So, here's the thing. The Copperajah in the room, if you will. Normal-type Pokemon are underappreciated creatures who deserve just as much love as every other fictional critter in the franchise. Yet barring a couple of key exceptions, that's just never really happened. Is it in the name? "Normal" is far and away the most boring title for a Pokemon type. It doesn't inspire hope, fear, or anything in-between. It just is.
Maybe it's because Normal Pokemon only gain STAB — that stands for "Same Type Attack Bonus" — through a bunch of moves that are not super-effective against any other type. This renders their STAB all but meaningless.
Whatever the reason, we acknowledge that this won't be the most popular 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Po﷽kemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl "best types list" we pen here. But give peace a chance. Learn to love some normies. Allow us these few critical moments of your life to argue that on rare but meaningful occasions, those who are seemingly the most mundane among us are capable of the greatest feats. (We're laying it on a little thick, we know.)
6 L💞opunny (Sinnoh De﷽x)
Lopunny has some unique abilities at its disposal. One of Lopunny's two possible abilities, Cute Charm, can cau🅷se opponents to fall in love if physical conta♑ct is made in battle. A bunch of other Pokemon have that ability, though.
Lopunny's other potential ability is pretty cool. It's called Klutz and it prevents the Pokemon from utilizing held items. And by "the Pokemon," we don't mean the opponent. We mean Lopunny itself. So, why on earth would this ever be advantageous? Imagine you put a harmful held item in Lopunny's hands. Er, paws. It's not going to hurt at all because it's such a klutz that it doesn't feel pain. This isn't really how these things work, but then, if we start picking apart the eccentricities of the Pokemon series, we'll be here all week.
Now, let's use Lopunny's Switcheroo move. This causes the two Pokemon combatants to switch held items. Oops! That Flame Orb is yours now, Dialga. Sorry-not-sorry.
5 Kangaskhan (National Dex) 🔯
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Many Pokemon are given punny names. Dad jokes, basically. Some are of the sort that makes us type "haha, funny," and carry on with our lives. Kangaskhan isn't one of them. Genghis Khan was no laughing matter.
Thankfully, Kangaskhan didn't inherit that part of the joke. It protects its young in a pouch, like a kangaroo, which is why this is a double pun. The kangaroo portion of the pun redeems Kangaskhan as a caring and motherly Pokemon that will only show us rage if we try to steal its child. Which we would never do. Probably.
In battle, Kangaskhan can be a menace. Its stats are nicely balanced, with positive curves for HP, Attack, and Speed. If you can capture one with the Scrappy ability, all the better; that'll let the Mongol mama hit Ghost Pokemon with Normal and Fighting moves.
4 Chatot (Sinn✤oh Dex)
Chatot's true strength is its voice. We're not going to link Chatot's cry. We actively welcome you to seek it on your own. This is for your own good. Once you go down the Chatot rabbit hole, you won't emerge for days. Chatot's actual cry is so hilarious that there are entire videos dedicated to replacing it with the cries of more terrifying Pokemon like Charizard and even Arceus. Let that sink in. There are people out there hacking video games to make a parakeet sound like a god of creation. That's the power of Chatot.
Perky. Quirky. Trollish. Those are three words that can be applied to the noise Chatot makes when it enters the deadly arena of Pokemon fighting. It sounds simultaneously dismissive and inquisitive. It came here to laugh at you. This bird's bravado is off the charts.
Renowned competitive Pokemon database website Smogon has this to say about Chatot: "Chatot is a rather bad Pokemon on account of its horrible stats and poor STABs." Someday they'll see the light.
3 ꩵ ✅ Blissey (Sinnoh Dex)
Blissey is an incredible combatant. It has been ever-present in the online scene, which should tell you just how useful it can be in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl's single-player adventure. Its HP stat is 255. That's literally the highest that an HP stat can possibly be. We're using the word literally in the literal sense, for the record.
It also has an amazing Special Defense stat that will keep it alive against special-based sweepers like, well, you name it, and a move like Soft Boiled restores it by 50 percent of its max HP just in case the Great Wall of Blissey is breached. Keep it up and running with moves like Toxic and Substitute. Wear your foes down until a sigh is all they have left. Just keep Blissey far, far away from physical attackers. Its Defense is 10. There are no 💞words to adequately explain just how bad that is.
2 🍨 Staraptor (Sinnoh Dex) ꦑ
In the annals of "starter bird" Pokemon history, a few are good and the rest are most assuredly not. When we say starter bird, by the way, we're talking about the inevitable early-game avians that will swarm you in the very earliest routes. In Sinnoh's case, this means Starly. You can't step foot outside Twinleaf Town without bumping into six of them. Catch one.
Staraptor is fantastic. It's not a stretch to say it might well be the best non-legendary bird in the series. Its Attack and Speed will dominate so many in-game fights it's downright ridiculous. For the vast majority of Pokemon BDSP, you can stick with whatever Staraptor learns naturally and shy away from its recoil-inflicting moves. With an Attack this high, you won't necessarily even need those.
When the going gets rough, as with the Elit༒e Four and❀ especially their rematches, consider turning Staraptor into a dive-bombing daredevil with moves like Close Combat, Brave Bird, and even Final Gambit (which straight-up knocks the poor t♈hing unconscious but has the🉐 potential to be among the most powerful attacks in the game).
1 🔯 Snorlax (Sinnoh Dex) ဣ
Blissey's shtick is unbeatable HP and bonkers Special Defense. Snorlax plays its notes from a different page but serves a similar role as a wall that few opponents in BDSP can ever hope to penetrate.
Snorlax has an HP stat of 160, which, yes, isn't 255. But it's still among the highest around. Furthermore, this lumbering giant's Defense and Special Defense are both strong. You don't have to worry about a single hit from Dragon Claw popping poor Blissey like a balloon. Snorlax's ability only furthers its reliability — Thick Fat halves damage from Fire and Ice moves. The only thing that will put a guaranteed dent in Snorlax is a Fighting-type attack, but even then it's going to take a heck of a blow to knock the so-called Sleeping Pokemon out cold.
Give Snorlax Curse. It ups the Pokemon's Attack and Defense by one stage at the expense of a strike to Speed. Who cares if Snorlax's Speed goes down a notch? How many notches are even left? This relatable millennial companion just wants to sleep. It's not going anywhere unless you give it several gallons of Red Bull and explain in no uncertain terms that the land it's presently resting upon is about to cave from an impending earthquake. You can't just tell it that; the Red Bull remains mandatory.
Speaking of rest and earthquakes, Rest and Earthquake. Teach it both of those. The latter causes tons of damage to those dishonorable cretins who would dare attack a Pokemon in need of a nap. The former is Snorlax's life goal.
