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If you chose Scorbunny, your team will obviously have different requirements. Since Scorbunny is a Fire type, you won't need to get any Pokemon for Milo's Grass type team. It is important that you get a Cutiefly on Route 4, however. For Nessa, you can get a Nuzleaf on Route 5. In Galar Mine No. … Continue reading Best Sword Team: Scorbunny Chosen →

Sword and Shield, like other duo games, have exclusives between each game. However, these games are the first to introduce different gym leaders based on your version. Half of the sets of gym leaders are version exclusives, but only two of those sets have a different main typing. That being said, there are six different … Continue reading Best Sword Team: Grookey Chosen →

In Sun and Moon, several Kantonian Pokemon were given regional variants for Alola. Galar has a similar feature, although it has Pokemon not just from Kanto. Many of them have new evolution methods. Galarian Farfetch'd, which is a Fighting type as well, needs to land 3 critical hits in one battle to evolve. While this … Continue reading Galarian Form New Evolutions →

Pokemon X and Y were lacking in the legendary department. Even though they had one of the legendary birds and Mewtwo, they only released a total of 3 new ones. Most Pokemon games have a "legendary trio" trope, where there are two exclusive legendaries and one that unifies them. For example, Xerneas was only available … Continue reading Sword and Shield Legendaries →

Fossils have been in Pokemon since the first games. There have been two lines introduced in every game except for Johto and Alola. Galar has released four fossil Pokemon, but the manner of obtaining them is slightly different than previous games. There are four fossils: Fossilized Drake, Fossilized Fish, Fossilized Bird, and Fossilized Dino. The … Continue reading Sword and Shield Fossil Pokemon →

Snom is an Ice/Bug type introduced in Sword and Shield. Its evolution, Frosmoth, are the only two Pokemon with this typing combination. They can either have Shield Dust, or a new hidden ability called Ice Scales, which halves damage taken from special moves. Snom evolves at night with high friendship. Stonjourner is a pure Rock … Continue reading More Galar Pokemon →

Applin is a Grass and Dragon type introduced in Sword and Shield. It has a new ability called Ripen, which doubles effects from berries. It can also have Gluttony, or Bulletproof as its hidden ability. It has two evolutions based on what item you use. If you use a Tart Apple, you will get Flapple, … Continue reading Applin →

On Route 8, you can find a Pokemon named Sandaconda. This is an evolution of a Pokemon named Sillicobra at level 36. They're both Ground types with either the ability Sand Spit, which causes a Sandstorm every time it is hit (assuming a sandstorm isn't already active) or Shed Skin, or Sand Veil as its … Continue reading Sword and Shield Route 8 and Route 9 Pokemon →

On Route 7, you can find Perrserker, which is Galarian Meowth's evolution. Galarian Meowth can be found on Route 4. They're both Steel type with the ability Battle Armor or Tough Claws, or a new ability called Steely Spirit as its hidden ability. Steely Spirit raises the power of your ally's Steel type moves. You … Continue reading Sword and Shield Route 7 Pokemon →

In Glimwood Tangle, you can find Impidimp. It can have Prankster or Frisk, or Pickpocket as its hidden ability. At level 32, it evolves into Morgrem, which can alternatively be found here. At level 42, it will evolve into Grimmsnarl, which also has a Dynamax form. You can also find Hattrem here, which is a … Continue reading Glimwood Tangle →