set-up sweeper, thanks to its access to Swords Dance. It can also be a more defensively-oriented Pokemon with its 125 Defense.Gliscor can set up Stealth Rock, or remove it on its side with Defog. It can also take advantage of its Poison Heal with Facade. There is really no end to Gliscor's usefulness competitively, so long as you can avoid taking special damage.