Top 20 Strongest Unevolved Pokémon

- Greetings, Pokefans! This is Michael, and the Eviolite... Or ee-vye-oh-lite, or eh-vee-oh-lite? I don't know. I'll just call it Eviolite because that's what I'm used to. So if that's wrong, I apologize. But anyway, it's a held item that gives the possessor a 50% boost to their defense and special defense, but it only works on Pokémon that are still capable of performing at least one more permanent evolution. So forget about mega evolution. The item is so good and useful that certain pre-evolved forms holding an Eviolite end up being better than their evolved forms. In celebration of these Pokémon, I'll be counting down the 20

strongest

Pokémon that aren't fully evolved.

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Sneasel may succeed, but Weavile is essentially worse, as he is so fragile that Eviolite doesn't help him much. Meanwhile, Gligar was in Smogon's UU level in Gen 7, a very respectable place to land. So number 20 is definitely Gligar. Gligar doesn't have flashy stats, like most of the Pokémon on this list. His best stat is his defense, which isn't surprising, but remember he would be carrying an Eviolite, which makes his defense pretty good. With the right investment, it can be reasonably difficult. And that's really where Gligar excels. I'm just staying for a while. He has the immunity ability so that he cannot be killed by toxics.

Has Roost for reliable recovery. Resists or is immune to U-Turn and Volt Switch pivot moves. It only has two weaknesses and has several good utility moves like Defog, Stealth Rock, Knock Off, and Toxic. Well, it got Toxic in Gen 7 but we don't know if it will have it in Gen 8 because it's not in Gen 8 yet. And Sword and Shield really reduced the number of Pokémon that could learn Toxic. However, I'm sure Gligar and Gliscor will become toxic. I mean, Gligar's Poke dex entries talk about how he injects poison into things. Overall, I don't think Eviolite Gligar is better than Gliscor, but it's definitely pretty good and shouldn't be overlooked.

The next two entries are also tied, and in my opinion the weakest Pokémon of the pair is number 19, Misdreavus. Misdreavus has a total base stat of 435, with poor HP, attack, and defense, but solid special attack, special defense, and speed. The Eviolite, of course, helps with the defensive stats, making them both more acceptable. Misdreavus isn't particularly impressive, at least to my eyes. It has a lot of good utility moves, such as Will-o-Wisp, Taunt, Pain Split, Thunder Wave, and Memento, as well as Hex as its main attack. However, his average speed and bulk, helped but not saved by Eviolite, may prevent him from having much success.

Gligar is definitely a better competitive Pokémon than Misdreavus and that's a flaw in my ranking system: Pokémon that have a higher base overall but are worse at competitiveness end up ranked higher than Pokémon that are simply better than Misdreavus. them, but well, I am recognizing the defects. So that should give me some points, right? The other Pokémon with a total of 435 base stats is Tangela, making it number 18. Tangela's stat spread is the reason I ranked it higher than Misdreavus. As you can see, it has fantastic defense even without Eviolite, so Eviolite makes it even better.

His Special Defense is horrible, but it is beefed up a bit. It combines its tankiness with all kinds of healing options, after all, it's a Grass-type and Grass-types like their healing. And the Regenerator ability, and you have a Pokémon that can succeed in a defensive utility role. Well, some success. At least more successful than Misdreavus. The next three entries are a three-way tie and the final of them is number 17 Seadra. Seadra has a total base stat of 440, and while her defense is pretty solid, her HP and special defense are pretty bad. Eviolite is useful for Pokémon that have a more defensive build than this one, and the other two base 440 Pokémon in total have better defenses than this one.

I think Seadra is a cool Pokémon, but when it comes to battle prowess, it's simply worse than Kingdra. The next base out of 440 total Pokémon is Klang, making it number 16 and it is built more defensively. Since Klinklang has no better HP or Special Defense, a Klang with Eviolite is strictly better defensively than Klinklang, meaning Klinklang is the offensive play, Klang for defense. Klang may find some niche utility, especially in doubles if paired with other Plus or Minus Pokémon. Some of you may remember Wolfey Glick's Klang from his Klang Gang video, and he had some success in the VGC online metagame.

Neither Klang nor Klinklang tend to be stellar Pokémon, but I think it's worth knowing that Klang is a better tank than Klinklang if it has Eviolite. Last in the top base of 440 Pokémon is number 15 Vigoroth. He's actually not as defensive as Klang, however, he has good speed and a respectable attack. I put Vigoroth as the best Pokémon out of Vigoroth, Klang, and Seadra because it is the only one of the three that is banned from Smogon's Not Fully Evolved Gen 7 metagame. To be completely honest, I don't know why, there is very little written about it and I'm not an expert on the previous generation metagame that only allows for not fully evolved Pokémon.

And if you know an expert in that metagame, I'll be impressed. Next is number 14 and finally there is no tie. The only Pokémon that is not fully evolved and has a total base stat of 448 is Doublade. Doublade has incredible defense, great offense, and garbage everything else. Eviolite makes his Defense one of the highest in the game, but upgrades his Special Defense from terrible to just decent. Its main use is to use Swords Dance and Shadow Sneak to get around its poor Speed. It has the drawback that No Guard doesn't help its main attacks, meaning enemy Pokémon just always hit it, and as I mentioned, its special bulk isn't very good.

It's not better than Aegislash, because Aegislash is incredibly good, but Doublade is certainly good enough and can hold its own and was at UU tier in Gen 7. Also a quick PSA, it also mentions Pokémon 7 specifically, it doesn't say anything. to-do-blade It is a double blade: Doublade. The next two entries are another tie. And first we have number 13, the weaker of the two, Piloswine. Piloswine has solid HP, but disappointing defenses. However, Eviolite works well here, as it bolsters its worst stats and combines them with its good HP, resulting in a formidably bulky Pokémon. Unfortunately, his type isn't very good defensively, having five weaknesses compared to just one resistance and one immunity.

It's a somewhat bulky attacker, but not bulky or strong enough to see widespread use. However, it is strong enough to be excluded from the Gen 7 metagame that is not fully evolved. Piloswine is no better than its evolution Mamoswine, but the same cannot be said for the next 450 Pokémon in total, number 12: Chansey. Ignoring Eternamax Eternatus, Chansey has the second highest base HP of all Pokémon, second only to its evolution Blissey and only by five points. Then it has great Special Defense and garbage everything else, particularly physical defense. However, you can cover that bad defense with a big investment in EVs, their already absurd HP and Eviolite.

Blissey's stats are slightly higher than Chansey's, but it's not a big enough jump to do more than the Eviolite. Eviolite Chansey simply takes better hits than a normal Blissey, making Chansey a better Pokémon. In Gen 7 it was at the OU level and Blissey was at the UU level. Combining Chansey's simple refusal to die with all the utility moves it gets, such as Soft-Boiled, Seismic Toss, Heal Bell, Stealth Rock or Toxic in the latest generation, you have one of the most annoying Pokémon to fight. almost any situation. Next up is number 11, this time without a tie: Sliggoo.

Sliggoo has an amazing special defense and everything else is mediocre or bad. With an Eviolite it holds up to special hits very well, but it doesn't seem to do much else. Sliggoo is a strange Pokémon here. It doesn't seem to be used at all in regular metagames and only seems to be middle of the pack in the not-fully-evolved metagame despite having the highest base stat total of all mid-evolved pseudo-legendary Pokémon by far. considerable margin. Everyone else is 410 or 420, ha ha ha, but for some reason Sliggoo is randomly at 452. What? Because? Is rare. But now we're finally in the Top 10, and numbers 10 and 9 are, thankfully, the final tie of the video.

The lower of these two is number 10 Golbat. Golbat has a total base stat of 455. He's normally medium bulk, but Eviolite makes him pretty solid. Combine that with a good defensive typing and access to utility moves like Defog, Toxic, and Roost, and Golbat can be successful at some of the lower tiers like NU despite not being fully evolved, and is banned from the NFE metagame in Gen. 7. So Golbat is okay, but it's not better than Crobat. The following 455 Pokémon in total are so good with an Eviolite that it is better than its evolution. That being number nine, Dusclops.

Dusclops also has that base 455 total, but most of his stat investment goes into his monstrous defenses. Those already huge defenses are further bolstered by the Eviolite, definitely more than making up for her poor HP. Dusclops isn't that good in singles, but in doubles, particularly VGC, in this newer generation, he is a staple. He is the main creator of Trick Room due to his volume, immunities andaccess to Bulldoze, which slows down its fellow Pokémon, which in Trick Room makes them faster. I think its use has decreased since all the legends were added in Crown Tundra, but it was widely used before and is still a very reliable Trick Room Pokémon.

At the very least, it's definitely better than Dusknoir. Next is number eight, Mr. Mime de Galar. Kantonian Mr. Mime has the same base stat total, but he evolves! So he's not here. Mr. Mime from Galar is not as special as Dusclops. He has a good boosted special defense, except for Eviolite, but his HP defense volume is bad enough that he ends up quite fragile. Also, his eyes are not good defensive writing. I don't think he'll have much use outside of the Not Fully Evolved metagame. But he was on my Metronome Battle Federation champion team! Ha ha!

Next up is number 7, Magneton. Magneton has a total base stat of 465. He has good defense, an incredible special attack, and other average stats. It's certainly not that bulky, but in Gen 7 it was actually at the UU tier. Apparently its main use was to use Magnet Pull to trap opposing Steel-types, particularly Scizor, and then K.O. them with Hidden Power Fire, while they could do nothing to him in return. It seems unreasonably effective, but then Gen 8 removed the hidden power and now Magneton doesn't have any fire (unintelligible), so it's no longer good. Nowadays you are better off using Magnezone.

A quick note before we move on to number six is ​​Phione. Phione would be next on the list with its base stat total of 480, but it is technically a fully evolved Pokémon. It is a descendant of Manaphy, yes, but it cannot evolve into Manaphy and therefore does not receive the boost from Eviolite. Instead of pre-evolution, think of it more as mutant offspring. Like a mutated Manaphy. That's weird. And meaningless. Why did they do this? Number six is ​​Rhydon. Has a total base stat of 485. Stellar defense and attack and very good HP, but bad at everything else.

However, Eviolite definitely makes it difficult to remove unless you're using a Water or Grass special move. While I think Eviolite gives Rhydon better bulk than Rhyperior, it does mean that Rhydon has to hold Eviolite, where Rhyperior can contain other elements that can actually work well in his battle strategies. From what I've seen, Rhyperior's main use in VGC is as a Trick Room sweeper, usually combined with something next to it, often Dusclops, to use Bulldoze, slowing it down and making it faster, but also triggering a weakness. Extra power policy. Not only can Rhydon not maintain the Weakness Policy, because he has Eviolite, but he also lacks the Solid Rock ability, which decreases the damage taken from super effective hits.

So I said that Rhydon with Eviolite is bulkier than Rhyperior but if the hit is super effective, that's not even true. Number five is Electabuzz. It has a total base stat of 490. Its best stats are Speed ​​and Special Attack, which are solid. Its special defense and attack are mediocre, while its HP and defense are poor. Eviolite certainly helps, but Electabuzz isn't a standout Pokémon. However, to be fair, Electivire isn't good either, as it was at the PU level of Smogon in Gen 7, despite its very high base stat total. Number four is Magmar. It has a slightly better total base stat than Electabuzz, being 495.

However, unfortunately, its distribution is not very good. It has almost equal investment in Attack and Special Attack, meaning that a lot of base stat points will be wasted on the attack stat you're not going to use, because you're only going to use one or the other. Magmar is not the same as Electabuzz, neither it nor the evolution of it are as good in the competitive landscape. Number three is Scyther. Scyther has a total base stat of 500. Interestingly, it is the only example of a Pokémon that has the same total base stat as its evolution. Scizor also has a base of 500 total, but is slower, stronger, and more defensive.

But while Scyther's effective base stat total can be increased with Eviolite, it is still inferior to Scizor. Bug-Steel is just amazing writing, especially compared to Bug-Flying, which is bad writing. Additionally, Scizor has access to STAB Technician-powered Bullet Punch, which is awesome. So Scizor is cool, Scyther looks cool, not cool. Number two is, appropriately, Porygon2. With a total base stat of 515, it is an absolutely strong Pokémon even without evolving. His stats are pretty balanced overall, and most of them are solid, but the Eviolite makes him a very solid and bulky tank. Its evolution, Porygon-Z, becomes faster and hits harder, but is actually more fragile, so Porygon2 is naturally bulkier and has access to the Eviolite.

It's much easier to knock out Porygon-Z than it is to knock out Porygon2. This has actually resulted in Porygon2 being much, much more used in the VGC metagame than Porygon-Z. Porygon2 is a really effective bulky Trick Room setter due to its bulk and only having one weakness and also having access to really good utility moves like Recover and Ally Switch and also a pretty wide pool of attacking moves. In singles they are more viable, but in doubles, Porygon2 is much better. And finally there is number one, the non-fully evolved Pokémon that is stronger than many fully evolved Pokémon, that being Type: Null.

Yes. The legendary one. You know, I don't think it should be legendary. Type: Null has balanced stats across the board in addition to his speed, meaning he gets super bulky with Eviolite. And that's really all it has going for it. Despite having a total base stat of 534, he finished untiered in the Smogon Gen 7 Singles metagame. Which is like, man. I mean, it was good enough to be excluded from the not-fully-evolved metagame, but despite that base stat total, it's not on par with fully-evolved Pokémon. My suspicion as to why this happened is that he has a fairly limited move pool.

He is extremely slow and his stats are balanced. Pokémon with super balanced stats don't tend to fare as well as Castform of Glalie. That is unless they are really strong Pokémon like Mew. So, in summary, of the 20

strongest

Pokémon that are not fully evolved, 14 of them were fully evolved at the time of their introduction, which makes sense. There are actually 15, if we count Mr. Mime de Galar, which is more or less. Also, the non-fully evolved Pokémon that I think ended up better than their evolved forms within Eviolite are Chansey, Dusclops, and Porygon2, so the bulkier ones appreciate the bulk even more.

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