10 Underused Pokémon You're TOTALLY Wrong About

10. Greedent

Speaking of ugly Pokémon… Greedent, which looks like a cross between a squirrel and Peter Griffin from Family Guy, is an early-game rodent Pokémon in Sword and Shield. The fact you can get your hands on them so early into the game means you’ll most likely catch one to fill out your team, before carelessly dumping it into your storage box two towns later.

Before throwing this poor little squirrel into an eternity of Poke-jail for not being cute enough, take a look at its stats. With a huge start on HP and defence, Greedent already has the foundation to be the tank in your team.

A way to truly utilise Greedent's defence is by giving it a Maranga Berry, which raises the user's special defence on consumption. In addition, having the ability Cheek Pouch to restore a third of the Pokémon's HP after it consumes the berry will be a bonus, as it has a stacking effect.

Using moves such as Stuff Cheeks and Stockpile are great ways to further boost the Pokémon’s defence making it almost impossible for opponents to lower Greedent’s health.

However, the penultimate reason players are wrong for disregarding Greedent is because of a sneaky little move called Body Press. The move uses the defence stat to calculate damage to the opponent, as opposed to attack.

Meaning, not only is this scrappy little misfit an un-killable hit sponge, but it’s also a powerful one-hit killing machine.