It’s amusing to look at the Gen I Pokémon available in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Gen VIII (Sword & Shield) and see how much they have changed. Most of them have become capable combatants; however, those very same Pokémon were less than desirable in Ge✨n I. It seems no type of Pokémon exemplifie🌸s this growth in combat effectiveness between Gen I and Gen VIII more than the Water-type.
The difference between a Gen I Gyarados and a Gen VIII Gyarados is about as big as the difference between a Magikarp and a Gyarados. This list will limit selections to the final stage ofꦡ a🌺 Pokémon’s evolutionary line, and only take into consideration the moves that were available to these Pokémon in Gen I.
10 Not So Great – Seadra 𝓀
Seadra resembles a fierce seahorse, and is a Water-type Pokémon that evolves from the adorable little Horsea. This Pokémon helps prove the claim made in the introduction. In Gen VIII Seadra can not only learn many great W𓂃ater and Dragon-type attacks, but it can evolve into a stronger form that is a Water/Drago💎n-type. Seadra’s Attack and maximum hit points are quite low, and in Gen I it only learns three attack moves – Bubble, Water Gun, and Hydro Pump. Having all of its available attacks being of one type severely limits Seadra’s usefulness in battle.
9 Great – Gyarados 🎀
Let’s get Gyarados out of the way first. Every fan of the Pokémon series is familiar with Gyarados and how strong it is in battle. Gyarados boasts some very good stats – for Gen I anyway. It has excellent Attack, Special (which was split into Special Attack and Special Defense in later games), and a ton of hit points. It isn’t lacking in the Defense or Speed departments either. Gyarados has some powerful attack moves available in Gen I; like 🍒Hyper Beam and Hydro Pump. It is a bit strange Gyarados can’t learn the HM Fly despite being a Water/Flying-type.
8 ❀ Not So Great – Tentacruel 𒁃
Tentacruel is an underrated Pokémon in the more modern games; this thing can cause significant damage, and quickly. In Gen I it isn’t nearly as good due to its lack of available movꦫes. It has very good Special and Speed ratings, and its other stats aren't bad.
Tentacruel can learn Hydro Pump (110 power) ꩲin Gen I; the rest of its attacks are well below average in terms of power. Water Gun and Acid are its next best attacks with a power rating of 40. In Gen VIII this Pokémon can also learn Sludge Wave (95 power), Poison Jab (80 poweꦆr), and even the Ghost-type move Hex.
7 Great – Vapo♛reon 💙
Vaporeon is the result of evolving Eevee with a Water Stone, and in Gen I Vaporeon was probably the best of the three possibilities for Eevee’s evolution. All three have a Special of 110 and a high rating in one other stat. Jolteon has a high Speed, Flareon has a high attack, and Vaporeon has a high maximum for hit points. The boosted hit points are persistently useful – Speed and Attack can be lowered (or negated via paralysis or lowering accuracy). Vaporeon has access to some great attack moves (for Gen I);ꦅ Hydro Pump, Bite, and Quick Attack being the most notable.
6 Not So Great⛄ – Seaking
Seaking might be the weakest fully evolved Pokémon in Gen I. This giant goldfish has dreadful stats. Its best stat is Attack; which is only 170 at max. The biggest problem with Seaking is that its best attack is Waterfall (80 power), and Waterfall doesn’t use Attack to calculate damage – it uses Special. The only reason to use Seaking is for the move Horn Drill. This move can cause the opponent to instantly faint, but only has an accuracy of 30. When an HM move would be the strongest move in a Pokémon’s move-set, that is a good indicator that Pokémon is꧃ not🧸 worth the bother to train.
5 Great – Kabutops 𝔉 ♈
Kabutops is the final evolution of one of the two “fossil” Pokémon the player must choose between; the other being Omastar. While Omastar is also great (Vaporeon just barely edged it off this list), the combination of Kabutops’ stats and available moves make it better than Omastar. It has great Attack and Defense ratings, and its other stats are slightly above average. The only negative to Kabutops is its limited selection of moves - it does get three great attack moves though. It can learn Hydro Pump and Slash ༒– both great attack moves in Gen I. The inc🌞lusion of Absorb in Kabutops’ list of available moves is particularly helpful; mainly because healing moves were fairly rare in Gen I.
4 Not So Great – Slowbro 💝
Slowbro isn’t the worst 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Water-type in Gen I, but it certainly has some serious faults. It has a decent 🔯amount of hit poin🌱ts and a high Attack; however, Slowbro is so slow that it will always have to wait for the opponent to attack first. This causes Slowbro to forever fight uphill. Another problem with Slowbro is that its best attack move is Psychic; which is great, but Psychic is not a physical attack. Its Special rating isn’t nearly as good as its Attack, so Psychic isn’t that strong when used by Slowbro.
3 Great – 📖Lapras
In Gen I, Lapras was one of those Pokémon that stayed in a player’s main party after it was acquired. This Water/Ice-type Pokémon has some o💯f the be🉐st stats in Gen I. Additionally, Ice-type moves are great against strong types of Pokémon – like Dragon-types; of which Gen I had only one (Dragonite).
Lapras has good stats in general, but its maximum hit points and Special are especially great. Lapras has access to a wide variety of powerful moves. Hydro Pump (110 power) is its best Water-type move, Ice Beam (90 power) is its best Ic🧜e-type move, and Body Slam (85 power) is its best Normal-type move.
2 ♎ Not So ꧂Great – Kingler
Kingler could have been a really powerful Pokémon if not for two unavoidable negatives. First, Kingler has some of the lowest maximum hit points of any fully evolved Pokémon; it only ha▨s slightly more hit points than a Weedle of the same level. Its Special rating is likewise one of the lowest of any fully evolved Pokémon. Second, Kingler’s best attack move is Crabhammer (100 power), but this move uses Special instead of Attack. The sad thing is, Kingler isn’t much better in Gen VIII than it is in Gen I.
1 Grea💃t – Blasto༒ise
For many fans of the Pokémon series, Blastoise (or rather Squirtle) is the first Pokémon they eveꦉr used. It is a Pokémon with which many players have an emotional connection. Blastoise is also probably the strongest of the original three starters – making it one of the strongest Pokémon in Gen I. This tank/turtle has some𒁏 of the best all-around stats in Gen I, with Defense (obviously) being very good. To compliment these great stats is a list of available moves that includes some very powerful options. Most notable among these moves are Hydro Pump, Skull Bash (130 power), and Bite.