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30. Starly (Flying/Normal)

It's a cute little bird, but cute little birds aren't exactly unique after four generations. I mean, aside from Hoothoot and Noctowl, there's never really been a really recognizable bird, aside from maybe some of the freakier looking ones like ostriches and parrots. Starly is nothing special, but it's cute, so it gets into the top 30.


29. Drifblim (Flying/Ghost)

I love the Flying/Ghost typing, even though it's really not all that different in terms of any specific weaknesses. Drifblim is unique for a Ghost-type, because it's not a typical Ghost. I mean, how many ghost balloons would you think people have seen in their lives. It's also on the Fire Elite 4, mainly because of the complete lack of Fire-types in the game. It's not that bad of a Pokemon when you're fighting it, but I've never trained one personally.


28. Chatot (Flying/Normal)

Speaking of parrots, now we bring up a relatively unique Pokemon in Chatot. It's not really all that special in terms of design or typing, but it does get a move all to itself, "Babble". Basically, Babble gives you the opportunity to babble incoherently into your DS, and that's what sound Chatot will make when it uses the attack. Cool, huh?


27. Darkrai (Dark)

Real original name for this one. It's a Dark-type, so let's call it DARKrai! Great job namers. Darkrai is pretty strong, actually, but it's another one of those Pokemon that you can only get by either cheating or going to Japan. Not worth it. No strength is worth that. Its nightmare ability is good enough to get it to the top 30, but not into the top 25.


26. Turtwig (Grass)

And once again, the Grass starter is the first starter fully eliminated (okay, so it only happened once before, so what?). We didn't need ANOTHER turtle Pokemon. We already had Squirtle. We didn't need you to make a slow Grass starter turtle that becomes doubly weak to Ice when it evolves. It's cute enough to make 26th, but not enough to break into the top 25.


25. Luxio (Electric)

See what I said about Shinx. How the hell is this thing not partially Dark-typed? It's a cute Pokemon, even though it has a high attack stat which is useless, given that the most physical electric attack it gerts is Spark. Really should've been Dark to get a STAB on Crunch and the like. Other than that, Luxio's a middle form, so there's not much else to say.


24. Monferno (Fire/Fighting)

We already did this typing LAST generation with a much more kickass Pokemon. Well...not necessarily MUCH more, but chickens are greater than monkeys. Monferno is actually not fugly as hell like most middle forms are, and it's a fiotting transition from hideous Chimchar to badass Infernape.


23. Rhyperior (Rock/Ground)

This thing just LOOKS like a fucking tank, and that's intimidating as hell. Still, did we REALLY need a Rhydon evolution three generations after its creation? Rhyperior fits into that category once more of Pokemon that seem to have been created solely as filler for this generation. It's already difficult to catch a Rhyhorn and to evolve it to Rhydon, but making a third form that's even more difficult to get is just wrong, no matter its strength.


22. Rotom (Electric/Ghost)

Rotom has to be probably the best idea the creators had for this generation in terms of special, one-time Pokemon. It's a great method of capture, because you have to go to a haunted mansion, inhabited by Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar, and from there, you must find a HAUNTED TV SET. From there, you may choose to travel through the Shrine of the Silver Monkey! And finally, you will find the Rotom that you seek. The choice is yours and yours alone. But yeah, Electric/Ghost is badass. GG creators, you made up for naming Darkrai.


21. Magnezone (Electric/Steel)

Basically, Magenton was pretty powerful in RSE and was used as a counter for Skarmory in competitive battles. Then, the creators decided to vamp up this Pokemon and granted, made Magneton look a ton more badass when it evolved, like a flying saucer. It's a cool design, but once again, the new evolutions just bother me with the amount of unnecessary time that needs to be spent in order to evolve it.

The Top Twenty:

Buneary (Normal)
Combee (Bug/Flying)
Cranidos (Rock)
Dialga (Steel/Dragon)
Empoleon (Water/Steel)
Gallade (Fighting/Psychic)
Glaceon (Ice)
Glameow (Normal)
Honchkrow (Dark/Flying)
Infernape (Fire/Fighting)
Leafeon (Grass)
Lopunny (Normal)
Lucario (Fighting/Steel)
Luxray (Electric)
Mismagius (Ghost)
Piplup (Water)
Rampardos (Rock)
Skuntank (Poison/Dark)
Spiritomb (Ghost/Dark)
Staraptor (Flying/Normal)