The BEST Rental Pokémon in Pokémon Stadium 2 

That is super cool! Thank you for sharing because I don't think I ever saw Nintendo Power mentioned in my brief time looking for team suggestions online.

There is absolutely no way any regular person would find Surfing Pikachu because it's in 1 Cup where you would absolutely not pick Pikachu sadly. I'm not looking forward to Round 2 when I get there but I'll muscle through one way or another.

That is likely correct based on how Stadium 1 had something similar with its DV's and Stat Experience. These were not present in the information on Bulbapedia and/or Serebii where I got the data from. However, just looking at the actual Stat Numbers they are... okay in some cases. We just have to make due with what we have.

Seriously, it is like these people putting Dewgong on the top of lists have never actually played Stadium 2 before. Want better water types? Starmie has 137 speed and decent 120-something special attack with Waterfall, hard enough to kill most 2x weak pokemon in R2 in 2 hits or fewer (and outspeeds almost all of them, too). Vaporeon has over 130 special attack and really good overall bulk, it can actually go toe to toe with R2 Alakazam and win. Seadra has Decent mid-110s speed and a powerful 125 special attack Surf, the best water type for pure power (well, tied with Slowbro, but its speed is a huge liability). All 3 of these pokemon can help you win games that you would otherwise lose, whereas Dewgong is really good at overkilling fights you would win, anyway.

Just give me Fissure at that point. I've landed more OHKO moves than I have Iron Tail's so anything less Accurate is a big no.

Atleast isn't limited like stadium 1 with only 40-50 pokemon

I haven't played Round 2 yet but I looked at all Pokémon in the context of how good on paper they are to me, not matched up against specific Pokémon that opponents have. Also the video section only goes over Wobbuffet in Level 100's because I wanted different recommendations from the Level 50 bracket and 95% of all Pokémon are the same between Level 50 and Level 100. The spreadsheets linked in the description of the video are all of my research with each Pokémon put into my own ratings. Also, I personally am not a fan of having moves of questionable Accuracy so the good Pokémon with Thunder have been avoided in my time playing. However the main 6 on the teams I have picked have given me no trouble.

@@Mage_Nichlas_ Not looking at match-ups somewhat devalues the rankings a bit, since with Savestates, Team Previews, and online resources in general its not terribly hard to get solid info on what tricks the opponents have and figure out which Pokemon (on average) are better than others in countering the competition. I can understand not wanting to go THAT length of exhaustive analysis, however. Fair call on not letting the Wobb hog two bracket placements to themselves, tho.

@@Mage_Nichlas_ The problem with no Wobbu mention in lv 50 is that in R2 is literally impossible to beat the latter fight without it, either in Gym Leader or in Poke Cup. About the mons I listed, they are what is used in Staium 2 speedrunning to defeat R2. Haunter is a fast and frail mon with Destiny Bond. Its the only answer to some R2 behemoth like Ttar, Dragonite or Snorlax. Voltorb and Corsola are similar, but Corsole way more niche. They are the only mons with Mirror Coat, and Voltorb is also fast to deal a bit damage with Selfdestruct and have SpDef to survive hits like Celebi Psychic (Prime Cup finals) and Espeon Psychic (Red, Ultraball Poke Cup Final). Umbreon is the best game answer to Evasion teams like Koga if you don't want rng lottery. It also very good vs psychic based teams (Will, Sabrina). It also can turn defeats into victory with Sand Attack bs if you're in a losing situation. Aerodactyl and Crobat, even if a bit mediocre with its attacks, are also the fastests rentals outside of Electrode and Jolteon, and in some fights this is the key to win. Quilfish and Fearow are similar to Kadabra, Hit hard and hit fast. Fearow in fact is the most used mon alongside wobbuffet in speedrunning R2. Werster is the current WR holder of rental only challenge in Stadium 2. And he have videos in his channel showing very good strategys for every fight in the game.

That's all fine and those videos didn't pop up during me looking for good teams for Stadium 2. However what you get out of playing Stadium 2 casually versus speedrunning is the chance to pick your own Rental Pokémon and with having savestates and not trying to get a world record low time it is possibly easier to win with other Pokémon rather than having specific already optimized teams for each fight. Also like I said, 95% of the Rental Pokémon are the *exact same* between Level 50 and Level 100 so you can probably put together that Wobbuffet is good in Level 50's as well if you don't check the spreadsheets. The Pokémon you suggested are worth picking for their benefits though.

Basically this. OP doens't have any idea how the game plays or works. You definitely need a fearow, voltorb, huanter and wobbuffet to beat the game in R2. Without those, you're literally screwed.

heracross. hitmonlee. donphan. dragonair. kadabra. blastoise. girafarig is bout the best i've gotten with and still get wiped