In the weeks preceding the release of Gen 3, it’s expected that attention will be focused on the generation’s best: legendary Pokemon and classically metagame-defining species such as Salamence and Metagross. More cynical players are inclined to assert that these Pokemon are all that matter; everything else is just a Pokedex entry.

However, the less prestigious glass cannon Pokemon shouldn’t go ignored. These Pokemon have high attack stats but poor bulk owing to low HP and/or defense. Relevant examples are Alakazam, Gengar, and Espeon, 3 species which make waves in the current metagame. Gen 3 introduces several Pokemon of this archetype, some of which have potentially valuable typings.

Note that the possible movesets only account for moves learnable by Pokemon in the Gen 7 games only. Some moves not listed may be learnable in previous generations. The listed moves only include ones already in the game or mined from the game files.