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Pokemon Legends: Z-A
Best Pokemon Tier List for the Story
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This is our tier list for the best Pokemon for the Main Story of Pokemon Legends: Z-A. Check out our Best Pokemon Tier List, the rankings explained, and the criteria on how we rank the Pokemon in this guide!
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| Best Starter | Best Team |
| Story Tier List | Ranked Battles Tier List |
Best Pokemon Tier List
Best Pokemon Rankings for Main Story
| Tier | Pokemon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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 Charizard
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 Excadrill
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 Feraligatr
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 Gardevoir
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 Heracross
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 Lucario
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 Blastoise
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 Emboar
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 Gyarados
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 Medicham
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 Meganium
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 Sableye
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 Absol
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 Camerupt
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 Dragonite
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 Manectric
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 Talonflame
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 Venusaur
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The best Pokemon for Pokemon Legends: Z-A main story would mainly be Feraligatr, Gardevoir, Excadrill, and Lucario. Each of them has an excellent balance of stats, durability, moveset, and suitability, making them reliable for any battle, especially Rogue Mega battles.
Legends Z-A Pokedex: List of All Pokemon
Underrated Pokemon for the Main Story
Certain Pokemon like Manectric fall behind other Pokemon in terms of stats and versatility, but can still help you greatly with the story.
Check out the video above to see our picks for Underrated Pokemon for the main story!
Top Pokemon Rankings Explained
S Rank
| Pokemon | Commentary |
|---|---|
 Feraligatr
|
Type:
Stats: 85-105-100-79-83-78
・Has the ability to learn a wide variety of moves, such as Ice, Fire, Electric, Dark, Fighting, and Dragon-type. ・Has high Attack and Def, which makes very versatile offensively and defensively. |
 Excadrill
|
Type:
Stats: 110-135-60-50-65-88
・Only a few opponents can nullify both a Steel and Ground-type Pokemon. ・Due to it being a Steel-type, it has excellent resistance to almost all types of attacks. |
 Gardevoir
|
Type:
Stats: 68-65-65-125-115-80
・ Arguably, the best Psychic-type Pokemon you can use. ・ Has a very high Special Attack stat, and can learn lots of high Base Power Special moves. |
 Lucario
|
Type:
Stats: 70-110-70-115-70-90
・Has one of the highest Atk and Sp. Atk that any Pokemon can have. ・Easy to catch an Alpha Riolu and evolve it to Lucario while sitting at a cafe during the daytime. |
 Charizard
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Type:
Stats: 78-84-78-109-85-100
・Very powerful overall, even without a Mega Evolution. ・Proven to be very effective to use against Rogue Mega Battles, especially Grass-type ones. |
 Heracross
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Type:
Stats: 80-125-75-40-95-85
・Able to get one as early as Main Mission 5, by trading a Pikachu for it. ・It's natural Bug and Fighting-type makes it hard to find someone who has its weakness. |
A Rank
| Pokemon | Commentary |
|---|---|
 Blastoise
|
Type:
Stats: 79-83-100-85-105-78
・Similar situation to Feraligatr, the only difference would be is its Mega Stone cannot be obtained as early as the other starter Pokemon. |
 Emboar
|
Type:
Stats: 95-125-79-60-100-81
・Has powerful Fire-type moves that are very important against Rogue Mega Battles. ・However, its Fighting-type restricts it from fully utilizing its whole learnset. |
 Gyarados
|
Type:
Stats: 95-125-79-60-100-81
・Can be easily evolved from a Magikarp at just Lvl. 20. ・Its Mega Evolution replaces its Flying-type to Dark-type, removing its immunity to Ground-type attacks. |
 Medicham
|
Type:
Stats: 60-60-75-60-75-80
・Has well-balanced stats, making it a good substitute for a Gardevoir, and can have a very flexible learnset with a combination of Physical and Special attacks. |
 Meganium
|
Type:
Stats: 80-82-100-83-100-80
・When Mega Evolved, it gains the Fairy-type which makes it more difficult to defeat. ・However, Meganium can only be used as a a good counter Pokemon for a small number of Rogue Mega Battles. |
 Sableye
|
Type:
Stats: 50-75-75-65-65-50
・ Originally, it has no true weakness, other than Fairy-types. ・ Requires Mega Evolution to compensate for low base stats. |
B Rank
| Pokemon | Commentary |
|---|---|
 Absol
|
Type:
Stats: 65-130-60-75-60-75
・The first Pokemon you will obtain a Mega Stone of. ・Will join your team after you defeat it in Main Mission 9: Chase That Mysterious Pokemon. ・Its Mega Evolution can help during early game, but not much in the late game. |
 Camerupt
|
Type:
Stats: 70-100-70-105-75-40
・Good stats, good learnset, can be evolved from Numel that is caught early in the game, and is Mega Stone is easy to obtain. ・The downside about using Camerupt is that it has high cooldowns due to its low base Speed. |
 Dragonite
|
Type:
Stats: 91-134-95-100-100-80
・Can be evolved by looking for the Alpha Dratini at the roof of Bleu Sector 9. ・One of the best Dragon-type Pokemon in the game. ・The only downside is its Mega Stone is obtained from the late game. |
 Manectric
|
Type:
Stats: 70-75-60-105-60-105
・Both can be evolved from an Electrike and catch an Alpha during the early game. ・Its Mega Stone can be bought easily at Quasartico Inc. ・Electric-types are not fully utilized against the Rogue Mega Battles. |
 Talonflame
|
Type:
Stats: 78-81-71-74-69-126
・ One of the fastest Pokemon in the game. Its so fast, it can perform three attacks before the opponent can even do one. ・ Has no Mega Evolution, requiring it to rely on Plus Moves only against Rogue Megas. |
 Venusaur
|
Type:
Stats: 80-82-83-100-100-80
・ Very tanky and very powerful at the same time. ・ Slightly outclassed by other Grass-type Megas. |
Best Pokemon for Post-Game
| Pokemon | Commentary |
|---|---|
 Yveltal
|
Type:
Stats: 126-131-95-131-98-99
・Strong Legendary that can heal and damage with Oblivion Wing ・Both Atk. and Sp. Atk stats are high. |
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Gardevoir
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Type:
Stats: 68-65-65-125-115-80
・Fairy typing is very helpful against Zygarde Boss fight. ・High Sp. Atk stat with a strong moveset for Psychic and Fairy moves |
|
Excadrill
|
Type:
Stats: 110-135-60-50-65-88
・Great combo of Ground and Steel typing. Helpful against Fairy types. ・Able to learn Rock Slide which is helpful in countering Flying and Fire types. |
|
Dragonite
|
Type:
Stats: 91-134-95-100-100-80
・Able to Mega Evolve and Dragon Typing helps it resist multiple types. ・Able to use Extreme Speed, a move with a really low cooldown and decent damage. |
 Ampharos
|
Type:
Stats: 90-75-85-115-90-55
・Electric Typing helps cover against Flying and Water types. ・Able to gain the Dragon type when Mega Evolving. |
 ZA Starter Final Evolution |
Type:
Stats: Various
・Helps round out the Grass + Fire + Water core for the Infinite Z -A Royale. ・Has a second typing for more super effective coverage. |
 Kanto Starter Final Evolution |
Type:
Stats: Various
・Helps round out the Grass + Fire + Water core for the Infinite Z -A Royale ・Able to find their Mega Stones easily by purchasing from the Stone Emporium |
Pokemon Legends: Z-A Tier List Criteria
Criteria for Tier List Categories
The following are the criteria to be met when ranking Pokemon for Main Story.
| Tier | Criteria |
|---|---|
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S Tier Pokemon have great offensive and defensive stats, versatile moves and learnset, can be caught early in the game, easy to use, easy to evolve, Mega Stones can be obtained easily and early into the game, and can make any team they're part of stronger. |
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Pokemon in A Tier often lack some minor details, such as their learnset or type is not fully utilized. There is a similar, but better alternative Pokemon for them, as they are quite difficult to catch, raise, and evolve. |
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In the B Tier, these are the Pokemon that have their true potential restricted by the game. For example, there Mega Stones or Wild Zones they are part of are available in the late game. There evolutions are locked behind Trades or Items needed. |
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Anonymous about 2 months
Anonymous about 2 monthsI like Meganium for it's defenses and support. While not very useful in the traditional pokemon games, Meganiwall can damage sponge many attacks in the game and has Giga drain and Synthesis to heal as well as both screens and safeguard. So if you need to catch your breath or use items to heal your stronger attackers, it's not a bad idea to have a purely support Meganium. Reflect and Lightscreen make that much of a difference and very few attacks (even super effective ones) can one shot.
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Florges and Eelektross are excellent for the walkthrough. Florges has excellent Special Defense and has access to Wish and Giga Drain. Eelektross can learn Fire Punch/Flamthrower and Thunder Punch/Discharge as well as Giga Drain and Flash Cannon and Dragon Pulse/Liquidation. They are very versatile!