Pokemon Platinum is almost the same as Pokemon Diamond and Pearl except with quite a few different capturable Pokemon.
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Introduction:
The best possible Pokemon for an in-game team are the ones that are obtainable at the start of the game, can OHKO enemies easily, take little damage from nearly any attack, can learn many HMs, can heal itself, can learn useful moves upon level up, doesn't need excessive TMs, and has a useful ability. Such a Pokemon doesn't exist of course, but this means that Pokemon closer to this ideal are obviously the best ones possible.
The goal of this in-game tier list is to recommend a select group of Pokemon for an efficient run through the game. The ones that fit most of the above requirements are placed in the high tier. Very inefficient Pokemon will be put in the low tier. Ones that are neither efficient nor inefficient, for example Pokemon that have some opportunity costs but don't end up as good as high tiered ones, will be put in the middle tier.
Don't confuse an efficient run with a speed run. Speed runs are often ones that are segmented and recorded with luck manipulation through resets, and aim for the absolute fastest time recorded, but the real time spent on them is usually much more. Just assume you want to play through in a relatively fast time frame.
Team size is actually most efficient if you use only one member, but I'm assuming something more like 3 members, as otherwise you get extremely centralized lists with starters and early game Pokemon at the far top and everything else pretty much too inefficient to bother with.
Also note when reading through this guide that some of the moves and abilities listed for a Pokemon may only be obtained by their evolutions. Some Pokemon may be placed in higher tiers due to their evolution's capabilities as well.
High Tier:
Abra
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has very high Special Attack and Speed stats, however, needs to be traded to fully evolve.
Azelf
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Although it is available very late in the game it is available at a high level of 50 which compensates for this. Also has very high Attack, Special Attack, and Speed stats.
Bidoof
Availability: Very Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Very useful in-game Pokemon because it learns a vast amount of HMs, such as Cut, Rock Climb, Rock Smash, Strength, Surf, and Waterfall.
Buizel
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has high Attack and Speed stats.
Chimchar
Availability: Beginning
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Has great offensive stats, a high Speed stat, and learns a vast amount of TMs and useful moves upon level up.
Cranidos
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has an incredibly high Attack stat capable of OHKOing many Pokemon.
Gastly
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Has a very high Special Attack and Speed stat, however, needs to be traded to fully evolve.
Gible
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Although it is found mid-game and evolves at a high level of 48, it is incredibly useful once it evolves because of its above average stats all-round.
Giratina
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Althought it's available late in the game, it is captured at a high level of 47 which compensates for this. It has incredibly high stats all-round, especially defensive stats for its regular form and offensive stats for its Giratina-O form.
Houndour
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: One of the few Fire-types in the game if you didn't choose Chimchar as your starter. Has high Special Attack and Speed stats and a useful typing and ability in Flash Fire.
Machop
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Average
Additional Comments: Has a very high Attack stat and good defenses, learns useful STAB attacks upon level up, and has a useful ability in No Guard. However, it needs to be traded to fully evolve.
Magikarp
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Despite being useless as a Magikarp, once it evolves it is an incredibly useful Pokemon. Gyarados has a very high Attack stat, great defenses, learns Dragon Dance upon level up, and has a useful ability in Intimidate.
Piplup
Availability: Beginning
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a good typing and has a high Special Attack stat.
Scyther
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a very high Attack and Speed stat and has a useful ability in Technician.
Shinx
Availability: Very Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has great offensive stats and a useful ability in Intimidate.
Starly
Availability: Very Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Has a very high Attack and Speed stat and learns powerful moves upon level up such as Close Combat and Brave Bird.
Turtwig
Availability: Beginning
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a high Attack stat and learns powerful moves upon level up such as Earthquake and Wood Hammer.
Middle Tier:
Bronzor
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has great defensive stats, great typing, learns Hypnosis upon level up, and has useful abilities.
Croagunk
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a high Attack stat and useful ability in Dry Skin.
Froslass
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Has a very high Speed stat, useful typing for defeating the Elite Four, and learns a wide variety of moves such as Shadow Ball, Ice Beam, Blizzard, and Thunderbolt.
Gardevoir
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a very high Special Attack and Special Defense stat, however, it has a shallow movepool outside of Psychic-type attacks.
Gallade
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a very high Attack and Special Defense stat, however, its strong physical moves are learned at very high levels.
Jolteon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Has a very high Special Attack and Speed stat, however, it has a shallow movepool outside of Electric-type attacks.
Marill
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has an incredibly high Attack stat with the ability Huge Power and has good bulk.
Meditite
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has an extremely high Attack stat with the ability Huge Power capable of OHKOing Pokemon easily. However, it has a poor level up movepool.
Pikachu
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Has an above average Attack, Special Attack, and Speed stat, and learns a wide variety of moves through TM.
Ponyta
Availability: Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: One of the few Fire-types in the game if you don't choose Chimchar as a starter; however, has a shallow movepool outside of Fire-type attacks.
Rotom
Availability: Early
Stats: Average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a great typing and useful ability.
Shellos
Availability: Early
Stats: Average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a very high HP stat, above average defenses, and learns Recover upon level up.
Vaporeon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has high HP, Special Attack, and Special Defense stats.
Low Tier:
Bonsly
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average stats and a shallow movepool.
Budew
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats as a pre-evolution and has a shallow movepool outside of Grass-type attacks. However, outside of Turtwig, it is the best Grass-type in-game.
Buneary
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats.
Chatot
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats, a shallow movepool, and is available late in the game.
Clefairy
Availability: Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Has decent stats all-round and a very wide movepool, but its movepool relies on TMs.
Drifloon
Availability: Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool and is only available on one day of the week (Friday).
Electabuzz
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and can't be fully evolved unless you have the Electirizer item and somebody to trade with.
Geodude
Availability: Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a bad typing, low Speed stat, and needs to be traded to be fully evolved.
Girafarig
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool and below average offensive stats.
Glaceon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool outside of Ice-type attacks.
Gligar
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Needs the Razor Fang item to fully evolve and has a shallow movepool.
Hoothoot
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats and a shallow movepool.
Magnemite
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool outside of Electric-type attacks.
Mesprit
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and must be found in the wild randomly to be captured.
Psyduck
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average stats and a shallow movepool.
Uxie
Availability: Late
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Despite having excellent defensive stats, its offensive stats are quite poor.
Wingull
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats and a shallow movepool, but learns 3 useful HMs in Fly, Surf, and Defog.
Wooper
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats and a shallow movepool, but has good defenses and a useful ability in Water Absorb.
Zubat
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats and a shallow movepool.
Bottom Tier:
Absol
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game.
Aipom
Availability: Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), has a low encounter rate, and you would have to rely on luck to find one.
Barboach
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats.
Burmy
Availability: Early
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), has poor stats overall, and has a shallow movepool.
Carnivine
Availability: Late
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool outside of Grass-type attacks.
Chansey
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Has very poor offensive stats, a very shallow movepool, and very low Defense and offensive stats.
Cherubi
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), has below average offensive stats, and a shallow movepool outside of Grass-type attacks.
Chingling
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats and a shallow movepool.
Combee
Availability: Early
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), has a shallow movepool, and has poor offensive stats.
Duskull
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool, evolves at a high level of 40, and needs to be traded with the Reaper Cloth item to fully evolve.
Espeon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Too time consuming to evolve Eevee into it and has a shallow movepool outside of Psychic-type attacks.
Feebas
Availability: Late
Stats: Very poor
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game, too hard to capture, too hard to evolve, and practically useless until it does evolve.
Finneon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats and a shallow movepool outside of Water-type attacks.
Flareon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool outside of Fire-type attacks.
Glalie
Availability: Late
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game, shallow movepool outside of Ice-type attacks, and has below average offensive stats.
Goldeen
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average stats and a shallow movepool.
Heracross
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), has a low encounter rate, and you would have to rely on luck to find one.
Hippopotas
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Poor
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool and an ability that hinders the rest of the team.
Kricketot
Availability: Early
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Has very poor stats besides its Attack stat, has a very shallow movepool, and is useless until it evolves.
Leafeon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool outside of Grass-type attacks.
Lickitung
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats.
Magmar
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and can't be fully evolved unless you have the Magmarizer item.
Mantyke
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has below average offensive stats.
Mime Jr.
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow level-up movepool outside of Psychic-type attacks.
Munchlax
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), only has a 1% chance of appearing, and is only available on certain trees which depend on your ID/SID combination.
Nosepass
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats and bad typing.
Onix
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool and poor Speed and Special Defense stats.
Pachirisu
Availability: Early
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor stats overall and a shallow movepool.
Porygon
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Needs to be traded twice in order for it to fully evolve and is available too late in the game.
Remoraid
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has below average offensive stats.
Rhyhorn
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Can't be fully evolved without the Protector item and has poor Speed and Special Defense stats.
Riolu
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Obtained too late in the game and at too low of a level.
Shieldon
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats and a terrible typing.
Skorupi
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool.
Sneasel
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool.
Snover
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has an ability that hinders the rest of the team.
Spiritomb
Availability: Early
Stats: Average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Very hard to obtain since it can only be caught once 32 people have been talked to in the underground over Wi-Fi.
Swablu
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats and a shallow movepool.
Swinub
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game.
Tangela
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool outside of Grass-type attacks.
Tentacool
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game.
Togepi
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and obtained as an egg. Is also very hard to evolve.
Tropius
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool.
Umbreon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Too hard to evolve Eevee into it, poor offensive stats, and a very shallow offensive movepool.
Unown
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Has very poor stats and can only learn the move Hidden Power.
Wurmple
Availability: Early
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor stats overall and has a shallow movepool.
Yanma
Availability: Very late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool.
Untiered:
Dialga: Is only available once you have completed the game.
Palkia: Is only available once you have completed the game.
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Any opinions on whether a Pokemon should be moved up or down a tier is appreciated.
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Introduction:
The best possible Pokemon for an in-game team are the ones that are obtainable at the start of the game, can OHKO enemies easily, take little damage from nearly any attack, can learn many HMs, can heal itself, can learn useful moves upon level up, doesn't need excessive TMs, and has a useful ability. Such a Pokemon doesn't exist of course, but this means that Pokemon closer to this ideal are obviously the best ones possible.
The goal of this in-game tier list is to recommend a select group of Pokemon for an efficient run through the game. The ones that fit most of the above requirements are placed in the high tier. Very inefficient Pokemon will be put in the low tier. Ones that are neither efficient nor inefficient, for example Pokemon that have some opportunity costs but don't end up as good as high tiered ones, will be put in the middle tier.
Don't confuse an efficient run with a speed run. Speed runs are often ones that are segmented and recorded with luck manipulation through resets, and aim for the absolute fastest time recorded, but the real time spent on them is usually much more. Just assume you want to play through in a relatively fast time frame.
Team size is actually most efficient if you use only one member, but I'm assuming something more like 3 members, as otherwise you get extremely centralized lists with starters and early game Pokemon at the far top and everything else pretty much too inefficient to bother with.
Also note when reading through this guide that some of the moves and abilities listed for a Pokemon may only be obtained by their evolutions. Some Pokemon may be placed in higher tiers due to their evolution's capabilities as well.
High Tier:
Abra
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has very high Special Attack and Speed stats, however, needs to be traded to fully evolve.
Azelf
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Although it is available very late in the game it is available at a high level of 50 which compensates for this. Also has very high Attack, Special Attack, and Speed stats.
Bidoof
Availability: Very Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Very useful in-game Pokemon because it learns a vast amount of HMs, such as Cut, Rock Climb, Rock Smash, Strength, Surf, and Waterfall.
Buizel
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has high Attack and Speed stats.
Chimchar
Availability: Beginning
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Has great offensive stats, a high Speed stat, and learns a vast amount of TMs and useful moves upon level up.
Cranidos
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has an incredibly high Attack stat capable of OHKOing many Pokemon.
Gastly
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Has a very high Special Attack and Speed stat, however, needs to be traded to fully evolve.
Gible
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Although it is found mid-game and evolves at a high level of 48, it is incredibly useful once it evolves because of its above average stats all-round.
Giratina
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Althought it's available late in the game, it is captured at a high level of 47 which compensates for this. It has incredibly high stats all-round, especially defensive stats for its regular form and offensive stats for its Giratina-O form.
Houndour
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: One of the few Fire-types in the game if you didn't choose Chimchar as your starter. Has high Special Attack and Speed stats and a useful typing and ability in Flash Fire.
Machop
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Average
Additional Comments: Has a very high Attack stat and good defenses, learns useful STAB attacks upon level up, and has a useful ability in No Guard. However, it needs to be traded to fully evolve.
Magikarp
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Despite being useless as a Magikarp, once it evolves it is an incredibly useful Pokemon. Gyarados has a very high Attack stat, great defenses, learns Dragon Dance upon level up, and has a useful ability in Intimidate.
Piplup
Availability: Beginning
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a good typing and has a high Special Attack stat.
Scyther
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a very high Attack and Speed stat and has a useful ability in Technician.
Shinx
Availability: Very Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has great offensive stats and a useful ability in Intimidate.
Starly
Availability: Very Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Has a very high Attack and Speed stat and learns powerful moves upon level up such as Close Combat and Brave Bird.
Turtwig
Availability: Beginning
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a high Attack stat and learns powerful moves upon level up such as Earthquake and Wood Hammer.
Middle Tier:
Bronzor
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has great defensive stats, great typing, learns Hypnosis upon level up, and has useful abilities.
Croagunk
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a high Attack stat and useful ability in Dry Skin.
Froslass
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Has a very high Speed stat, useful typing for defeating the Elite Four, and learns a wide variety of moves such as Shadow Ball, Ice Beam, Blizzard, and Thunderbolt.
Gardevoir
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a very high Special Attack and Special Defense stat, however, it has a shallow movepool outside of Psychic-type attacks.
Gallade
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a very high Attack and Special Defense stat, however, its strong physical moves are learned at very high levels.
Jolteon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Has a very high Special Attack and Speed stat, however, it has a shallow movepool outside of Electric-type attacks.
Marill
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has an incredibly high Attack stat with the ability Huge Power and has good bulk.
Meditite
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has an extremely high Attack stat with the ability Huge Power capable of OHKOing Pokemon easily. However, it has a poor level up movepool.
Pikachu
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Has an above average Attack, Special Attack, and Speed stat, and learns a wide variety of moves through TM.
Ponyta
Availability: Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: One of the few Fire-types in the game if you don't choose Chimchar as a starter; however, has a shallow movepool outside of Fire-type attacks.
Rotom
Availability: Early
Stats: Average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a great typing and useful ability.
Shellos
Availability: Early
Stats: Average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a very high HP stat, above average defenses, and learns Recover upon level up.
Vaporeon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has high HP, Special Attack, and Special Defense stats.
Low Tier:
Bonsly
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average stats and a shallow movepool.
Budew
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats as a pre-evolution and has a shallow movepool outside of Grass-type attacks. However, outside of Turtwig, it is the best Grass-type in-game.
Buneary
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats.
Chatot
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats, a shallow movepool, and is available late in the game.
Clefairy
Availability: Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Has decent stats all-round and a very wide movepool, but its movepool relies on TMs.
Drifloon
Availability: Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool and is only available on one day of the week (Friday).
Electabuzz
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and can't be fully evolved unless you have the Electirizer item and somebody to trade with.
Geodude
Availability: Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has a bad typing, low Speed stat, and needs to be traded to be fully evolved.
Girafarig
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool and below average offensive stats.
Glaceon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool outside of Ice-type attacks.
Gligar
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Needs the Razor Fang item to fully evolve and has a shallow movepool.
Hoothoot
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats and a shallow movepool.
Magnemite
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool outside of Electric-type attacks.
Mesprit
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and must be found in the wild randomly to be captured.
Psyduck
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average stats and a shallow movepool.
Uxie
Availability: Late
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Despite having excellent defensive stats, its offensive stats are quite poor.
Wingull
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats and a shallow movepool, but learns 3 useful HMs in Fly, Surf, and Defog.
Wooper
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats and a shallow movepool, but has good defenses and a useful ability in Water Absorb.
Zubat
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats and a shallow movepool.
Bottom Tier:
Absol
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game.
Aipom
Availability: Early
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), has a low encounter rate, and you would have to rely on luck to find one.
Barboach
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats.
Burmy
Availability: Early
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), has poor stats overall, and has a shallow movepool.
Carnivine
Availability: Late
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool outside of Grass-type attacks.
Chansey
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Has very poor offensive stats, a very shallow movepool, and very low Defense and offensive stats.
Cherubi
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), has below average offensive stats, and a shallow movepool outside of Grass-type attacks.
Chingling
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats and a shallow movepool.
Combee
Availability: Early
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), has a shallow movepool, and has poor offensive stats.
Duskull
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool, evolves at a high level of 40, and needs to be traded with the Reaper Cloth item to fully evolve.
Espeon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Too time consuming to evolve Eevee into it and has a shallow movepool outside of Psychic-type attacks.
Feebas
Availability: Late
Stats: Very poor
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game, too hard to capture, too hard to evolve, and practically useless until it does evolve.
Finneon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats and a shallow movepool outside of Water-type attacks.
Flareon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool outside of Fire-type attacks.
Glalie
Availability: Late
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game, shallow movepool outside of Ice-type attacks, and has below average offensive stats.
Goldeen
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average stats and a shallow movepool.
Heracross
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), has a low encounter rate, and you would have to rely on luck to find one.
Hippopotas
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Poor
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool and an ability that hinders the rest of the team.
Kricketot
Availability: Early
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Has very poor stats besides its Attack stat, has a very shallow movepool, and is useless until it evolves.
Leafeon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool outside of Grass-type attacks.
Lickitung
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats.
Magmar
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very wide
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and can't be fully evolved unless you have the Magmarizer item.
Mantyke
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has below average offensive stats.
Mime Jr.
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow level-up movepool outside of Psychic-type attacks.
Munchlax
Availability: Early
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Only capturable from honey trees (which takes 6 hours for a Pokemon to appear), only has a 1% chance of appearing, and is only available on certain trees which depend on your ID/SID combination.
Nosepass
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor offensive stats and bad typing.
Onix
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has a shallow movepool and poor Speed and Special Defense stats.
Pachirisu
Availability: Early
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor stats overall and a shallow movepool.
Porygon
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Wide
Additional Comments: Needs to be traded twice in order for it to fully evolve and is available too late in the game.
Remoraid
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has below average offensive stats.
Rhyhorn
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Can't be fully evolved without the Protector item and has poor Speed and Special Defense stats.
Riolu
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Obtained too late in the game and at too low of a level.
Shieldon
Availability: Early
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats and a terrible typing.
Skorupi
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool.
Sneasel
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool.
Snover
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has an ability that hinders the rest of the team.
Spiritomb
Availability: Early
Stats: Average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Very hard to obtain since it can only be caught once 32 people have been talked to in the underground over Wi-Fi.
Swablu
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Has below average offensive stats and a shallow movepool.
Swinub
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game.
Tangela
Availability: Late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool outside of Grass-type attacks.
Tentacool
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game.
Togepi
Availability: Late
Stats: Below average
Movepool: Decent
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and obtained as an egg. Is also very hard to evolve.
Tropius
Availability: Late
Stats: Average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool.
Umbreon
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Decent
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Too hard to evolve Eevee into it, poor offensive stats, and a very shallow offensive movepool.
Unown
Availability: Mid-game
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Has very poor stats and can only learn the move Hidden Power.
Wurmple
Availability: Early
Stats: Poor
Movepool: Very shallow
Additional Comments: Has poor stats overall and has a shallow movepool.
Yanma
Availability: Very late
Stats: Above average
Movepool: Shallow
Additional Comments: Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool.
Untiered:
Dialga: Is only available once you have completed the game.
Palkia: Is only available once you have completed the game.
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Any opinions on whether a Pokemon should be moved up or down a tier is appreciated.