No matter what fans thought about these games, Pokemon Sword and Shield broke new ground by being the first games in the frღanchise to bring about DLCs rather than releasing wholly new games.
With the two DLCs, namely 168✨澳洲幸运5开奖网:the Isle of Armor and the Crown Tundra, came a plethora of new Pokemon. These unique newcomers came in the forms of completely new Pokemon as well as rehashes of older💛, well-knowಞn Pokemon like the Slowpoke line and the Legendary birds. Obviously, all these Pokemon vary in quality, so here's a look at all of them, ranked according to design, lore, and competitive viability.
14 🌞 𒉰 Galarian Slowpoke (Isle Of Armor)
Of course, the not-fully-evolved new Pokemon aren't going to get as much attention as their fully evolved and Legendary counterparts. Still, this Slowpoke is a unique take on an old Pokemon, and even infiltrated the meme world for a moment as an updated version of the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:absolutely archaic Slowpoke meme.
13 Kꦆubfu (Isle Of Armor) ꧋
Kubfu is essentially the star🐷ter they give you at the 𓂃Isle of Armor. While it's obviously not one of the stronger Pokemon on this list, it can be quite fun to follow its journey to evolving into one of the Urshifu forms.
12 🍷 💛Galarian Slowking (Crown Tundra)
Fans have been very divisive on Galarian Slowking's design. Some found the new ta♐ke on the Shellder🦂 head quite funny and unique, while others found it borderline disgusting. Nonetheless, it's an interesting take on a Generation II classic.
While not as popular with casual fans, competitive players have found use for it as it's one of the most viable Pokemon in the Singles metagame. That's not necessarily thanks to its signature ability or move, though both Curious Medicine and Eerie Spell have efꦦfects not yet seen in Pokemon.
11 🐈 Galarian Slowbro (Isle Of Armor) 🌳
Galarian Slowbro is not a🍸💙s different in terms of design as regular Slowbro: the only real difference is the slight change in color and the placement of the Shellder.
But stats and battling-wise, they're quite different. For one, Galarian Slowbro is much more of an attacker, and regular Slowbro is almost purely a wall. Galarian Slowbro even has the signature ability and move to reflect that: Quick Draw and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Shell Side Arm, respectively.
10 ✃ Spectrier (Crown Tundra)
Without ꦫthe Crown Tundra mascot riding them, the Legendary steeds look kind of naked. There might be some good lore around the two, but design-wise, they're just horses. Spectrier at least has the floating hoove🎶s and ghastly mane going for it.
Of course, it's a different story when it comes to battling. The Ghost-type steed on its own, even without Calyrex saddling i𝓰t, is a force to be reckoned with thanks to its incredibly high Speed and Special꧋ Attack.
9 Glastrier (Crown ♊Tundra)
Ditto for Glastrier in the design department; it's also just a horse. At least it looks a bit cooler with ice glaciers for a mane and hooves. It also contrasts quite a bit with Spectrier in the stats department, with Spectrier being a special glass cannon and🌄 Glastrier being a physical tꦰank.
Despite the arguably cooler design, Spectrier is unquestionably better at battling thanks to the massive Speed discrepancy and pure Ghost-type faring much better than 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:pure Ice-type.
8 Regid🔴rago (Crown Tꦕundra)
The Dragon-type Legendary titan is probably the black sheep of that family. Regidrago is the only one in the bunch to not b💯e based on an explicit material or element (unless you count Regigigas). That's not necessarily a bad thing, and the highly asymmetrical design is a nice touch.
It also has a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:massive 200 HP, which rivals even the Chansey line in that stat. Unfortunately, that doesn't help in its battling prof🦄iciency, as its defensive capabilities are almost non-existent. At least it has a cool signature move, Dragon Energy, that's essentially a Draꦕgon-type variant of Eruption.
7 ▨ Regieleki💫 (Crown Tundra)
If you'd want 200 in any particular stat, it would probably be Speed, and Regieleki proves that, making its mark as the fastest Pokemon ever. Among other things, that has given it massive competitive viability; almost being guaranteed the first move is an advantage anyone would want to have. It also has💞 a very interesting signature move in Thunder Cage.
Design-wise, it's a run-of-the-mill Legendary Titan. It's noꦆt as intimidating as the others, but none of them can bounce quite like it does when standing by in battle.
6 Galarian Moltres (Crown Tundra) 🎐
It's always nice to see new, bold takes on classics, and the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Galarian Legendary birds were tꦰhe first in that department for Legendary Pokemon.
That said, some will stand out more than others, and Moltres, to some, might look more or less like regular Moltres in a different, albeit cooler, colorway. It does have different abilities going for it, running with Berserk inste𒆙ad of Flame Body or Pressure, and a nice signature move in Fiery Wrath, which is essentially a stronger Dark Pulse.
5 🥃 Galarian Zapdos (Crown Tundra)
This was quite an interesting take on 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the Electric-type Legendary bird, making 🀅it more of a grouℱnded bird than the others and putting more emphasis on its legs rather than its wings. It's a bizarre design choice, and yet it somehow works for a lot of people.
Regardless, it's unquestionably the most viable out ofꦯ the Galarian Legendary birds, at least f𓆉rom a Singles perspective, thanks to its good Fighting-Flying typing. It also has arguably the best signature move, Thunderous Kick, which drops the opponent's Defense.