Who is the weakest Pokemon in Ash's Sinnoh team?

[swampertuska]

In my opinion Staravia is the weakest. I'd say Ash never had such weak flying Pokemon.
If it battles against Honchkrow it will be demolished

 

[Grave-E]

In my opinion Staravia is the weakest. I'd say Ash never had such weak flying Pokemon.

I know what you mean. Remember Pidgeotto? Now that thing was incredible. And don't even get me started on Noctowl! The notion of matching it's greatness is insane.


On a serious note, I'm not entirely sure. They've all had an impressive win at one point or the other, bar the Grotle who hasn't really done much of anything yet. Calling Muku weak when it whipped 2 of Maylene's pokémon just doesn't bode well with me, especially when Honchkrow was KO'd in a tie. I suppose logically it would be Gliscor, who hasn't been around as long and has seen the least amount of action, but that Canalave win.....and, uhh, the fact that this is 'Pokémon'.
...
Hmmm.
Pikachu hasn't really done anything impressive this series, huh? Hahahahaha.

 

[Sparkblast]

When Staravia evolves....thats a tough one
Pikachu is probably lv 78 or something XD
Maybe Gliscor but if Staraptor comes in i think Gliscor will want to prove itself and i wouldn't blame it after it's rocky entrance to the series XD

 

[swampertuska]

I'm really dissapointed because of Staravia's strength. Because other Ash's pokemons have no much power. Remember Houenn when he had Swallow, Grovyle, Torkole, Glaylie. Ash doesn't have such powerful 3-4 pokemon in his hand. And it is disappointing. Staravia had to be second in power to Pickachu. But...

 

[0_o o_0]

definitly Staravia although i think it would be much more powerful if it evolves

 

[Sparkblast]

I suppose a Staraptor, Floatzel, Infernape and Torterra are quite good for a team...
Starters are quite good although it's amazing how one of each always gets found in the anime XD

 

[dragonite24]

Staravia is at about normal in-game power level, save brave bird.
It can hold it's own, but it hasn't seen much action lately.

Gliscor is pretty powerful at the moment, but it relies a bit on it's evolution as it's power source.

I guess you can thank buizel for hogging the spotlight so much..
I really want to see some grotle and staravia action now.
Buizel had enough.

 

[Yoshi-san]

I think Mukkubird need an episode focusing on him. Satoshi's other Pokemon did, why not Mukkubird?

 

[dman_dustin]

It's hard to judge when a certain Pokemon gets no chance to prove itself.

But Staravia doesn't have much going for it, but I don't think it's weak, and Gliscor, only tied with Jun's Roserade, and beat Byron's Bastiodon, and has a great move pool so it's hard to say who's weaker. Grotle while it has done nothing much, did knock out a Swampert with one razor leaf and does have it's record from when it was a Turtwig.

If a lack of battle time is what makes a Pokemon weak, then Staravia, who hasn't done anything (battle wise) lately.

 

[Cybersai]

It doesn't really matter who the "weakest" is, they work together as a team.

Did anyone go around saying who the weakest of his Hoenn team was? Sure, we all know it was Torkoal, but its not like it was a big deal.

Did anyone go around saying who the weakest of the Kanto team was? Again, it was Pidgeotto, but nobody cared.

It doesn't matter, all his Sinnoh Pokes are given a time to shine at some point or another.

 

[Shinx3000]

I'd agree with Staravia at moment, It does not have much chance to be used except for "searching/looking for something" as there is not much chance for Ash to really use it in a battle, but if or when it evolves, it will be a strong pokemon!

 

[Cybersai]

Staravia was used in the tag battle tournament, took out Gardenia's Cherubi, and took out Maylene's Pokemon. It was also used in battle with Reggie.

Staravia has more battles that people tend to forget about, I don't know why. Staravia is definitely not just "popping balloons" like Pidgeotto and Noctowl.

The fact that it played a major role in two Gyms so far says a lot, and hopefully its used in Candice.

 

[Mooites]

Staravia, but Im not sure about Gliscor.

 

[Luxio2k8]

At one time I would have said, Gliscor, but it got it's big moment during the Canalave Gym battle recently.

Now I don't know. . . maybe Grotle since it's been horribly neglected as of late.

 

[Trainer'sInsomnia]

That's actually really hard to say. Pokemon like Pikachu and Buizel are out of the question.

So that leaves:

Staravia - Acquired Brave Bird, beat Maylene's Machoke and Meditite (huge over Machoke), and Gardenia's Cherubi. A total of 6 attacks.

Gliscor - If we're counting English dub only, then his better days are yet to come. It's learned X-Scissor. Has a total of 5 attacks.
Later, it has a tie v. a rival, and a win.

Chimchar -
Under Paul: Has a loss to Aipom, but a win over Turtwig. It beat Roark's Onix, but lost to Roark's Cranidos. It lost to Cynthia's Garchomp.

Under Ash: It lost to Lucario, and was called back from Meditite. It owned Paul's Ursaring. It suffered a loss to Cynthia's Drifblim in the latest ep. In the LATER episodes however, it has huge wins across the board, but those are also non-dub. It has had a total of 8 techniques.

Ash's Turtwig: It beat Roark's Cranidos and Rampardos (both times). It lost to Paul's Chimchar. It lost to Gardenia's Turtwig in a trainer battle, but defeated it in the gym. It got called back against Quagsire. It learned Energy Ball. Has 5 techniques. Outside of the dub, it has a win and loss later.

Looks like Gliscor and Chimchar are the worst in DUB timeline. Both later redeem themselves though. Are we going by dub orrrr?

 

[JB88]

Staravia is definitely not just "popping balloons" like Pidgeotto and Noctowl.

You can't force Pidgeotto into that "do-nothing" group, Scott. Pidgeotto was about the same level as Staravia is when it comes to battles.

 

[Cybersai]

Pidgeotto really only defeated Misty's Starmie and battled that Rhydon in the Viridian Gym, but it didn't do much otherwise in between.

Once Ash got the Kanto starters, he only used them and Pidgetto didn't get to participate much anymore.

 

[Trainer'sInsomnia]

Pidgeotto really only defeated Misty's Starmie and battled that Rhydon in the Viridian Gym, but it didn't do much otherwise in between.

Once Ash got the Kanto starters, he only used them and Pidgetto didn't get to participate much anymore.

LOL, of course those're going to sound like small features if you load the claim with terms like "really" and "only". What we're looking at is 2 wins in 2 different gyms. One of which over a fairly powerful Pokemon trained by a powerful trainer, and one whom Pidgeotto is supposed to have a disadvantage against. It was obviously strong.

And how was Pidgeotto's action significantly less than most of Ash's Kanto Pokemon not named Pikachu?

You had:
Pewter - Pikachu, Pidgeotto
Cerulean - Pikachu, Pidgeotto
Vermillion - Pikachu
Celadon - Bulbasaur, Charmander
Saffron - Pikachu, Haunter
Fuschia - Pidgeotto, Charmander
Cinnabar - Squirtle, Pikachu, Charizard
Viridian - Pidgeotto, Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle

So he actually appeared in more than the others, and came away with at least 2/2. Outside of the gyms it was very important v. Team Rocket, as Pikachu's flight assistant against the Giant Tentacruel, and took down that Fearow. So yes, it participated a lot across the board.

Stop going by false memory because you end up presenting inccorect notions to everyone else.

 

[Grave-E]

All Pidgeotto did to that Rhydon was a Double Edge anyway. That was more of a slap round the face than a battle. I'm not sure why it's brought up as much as it is, since it's not like it actually defeated the Rhydon or anything.

 

[Cybersai]

So he actually appeared in more than the others, and came away with at least 2/2. Outside of the gyms it was very important v. Team Rocket, as Pikachu's flight assistant against the Giant Tentacruel, and took down that Fearow. So yes, it participated a lot across the board.

Pidgeotto didn't even get a battle in the Indigo league, either.

Staravia did much more in the first 80ish Sinnoh eps compared to the 80 eps of Kanto, hands down.

And as Grave-E said, Pidgeotto did a single double edge against Rhydon. It didn't win the battle or anything.