Last week, during the reveal of the Pokémon expansions, my favorite reactions came from people on Twitter who behaved with disgust and sometimes PTSD when the sizzle reel for the Crown Tundra scrolled through many Legendary Pokémon, particularly Landorus from Pokémon Black and White. It’s hilarious because despite Landorus having no presence in most Pokémon Company promotions or personal stories of Pokémon, it definitely has a reputation when it comes to trainers who battle frequently. And it has a real chance at coming back if these expansions do anything about it.
Today I’ll be looking back at older Pokémon with similar reputations across the battle scene through the lens of the Sun and Moon generation since nearly every Pokémon was present in those games. This will mostly highlight what made them strong before, with a few entries having some interesting ideas on how they’d use the current Max Moves to their benefit, though anything else concerning how they’d Dynamax or Gigantamax is left up to speculation.
Just keep in mind that this list basically highlights both strong and overpowered Pokémon that are making a run for the border. This list will also ignore Mega Forms and Z-Move considerations, seeing as how Game Freak has decided to throw it out the window in favor of Dynamaxing, which is somehow stronger despite lasting only three turns.
Source: Destructoid Watch out for these Pokemon if they return in Sword’s and Shield’s expansions