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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Lotad
#0270

Lotad

watergrass
D
Lombre
#0271

Lombre

watergrass
C
Ludicolo
#0272

Ludicolo

watergrass
D
Seedot
#0273

Seedot

grass
D
Nuzleaf
#0274

Nuzleaf

grassdark
C
Shiftry
#0275

Shiftry

grassdark
C
Wingull
#0278

Wingull

waterflying
B
Pelipper
#0279

Pelipper

waterflying
D
Ralts
#0280

Ralts

psychicfairy
D
Kirlia
#0281

Kirlia

psychicfairy
B
Gardevoir
#0282

Gardevoir

psychicfairy
D
Surskit
#0283

Surskit

bugwater
C
Masquerain
#0284

Masquerain

bugflying
D
Shroomish
#0285

Shroomish

grass
B
Breloom
#0286

Breloom

grassfighting
D
Slakoth
#0287

Slakoth

normal
C
Vigoroth
#0288

Vigoroth

normal
B
Slaking
#0289

Slaking

normal
C
Makuhita
#0296

Makuhita

fighting
B
Hariyama
#0297

Hariyama

fighting
C
Azurill
#0298

Azurill

normalfairy
C
Nosepass
#0299

Nosepass

rock
C
Sableye
#0302

Sableye

darkghost
D
Meditite
#0307

Meditite

fightingpsychic
C
Medicham
#0308

Medicham

fightingpsychic
C
Plusle
#0311

Plusle

electric
C
Minun
#0312

Minun

electric
C
Volbeat
#0313

Volbeat

bug
C
Illumise
#0314

Illumise

bug
D
Gulpin
#0316

Gulpin

poison
C
Swalot
#0317

Swalot

poison
C
Numel
#0322

Numel

fireground
C
Camerupt
#0323

Camerupt

fireground
A
Torkoal
#0324

Torkoal

fire
C
Spoink
#0325

Spoink

psychic
C
Grumpig
#0326

Grumpig

psychic
B
Trapinch
#0328

Trapinch

ground
D
Vibrava
#0329

Vibrava

grounddragon
A
Flygon
#0330

Flygon

grounddragon
C
Cacnea
#0331

Cacnea

grass
B
Cacturne
#0332

Cacturne

grassdark
D
Swablu
#0333

Swablu

normalflying
B
Altaria
#0334

Altaria

dragonflying
B
Zangoose
#0335

Zangoose

normal
C
Seviper
#0336

Seviper

poison
D
Barboach
#0339

Barboach

waterground
C
Whiscash
#0340

Whiscash

waterground
C
Corphish
#0341

Corphish

water
  • 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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