Scarlet and Violet's Paldea Pokedex is the first in a fully open-world game. Terastallization lets any Pokemon swap to any type mid-battle, which flips matchups on their head. Paradox Pokemon are version-exclusive variants from the ancient past (Scarlet) or far future (Violet). Three storylines run in parallel. DLC adds the Kitakami and Blueberry Academy rosters. Filter by type or stats to explore the full dex.

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Dunsparce
#0206

Dunsparce

normal
B
Gligar
#0207

Gligar

groundflying
C
Snubbull
#0209

Snubbull

fairy
C
Granbull
#0210

Granbull

fairy
B
Qwilfish
#0211

Qwilfish

waterpoison
A
Scizor
#0212

Scizor

bugsteel
B
Heracross
#0214

Heracross

bugfighting
B
Sneasel
#0215

Sneasel

darkice
D
Teddiursa
#0216

Teddiursa

normal
B
Ursaring
#0217

Ursaring

normal
C
Slugma
#0218

Slugma

fire
C
Magcargo
#0219

Magcargo

firerock
D
Swinub
#0220

Swinub

iceground
C
Piloswine
#0221

Piloswine

iceground
C
Delibird
#0225

Delibird

iceflying
A
Skarmory
#0227

Skarmory

steelflying
C
Houndour
#0228

Houndour

darkfire
B
Houndoom
#0229

Houndoom

darkfire
B
Kingdra
#0230

Kingdra

waterdragon
D
Phanpy
#0231

Phanpy

ground
A
Donphan
#0232

Donphan

ground
B
Porygon2
#0233

Porygon2

normal
C
Stantler
#0234

Stantler

normal
B
Smeargle
#0235

Smeargle

normal
D
Tyrogue
#0236

Tyrogue

fighting
A
Hitmontop
#0237

Hitmontop

fighting
A
Elekid
#0239

Elekid

electric
D
Magby
#0240

Magby

fire
B
Blissey
#0242

Blissey

normal
A
Raikou
#0243

Raikou

electric
A
Entei
#0244

Entei

fire
B
Suicune
#0245

Suicune

water
D
Larvitar
#0246

Larvitar

rockground
D
Pupitar
#0247

Pupitar

rockground
A
Tyranitar
#0248

Tyranitar

rockdark
S
Lugia
#0249

Lugia

psychicflying
S
Ho-oh
#0250

Ho-oh

fireflying
D
Treecko
#0252

Treecko

grass
C
Grovyle
#0253

Grovyle

grass
B
Sceptile
#0254

Sceptile

grass
D
Torchic
#0255

Torchic

fire
C
Combusken
#0256

Combusken

firefighting
B
Blaziken
#0257

Blaziken

firefighting
D
Mudkip
#0258

Mudkip

water
D
Marshtomp
#0259

Marshtomp

waterground
B
Swampert
#0260

Swampert

waterground
D
Poochyena
#0261

Poochyena

dark
C
Mightyena
#0262

Mightyena

dark
  • The base game has around 400. DLC adds The Teal Mask (Kitakami) and The Indigo Disk (Blueberry Academy), bringing the total to about 733. Not every past Pokemon made the cut, but it's a bigger roster than Sword and Shield.

  • Terastallization lets any Pokemon change to any single type mid-battle. Each Pokemon has a Tera Type that can differ from its regular type. A Water-type Pokemon with a Ground Tera Type gains Ground STAB when Terastallized. You can use it once per visit to a Pokemon Center. It reshuffles matchups in ways no previous gimmick has.

  • Fuecoco's Skeledirge (Fire/Ghost) is the strongest. Unaware ignores stat boosts, it has solid bulk, and Fire/Ghost is a great typing. Quaxly's Quaquaval (Water/Fighting) snowballs with Moxie after each KO. Sprigatito's Meowscarada has the speed but can't take a hit.

  • Paradox Pokemon are version-exclusive variants of existing species. Scarlet gets ancient forms (past): Great Tusk (ancient Donphan), Flutter Mane (ancient Misdreavus). Violet gets future forms: Iron Treads (future Donphan), Iron Valiant (future Gardevoir/Gallade). They have different types and stats from their base forms.

  • Generation 9, released in November 2022 for the Nintendo Switch. First fully open-world mainline game with three storylines (Victory Road, Path of Legends, Starfall Street) you can tackle in any order. Introduced Terastallization and Paradox Pokemon.

  • Victory Road is the gym challenge (8 gyms, Elite Four, Champion). Path of Legends has you finding Herba Mystica by battling Titan Pokemon. Starfall Street has you raiding Team Star bases. You can do them in any order since the world is open. After clearing all three, a final storyline unlocks in Area Zero.

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