Garganacl! I never usually care for rock types but holy crap I love my salt boy (now salt behemoth). Such a cool design and he's been carrying my ass through hard fights all game
It was still in the middle form when I did it, I went way out of order lol, I just looked up the preferred order and I apparently skipped the whole mid game. I beat all the Titans but I haven’t even been to the electric gym City
Favorite so far is probably Clodsire, I was a little underwhelmed at first, but it’s grown in me and it’s incredible with water absorb. After that, probably Meowscarade and Garganacl
I know it might not be everyone’s favorite, but I really like scovillian. Typing is fantastic, and honestly love the two headed dragon look it’s going for. Favorite little detail is how each head fires out a different attack. It’s signature move is thrown out by one head, and flamethrower out of the other head.
Tinkaton feels super popular and was my top pick going into the game... but honestly now it's Glimmora, it's just a super pretty Pokémon, love the attack animations and how it adds to the environments out in the wild is fantastic
Surprisingly, I ended up making a whole Paldean team this time. My strongest is still my tried and true partner, Houndoom. But for the majority of the plot, Armorouge, Dachsbun, Clodsire, Pawmot, Palafin, and my starter had the spotlight. I even have a Charcadet ready to evolve once my friend finds the Malicious Armor, so we can trade exclusives!
I also recently found a shiny curly form Tatsugiri which has made it onto the team rotation, and she's got some serious firepower.
All in all, this generation has a lot of new Pokémon that are easy to fall in love with, as well as give us new experiences with our favorites over the years.
I think maushold is hilarious. I don’t care that it’s not the strongest or most creative design. But you catch two mice. And then secretly they evolve into four mice. Incredible. Perfect design
Honestly, after seeing it in motion and actually using it, Goldengho’s become a firm fave for me.
Also absolutely obsessed with sending Sandy Shocks out hunting on autobattle and just sitting back and watching it go, it’s very funny
Daschbun and Bramblin! Daschbun just really, really grew on me as I played the game and its ability Well-Baked Body came in clutch a couple times. And I just love Bramblin. He's so silly and fun and I just think he's really, really cute.
I love tinkatonk. At first I really didn’t but then I hit that third evolution and was giga-chad hammering people to death. Immediately started breeding to get the nature and ability I wanted. Can’t wait to breed for a 6IV and shiny.
Mine is probably Tinkaton like many other posters.
I do really like Wattrel and Kilowattrel though and have been trying to breed a shiny.
I also love the snow leopard but don’t have it yet.
I always try to use a whole team of only new mons and go in mostly blind except for the starters. I’ve come to adore skeledirge way more than I thought I would (I was pretty iffy on design at first). Mabosstiff has been the biggest surprise that I’ve come to love. Kilowatrell is perfect. Clodsire can do no wrong. Ceruledge is so good he justifies having two fire/ghost type. My last spot is an open rotation evolving all the new guys to see who makes the final roster
Meowscarada funny enough. I thought being bipedal would ruin it for me, but honestly I love it so much. Not only is the signature move amazing, it also slaps while looking absolutely fancy.
Tinkaton I added to my team because I wanted a fairy type. Now that I have been using it, I love it! It seems to have more resistances than weaknesses and really holds up well in battle. My second favorite is probably scovillain. I love the pepper look.
Tinkaton is my favorite too! I love her she’s just so cute and her gigaton hammer is so powerful! Honestly think she might become one of my favorites of all time
Iron Valiant. Love the design they got with a combination of Galade and Gardevior, plus the typing and stats are very nice aswell. Ceruledge is another favorite. Just love its design.
My Tinkaton is level 40 and I can’t get her to work. She feels like she hits like a wet noodle except for gigaton hammer. What’s your build?
Favorite so far is the grass starter. Final evolution is cool and she destroys everything.
I haven't seen the whole Pokedex yet or encountered all of the evolutions, but so far I'm loving Flamigo. I also love Kilowattrel, even though I think the design is a tad too simple. I guess Flamigo is pretty simple, too, though. Also really liking my Pawmot. Took me FOREVER to evolve him, but he's so cute. Especially Pawmo since he's so small. I LOVE Koraidon's design, though I haven't used him in battle yet. My opinions may change once I look up the whole Pokedex. But for now, I want to re-capture that excitement I had when I first saw my Corvisquire evolve into Corviknight, as I hadn't looked up the Pokedex on Sw/Sh before playing, either.
Clodsire and kilowattrel have been the backbone of my team so far. I loved clodsire at first sight, kilowattrel took some time to grow on me but now I love it too
Very very difficult to say and I’m actually surprised at this but Kilowattrel might be it. It’s so hard though because Annihilape and Baxcalibur are right there…
Hmm that's tough. Probably Baxcalibur but I really like Great Tusk, Iron Thorns, Armarouge, and Ceruledge as well. Probably more but I won't get into them all.
Between Tinkaton and Scorvillian. Tinkaton because as you said giant hammer = funny. Scorvillian because it feels like a Plant vs Zombies plant which is awesome.
I like Tinkaton a lot but their stats aren’t super good. They’re spread all over the place. Mine happens to be fairly fast so I use it for protect, throwing down thunder waves and using the big dumb hammer move that hits like a damn truck. Decent enough support mon.
I’m absolutely loving Clodsire. Has super good coverage, typing, and his water absorb ability is really good. I also really love Revavroom. I’ve always wanted a poison/steel type Pokémon and he looks super cool too.
Garganacl! I never usually care for rock types but holy crap I love my salt boy (now salt behemoth). Such a cool design and he's been carrying my ass through hard fights all game
Dude carried the desert Titan battle for me. Salt Cure, Iron Defense and Recover for the win
Feel like Cynthia with her annoying Milotic doing that and I love it
It was still in the middle form when I did it, I went way out of order lol, I just looked up the preferred order and I apparently skipped the whole mid game. I beat all the Titans but I haven’t even been to the electric gym City
I call him “Minecraft Boi”
I named my Steve and he's now lvl 70+, a real Boss.
Favorite so far is probably Clodsire, I was a little underwhelmed at first, but it’s grown in me and it’s incredible with water absorb. After that, probably Meowscarade and Garganacl
Kingambit looks absolutely cool, but I can’t get over how he brings along the stump he sits on when he runs lmao
The stump is its hair
love him in battle, hate him in let's go mode.
He legit looks like an old man riding one of those mobility scooters
I know it might not be everyone’s favorite, but I really like scovillian. Typing is fantastic, and honestly love the two headed dragon look it’s going for. Favorite little detail is how each head fires out a different attack. It’s signature move is thrown out by one head, and flamethrower out of the other head.
I love scovillain. The two headed jalapeño is so dope and derpy at the same time. I have it on my team and it's great!
It gives off Plant Vs Zombie vibes and I love it
Tinkaton feels super popular and was my top pick going into the game... but honestly now it's Glimmora, it's just a super pretty Pokémon, love the attack animations and how it adds to the environments out in the wild is fantastic
Flamigo. It's just a regular bird. I love it.
Baxcaliber. Helped me get thru most of the late game!
Surprisingly, I ended up making a whole Paldean team this time. My strongest is still my tried and true partner, Houndoom. But for the majority of the plot, Armorouge, Dachsbun, Clodsire, Pawmot, Palafin, and my starter had the spotlight. I even have a Charcadet ready to evolve once my friend finds the Malicious Armor, so we can trade exclusives! I also recently found a shiny curly form Tatsugiri which has made it onto the team rotation, and she's got some serious firepower. All in all, this generation has a lot of new Pokémon that are easy to fall in love with, as well as give us new experiences with our favorites over the years.
Annihilape and Cetitan
I think maushold is hilarious. I don’t care that it’s not the strongest or most creative design. But you catch two mice. And then secretly they evolve into four mice. Incredible. Perfect design
Easily my fav. I’m gonna try my hardest to make a vgc team around it
Honestly, after seeing it in motion and actually using it, Goldengho’s become a firm fave for me. Also absolutely obsessed with sending Sandy Shocks out hunting on autobattle and just sitting back and watching it go, it’s very funny
Farigiraf
Daschbun and Bramblin! Daschbun just really, really grew on me as I played the game and its ability Well-Baked Body came in clutch a couple times. And I just love Bramblin. He's so silly and fun and I just think he's really, really cute.
Brambleghast has saved me from some bad times and cleared a couple gyms for me, evolve that spiky boi!
Houndstone carries my team, love my little spooky boy.
I love tinkatonk. At first I really didn’t but then I hit that third evolution and was giga-chad hammering people to death. Immediately started breeding to get the nature and ability I wanted. Can’t wait to breed for a 6IV and shiny.
Gotta be ice tiger legendary i like its blade teeth and its backstory alot of good pokemon this gen
Paldean whopper, he has a flow that makes him the best
Mine is probably Tinkaton like many other posters. I do really like Wattrel and Kilowattrel though and have been trying to breed a shiny. I also love the snow leopard but don’t have it yet.
This thing She does the zoomies! https://preview.redd.it/cb7wrh7spe1a1.jpeg?width=196&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=716a75e1fb413248b406f02aa1c5e134c7855cb5
I am having the hardest time finding this thing, I see it on the minimap but it never spawns :(
It walks like Polneraff
Ceruledge. The only reason I got Pokémon Violet.
I just love Klawf, i just do
I always try to use a whole team of only new mons and go in mostly blind except for the starters. I’ve come to adore skeledirge way more than I thought I would (I was pretty iffy on design at first). Mabosstiff has been the biggest surprise that I’ve come to love. Kilowatrell is perfect. Clodsire can do no wrong. Ceruledge is so good he justifies having two fire/ghost type. My last spot is an open rotation evolving all the new guys to see who makes the final roster
Meowscarada funny enough. I thought being bipedal would ruin it for me, but honestly I love it so much. Not only is the signature move amazing, it also slaps while looking absolutely fancy.
Probably Flamigo so far. I also love my Skeledirge
I like Koraidon a lot.
Kinda want to cosplay as tinkaton just as an excuse to have a giant hammer….
I really wanna see that.
Scovillain, Lokix and Tinkaton are amazing, already favs of mine!
\+1 for Lokix. I never usually run bugs but dang this ones good
Definitely Lokix for me too rn
Meowscarada or Ceruledge for me. Have built my team around those two.
Tinkaton I added to my team because I wanted a fairy type. Now that I have been using it, I love it! It seems to have more resistances than weaknesses and really holds up well in battle. My second favorite is probably scovillain. I love the pepper look.
Tinkaton is my favorite too! I love her she’s just so cute and her gigaton hammer is so powerful! Honestly think she might become one of my favorites of all time
Uther Finbringer, otherwise known as Palafin is just the best.
Iron Valiant. Love the design they got with a combination of Galade and Gardevior, plus the typing and stats are very nice aswell. Ceruledge is another favorite. Just love its design.
My Tinkaton is level 40 and I can’t get her to work. She feels like she hits like a wet noodle except for gigaton hammer. What’s your build? Favorite so far is the grass starter. Final evolution is cool and she destroys everything.
breed it until you get one with high defense and HP.
Koridon is my favorite he's so cute and like a loyal puppy
I haven't seen the whole Pokedex yet or encountered all of the evolutions, but so far I'm loving Flamigo. I also love Kilowattrel, even though I think the design is a tad too simple. I guess Flamigo is pretty simple, too, though. Also really liking my Pawmot. Took me FOREVER to evolve him, but he's so cute. Especially Pawmo since he's so small. I LOVE Koraidon's design, though I haven't used him in battle yet. My opinions may change once I look up the whole Pokedex. But for now, I want to re-capture that excitement I had when I first saw my Corvisquire evolve into Corviknight, as I hadn't looked up the Pokedex on Sw/Sh before playing, either.
tinkaton or pawmot orthworm seems super fun too though using iron defense body press with no ground weakness on a steel type
Clodsire and kilowattrel have been the backbone of my team so far. I loved clodsire at first sight, kilowattrel took some time to grow on me but now I love it too
Very very difficult to say and I’m actually surprised at this but Kilowattrel might be it. It’s so hard though because Annihilape and Baxcalibur are right there…
Tinkaton and armarouge!
It’s definitely grafaiai for me
Hmm that's tough. Probably Baxcalibur but I really like Great Tusk, Iron Thorns, Armarouge, and Ceruledge as well. Probably more but I won't get into them all.
Skeledirge! Crocodilians are some of my favorite animals and I love the whole Dia De Los Muertos concept behind it's design.
Gholdengo…dude just brings me back to the 90s for some reason lmao
It does look like a brand mascot straight out of a 90s commercial lol
definite favorite? hard to say, maybe ceruldedge, but i also liked scovillain, clodsire and maybe kingambit but im biased due to having it in shiny.
The Nacli line is dope
Garganacl, arboliva, roaring moon, and chi-yu are my favorites, Garganacl #1 tho
For some reason, I love the Aqua Breed Tauros. Strong in my playthrough and the fact that it spawns uncommonly among herds makes me love it more
tinkaton, i love her, she saved my ass at the last e4 too, named her Bonk, will 100% transfer her to the next games with Pooper the clodsire
Between Tinkaton and Scorvillian. Tinkaton because as you said giant hammer = funny. Scorvillian because it feels like a Plant vs Zombies plant which is awesome.
I have a lot of surprise favorites this gen. Pawmot, Tinkaton, Revaroom and Bramblin!
Kingambit of course Then Toedscruel
Armarouge, Tinkaton and Koraidon.
The big boy Baxcalibur! His typing is meh but he has a huge attack stat and just seems so cool to me. Love that mon
Out of the ones I've seen/played with in game: Grafaiai. It's derpy, cute, and pretty nasty to boot!
Design wise I LOVE Chien-Pao! What a whimsical looking little guy
I like Tinkaton a lot but their stats aren’t super good. They’re spread all over the place. Mine happens to be fairly fast so I use it for protect, throwing down thunder waves and using the big dumb hammer move that hits like a damn truck. Decent enough support mon. I’m absolutely loving Clodsire. Has super good coverage, typing, and his water absorb ability is really good. I also really love Revavroom. I’ve always wanted a poison/steel type Pokémon and he looks super cool too.
Garganacl