The title of this thread may be somewhat misleading. I am not looking to see who is the best pokemon in standard meta's, or formats. I am looking more at which individual pokemon would have the most impact if pokemon was like a sports draft. Only one of each pokemon from each gen on each team. For example, only one team can have a pickachu, there can not be a pickachu on the two teams facing each other. My goal is to find out who you guys think is the best single pokemon for each team in each gen. I've always wondered this and think it would be interesting to hear your guys answers. I look forward to your responses. Thanks :)
I think I get what you're saying, it's kind of unclear. What you're saying is that you're interested in the best overall pokemon of each generation, as opposed to say, the best pokemon introduced in each generation (ie. for gen II mewtwo is a valid answer, as you could argue it's the number 1 pokemon in all of GSC, as opposed to picking between Ho-oh and Lugia), right? Anyhow, unless my interpretation of what you're trying to say is wrong I'd probably go with RBY: lol Mewtwo GSC: Mewtwo RSE: Kyogre HGSS onwards: Arceus Not too sure about GSC/RSE though. The sports draft analogy is a fun one to think about though, and isn't a bad idea for a tourney imo (I've seen it done, though I didn't participate)
I'm not entirely sure what you're asking either. My take is what Pokemon have had the most impact on the meta games it has been found in. RBY: Snorlax - Defined GSC OU more than any Pokemon has ever defined a tier. GSC: Smeargle - Once gen five came out, Smeargle single-handedly created and entire play style viable (although gimicky) in all of the upper tiers. RSE: Kyogre or Groudon - The introduction of weather abilities defined Ubers play for the next two generations. DPP: Arceus - Arceus rewrote the Uber tier and added a great amount of diversity. BW: Excadrill - This made sand viable as an offensive play style. XY: Not so sure as of yet, but Xerneas for now - Stupidly OP.
I don't think that's what OP meant, but w/e, it's an interesting topic anyway. Going with your take on the OP, I'd argue Skarm for GSC- this thing was once the pinnacle of physical walls (And you could certainly argue that it's still the best in OU) and has had a massive impact on the OU meta in every gen since its introduction- its presence has made or broken many pokemon in terms of their viability. I'd also say Kyogre over Groudon, because Kyogre has just generally represented a more potent threat than Groudon imo I was going to argue against Exca, but then I realised that there weren't a lot of pokemon from gen V that had the kind of huge impact that we're talking about. Maybe Ferrothorn? Idk
Hey guys sorry about the thread being unclear, but thank you for the responses! Basically what I was asking was if there was a tournament for each generation of pokemon, who would be the best overall pokemon to take for first pick. So for example, if the draft was for the gameplay in gen 2, only gen 2 and 1 pokemon would be available. If it was gen 3 draft anything from gen 3,2,1 would be available. I should have clarified as well I was thinking as in the ou meta game, so save the Ubers who do you guys think would be the best choice for each gen. Now since only one of each pokemon would be available the entire tournament I feel it would significantly change the way each gens meta game played out. For example i feel that even though gen 2 was stall heavy, if there was a draft it would be highly offensive meta. my reasoning for that is every team would not be able to run all the pokemon needed to run the team, as there would only be one of each wall for the entire draft, so the chances of one person getting them all would be rare. I feel as though a fast special sweeper might be a top gen 2 pick, such as alakazam, because really if there is only one blissey and one chansey running around and it can carry hidden fire (x) for any counters, it may be a top choice. i feel as though a deaft would completely change the meta of each gen. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
RBY: Mewtwo GSC: Ho-oh RSE: Kyogre HGSS: Arceus BW: Thundurus XY: Xerneas Ubers ftw Didnt read properly I guess RBY: Tauros. Really shines in that meta if anyone play it. 99% of the teams have Tauros because its just unstoppable. Also, Hyper Beam does not have recharge after KOing a pok etc. GSC: Snorlax. The king of GSC. Unstoppable if opp has nothing like Skarmory or Miltank. Then comes Zapdos, Raikou, Suicune and Tyranitar in that order. RSE: Tyranitar. Can run many sets, Band, DD, lead etc. Then comes Metagross, Celebi, Raikou and Snorlax. HGSS: Dunno that tier much. But based on what I know, I would say #1 is Jirachi. Then comes Infernape, Heatran, Starmie and Rotom-H BW: Scizor for sure. Can run lots of sets and a good threat for opponents. Then comes Ferrothorn, Latios, Skarmory and Conkeldurr XY: Mega Venusaur. Can wall a lot of threats and only 2 weaknesses. Then comes Talonflame, Aegislash, Rotom-W and Mega Gyarados
Since this thread is alive again, I'm actually going to respond in response to what Seymour kind of intended (No ubers and stuff). Anyhow, it's really hard to speculate what kind of meta would be available, simply because we haven't specified how many teams there would be in this specific draft. RBY- #1 Tauros then Snorlax, Chansey, Exeggutor, Alakazam in that order. Then again, I haven't thought too much about what may be easier to build a team around, just simply what mons are best in RBY. One pokemon I think would benefit from a draft format is Starmie- Chansey won't be seen on almost every team like normal, so it gets a chance to really shine offensively. GSC- #1 Snorlax obv. Then Zapdos/Raikou, then after that idk RSE- Hmm tough one, especially since I'm not that familiar with it. I'll go with Tyranitar for #1 though. Absolute monster that can wreck things in a multitude of ways. HGSS- Heatran. This thing is just so easy to slot onto a team, and performs extremely well defensively and offensively BW- Dragonite. Capable of many different roles and performs well in all of them. XY- Idk. Aegislash I guess. Again, it's excellent both defensively and offensively. So yeah, for a draft format, you're probably looking at versatility as the most important criteria. Almost all of the pokemon listed have some significant defensive utility in addition to their offensive presence (Shakiest one defensively is probably RBY Tauros, but even then it is a great revenge killer)
All right, all right I got this Gen I: Pikachu, Mewtwo, and Charizard Gen II: Tyranitar, Ho-Oh, and Lugia Gen III: Blaziken, and Salamence Gen IV: Arceus, Giratina, Weavile, and Garchomp Gen V: Genesect, Keledo, Terrakion, Reshiram, and Hyderigon Gen VI: Xerneas, Yveltal, Talonflame and Aegislash.