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The WEAKEST Pokemon In Every Game
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1/5/2025
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Welcome to Mojo Plays, and today we're taking a look at the 10 Weakest, Most Worthless Pokemon
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No One Wants On Their Team.
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Magikarp, Pokemon Red and Blue
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Now we can understand why some folks even want Magikarp on their team.
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Every Pokemon trainer knows about the potential Magikarp has, as it can transform into Gyarados,
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one of the most powerful Pokemon you can get in Red and Blue.
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But we can't ignore the amount of suffering we have to endure because of how useless Magikarp
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is 90% of the time.
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How many fishermen have we fought who were loaded up with Magikarp that only knew Splash?
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And we all know how useless Tackle is, so what real purpose does Magikarp have outside
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of the time investment for Gyarados?
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None, that's what.
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Unown, Pokemon Gold and Silver
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For a Pokemon as eerie and mysterious as Unown, one would think that these little guys would
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hold some amount of untold power, right?
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You could not be further from the truth, and it is rather upsetting.
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Unown is the only Pokemon in the entire series that cannot be taught any other moves, not
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through TMs and HMs, not through breeding, not even through tutoring.
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The only move it has at its disposal is Hidden Power.
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Again, sounds like something that could cause a solid amount of damage, alas no.
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Hidden Power is dependent on the type of the user's Pokemon, so its usefulness is very
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circumstantial, thus making Unown about as valuable as a Zubat.
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Wurmple, Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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Look we have nothing against Wurmple, Wurmple's adorable, and every generation needs its own
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adorable Caterpie type, you know?
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Sadly, Wurmple is just a waste of a catch unless you're strictly catching it to fill
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the Pokedex.
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In addition to its awful pool of learnable moves, Wurmple fails in providing a decent
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set of stats even for the early game.
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If you're that confident in investing for a Dustox or a Beautifly, maybe consider catching
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a Wurmple, but if you're beyond the first gym already, it's honestly not worth the
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effort.
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Chingling, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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We tried to refrain from putting baby Pokemon on this list, after all these guys are inherently
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weaker forms of better Pokemon.
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However, Chingling is the worst of the bunch.
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Most would quickly point towards the low stats and abysmally weak learn set.
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We, on the other hand, take issue in the effort that's required to get it to evolve into
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Chimecho.
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The only way Chingling evolves is if you get it to the max level of happiness, which means
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letting it hold and or use items in battle, teaching it certain moves, use items on it
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almost constantly even if it doesn't need it, it's a lot of upkeep just to obtain
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a Chimecho, and even then, the evolution doesn't do much to bolster its stats.
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Woobat, Pokemon Black and White
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Woobats are perhaps the worst of the early game Pokemon, as it blends the two worst things
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about Wurmple and Chingling into one creature.
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In addition to the poor stats and learn set, Woobat can only evolve when your friendship
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with it is at a high enough level, and that's just to get Swoobat.
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What's even more frustrating are its passive abilities, Unaware, Klutz, and Simple.
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These abilities render stat changes useless to Woobat, while also making Woobat weaker
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to a Pokemon's attacks should they alter stats mid-fight.
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As for Klutz, Woobat cannot be given any items to hold or use in combat.
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That said, what is even the point of this Pokemon then?
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Scatterbug, Pokemon X and Y
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Oh look, it's another token Caterpie-like for a whole different generation of Pokemon,
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and unfortunately, it makes Wurmple look like a god tier Pokemon.
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Admittedly, Scatterbug is a little bit like Weedle, with its slightly higher defense compared
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to most early game Pokemon, however its stats in HP, special attack, special defense, and
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speed are downright pathetic.
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On top of that, it can only learn Tackle, String Shot, Bug Bite, and Stun Spore.
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We understand the small movepool is only because Scatterbug evolves when reaching level 9 and
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Pavilion at level 12, but even for an early game Pokemon, surely, surely Scatterbug could
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have better stats and moves than those.
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Youngoose, Pokemon Sun and Moon
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In all honesty, Youngoose boasts a better attack power than most Pokemon you can get
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super early.
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It'll be able to make Bite a lethal attack before you can even get it to evolve into
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Gumshoos.
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The problem is that Youngoose tries a little too hard to be the rogue Pokemon, if you catch
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our drift.
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While the attack and speed stats are nice, the super low stats in defense and special
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defense mean Youngoose can go down pretty easily if the opposing Pokemon boasts the
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same amount of speed.
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Even when evolved into Gumshoos, the defense stats don't go up super high.
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Consider Youngoose a temporary addition to your team, if anything.
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Rookidee, Pokemon Sword and Shield
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Astonishing how we've gone through the majority of the list without dunking on a single bird-like
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Pokemon, huh?
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We were considering Pidgey, Spearow, and some others at one point, but of all the bird Pokemon
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across each generation, Gen 8 had the worst with Rookidee.
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Awful amount of HP, abysmal defense, even worse special stats, and the worst learn set
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to suffer through until it evolves at level 18.
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Aside from filling out the Pokedex, what reason does anyone have to catch this lump of feathers?
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Just to get Corviknight?
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Dude, just hang around Hammerlock Hills and catch yourself a Corvisquire.
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There's no need for a Rookidee at that point.
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Quaxley, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
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The value behind Quaxley is purely tied to its potential in evolving into Quaxwell and
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Quaquavole as soon as possible.
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Frankly, Quaxley doesn't have abysmal stats like most of our other entries, yet why exactly?
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Is it the weakest Pokemon of Gen 9?
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Well, the learn set isn't exactly the greatest, it's manageable, but still poor.
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As for its passive ability, Torrent, well, why does Quaxley have this?
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For those who don't know, Torrent boosts the user's attack stat when their HP is
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low, and how often is Quaxley on low HP versus straight up dead?
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Not often enough.
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So do yourself a favor and just try to catch a Quaxwell later, you don't need a Quaxley.
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What's the worst Pokemon you've caught?
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Did it make our list?
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Let us know down in the comments, and be sure to subscribe to Mojo Plays for more great
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