Pokémon Sword & Shield The 15 Weakest Pokémon Ranked

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Pokémon Sword & Shield The 15 Weakest Pokémon Ranked

Pokémon Sword & Shield have some great new Pokémon, however, not all of them are great. Today, we're checking out the weakest of them. Like every generation, has its strong competitive and its weak ones. They have to fill the natural order and all, and players also have the pleasurable experience of taking a weak Pokémon and turning it into a goliath through hard work in the game. So the presence of weak Pokémon is as important as the game itself. However, these weaker specimens have little to no use in a tournament scenario, so it's important to know what is the worst of the region when it comes to the new Pokémon. So here is a ranked top 10 of the weakest in. Updated July 24th, 2020 by Tanner Kinney: For the first time in the Pokemon series, GameFreak has blessed their fans with DLC expansion packs. The Isle of Armor, released on June 17, 2020, gave 108 Pokémon their green card to visit Galar. While this is still far away from the full Pokédex, it's definitely a welcome addition. However, more returning Pokémon means more minnows in the mix. Which begs the question: which are the weakest of the Isle of Armor? THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY

Lillipup

The fan-favorite yorkshire terrier finally arrived in Galar with the new DLC. While this (alongside Rockruff's return) is a big win for dog fans, it doesn't save Lillipup from itself. It already was one of weakest Pokemon, and in Galar it isn't much better. It doesn't have a terrible base stat total, but its abilities and moveset are lackluster. It does have a solid physical movepool to utilize its 60 attack, but its weak defense leaves it open to swift retaliation. Stoutland may be a beast, but Lillipup is decidedly not.

Whismur

The loudmouth Whismur takes a spot on this list for a very good reason. Its offensive stats and HP aren't so bad, and its movepool is actually pretty large. However, with little speed and low defenses, it'll never get a chance to put that offense to good use. It doesn't share the Scrappy ability of its evolutions, so it doesn't even have their advantage over ghost-types. No matter how much of a mood this crying rabbit represents, its poor battle capabilities will leave its trainers screaming in anguish.

Happiny

Happiny, the pre-evolution of Chansey, is super cute and pink. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean much for its power. Happiny boasts a subpar 220 base stat total. If someone were to squint their eyes, they'd notice that Happiny does in fact have a big number on its statline: a fat 100 in HP. However, that HP doesn't mean much with paper-thin defense, no viable offensive stat, and speed that could charitably be called "not the worst." It, at the very least, does pack a large supportive movepool, but without decent stats, it's just an unfortunate little egg.

Igglybuff

Don't let its name fool you, Igglybuff is not very tough. With a 210 base stat total, there isn't much impressive about this baby balloon. Its defenses and speed especially make a challenging Pokémon to work. On top of that, its dual fairy/normal typing just gives it a weakness without shoring up the bad match-ups. Fortunately, it does pack the same incredible movepool of its evolutions, but that's a small comfort for the Igglybuff enthusiasts. It isn't the worst of the baby Pokémon, but it's far from the best.

Azurill

Of the newly added Pokemon, none are as bad as Azurill. Take the bad typing and stats of Igglybuff and chop off 40 HP just good measure, and that makes an Azuril. That 190 base stat total is just plain sad. Even with Huge Power doubling its attack, that only bumps it up 40 base attack. It's a pathetically weak Pokemon, hardly worthy of the mystique of its evolution, Pikablu. It's easily the weakest Pokemon from the entirely of the Isle of Armor.

Bounsweet

The strongest of this list is Bounsweet at 210 total base stats added together. Of the weak Pokémon, it has the highest base stats but not enough to be competitively viable. Its top moves that it can learn without TM's are Magical leaf, Razor leaf, and teeter dance. Just about every other move is useless. Flail is a good example of the Bounsweet can learn. Both of these factors combined with relatively low stats make this one of the most useless and weakest Pokémon available.

Pichu

Pichu has , being a special attacker that can't effectively special attack. Some of its stats are a little better than Bounsweets but in the wrong areas for the Pichu to work effectively, like speed and attack. Its speed also isn't all that great at 60 and it has very few offensive moves it can naturally learn with help from a TM. While Bounsweet was more rounded, Pichu has severe dips in stats such as defense, making it like glass. It has a bunch of useable TM's which is a saving grace to Pichu, but still, it makes for a weaker Pikachu.

Ralts

While most Pokémon's base stats are above 200 added together, Ralts are 198, slightly less than the total of Pichu. Ralts doesn't have severe dips in stats and can learn some good moves at level 30, like psychic, but most of its stats are mediocre with its highest topping out at 45 which is its special attack. This isn't great and combined with its hp being mediocre, it's likely to get knocked out very easily. Compared to Pichu with some mid stats and severe low stats, Ralts is overall more mediocre in all stats.

Caterpie

via: pokemon.wikia.com Caterpie's total stats are 195, making it one of the weakest and most urgent to evolve for this reason. The strongest move it can learn is bug bite, that's about it, as even with TM's it can only learn 4 moves. It's one of the in the Galar region you can find. Caterpie's HP is its top stat at 45, making it sturdier than most on the list, however, its 20 defense and special defense would lead to it getting plowed through by any move.

Snom

And the count goes lower as Snom's total base stats are just 185, 14 lower than Pichu's total. This dip down means Snoms stats are much lower overall, although still match the lower level mediocre in tier on this list. The fact that its base speed is 20 makes it horrible for any battle, as even Ralts will outspeed it. Add onto this that naturally it can only learn two moves and you'd have a bad time battling with it. Snom's saving grace is that its natural moves use a special attack, its highest stat.

Blipbug

Blipbug's stats are even lower at 180. The most outrageous thing about this is that it naturally learns only one move, struggle bug, which uses its faintly special attack at 25. To make this Pokémon worse it only has 20 defense, meaning it can essentially die from one good stomp, almost like a regular bug. Its speed is higher than Snom's at 45 but it's not enough to save it with the type advantage Snom has over it. It also has a severe lack of learnable TM moves, meaning you're stuck with what you've got, unless you evolve it.

Base Form Wishiwashi

It's a beast if it's special ability is active, but without that, it's a severely weak Pokémon that's barely usable in battle. Its base total stats are 175, with its weakest stat being its defense at 20. As Wishiwashi goes back to base form when injured, it makes it so you'll rarely see it but you're screwed if you do. Wishiwashi can learn a lot of good moves, but they get undermined by the lack of stats to back them up.

Wynaut

While its base stats are much higher than anything on this list at 260 total, the fact that it is a lesser form of gimmick Pokémon makes it completely unviable for any battle situation. Its saving grace is 95 health state, but is combined with mediocre 40's stats for defense and special defense, because being a counter Pokémon you cannot directly attack and only wait on your opponent to make the right move, like some masochistic Yu-Gi-Oh! game. However, its low 20's attack makes it so when it does counter-attack it won't do much damage at all.

Magikarp

While Magikarp's base stat total is 200, it can't attack. Its gimmick is just splashing around and being useless. It has the highest speed on this list at 80, which is great if you want to splash around faster like some hyperactive squirrel doing cartwheels. However, you definitely won't be using it to attack being its attack stat is 10, the worst so far. It's one of the most difficult Pokémon to run through because at least most the other can attack without having to result to struggling. Magikarp is almost legendary in its own weakness.

Feebas

Much like its predecessor, this Magikarp clone cannot attack without hurting itself, plus hatred points are added for its low encounter rate and difficulty to evolve. Its base stats are similar to Magikarp's, at a total of 200, making it beefier than most on the list. It can learn ice beam from a TM, but considering its special attack is 10, you aren't going to get more than a flurry with that. It's odd typing and gimmicky attacks make Feebas the weakest Pokémon in Sword and Shield.