Pokemon Sword & Shield: 10 Pokemon Worth Catching & Training ASAP

Sword & Shield has plenty of Pokemon to choose from, bit only a select few are really worth investing your time and effort in training.

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Pokemon is so popular at this point it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t know what it is at all. It’s entered a part of pop culture where everyone sort of understands what it is at its base and even those who don’t play the games can have a list of their favorite creatures.

Among the hundreds of different Pokemon, some may seem boring or ineffective, but that may not always be true. Here’s a look at 10 Pokemon worth catching and training as soon as possible, including Pokemon introduced in Pokemon Sword & Shield.

10 Gible

At first glance people may be wondering why a stumpy shark is worth training, so here’s the case for Gible. For starters, it’s a Ground and Dragon-type giving it plenty of access to a suite of powerful and interesting moves. Its final form may not be obtainable until level 58, but it is worth the grinding and patience. Garchomp boasts a collection of above-average base stats across the board and mixes that with pretty irritating and effective abilities that make it a tough out in many different battle scenarios.

9 Abra

Any kid who grew up playing the original Pokemon titles knew how irritating it was to get their hands on the Kanto region’s best escape artist, Abra. Though it quickly evolved into its second form known as Kadabra at level 16, trainers had to trade a trustworthy friend to get the reward of a fully evolved Alakazam. The spoon-bender may solely be a Psychic-type, but its combination of speed and special attack prowess makes it a must-own for those in need of a psychic on their roster.

8 Pawniard

Pawniard’s final form named Bisharp has a lot going for it, so there’s no surprise why it shouldn’t be included on this list. On top of Bisharp being viable in online battles against other trainers and a top-tier pick in many people’s eyes, it has a naturally cool aesthetic.

Its base form, Pawniard, may look like a kid wearing its parents’ armor, but when it reaches level 52 and evolves it becomes an intimidating samurai sporting an eye-catching combination of red and yellow armor that’s a warning to potential predators.

7 Stufful

Stufful is a rather adorable Pokemon that has quickly ascended as one of the go-to Pokemon in terms of desirable plush toys. It’s based on teddy bears, so it makes sense that people would naturally want to cuddle with it. Though its final form named Bewear also looks cute, the Normal and Fighting-type isn’t too kind to humans in the wild. Those who train Stufful from an early level though will be rewarded with both the ultimate cuddle buddy, as well as a capable protector and fighter who is much more dangerous than they look.

6 Beldum

Beldum might not be a Pokemon most people remember encountering, but boy did this sentient rock surprise people with its potential. The combination of Steel-type and Psychic-type is super interesting and makes Beldum a strategic play in battle. Metagross, its final form achieved at level 45, is one of the few Pokemon with a must-own shiny form. It goes from being a blue-tinted rock with silver accents to a silver mass of Earth with shiny gold reflective metal lining the front of its body.

5 Dreepy

Dreepy is the newest Pokemon on this list, making its debut in the Galar region via the 8th generation of games, titled Pokemon Sword & Shield. The Lingering Pokemon stands at roughly a foot in length and weighs just shy of 4.5 pounds. Its dual-typing of Dragon and Ghost-type is pretty unique and pairs nicely with its stellar design. Trainers will need to level their Dreepy to level 50 to see its secondary form Drakloak, and then another 10 levels to level 60 to get the payoff of having a Dragapult on their squad.

4 Tyrunt

It’s hard to find a kid who loves dinosaurs that isn’t obsessed with the tyrannosaurus rex in one way or another. Tyrunt is a miniature t-rex found in the 6th generation of games and is known as the Royal Heir Pokemon.

To have it evolve into the king of the wasteland that is Tyrantrum trainers must simply get it to level 39 during the daytime. This will result in a monstrous Pokemon partner that can stand its own in a fight and is pretty cool to own simply as a rare looking beast from a bygone era.

3 Feebas

Some fans argue that Feebas is nothing more than a retread of Magikarp, but it does have some differences. Its main comparison to Magikarp is that they have virtually the same silhouette and are both Water-type. By reaching max beauty or being traded holding a Prism Scale, Feebas turns into a feminine embodiment of Gyarados named Milotic. This leviathan-like sea serpent is solid in battle and holds its strengths in both special attacking and special defense, with a sizable amount of health as well.

2 Larvitar

With every new generation of Pokemon games, the roster of new creatures always includes pseudo-legendaries as previously mentioned with Dreepy. Larvitar is the base form of the pseudo-legendary line in the Johto region featured in Pokemon Gold & Silver. It requires quite a bit of training to reach its final form at level 55. Larvitar starts life as a Rock/Ground-type and stays that way until it ultimately turns into Tyranitar at level 55 and ditches the secondary typing of Ground for the Dark-type instead.

1 Magikarp

In regards to the world of Pokemon Magikarp is the epitome of potential. The problem with the dunce of a Water-type is that it can be quite difficult to level up. Before the days in which the item Exp. Share gave experience to all Pokemon in a given party, trainers had to do the switch out method for Magikarp. Getting it to level 20 will result in the ultimate reward of a powerful beast known as Gyarados. Its physical attack base stat is incredibly high and its dual-typing can be a great asset for any trainer’s active Pokemon party.

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