So I checked and updated it. After a single Swords Dance, 786, after 2, 1179. The final gym leader in Pokémon Sword and Shield is Raihan, a dragon-type gym leader. But what about the best? Thanks Flerpybird! They are most common in Sandstorms and Intense Sun (although Sandstorms won’t be unlocked until after the third gym). Many folks have commented that SWSH are among the easiest games in the series. The full list of teams is at the end of this article. Ideal Team: Crustle, Centiskorch, Durant, Orbeetle, Galvantula, Araquanid/Golisopod, Optional Pokémon: Butterfree, Vikavolt, Shedinja, Ninjask, Escavalier (Sword Raid), Accelgor (Shield Raid), Ribombee, Vespiquen, Shuckle, Frosmoth. Use this tool to plan your dream team for an in-game run. Psychic There’s also a chance to find a Trapinch by Max Raid battles in Rolling Fields. Normal Finally, Ralts is rarer but you can find them in Overcast encounters at Rolling Fields. Thankfully, it doesn’t change too much. Thanks! Also, so we’re on the same page, random encounters are encounters with the “!” symbol whereas overworld encounters are Pokemon just walking around. You might want to consider a Rain team with Pelipper’s Drizzle ability. Thanks again for that catch! Here are some good Pokémon to catch and evolve for this gym, as well as the easiest places to find them: After winning, you’ll get TM99, Breaking Swipe, a dragon-type gym uniform to wear outside of challenges, and the ability to catch Pokémon up to level 60. Dark Initially, Dragon Pokemon only spawn from this one specific Den (37/64)in the Wild Area so if it’s not going you need to buy a few Wishing Stones to spawn them in Max Raid Battles. Ideal Team: Flygon, Dracovish, Turtonator (Sword)/Haxorus, Kommo-o (Sword)/Drampa (Shield), Duraludon, Dragapult, Optional Pokémon: Goodra (Shield), Flapple (Sword)/Appletun (Shield), Dracozolt, Hydreigon (Sword). HeartGold/SoulSilver In Rolling Fields, Den 1/48 will always spawn Fighting Pokemon for Max Raid battles such as Scraggy (Sword), Croagunk (Shield), Timburr, and sometimes Riolu. By teaching it moves like Iron Defense and Roost, it can soak up damage to effectively wait out a Dynamax state and let you counter later in the battle. Granted, Fire traditionally has a tough time covering weaknesses and has only pulled it off a few times. Give it a Life Orb to further increase its Attack by 30 percent, which combos with Sword Dance. These Pokemon’s abilities will trigger weather conditions that you can use to full advantage. This Team Is Immune To. The competition is fierce, and players have already devised special combinations of Pokémon to enhance their chances at winning. As with the other gym leaders, he’ll Gigantamax his last Pokémon, Duraludon. A lot of Ice Pokemon are available very early in the Wild Area and you can get a Snover with Snowstream. There’s also just a whole host of fantastic Ice Pokemon like Mamoswine, Mr. Rime, Frost Rotom and Cloyster. While he’s labeled as a dragon-type user, he actually only uses two dragon-type Pokémon, so check out our guide to figure out how to beat him. Give it a Choice Scarf to further boost its speed, as its attack is already increased by its Gorilla Tactics ability. First Pokémon: Nickit by overworld (5%) via Route 1. You can also find Nincada, Mudbray, Baltoy, Golett, and Diggersby in random encounters throughout the Wild Area. Yes, and it can be taken care before the first gym! Still, many of these strategies already honed in on some of the best Pokémon in the game. Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Finally, Ghost in both versions and Fairy in Shield have a weakness exposed so be prepared. Now add in +30% boost by Life Orb, this thing DESTROYS. His Gigalith also knows Stealth Rock, a move that will damage your Pokémon when they get sent out. Weaknesses Covered? FireRed/LeafGreen If a SWSH sequel comes out Gamefreak just needs to add Camerupt or one of the fire starters and it’s perfect. Ground Yamper will follow soon after on Route 2 by overworld (5%). If you’ve played other Monotypes before then it’s likely you haven’t done an Ice type yet. Thanks for the compliment! First Pokémon:  You are guaranteed to find an Ice type Pokemon if it’s Snowing in the Wild Area. If you like my Monotype Run article you can show your appreciation with a small $1 donation. + − This Team Can Weaken. If not, what’s the first route it shows up on? Its recommended Nature is Jolly, to ensure Fishious Rend lands first. Which is good because it’s Grass, see if you can evolve your Rolycoly before you fight Milo otherwise you might need to lean on Dwebble. Teach Corviknight Roost, Iron Defense, Brave Bird, and Substitute to make it an absolute tank. Hey, it’s me again. (I’m the same person just don’t know how to log in again.) Electric Ideal Team: Rillaboom, Ludicolo (Shield)/Dhelmise, Flapple (Sword)/Appletun (Shield), Roserade, Ferrothorn, Mow Rotom, Optional Pokémon: Vileplume, Gourgeist, Cherrim, Shiftry (Sword), Eldegoss, Whimsicott, Shiinotic, Bellossom, Trevanant (Raid), Leafeon, Tsareena, Abomasnow, Maractus, Ideal Team: Flygon, Hippowdon, Golurk, Gastrodon, Excadrill, Sandaconda, Optional Pokémon: Diggersby, Mudsdale, Onix, Whiscash, Steelix, Quagsire, Runerigus, Seismitoad, Rhyperior (Raid), Dugtrio, Claydol, Stunfisk, Mamoswine. Is it your starter? Look for Sneasel in Den 35 at West Lake Axewell for Max Raid battles. Raihan’s gym challenge has you fight against three different trainers, who all use different types of weather to give them an advantage in a double battle. You got a Torkoal with Drought, which is excellent, and combined with such Pokemon as Chandelure, Centiskorch, and Coalossal you’ll have a great team! You’ll want to teach Dracovish the following moves: Ice Fang, Fishious Rend, Earthquake, and Leech Life. X/Y The Pokemon you can find include Snover, Snorunt, Swinub, Vanillite, Delibird, and Shellder (fishing) via Wild Area. Sandstorm does make some Pokemon rarer like Hippopatas and Nincada but they’re still catchable. Ideal Team: Bewear, Heliolisk, Unfezant, Oranguru (Shield)/Indeedee, Drampa (Shield)/Obstagoon, Snorlax, Optional Pokémon: Diggersby, Noctowl, Braviary (Sword), Greedent, Dubwool, Cinccino, Persian, Ditto. Look for Swinub when it’s Snowing, Barboach fishing in South Lake Miloch, and Tympole and Wooper in West Lake Axewell. For Ice, you can catch a Snover and Vanillite at the Wild Area whereas for Rock you can catch a Larvitar in Shield and a Gigalith in both versions. ( Log Out /  Yes, thanks to Duraludon who’s unfortunately catchable near the end of the game. This page lists all Dragon-Type Pokemon found in Pokemon Sword and Shield. Sword and Shield is less than a month old, so tactics are sure to change as the scene matures. In Shield, Fairy is exposed to Steel type moves. In addition, information regarding Dragon-type Pokemon's strengths and weaknesses is listed. Water. Also, get the Sandstream Ability from Gigalith. Toxtricity’s unique Poison-Electric typing gives it access to a wide array of moves, like … Water, Flying, Steel, Psychic, and Bug are probably the best whereas Fire and Dragon are the worst. First Pokémon: In Rolling Fields, you can always find Dragon Pokemon by Max Raids at Den 37/64. I'm currently going at my Act 2 (Post Leon Win), and I'm currently curious as to what Pokemon team with All-Dragons would be great for me wreaking havoc unto my opponents. Give it Leftovers to let it gradually increase its HP in battle. I noticed this while reading. Keep an eye out for Oddish, Gastly, Budew, and Roselia as they can be found throughout the Wild Area. Former Video Game Championships world champ Wolfe “Wolfey” Glick has come up with a strategy using the Water-Dragon type’s signature move, Fishious Rend, which can potentially devastate opponents. And you can catch a Ralts in Overcast. First Pokémon:  You can always find Stunky in random encounters at North Lake Miloch. Thanks! It doesn’t get the awesome Solid Rock ability Rhyperior has to better deal with its typing, but it’s bonkers how physically tanky you get by boosting a base 120 defense by 50%! Weaknesses Covered? But those other seven types were rough so here’s how I broke it down. Snowstorm and Snowing pretty much have the same Pokemon. A New Team and New Rivals in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield! Sword and Shield’s Wild Area has thrown that out of the window and was by far the most time consuming part of my research. Weaknesses Covered? If Dracovish uses the move first, its attack doubles to a base of 170, which is already stronger than most moves in the game. Toxtricity’s unique Poison-Electric typing gives it access to a wide array of moves, like Toxic, that make him especially effective against powerful Water-types like Dracovish. Sword/Shield, Types Pokémon Sword and Shield is out now for the Nintendo Switch. Additionally, out of 18 types and two games, 32 of 36 team combinations have all their weaknesses covered which is INSANE (XY ties it for the best). Ghost Ideal Team: Scrafty (Sword)/Pangoro, Lucario, Toxicroak (Shield)/Kommo-o (Sword), Gallade, Bewear, Hawlucha, Optional Pokémon: Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, Hitmontop, Gurdurr, Machamp, Sirfetch’d (Sword), Throh, Sawk, Passimian (Sword), Falinks, Grapploct. Diamond/Pearl/Platinum To remove a Pokémon from your team, click on it again. Teach Mimikyu the following moves to make the most out of its strengths: Play Rough, Shadow Sneak, Sword Dance, and Will-O-Wisp. First Pokémon: You can find a Ralts in Overcast random encounters in Rolling Fields. First Pokémon: Grubbin by random encounters (10%) via Route 1. I am getting Sword or Shield for my birthday (in December). Rock First Pokémon: You can always find Tyrogue by overworld encounters in the Rolling Fields and you can always find Pancham in the Rolling Hills’ western most grasses by overworld. My interpretation of a type’s ideal team will certainly be different from yours and I think that’s what makes these types so great. Unfortunately, Sword and Shield came SO CLOSE to getting a perfect record! The Ghost-Fairy type is immune to Dragon-type attacks and its Disguise ability protects it from one attack per battle. Your Team ????? Which is good because the first gym is Grass. When I bought SwSh I was tempted to do a blind monotype playthrough but then I gave in because I wanted to train all the new Pokemon which is always fun. This is complemented by its normal ability Gorilla Tactics, which acts like a free Choice Band, making the Ice and Fire type extremely lethal. Its recommended Natures are: Timid, Adamant, Modest, or Mild. Just as a fun note for a Rock or Ground team, Rhydon is pretty easily available in the Wild Area and can be very tanky thanks to Eviolite (which you can find in the town with the Fairy gym). Raihan is trickier than other gym leaders and he only uses two Pokémon that are actually dragon-type. First Pokémon: Chewtle by overworld (10%) via Route 2. Sadly no, Shield is weak to Water and Rock. Give it Choice Specs to greatly boost its special attack, in exchange for only letting it use one move. 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