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.

B
Dusknoir
#0477

Dusknoir

ghost
B
Froslass
#0478

Froslass

iceghost
C
Rotom
#0479

Rotom

electricghost
A
Uxie
#0480

Uxie

psychic
S
Mesprit
#0481

Mesprit

psychic
B
Azelf
#0482

Azelf

psychic
S
Dialga
#0483

Dialga

steeldragon
S
Palkia
#0484

Palkia

waterdragon
A
Heatran
#0485

Heatran

firesteel
B
Regigigas
#0486

Regigigas

normal
S
Giratina
#0487

Giratina

ghostdragon
B
Cresselia
#0488

Cresselia

psychic
C
Phione
#0489

Phione

water
B
Manaphy
#0490

Manaphy

water
A
Darkrai
#0491

Darkrai

dark
B
Shaymin
#0492

Shaymin

grass
S
Arceus
#0493

Arceus

normal
D
Snivy
#0495

Snivy

grass
C
Servine
#0496

Servine

grass
B
Serperior
#0497

Serperior

grass
D
Tepig
#0498

Tepig

fire
C
Pignite
#0499

Pignite

firefighting
B
Emboar
#0500

Emboar

firefighting
D
Oshawott
#0501

Oshawott

water
D
Dewott
#0502

Dewott

water
B
Samurott
#0503

Samurott

water
C
Blitzle
#0522

Blitzle

electric
C
Zebstrika
#0523

Zebstrika

electric
C
Drilbur
#0529

Drilbur

ground
S
Excadrill
#0530

Excadrill

groundsteel
C
Timburr
#0532

Timburr

fighting
C
Gurdurr
#0533

Gurdurr

fighting
A
Conkeldurr
#0534

Conkeldurr

fighting
D
Sewaddle
#0540

Sewaddle

buggrass
C
Swadloon
#0541

Swadloon

buggrass
C
Leavanny
#0542

Leavanny

buggrass
C
Cottonee
#0546

Cottonee

grassfairy
A
Whimsicott
#0547

Whimsicott

grassfairy
D
Petilil
#0548

Petilil

grass
C
Lilligant
#0549

Lilligant

grass
B
Basculin
#0550

Basculin

water
C
Sandile
#0551

Sandile

grounddark
C
Krokorok
#0552

Krokorok

grounddark
A
Krookodile
#0553

Krookodile

grounddark
D
Scraggy
#0559

Scraggy

darkfighting
B
Scrafty
#0560

Scrafty

darkfighting
C
Zorua
#0570

Zorua

dark
B
Zoroark
#0571

Zoroark

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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