Pokémon hierarchy: What is the difference between legendary, singular and pseudos?

The main games of the franchise Pokémon may not be the most complex we have had the opportunity to approach, but if something can become overwhelming is the extension of its universe. With a total 908 known species, there are creatures of all kinds ranging from babies or the most common beings to the most extraordinary. Ratings that have changed throughout the history of the saga giving rise to some confusion between fans of the franchise. Singular , legendary , Pseudolegenaries or Outrageous are some of the most powerful categories and that less clear are usually.

• What is the difference between legendary and singular Pokémon?
• Pseudolegenaries, Outrageous and other Confusions Pokémon

What is the difference between legendary and singular Pokémon?

Perhaps the most difficult differentiation for most players is the one that separates singular and legendary . These Pokémon keep many common features such as a very high power or much importance in the Lore of the games in which they appear. However, there are quite a lot of differences that allow us to separate them and in fact Game Freak has always made distinctions between them. For example, while the legendaries are allowed in the competitive of both when, the unique have never stepped on the VGC format.

The legendary of the Pokémon saga have a few common characteristics, although there are two categories that we must take into account.

• Legendary Elderly : Since second generation, they usually come out on the covers of the Games (Lugia, Xerneas, GRoudon...) and are prohibited from the competitive except in special formats. Mewtwo, Zygarde and Eternatus do not meet exactly this description, but they are also considered this category, while SuicUNE appears on the Pokémon Crystal cover without being a major legendary. Something similar happens with Calyrex, introduced at the Eighth Generation DLC, since there was no cover to be a similar content. They usually reach more than 600 total points in their statistics. Eternatus and Necrozma also belong to this group.
• Legendary minor : Normally, they are part of large groups of legendary. Geniuses, swordsman, the lake trio or regis are included in this classification. There are also other creatures such as zero or Silvally code. We can differentiate them because they usually have a sum of statistics less than 600, they can be used in all the challenges of the game and are never banned in competitive except that the Pokédex is restricted.

As opposed to these creatures are the singular Pokémon **. Describing them is something difficult since some have unique characteristics. In general, they are much more rare than the legendary and a good part of the inhabitants of the regions of the saga distrust their existence. Normally, they have an exact statistic amount of 600 points, but there are exceptions like Arceus. They have never been able to be used in competitive VGC and are often achieved through events and not playing normally.

Pseudolegenaries, Outrageous and other Confusions Pokémon

In addition to these circumstances, throughout history there have been systematically confused creatures with legendary. It is the case of arcanine because of a bad description in the Pokédex or the Outrageous and Pseudolegenaries.

• Outrageous : These are creatures belonging to another dimension that have crossed the Ultraumbrals or we must go find through them. They share common features such as ultra-repulse skill or high statistics that do not usually reach 600 points. In many cases, their statistics are distributed in such a way that they Brian in two or three sections and have very marked weaknesses. All of them appeared in Sol and Luna or its revised versions.
• Pseudolegenaries : The easiest to differentiate from all. They are located along the adventure, have accurate statistics of 600 basis points in their last evolutionary form and have three stages. They have to fulfill all these characteristics.
• Common Pokémon : Although by its rarity in the adventure there are confusions, all that creatures that fit in one of the five mentioned sections can be considered common Pokémon. Some of the favorites of the fans or that give rise to confusions such as Lucari, Arcanine or Volcarona are included in this category. You can make a differentiation with baby Pokémon, although it is not usually too useful.

Even having these descriptions, there may be some somewhat confusing creatures to classify. A good example of this situation is CRESSELIA, which is not part of a group of legendary and has statistics of exactly 600 points. However, it is a legendary and not a singular. The Pokémon hierarchy can be something complicated sometimes , although we hope that with this you have everything clearer in the future.