Pokémon Scarlet & Violet introduce the 9th generation of Pokémon, keeping the tradition of the 3 starter Pokémon the same – letting the player choose a Grass (Sprigatito), Fire (Fuecoco), or Water (Quaxly) starter as their first companion, while only making it possible to acquire all 3 through trading with other players.
Scarlet & Violet take place in the region of Paldea, enabling Pokémon to Terastallize – assimilating a powerful form that enhances the power of each attack, that can only be used once before it has to be recharged at a Pokémon Centre.
We’ll break down below all the starter Pokémon in Scarlet & Violet, making it easier to decide what’s the best choice for you, as well as showcasing the min / max stats each starter can reach for each stat, based on its IVs & EVs.
Similar to most Pokémon games, picking the Fire starter, Fuecoco, will make your life way easier in the early game.
Even though Scarlet & Violet is the first mainline Pokémon game that offers an open-world with multiple paths you can follow, most of the Trainers & wild Pokémon you will encounter at the starting areas will have a Grass / Bug / Flying type, making it the hardest for the Grass starter, Sprigatito.
Quaxly is not as weak, since it can learn a Flying move fairly quickly, offering many Super Effective procs against early enemies (but also receiving a lot of them).
All the final evolutions of Scarlet / Violet starters have a balanced spread of their stats, but each one has different strengths and weaknesses:
Meowscarada | Skeledirge | Quaquaval | |||||||
Base | Min | Max | Base | Min | Max | Base | Min | Max | |
HP | 76 | 262 | 356 | 104 | 318 | 412 | 85 | 280 | 374 |
Attack | 110 | 202 | 350 | 75 | 139 | 273 | 120 | 220 | 372 |
Defense | 70 | 130 | 262 | 100 | 184 | 328 | 80 | 148 | 284 |
Sp. Atk | 81 | 150 | 287 | 110 | 202 | 350 | 85 | 157 | 295 |
Sp. Def | 70 | 130 | 262 | 75 | 139 | 273 | 75 | 139 | 273 |
Speed | 123 | 225 | 379 | 66 | 123 | 254 | 85 | 157 | 295 |
Total | 530 | 530 | 530 |
Sprigatito evolves to Floragato at Level 16, and Meowscarada at Level 36.
Sprigatito | Floragato | Meowscarada | |||||||
Base | Min | Max | Base | Min | Max | Base | Min | Max | |
HP | 40 | 190 | 284 | 61 | 232 | 326 | 76 | 262 | 356 |
Attack | 61 | 114 | 243 | 80 | 148 | 284 | 110 | 202 | 350 |
Defense | 54 | 101 | 227 | 63 | 117 | 247 | 70 | 130 | 262 |
Sp. Atk | 45 | 85 | 207 | 60 | 112 | 240 | 81 | 150 | 287 |
Sp. Def | 45 | 85 | 207 | 63 | 117 | 247 | 70 | 130 | 262 |
Speed | 65 | 121 | 251 | 83 | 153 | 291 | 123 | 225 | 379 |
Total | 310 | 410 | 530 |
Fuecoco evolves to Crocalor at Level 16, and Skeledirge at Level 36.
Fuecoco | Crocalor | Skeledirge | |||||||
Base | Min | Max | Base | Min | Max | Base | Min | Max | |
HP | 67 | 244 | 338 | 81 | 272 | 366 | 104 | 318 | 412 |
Attack | 45 | 85 | 207 | 55 | 103 | 229 | 75 | 139 | 273 |
Defense | 59 | 110 | 238 | 78 | 144 | 280 | 100 | 184 | 328 |
Sp. Atk | 63 | 117 | 247 | 90 | 166 | 306 | 110 | 202 | 350 |
Sp. Def | 40 | 76 | 196 | 58 | 108 | 236 | 75 | 139 | 273 |
Speed | 36 | 69 | 188 | 49 | 92 | 216 | 66 | 123 | 254 |
Total | 310 | 411 | 530 |
Quaxly evolves to Quaxwell at Level 16, and Quaquaval at Level 36.
Quaxly | Quaxwell | Quaquaval | |||||||
Base | Min | Max | Base | Min | Max | Base | Min | Max | |
HP | 55 | 220 | 314 | 70 | 250 | 344 | 85 | 280 | 374 |
Attack | 65 | 121 | 251 | 85 | 157 | 295 | 120 | 220 | 372 |
Defense | 45 | 85 | 207 | 65 | 121 | 251 | 80 | 148 | 284 |
Sp. Atk | 50 | 94 | 218 | 65 | 121 | 251 | 85 | 157 | 295 |
Sp. Def | 45 | 85 | 207 | 60 | 112 | 240 | 75 | 139 | 273 |
Speed | 50 | 94 | 218 | 65 | 121 | 251 | 85 | 157 | 295 |
Total | 310 | 410 | 530 |
All stats are compiled from the Pokémon Database.
Pokémon Bank won’t be available for Scarlet & Violet for a while, therefore getting all 3 starters to your game won’t be the easiest process:
The good news, is that you can use any copy of Scarlet / Violet in order to get & trade any starter, without losing your save game.
Since all Pokémon games can only save their data on a user’s account inside a Nintendo Switch, and not with Cloud Saves, you can easily create a Guest account (or use any other account that’s not your main account), and start a new playthrough of Scarlet / Violet in there.
After you reach the first Pokémon Center in the game, you will unlock the ability to use Link & Surprise Trades.
So after you have successfully transferred the 2nd starter you are missing, you can easily start a new playthrough by visiting the System Settings page on your Nintendo Switch, and navigating to Data Management > Delete Save Data > Pokémon Scarlet / Violet > Delete Save Data for [User Name].
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