Pokémon is now on its 8th Generation. Many changes have been made to the games over the years, but one thing remains true; you always want to have the strongest 6 Pokémon possible on your team. However, there are several definitions of what makes a Pokémon strong. Sure, you can have a team made up of your favorite types with strong Stats, but if your Pokémon doesn’t have strong Moves, then you’re not going to have much success.

The fact is that the Movepool can make all the difference when it comes to building a strong team. To be balanced, you want moves that draw from as many types as possible and cover as many weaknesses as possible. So, let’s talk about a few Pokémon that seem strong at first, but might let you down later simply because they don’t have the Moves.

10 Sawsbuck

Ok, admittedly a great name, but that won’t give it better Moves. Sawsbuck is a Normal/Grass-type Pokémon introduced in Generation 5. With high Attack, Speed, and HP, its a pretty good and fast Physical attacker, with 2 good Abilities in Serene Grace and Chlorophyll. The problem comes in with its Movepool, as it only really learns 3 good Physical attacks in Horn Leech, Bounce, and Mega Horn.

Sawsbuck learns several Special Moves for some reason, and cannot really use them due to its lacking Special Attack Stat of only 60. Its shallow Movepool is all the more upsetting when taking into account that Serene Grace makes a Move’s secondary effect more likely to happen, but with Sawbuck’s poor Movepool, it gets nothing that can take advantage of it.

9 Pyroar

Talk about beautiful design. Both the female and male versions are just gorgeous. Pyroar is a Fire/Normal-type Pokémon created in the sixth generation. It’s incredibly fast, has high Special Attack and good HP. Its movepool however, leaves something to be desired.

Pyroar learns a lot of Physical attacks, a questionable decision considering it is a Special Attacker, and it only really has Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Dark Pulse, and Solar Beam as good Special Attacking options, it does not have anything outside of that. Pyroar having such a bad Movepool is baffling, as Normal-types generally have extremely varied ones.

8 Unfezant

Often described by players as useless, Unfezant is a Normal/Flying-type Pokémon from the fifth generation’s Unova region. Its stats are great, with it having good speed, really high attack, and a solid HP stat. Unfortunately, Unfezant’s Movepool is abysmal, as it learns mostly Status Moves, in all categories.

Brave Bird, Steel Wing, and Night Slash are Unfezant’s only 3 decent Physical Moves, the rest are all either Special or Status, a nonsensical decision as its Special Attack stat is poor, at only 65.

7 Garbodor

Definitely a punny name for a foul-smelling blob of garbage. Garbodor is a pure Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Generation 5. Its sort of a “jack of all trades,” having decently high points in every stat except Special Attack. And that is Garbodor’s exact problem. The vast majority of its moves are Special, which it cannot really use all too well due to it only having 60 points in its base Special Attack. Seed Bomb, Cross Poison, Gunk Shot, and Drain Punch are its only noteworthy Physical attacks.

6 Flareon

One of the super cute Eveelutions, Flareon is a pure Fire-type Pokémon introduced in Generation 1. Its Attack and Special Defense are incredibly high, with its Special Attack also being solid. You would think with its massive 130 Attack stat, it would learn a lot of Physical Moves to compliment that, right? No. Flare Blitz, Fire Fang, Superpower, and Iron Tail are the 4 best Physical Moves it learns. While its Special Attack and Movepool are more than enough, its a shame it cannot use the better physical attacking stat that well.

5 Manectric

Known as the “discharge Pokémon,” Manectric is a pure Electric-type introduced in Generation 3. Its Special Attack and Speed are fantastic. Manectric’s Special Movepool is extremely small, with only, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Flamethrower, and Overheat being its best Special Moves. It learns a lot of Physical Moves strangely enough, such as the Elemental Fang, Iron Tail, Crunch, and Psychic Fangs.

4 Banette

Identified in the Pokedex as the “Marionette Pokémon,” Banette is a pure Ghost-type introduced in Generation 3. It has a really high Attack stat, a decent Special Attack stat, but it’s lacking everything else.

Banette’s movepool is sad, as that excellent 115 Attack it has gets completely shafted by the near non-existent Physical Moves it learns. Phantom Force, Gunk Shot, and Throat Chop are the best and only good Physical Moves it gets.

3 Floatzel

Anyone looking for a “Sea Weasel”? Floatzel is a pure Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation 4. It is a capable attacker on both fronts, but it much prefers Physical Moves. While its Movepool on the Physical side is not massive, it is usable enough.

The Special Attack side is a different story, however. Surf, Scald, and Ice Beam are the only Special Moves it learns that are of note. For a Pokémon that is meant to be a mixed attacker, having only 2 types on the Special side is not very good.

2 Florges

Here’s one for the flower lovers. Florges is a pure Fairy-type Pokémon introduced in Generation 6. Its stats are wonderful, having good HP, surprisingly not abysmal speed, and excellent Special Attack and Special Defense. It does not have a very deep offensive movepool, as Energy Ball, Moonblast and Psychic are its most useful Special moves. With its excellent stats, it can use its small movepool well, but the variety just is not there.

1  Dugtrio

Finally, we have everyone’s favorite 3 headed mole. Dugtrio is a Ground-type Pokémon introduced in Generation 1. Having very high Attack and Speed but low stats everywhere else, it can go into battles and deal out damage rather easily, but it cannot take damage much itself. Do not think you are getting a ton of mileage out of that Attack stat though, as Earthquake, Night Slash, and Stone Edge are its only real attacking Moves.

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