My Favourite Alola Pokemon

Alola brought the end of HMs outside of battle and a temporary goodbye to Pokémon gyms in exchange for trials and totem Pokémon. No new Megan’s were introduced but we still got to use them which was nice. Regional variants became a thing which gave some Kanto Pokémon a new lease of life. Some are awesome like the ones mentioned on this list whilst some are strange like Alola’s eggsecutor who is now a dragon apparently.

Grass - Lurantis

She reminds me of a cherry blossom from Japan with her colours. In Animal Crossing, you can catch mantis to keep or sell. Everytime I see the orchid mantis in Animal Crossing, I always think of this Pokemon.

Fire - Salazzle

A part of me thinks Salazzle should have been fire/dark, but fire/poison makes it stand out. She borrows a concept only females allowed to evolve into it from Vespiquen. It's a reliable sweeper.

Water - Primarina

Primarina is just a beautiful Pokemon inside and out. I love her design and she's a combination of two of my favourite types.

Normal - Drampa

He reminds me of Falkore from The Never Ending Story.

Electric - Alolan-Raichu

I always thought Raichu was a cool Pokemon and I love the alola form. I love how her tail is a surfing board and the additional psychic type is fitting as it's a gen one Pokemon, and how the type was overpowered back in the Gameboy era.

Pyschic - Cosmog

Get in the bag, Nebby!

Fighting - Bewear

Some say he's creepy, because of it's similarity to the pedobear meme. I love him for the colour scheme of black and pink. His pre-evoluton is so adorable.

R0ck - Rockpuff

I think Rockpuff is a cute little doggie. I really love the canine Pokemon like this one. I love his eyes.

Ground - Mudscale

Not sure what to say about this one. I think he looks cool. Reminds me of the donkeys that give kids rides on the beach.

Flying - Dartrix

Every time I see this Pokemon, I always think of Cilan from Unova because of how similar their attire is and how Cilan is a grass-type trainer.

Bug - Cutiefly

Cutiefly rhymes with Beautifly, another Pokémon I happen to like. I don’t know if that was intentional or not, but it’s a nice touch. I think she’s adorable as well.

Poison - Toxapex

I used her a few times in gen 7 and in my first in-game team in Pokemon Sheild and I thought she was awesome. Her poison type gave good coverage against fairies as I do use a lot of them on my team.

Dark - Incineroar

The fandom love their fire starters. The community’s love for Red’s mascot, Charizard proves it. Blaziken is another fan favourite, and then we have Incineroar who became a playable character in Smash.

Ghost - Mimikyu

Mimikyu won the hearts of many fans, me included. There’s a cute Japanese song about Mimikyu that made me love him even more. It had a big role in the sun and moon anime, and it’s ability, disguise made it a major threat in wifi battles.

Ice - Alolan-Ninetails

Ninetails is already a beautiful and great Pokemon in her own right. She always had a great move pool that could pull a few surprises in one of her tails. The ice and fairy types suit the new form.

Steel - Alolan-Sandlash

I don’t think Sandlash is as popular as Ninetails, but I love Sandslash’s new winter design. I think the ice and steel type suits him with the metal claws and the icicle spikes.

Dragon - Jangmo-o

My favourite thing about this Pokémon is how the yellow scales on his head look like a heart. I’ve not used its other forms yet, but I might do one day. I like how he has a unique typing and it’s design is cool.

Fairy - Comfey

Her name sounds like a fabric washener brand, but she looks like a flower crown you would wear at a festival. It really fits the Hawaii theme. She's one of the pokemon that I've always wanted to use in-game, but never got round to. She's really sweet looking. It's a shame she hasn't got an evolution. She looks like she could have a connection to the Florges line.