The Top 6 Most Over-Hated Pokémon

There are plenty of Pokémon out there that many fans don’t like all that much, but do all of them deserve such shame? Hardly, and this list could probably be twice as long at the very least, but let’s see which Pokémon get over-hated the most! (that meaning, get a lot of hate but aren’t that bad, not so much getting a lot of hate but without any redeeming qualities.)

[The_Viridian]

I think the reason Zubat is more hated than Tentacool is the fact that you tend to run into Zubat way earlier than Tentacool. By the time you get to the water, you might have a few repels with you, but you can't really say the same right after the first gym.

[joltik]

In Pokémon Sword, I had a female Garbodor in my playthrough on the team. She was my queen. So I named her Queen. Love this Pokémon so much. ❤️

[phdskyla]

"Nowhere is Zubat the only encounter"
Actually, it's the only encounter in the Altering Cave due to the Mystery Gift events for it being unreleased. That *is* a completely optional location, however.

[MrBrewskiDrewski]

“All you need to evolve it is loving your Zubat!”

Emperor Cubone, probably.

[nintendolife]

I completely agree with you on Chesnaught and I like to add Delphox to the mix. People kept claiming it’s a bad starter but I don’t understand how. Great speed and Special stats, it broke the exhausting Fire/Fighting typing for Fire Starters, and a surprisingly decent movepool (It can use Grass Knot, for goodness sake). Yeah, it’s Hidden Ability pretty much sucks, but it doesn’t mean the Pokémon is unusable. Really, the other two Kalos starters are NOWHERE as bad as the public makes them out to be. Thanks for putting the other Kalos starters in the light, Emperor Cubone!

[abrarkadabrar]

That ending song was incredible and I love it.

I was expecting Delphox or Crabominable on the list. I think at least for the yeti crab the hate is justified but I personally like Delphox and I feel bad for the multitude of people who bash it for surface level reasons.

Zubat definitely isn't that bad at all. I doubt people actually hate it. Having Crobat as a thing to look forward to from the wimpy base stage Zubat is plenty reason for it to be liked, like you said already.

[yannickgrignon]

We're also overlooking the fact that Chesnaught is one of the best puns in Pokemon, up there with Xurkitree and Pincurchin

[Wildcatt]

I think hating a Pokemon because they look too different from their base forms is just silly.

[macwelch]

I’ve never understood why people hate Electrode, it’s frankly under appreciated

[foxdrago]

I hate to see people hating chesnaught family, it is a good playtrough pokemon, cool design and I kind like quilladin too, I don't know I think I have a love for hated mons

[nigellokai]

"And all that's required to get it is loving your zubat..." Not going to lie, that line made me laugh haha

[Moodyman]

Every time I see Heatran I go "oh right, you exist". Not like I hate it, I just keep forgetting it's there. If I have an issue with Heatran, it's the fact it feels tacked on. Which is the same problem I have with a lot of mythical pokemon past gen 5. At least Heatran you can catch in game though.

[marleonka.]

Even if you said that "some Pokemon deserve the hate" and showed Jynx, I still want to say Jynx. It's design might not be the most flattering (but in some games it looks actually alright, like FRLG and HGSS), But Ice/Physhic is a suprisingly effective attack combination and with lots of coverage, Jynx is a suprisingly fun pokemon to use. I had a blast using it in HG when I last played it

[KestrelDC]

Pokémon based on inanimate objects get so much hate but it’s important to remember this is a Japanese franchise and their culture has a lot of folklore and many yokai that are really old objects coming to life and taking on personalities, the most famous (at least to Westerners) being a paper parasol. Hence this Japanese game about monsters having monsters based on Japanese folklore, including this. That’s why we get things like Voltorb and Electrode, the Litwick line, the Geodude line, Bergmite and Avalugg, the Boldore line, Bronzor and Bronzong, Cryogonal, and numerous more. It’s not laziness or being uninspired. It’s Japanese culture.

[Summonsloth]

Volcanian would get more “hate” from
me if I remembered it existed

[jordy_d]

Heatran probably gets more flack than Volcanion or Phione because those two feel a little more unique to people, I guess
Even if Heatran's typing is unique, Water/Fire feels more special, and Phione is "that one legendary you can get by breeding", especially since you gotta beat a whole other game to get Manaphy.

[ItsGottaSlap]

I think one of the most hated Pokémon to run into has got to be wobbuffet, even on a normal run of a game shadow tag then if you kill it, it can kill you makes it a pain. And if you ever fried a nuzlocke you’re done for

[aggrogr]

Two of the mons on this list are on my personal top 10 faves list, lol. Garbodor and zubat. Poison type is my 2nd favorite type right after steel and Crobat is just a spectacular pokemon all around. Gr8 video my dude! Keep up the eggselent work.

[coreyb]

Great list & that unexpected Zubat song at the end was FUNNY!

[donnaroe]

Great list! The elemental monkeys are DEFINITELY overly hated! I don’t like, looove them, but they’re okay i think! Sure, we have cooler monkeys, but it’s not a competition, they’re just existing 😭