Pokémon: 10 Best In-Game Trades, Ranked

While the Pokémon on offer aren’t always the most desirable, there are still plenty worth considering.

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The main Pokémon games have always encouraged their community through the possibility of battling and trading with friends. Trading allows players to acquire new species of Pokémon, and there are several species that need to be traded in order to evolve. The original Gen I games allowed trades with the use of a Link Cable, which connected both Game Boys. However, over the years, the introduction and incorporation of the internet into Pokémon games has made the process a lot more accessible and streamlined.

For the unlimited possibilities that come with trading with friends, every generation has provided players with opportunities to trade in-game with certain NPCs. While the Pokémon on offer aren’t always the most desirable, there are still plenty worth considering.

10 Chatot Is An Interesting Alternative To The Usual Flying-Types

The Gen IV games don’t offer the player especially impressive in-game trades. However, there are two that are certainly usable early on. While a trainer in Oreburgh City offers the player an Abra in return for a Machop (that can be found to the north of Oreburgh), the player has the opportunity to get an intriguing Gen IV Flying-type in Eterna City in the form of a Chatot – all for the low cost of a Buizel.

Buizel are easily found in various routes in Sinnoh, including just outside the Valley Windworks, which makes this an easily attainable trade. Chatot is a rare case of a Flying-type that favors Special Attack, efficiently utilized by its move Chatter. Chatot can instantly be used for the Eterna City Gym against Gardenia’s Grass-types, and will also be useful against Maylene’s Fighting-types at the Veilstone Gym.

9 Trading A Poliwhirl Gives The Player A Useful Jynx In The Gen I Games

The in-game trades on offer in the original games were rather average. For example, Lickitung and Farfetch’d are nowhere near good enough to be a valued member of a Champion-beating team, and many of the other trades make little to no sense. However, the possibility of obtaining a Jynx arises in Cerulean City, which a trainer offers for their Poliwhirl.

A Poliwhirl can be caught when using a Super Rod in Celadon City or on Route 10. The alternative is catching its previous form Poliwag with a Good Rod and training it up until it evolves. Depending on the chosen method for obtaining Poliwhirl, the trade can be made in time to utilize Jynx for the later Gym Battles and the Elite Four. Jynx gives the player access to the overpowered Psychic-type in Gen I, with the added bonus of having STAB Ice-type moves as well.

8 Pokémon Yellow Utilizes A Trade Evolution In The Player’s Favor With Machamp

Pokémon Yellow added new in-game trades and improved on others from Blue & Red with the player trading a Clefairy for a Mr. Mime instead of an Abra. However, the best that Pokémon Yellow had to offer was the opportunity of utilizing a trade evolution in which the player received a Machoke that immediately evolved into Machamp.

Cubone is a rare encounter in the Pokémon Tower but is worth it for this trade alone. Ricky the Machamp can be obtained as early as just before the fourth Gym Battle. It can instantly become an integral member of any team.

7 Emolga Can Be Obtained In Black & White Or Exchanged For A Gigalith In Black 2 & White 2

Black 2 & White 2 were widely appreciated for offering a multitude of differences from the initial Gen V games. However, in terms of in-game trades, they completely flipped one particular trade on its head. Black & White saw a Hiker named Manny offer the player an Emolga in return for a Boldore, but in Black 2 & White 2 he instead asks for an Emolga in return for a Gigalith – the evolved form of Boldore.

The Gigalith is of Adamant nature, boosting its Attack. It’s a valuable addition in time for the Flying-type Gym, but catching an Emolga can prove troublesome. The Black & White alternative of receiving an Emolga may not seem as appealing as the Gigalith. However, it can still be a fun Pokémon to use with its dual Flying & Electric-typing.

6 Being Able To Obtain Alolan Variants Of Kanto Pokémon In Let’s Go Pikachu & Eevee Is A Game Changer

The in-game trades in Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu & Let’s Go, Eevee went for a different approach with the limited Gen I roster, by giving players the chance to trade original versions of several Pokémon in return for their Alolan counterparts.

Not only do most of the Alolan versions of Gen I Pokémon have more vibrant designs, but they also have more interesting and improved type combinations. In particular, the Dark-types are especially useful, as Psychic Pokémon are still incredibly tough to defeat in the Kanto games. Alolan Muk is the version exclusive Dark-type in Let’s Go, Pikachu, while Alolan Persian can be obtained in Let’s Go, Eevee. Both trades can be made before taking on Sabrina and her Psychic-types, which makes the battle much more manageable.

5 Rocky The Onix Can Make The Gen II Early-Game Much Easier

Onix may well get a lot of grief for its absurdly disappointing stats in the games, but Pokémon Gold & Silver did their best to rectify this. The player can receive an Onix named Rocky by trade as early as Violet City – home of the first Gym challenge – for the small price of an easily obtainable Bellsprout.

Rocky is immediately useful against the Gym Leader Faulkner and his Flying-types, with the Rock Snake Pokémon also having significant type advantages and resistance over the following Bug and Normal-type Gyms. With Gen II being the introduction of Steel-types, Rocky the Onix can even be evolved later on, as long as the player obtains a Metal Coat and has a friend to trade with – the end result being a bulky Steelix that gains boosted experience.

4 Players Can Trade Out Any Pokémon They Wish On Three Separate Occasions In X & Y

Pokémon X & Y knocked it out of the ballpark when it came to in-game trades. Not only is there the incredible Luvdisc-for-Steelix trade, but there are three separate occasions when the player can trade any Pokémon that they own for a potentially much superior alternative.

The player can part with any Pokémon they don’t want anymore, and in return obtain a Ralts holding a Gardevoirite, an Eevee, and the choice of getting a second of the Kalos starters, Chespin, Fennekin, or Froakie. While there are arguably better Pokémon to receive in other in-game trades throughout the franchise, the creativity in the trades themselves cannot be ignored.

3 Hawlucha Is A Fast Powerhouse In Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon

While the in-game trades on offer in Sun & Moon are mostly average, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon raised the game entirely with one particular trade, where the player can trade in a Spearow and get Cha the Hawlucha.

Hawlucha’s Speed and substantial physical offense make it a powerhouse especially in the early game, not to mention its dual Flying & Fighting-typing, which makes it useful against Hala’s Fighting-types and much more. Spearow can be caught easily on Routes 2 & 3, so are hardly any trouble considering the reward for trading one in.

2 A Timid Togekiss Is An Exciting Prospect In Sword & Shield

Before the introduction of Togekiss in Gen IV, Togepi had never been a particularly sought-after Pokémon, beyond its adorable nature and appearances in the anime. However, the final evolution form of Togekiss presented an opportunity to actually raise a Togepi to become a sufficient battler.

In Sword & Shield, the player is able to obtain a Togepi through an in-game trade, and they only have to part ways with an easily obtainable Toxel. The received Togepi, nicknamed Snips, is Timid in nature, which means its boosted Speed can make Togekiss a dangerous Pokémon to have on any team.

1 Receiving A Steelix For A Luvdisc Is One Of The Best Trades Any Player Could Ever Hope For

In a pleasant shock to Pokémon fans, X & Y presents players with an incredibly tempting in-game trade, which occurs just before the second Gym Battle at Cyllage City. By trading an easily obtainable Luvdisc, the player can receive a formidable Steelix, just in time to face off against Grant and his Rock-types.

This is often talked about as being one of the most one-sided trades of the entire franchise, but only in a positive sense as it is in the player’s favor. Once it has been taught Bulldoze, the TM of which can be found in Lumiose, Steelix can be a powerhouse for the Electric, Fairy, and Ice-type Gyms.

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