Pokémon Go Element Cup – Little Edition: Best Pokémon

Find the strongest Pokémon for Element Cup’s Little Edition

Contents

1. Element Cup – Little Edition: Best Leads
2. Element Cup – Little Edition: Best Safe Switches
3. Element Cup – Little Edition: Best Closers
4. Element Cup – Little Edition: Best Attackers

Element Cup – Little Edition is the next tournament format in Pokémon Go’s Battle League. It’s mixing two different limited formats together into an entirely new discipline and you’ll be able to earn triple the usual Stardust rewards while it’s going on as well.

Speaking of which, Element Cup – Little Edition will run from June 15 to 22, 2023, so you have one week to score as many wins as you can to maximize your Stardust gains, which will make it easier for you to upgrade your Pokémon for future competitions.

This Go Battle League competition runs on a special ruleset limiting participating Pokémon to a maximum amount of 500 competition points (CP). In addition, you may only field Pokémon that are able to evolve into another creature, but haven’t evolved yet. In other words: only base forms are allowed. It further limits the amount of Pokémon you can use by restricting you to monsters of the types Fire, Grass, and Water.

Show your opponents that size matters not with the best Pokémon for Element Cup – Little Edition in Pokémon Go based on statistics and simulations provided by PvPoke.com.

Element Cup – Little Edition: Best Leads

These Pokémon aggressively apply pressure on your opponent right from the start of a duel and can survive even tough battles for a long time – they are perfect to open a match up, enabling you to score an early knockout or set up a strong counter play.

1. Ducklett (Wing Attack, Bubble Beam, Brave Bird)
2. Shadow Ducklett (Wing Attack, Bubble Beam, Brave Bird)
3. Chinchou (Spark, Thunderbolt, Bubble Beam)
4. Vulpix^(S) (Quick Attack, Weather Ball (Fire), Body Slam)
5. Dewpider (Bug Bite, Mirror Coat, Bubble Beam)
6. Wooper^(S) (Mud Shot, Body Slam, Mud Bomb)
7. Salandit (Poison Job, Poison Fang, Flamethrower)
8. Shadow Oddish (Razor Leaf, Sludge Bomb, Seed Bomb)
9. Shadow Poliwag (Mud Shot, Body Slam, Mud Bomb)
10. Chikorita (Vine Whip, Body Slam, Grass Knot)

(S) = Regular form and Shadow form perform comparably.

Element Cup – Little Edition: Best Safe Switches

If the opening pairing is to your disadvantage, you should consider switching out your lead for another Pokémon. This is where this category comes into play. They are either strong leads themselves or are specialized in countering some of the most popular leads. In any case, a switch will preserve your original lead to fight later on in the battle and perhaps force your opponent to also adapt their strategy on the fly.

1. Shadow Ducklett (Wing Attack, Bubble Beam, Brave Bird)
2. Ducklett (Wing Attack, Bubble Beam, Brave Bird)
3. Vulpix (Quick Attack, Weather Ball (Fire), Body Slam)
4. Shadow Chikorita (Vine Whip, Body Slam, Grass Knot)
5. Shadow Vulpix (Quick Attack, Weather Ball (Fire), Body Slam)
6. Shadow Lileep (Infestation, Ancient Power, Grass Knot)
7. Mareanie (Poison Sting, Sludge Wave, Brine)
8. Chikorita (Vine Whip, Body Slam, Grass Knot)
9. Salandit (Poison Job, Poison Fang, Flamethrower)
10. Shadow Oddish (Razor Leaf, Sludge Bomb, Seed Bomb)

Element Cup – Little Edition: Best Closers

These Pokémon are particularly useful when there are no shields left in play on either side – they are incredibly tough themselves or end battles quickly thanks to powerful charge attacks.

1. Ducklett (Wing Attack, Bubble Beam, Brave Bird)
2. Shadow Ducklett (Wing Attack, Bubble Beam, Brave Bird)
3. Chinchou (Spark, Thunderbolt, Bubble Beam)
4. Shadow Chikorita (Vine Whip, Body Slam, Grass Knot)
5. Lileep^(S) (Infestation, Ancient Power, Grass Knot)
6. Shadow Vulpix (Quick Attack, Weather Ball (Fire), Body Slam)
7. Salandit (Poison Job, Poison Fang, Flamethrower)
8. Shadow Bulbasaur (Vine Whip, Seed Bomb, Sludge Bomb)
9. Kabuto (Mud Shot, Ancient Power, Rock Tomb)
10. Fomantis (Fury Cutter, Leaf Blade, Grass Knot)

Element Cup – Little Edition: Best Attackers

These Pokémon perform best when fighting a trainer who still has shields, while you no longer have shields yourself. They combine important resistances and strong fast attacks to compensate for this disadvantage. For this reason, you rarely see Shadow forms in this role – they take more damage than their regular counterparts, making them a risky card to put on the table.

1. Ducklett (Wing Attack, Bubble Beam, Brave Bird)
2. Chinchou (Spark, Thunderbolt, Bubble Beam)
3. Shadow Oddish (Razor Leaf, Sludge Bomb, Seed Bomb)
4. Ferroseed (Tackle, Iron Head, Flash Cannon)
5. Salandit (Poison Job, Poison Fang, Flamethrower)
6. Pumpkaboo (Average, Large) (Razor Leaf, Grass Knot, Foul Play)
7. Bounsweet^(XL) (Razor Leaf, Energy Ball, Draining Kiss)
8. Pumpkaboo (Small, Super) (Razor Leaf, Grass Knot, Foul Play)
9. Budew (Razor Leaf, Grass Knot, Energy Ball)
10. Oddish (Razor Leaf, Sludge Bomb, Seed Bomb)
11. Slugma (Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Flame Charge)

(XL) = Pokémon requires Candy XL to reach optimal performance level.

Element Cup – Little Edition’s meta is ince again a pretty set affair, as you can see in these rankings: Quite a familiar face in Ducklett is dominating all of the role categories, with the regular version and the Shadow form trading places. Razor Leaf users are a force to be reckoned with in the Attackers slot, putting their quick attack speed to good use. Shadow Oddish is the biggest winner of this edition of the tournament, climbing the ranks thanks to the Hidden Gems update's balance patch.