20 Best-Performing Pokemon In Competitive Play

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While the world of Pokemon is full of all kinds of different things trainers can do with their Pokemon, the main (and most fun) activity is battling. Putting teams up against each other to determine the best trainer is a thrill like no other. Battling through the single-player campaign to become champion is all well and good, but some seek to go further.

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Players worldwide look to compete with each other, pushing their teams to the limits in order to call themselves world champions. Over the past decade or so, where Pokemon VGC has been officially recognized, some Pokemon have risen to the top. While different meta-games come and go, some Pokemon always find a way to be useful and have helped win multiple world championships.

Updated January 17th, 2022, by Russ Boswell: There are a lot of great Pokemon out there for trainers to mold into competitive powerhouses. Those that have seen everything and conquered all there is to conquer from a single-player perspective in each Generation can turn their sights to PVP in order to truly test their skills. The world of Ranked Battles and competitive Pokemon is exciting, in-depth, and incredibly challenging. In order to stand up against their opponents, players will want to get their hands on the best competitive Pokemon. Thankfully, there are a lot of great pocket monsters out there that can fill a variety of roles. To better showcase the best competitive Pokemon, the following guide has been updated and includes even more entries for competition-viable creatures.

Players were elated to see the original Legendary Bird Trio get their own unique redesigns with Galarian forms in Generation 8 but Zapdos retains most of its competitive