The WEAKEST Pokemon In Every Game

The Weakest Pokemon in Every Game

Welcome to MojoPlays, and today, we’re taking a look at the 10 weakest, most worthless Pokemon you would never want on your team.

Magikarp

“Pokemon Red & Blue” (1996)

Now, we can understand why some folks even want Magikarp on their team. Every Pokemon trainer knows about the potential Magikarp has as it can transform into Gyrados, one of the most powerful Pokemon you can get in “Red & Blue”. But we can’t ignore the amount of suffering we have to endure because of how useless Magikarp is ninety percent of the time. How many fishermen have we fought who were loaded up with Magikarp that only knew Splash? And we all know how useless Tackle is. So, what real purpose does Magikarp have outside of the time investment for Gyrados? None, that’s what.

Unown

“Pokemon Gold & Silver” (1998)

For a Pokemon as eerie and mysterious as Unown, one would think that these little guys would hold some amount of untold power, right? You could not be further from the truth, and it is rather upsetting. Unown is the only Pokemon in the entire series that cannot be taught any other moves, not through TMs and HMs, not through breeding, not even through tutoring! The only move it has at its disposal is Hidden Power. Again, sounds like something that could cause a solid amount of damage. Alas, no. Hidden Power is dependent on the type of the user’s Pokemon, so its usefulness is very circumstantial, thus making Unown about as valuable as a Zubat.

Wurmple

“Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire” (2003)

Look, we have nothing against Wurmple. Every generation needs its own adorable Caterpie, you know? Sadly, Wurmple is just a waste of a catch unless you’re strictly catching it to fill the Pokedex. In addition to its awful pool of learnable moves, it fails in providing a decent set of stats even for the early-game. If you’re that confident in investing for a Dustox or a Beautifly, maybe consider catching a Wurmple, but if you’re beyond the first Gym, it’s not worth the effort.

Chingling

“Pokemon Diamond & Pearl” (2006)

We tried to refrain from putting Baby Pokemon on this list. After all, these guys are inherently weaker forms of better Pokemon. However, Chingling is the worst of the bunch. Most would quickly point towards the low stats and abysmally weak learnset. We, on the other hand, take issue in the effort that’s required to get it to evolve into Chimecho. The only way Chingling evolves is if you get it to the max level of happiness, which means letting it hold and/or use items in battle, teaching it certain moves, use items on it almost constantly… It’s a lot of upkeep just to obtain a Chimecho, and even then, the evolution doesn’t do much to bolster its stats.

Woobat

“Pokemon Black & White” (2010)

Woobats are perhaps the worst of the early-game Pokemon as it blends the two worst things about Wurmple and Chingling into one being. In addition to the poor stats and learnset, Woobat can only evolve when your friendship with it is at a high enough level. And that’s just to get Swoobat! What’s even more frustrating are its passive abilities - Unaware, Klutz, and Simple. These abilities render stat changes useless to Woobat while also making Woobat weaker to a Pokemon’s attacks should they alter stats mid-fight. As for Klutz, Woobat can’t be given any items to hold and use in combat. That said…what’s the point of this Pokemon?

Scatterbug

“Pokemon X & Y” (2013)

Oh, look, it's another token Caterpie-like for a whole different generation of Pokemon, and unfortunately, it makes Wurmple look like a god-tier Pokemon. Admittedly, Scatterbug is a little bit like Weedle with its slightly higher defense compared to most early-game Pokemon. However, its stats in HP, special attack, special defense, and speed are downright pathetic. On top of that, it can only learn Tackle, String Shot, Bug Bite, and Stun Spore. We understand the small movepool is only because Scatterbug evolves when reaching Level Nine and Vivillion at Level Twelve, but even for an early-game Pokemon, surely Scatterbug could have better stats and moves than those!

Yungoos

“Pokemon Sun & Moon” (2016)

In all honesty, Yungoos boasts a better attack power than most Pokemon you can get super early. It’ll be able to make Bite a lethal attack before you can even get it to evolve into Gumshoos. The problem is that Yungoos tries a little too hard to be the rogue Pokemon, if you catch our drift. While the attack and speed stats are nice, the super low stats in defense and special defense mean Yungoos can go down pretty easily if the opposing Pokemon boasts the same amount of speed. Even when evolved into Gumshoos, the defense stats do not go up super high. Consider Yungoos a temporary addition to your team if anything.

Rookidee

“Pokemon Sword & Shield” (2019)

Astonishing how we’ve gone through the majority of the list without dunking on a single bird-like Pokemon, huh? We were considering Pidgey, Spearow, and others at one point, but of all the bird Pokemon across each generation, Gen Eight had the worst with Rookidee. Awful amount of HP, abysmal defense, even worse Special stats, and the worst learnset to suffer through until it evolves at Level Eighteen. Aside from filling out the Pokedex, what reason does anyone have to catch this lump of feathers? Just to get Corviknight? Dude, just hang around Hammerlocke Hills and catch yourself a Corvisquire. No one needs a Rookidee.

Quaxly

“Pokemon Scarlet & Violet” (2022)

The value behind Quaxly is purely tied to its potential in evolving into Quaxwell and Quaquaval as soon as possible. Frankly, Quaxly doesn’t have abysmal stats like most of our other entries, yet why exactly is it the weakest Pokemon of Gen Nine? Well, the learnset isn’t exactly the greatest. It's manageable, but still poor. As for its passive ability, Torrent, well, why does Quaxly have this? For those who don’t know, Torrent boosts the user’s Attack stat when their HP is low. How often is Quaxly on low HP versus straight up dead? Not often enough. Do yourself a favor and just try to catch a Quaxwell later.

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