Not to say that other Pokémon are copycat, except Mewtwo, but they all share something in common with Mew. But well. As it stands, he's a trophy and a novelty Pokemon, but not a useful addition to your battle team. What’s nice about Mew is that it started a lot of things for the Pokémon series.
You fight the “pocket monsters” and catch any that you want to keep. Selecting “Get with a Poké Ball Plus” will then download Mew. In Red and Blue, the player either had to use a Gameshark or glitch the game in order to even capture Mew. Mew was around with the original 151 Pokémon.

Mew is a trendsetter, being the first Pokémon with 600 stats, and starting the mythical Pokémon list. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the TheSilphRoad community. Be glad that Mew is kind of a kid with god-like abilities, or else it would destroy everything. Reddit's #1 spot for Pokémon GO™ discoveries and research. It's a very useful skill for it to have. Mew can do just about whatever you need them to. What it is, however, is a great hazard setter and/or remover and an even better check for the likes of Mega-Medicham and Mega-Alakazam (and a few others I can't remember right now), who otherwise put a lot of pressure on teams and can't really dent the psychedelic floating kitty. Mew is the only Generation I Pokémon that grows medium slowly and has no three-stage evolution family. Pokémon has been around for 23 years and has fascinated everyone with its simple yet outrageously fun gameplay. Using a Poké Ball Plus, players have to open the in-game menu to select Communication and then Mystery Gift. It was thought to be extinct, but it would seem that Mew is in a long game of hide-and-go-seek, due to their playful nature. Bam, Mew can fly you over there no problem at all. Not only is Mew extremely difficult to find, if they don’t want anything to do with you, they can dive into the water and swim away.

So awesome for me, because I was one of the ones who won. Mew is an anomaly among Pokémon because it has all of this power but chooses not to use it for anything. It’s said to be the ancestor of all Pokémon, meaning that all known Pokémon can find their traces back to Mew. Every appearance of Mew displays it as a cheerful Pokémon that is often playing with other people and Pokémon, but then it also has cosmic abilities that can move space. (Or they could just buy the initial game bundle that includes one to save $10.). Being able to fly through water is an incredible feat to pull off, but it just adds to the list of things that make Mew overpowered. Credit: The Pokémon Company. Along with it be difficult to catch, you might struggle to even find Mew in the first place. That means there's a lot of strategy around carrying coverage for your counters so it's harder to force you to switch out. I say swim, but I really mean float through the water as if it wasn’t even there to begin with. It’s a freaking Mew. The best Pokemon for any situation is always one that has a high attack stat, an efficient moveset and deals super effective damage with a STAB modifier. It seems that Mew has all of these amazing abilities and uses them really just for play, which is adorable for starters. From transforming into stronger Pokémon to being able to learn almost practically every single move, this list goes over some of the ways Mew is kinda overpowered. There seems to be some confusion in discussions about whether Mew is a good Pokemon or not, so an explainer seems useful: In the base games, Mew's unique characteristic is his access to nearly every move in the game. OP if you ask me. Being able to learn nearly every single move and have very good base stats, means you can make Mew into whatever you need for your team. It's not the destination, it's the journey? This makes Mew the superior Pokémon when compared to Mewtwo. Need to get somewhere quickly? Mew has only ever been seen by a handful of people since it can selectively choose who is able to see it, making it overpowered yet again. Instead of using its powers for dark purposes, Mew would much rather be flying over mountain tops playing tag with people. Mew has also been known to be impossible to catch in other games such as the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, where it is also incredibly difficult to befriend. Press J to jump to the feed.

The one thing that matters -- an efficient STAB moveset -- is something Mew lacks. There's no status, no healing, no hazards, and since switching is pretty costless, no real need for coverage. In this regard, I think it can fill a similar role in GO by checking Focus Blast Mewtwo. Mew has strong defensive stats, but those just don't matter a lot in Go, because throughput is the most important concern in raids and the fear of Golden Berries makes quick time-to-kill much more important than potion efficiency for gym battles. is currently available for the Nintendo Switch. and Let’s Go, Eevee!, however, players can acquire the Legendary Pokémon through somewhat more legitimate means, but the little pink creature is locked behind a paywall.
Bam, Mew changes into a Venusaur. Then he'd be the LAST Gen1 mon I pick up. Moltress? If Niantic gave us a way to switch his moves that didn't cost TMs, he would be able to fill gaps in players' lineups. It’s technically yet another Mystery Gift. This card is valued at around $150, which to me, any Pokémon that can be considered overpowered should be worth lots of money. You ever wanted to play with toys and also go flying over the ocean? All things considered, is Mew really worth it? Mew, intended not to even be a character, makes it in at the last second and becomes one of the most talked about characters ever. Tutorial? Mime--if ever ;), As it stands, he's a trophy and a novelty Pokemon, but not a useful addition to your battle team. Upfront, this is not a Top Ten list, nor will it list Pokémon that are out of the raids. Power it up! Mew is one of two Pokémon to have the shortest English Pokémon name, Muk being the other. He can be configured to counter any specific Pokemon your team is weak against. Making other Pokémon just jealous of how overpowered Mew really is. Right? It also helps out because Mew is an adorable little pink creature resembling a cat, and as we all know, cats are pretty overpowered in their own sense. If you look at all the Pokémon in the game's world, they all have a trace back to Mew because of its DNA. Hardcore Pokémon trainers know that using Legendary Pokémon in battle is a cheap way to play, but for completionists who want to top out their Pokédex, they don’t have a choice but to go all-in. In the Pokémon games, all of Mew's stats start at 100, making it a total of 600 even-score when you add up all of its stats. Mew is a selfless creature who only wants to help to better the world. Which can make catching a Mew that much more challenging.

Mew really could beat any other Pokémon because of all the countless abilities it has. Mew is one of the few Pokémon able to do this. Toying with your enemies, for one, would make them lose their edge for sure. Morimoto secretly put Mew in the game as a Pokémon that only Game Freak employees knew about. Whether that is with pure strength or if Mew's opponent has a certain affinity weakness that can be exploited by the player. This gives him a huge amount of versatility. To be fair, while Mew is decidedly versatile in the core games, in practice its lackluster stats don't allow him to do that much with it. Don’t take this the wrong way, Mew isn’t superior because of its DNA, or its genes. The only one you’ll ever get. All other Pokémon derive something from Mew, meaning that even the strongest Pokémon have something in common with Mew. Basically, we wouldn't have other Pokémon if it weren’t for Mew, including Mewtwo. Now you might not think that being an adorable Pokémon would be considered overpowered, but it helps Mew become overpowered. Mew has only ever wanted to help those in the world, not destroy it; it certainly doesn’t want to create clones of Pokémon and take over that way. In Go, all moves are basically the same; they all just deal damage. With being able to judge who is good and who isn’t, Mew can decide who is really worth it in the end. Being able to learn nearly every single move and have very good base stats, means you can make Mew into whatever you need for your team. Mew is the epitome of naivety, and that’s great. Mew is essentially a fairy; a creature of whimsical playful nature, but has all of this incredible magic at its disposal. So, add that to the mix and you have yourself an adorable overpowered Pokémon. Mew is the 151st Pokémon introduced into the series and has stayed a mysterious figure ever since day one. He can inflict status. Only able to be snapped if their psychic shield is down. Mew gets access to a lot of moves in Go, but with Go's simplified combat system, those options are largely undifferentiated. Either way, that’s essentially like paying $50 just for a Mew and a plastic Poké Ball toy. Want to catch Klefki because anytime you see a set of floating keys it makes you laugh uncontrollably?