Pokemon is home to a roster of almost 1,000 unique and interesting creatures of various heights, weights, and types. Typing in the world of Pokemon may not seem that important but it goes a long way in differentiating Pokemon and making them feel as though they’re part of an overall collection.
Water-types are often fish and reptiles, so there are plenty of them that fans have fallen in love with over the years. From Pokemon Red & Blue to Pokemon Sword & Shield, the series has seen plenty of strong and weak water-types along the way. Here are the weakest water-types of each generation, ranked.
8 Chewtle (Galar)
Chewtle isn’t that bad of a Water-type, but it happens to be one of only a handful of Water-type Pokemon in the Galar region. Pokemon Sword & Shield introduced the world to dozens of new Pokemon, but among them, Chewtle simply drew the short straw.
It evolves into Drednaw at level 22, which is a powerful Water and Rock-type that fans flock to early on. It also helps that Chewtle’s design is meant to make the player feel empathetic towards it with its one large tooth in its mouth that makes it feel more youthful and child-like.
7 Wimpod (Alola)
Some trainers may look at Wimpod’s base stats and be excited that it has a speed rating of 80, but that doesn’t alleviate the issues with the rest of those stats. It happens to be naturally fast because it is a coward, so thematically it was made to be a speedy creature.
The rest of its base stats tell the true story of how this thing can’t protect itself and because of that, it must run. There is no situation in which a Wimpod is going to choose to stand its ground when the moment of “fight or flight” enters the fray. Speedy or not, this thing is the worst Water-type of the Alolan Islands.
6 Binacle (Kalos)
For trainers, it’s easy to get attached or interested in a Pokemon with bad stats if it happens to be cute. However, Binacle not only has terrible stats, but it also happens to be quite ugly.
Some people embrace the ugly aesthetic and find it adorable and endearing, but that’s mostly a niche selection of individuals. Like with most Rock-type Pokemon its best stat lays in its physical defense, but even that is hovering at around average. It also doesn’t help that it doesn’t evolve until level 39, which is quite an ask considering the base form is so unappealing.
5 Tympole (Unova)
The Unova region is special to a lot of fans as it was the first region since Kanto to add more than 150 Pokemon to the National PokeDex in a single generation. Among the dozens of new Pokemon, there happened to be a 3-stage evolution that saw a tadpole become a frog.
It very much mirrors the evolution of Poliwag from Pokemon Red & Blue, with the base form named Tympole being rather weak. It’s not a big deal for the creature as it evolves two times, which means by the time it Seismitoad it was able to build up a set of stats that make it viable and competitive in battle.
4 Finneon (Sinnoh)
A key problem the Pokemon franchise has is the overabundance of Water-type Pokemon that are nothing more than fish. The Sinnoh region is no different and its shining example of this issue is Finneon, a creature most fans forget exists.
Not only are its base stats below average at best, but it also doesn’t evolve until level 31, which means there’s a lot of grinding and effort needed for it to finally turn into a Lumineon. A final form that’s just as unimpressive as its base form and also leans into the problem of there being simple fish Pokemon with no substance attached to them.
3 Feebas (Hoenn)
Feebas often gets compared to Magikarp, and though the easy comparison is the actual design of it as a fish Pokemon, the real connection has to do with their purpose. Like Magikarp, this Hoenn native Water-type known as the Fish Pokemon has pretty abysmal base stats.
That all changes when it’s either traded holding a Prism Scale or its beauty rating reaches max level as it then evolves into Milotic. It goes from being an uglier version of Magikarp to a more beautiful, elegant, and feminine version of the leviathan known as Gyarados.
2 Wooper (Johto)
Is Wooper cute? Yes, but that’s not the point of this list. Something can be really cute and/or adorable, but at the same time be considered bad or the worst in a particular category.
Despite having the dual-type of Water and Ground, that Ground-type doesn’t add much to its capabilities. Its evolution named Quagsire is a decent Pokemon, but unlike the next entry on this list that evolutionary form doesn’t necessarily justify the overall effectiveness of Wooper and the effort needed to evolve it.
1 Magikarp (Kanto)
Anyone familiar with Pokemon and the Kanto region likely saw this one coming as the choice is rather obvious. Magikarp is far and away the worst Water-type Pokemon of the first generation, but that’s the point of its design and existence.
It’s meant to teach trainers that investing in a relationship with a Pokemon, regardless of its strength, can pay huge dividends in the future. Magikarp may have some of the worst base stats in the entire series, but it manages to evolve into a fan-favorite in the form of Gyarados.
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