Shed Tail is wild, a substitute / u-turn combo. Mirror herb is really good too if they don't see it coming.
Man, I really don’t like a majority of the designs for these games. After loving most of the new Sw/Sh Pokémon this has been a disappointment. The new legendaries and Cyclizar are in my bottom 10 Pokémon designs.
uh. I'll give top 3 of each gen. Too hard to nail down further and I've probably forgot a load that I love haha Gen 1 Raichu Scyther Ninetales Gen 2 Heracross Sneasel Politoad Gen 3 Sableye Gardevoir Flygon Gen 4 Electivire Togekiss Luxray Gen 5 Reuniclus Emolga Chandelure Gen 6 Pangoro Pumpkaboo Meowstic Gen 7 Toxapex Crabominable Dewpider Gen 8 Corviknight Yamper Dragapult
I'll do the same simple ranking Gen 1 Nidoking Growlithe Poliwhirl Gen 2 Heracross Corsola Delibird Gen 3 Torkoak Camerupt Tropius Gen 4 Cranidos Yanmega Gastrodon East Sea Gen 5 Drilbur Scolipede Darmanitan Gen 6 Chesnaught Clawitzer Hoopa Unbound Gen 7 Toucannon Golisopod Solgaleo Gen 8 Appletun Copperajah Greedent
I was going to add honourable mentions but a couple of gens would have like 50 in there. 3,4, and 6 were so hard to nail down for me.
There’s also a bunch I absolutely adored on release, but have been overtaken now, and the opposite. I loved Aegislash when X/Y came out but I wouldn’t call it top 10 of gen 6 these days
Gen 1: - Slowbro - Vaporeon - Poliwhirl Gen 2: - Gligar - Murkrow - Feraligatr Gen 3: - Gardevoir - Banette - Milotic Gen 4: - Electivire - Piplup - Mismagius Gen 5: - Serperior - Jellicent - Cinccino Gen 6: - Sylveon - Goodra - Fennekin Gen 7: - Primarina - Mimikyu - Dartrix Gen 8: - Polteageist - Corviknight - Falinks
I almost went with Meowstic and Darmanitan respectively, was very close. Was considering Heliolisk too. This exercise is hard
I think every #1 I chose in every gen was one that grew on me over time, except Polteageist which was love at first sight
Strictly by design / concept Ditto as failed Mew clone Hitmonchan/lee Eevee Porygon2 Crobat Togepi Nincada/Shedinja Spinda Milotic Spiritomb Chatot Rotom Darmitan Zoroark Escavalier / Accelgor Vivillon Aegislash Zygarde Oricorio Lycanroc Mimikyu Cursola Fossils Dragapult BONUS: Basculegion Galarian birds A-Ninetales G-Rapidash
No particular order Gen 1: - Gengar, Dragonite, Snorlax Gen 2: - Mareep, Totodile, Wobuffet Gen 3: - Mudkip, Ludicolo, Altaria Gen 4: - Gible, Honchkrow, Rotom Gen 5: - Krookodile, Whimsicott, Scrafty Gen 6: - Hawlucha, Noivern, Pumpkaboo Gen 7: - Toxapex, Mimikyu, Rowlet Gen 8: - Grimmsnarl, Appletun, Toxicitry
Gen 1 Charmander Ivysaur Snorlax Gen 2 Meganium Jumpluff Smeargle Gen 3 Milotic Gardevoir Whiscash Gen 4 Roserade Gastrodon East Sea Piplup Gen 5 Golurk Zorua Swoobat Gen 6 Fennekin Aromatisse Noibat Gen 7 Primarina Tsareena Lumantis Gen 8 Eldegoss Clobbopus Greedent