In Scarlet & Violet, just like the previous games, you can only have a team of 6 Pokemon so picking the best can be tough. When making your Pokemon team you have many things to consider. These include how useful they will be against trainer battles, gyms, raid battles, and more. So in this guide check out the best teams to use in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet based on your starters.
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Best Team to Use in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
Based on your Starter Pokemon, here are the teams that you should use in this game. Here I have considered the final evolutions so the teams mentioned below are suitable not only for the late game but also for higher star Tera Raids.
- Sprigatito Team: Meowscarada, Kilowattrel, Houndstone, Armarouge/Ceruledge, Dachsbun, and Baxcalibu.
- Fuecoco Team: Skeledirge, Arboliva, Kilowattrel, Palafin (Hero Form), Dachsbun, and Baxcalibur.
- Quaxly Team: Quaquaval, Arboliva, Kilowattrel, Armarouge/Ceruledge, Mabosstiff, and Baxcalibur.
Here is each team that you can use during the different stages of the game.
Best Sprigatito Team
- Early Game
- Sprigatito (Grass)
- Wattrel (Electric/Flying)
- Greavard (Ghost)
- Fidough (Fairy)
- Mid Game
- Floragato (Grass)
- Kilowattrel (Electric/Flying)
- Houndstone (Ghost)
- Charcadet (Fire)
- Frigibax/Arctibax (Dragon/Ice)
- Dachsbun (Fairy)
- Late Game
- Meowscarada (Grass/Dark)
- Kilowattrel (Electric/Flying)
- Houndstone (Ghost)
- Armarouge (Fire/Psychic) or Ceruledge (Fire/Ghost)
- Dachsbun (Fairy)
- Baxcalibur (Dragon/Ice)
Best Fuecoco Team – Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
- Early Game
- Fuecoco (Fire)
- Smoliv (Grass/Normal)
- Wattrel (Electric/Flying)
- Finizen (Water)
- Fidough (Fairy)
- Mid Game
- Crocalor (Fire)
- Dolliv (Grass/Normal)
- Kilowattrel (Electric/Flying)
- Palafin – Hero Form (Water)
- Dachsbun (Fairy)
- Frigibax/Arctibax (Dragon/Ice)
- Late Game
- Skeledirge (Fire/Ghost)
- Arboliva (Grass/Normal)
- Kilowattrel (Electric/Flying)
- Palafin – Hero Form (Water)
- Dachsbun (Fairy)
- Baxcalibur (Dragon/Ice)
Best Quaxly Team
- Early Game
- Quaxly (Water)
- Smoliv (Grass/Normal)
- Wattrel (Electric/Flying)
- Maschiff (Dark)
- Mid Game
- Quaxwell (Water)
- Dolliv (Grass/Normal)
- Kilowattrel (Electric/Flying)
- Charcadet (Fire)
- Mabosstiff (Dark)
- Frigibax/Arctibax (Dragon/Ice)
- Late Game
- Quaquaval (Water/Fighting)
- Arboliva (Grass/Normal)
- Kilowattrel (Electric/Flying)
- Armarouge (Fire/Psychic) or Ceruledge (Fire/Ghost)
- Mabosstiff (Dark)
- Baxcalibur (Dragon/Ice)
That covers this guide on the best Pokemon team to use in Scarlet & Violet for each starter: Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly. I suggest you also check out our Pokemon SV guides to get help on other topics for this game.