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All 22 Pokémon Fantasy Draft cheat sheet

In the game's Fantasy Draft you and up to five friends snake-draft 22 Pokémon each, then the server plays a season. The draft room shows base stats but not how well each Pokémon fits a spot. This page ranks the pool by what a pick adds to your team, and tracks your draft as it happens.

Draft tracker

Keep this open in another tab while you draft. Mark your picks and everyone else's; the board re-ranks for the spots you still have open. Saved on this device.

Pool Legendaries Teams Your pick Defense Offense

Best available for your open spots

Your team

How the ranking works

Each Pokémon is scored at every spot you still have open: its position fit minus the fit of the best Pokémon likely to still be there once every team has filled that spot (the replacement), times how much the spot counts toward the Team Score. Edge is the first part: how many fit points the pick beats the replacement by. A quarterback counts for 24% of the offense, so a small edge there can still beat a big one at fullback.

It doesn't cover the kicker, and it assumes the other teams fill spots the way you do. When the draft is over, paste your team into the team rater for its Team Score and the best arrangement.

Which positions run out first

Kanto pool, 4 teams, 3-4 defense and fullback offense, Legendaries on. The fit of the best Pokémon at each position against the last one who would start if every team took the best left there.

Position	Starters needed	Best	Last starter	Drop
OL Offensive line	20	82.2	58.9	−23.3
QB Quarterback	4	88.9	70.1	−18.8
WR Wide receiver	8	91.1	72.9	−18.2
S Safety	8	80.8	65.7	−15.1
CB Cornerback	8	81.7	68.2	−13.5
DE Defensive end	8	78.8	65.9	−12.9
OLB Outside linebacker	8	76.9	65.1	−11.9
HB Halfback	4	80.2	69.4	−10.8
NT Nose tackle	4	83.7	74.9	−8.8
FB Fullback	4	84.7	75.9	−8.7
ILB Inside linebacker	8	70.7	64.1	−6.7
TE Tight end	4	75.6	71.9	−3.7

The offensive line needs 20 starters in a 4-team league and there are only a handful of heavy Pokémon in Kanto, so the line falls off fastest. That's why Golem goes 2nd on the Kanto board: a good lineman is gone long before a good receiver is. In bigger pools the drop is smaller and the board leans back toward quarterback and corner.

Draft board: Kanto (original 151)

Top 30 for a 4-team league, 3-4 defense and fullback offense, Legendaries on. The tracker above re-ranks for your own settings.

#	Pokémon	Best spot	Fit	Edge
1	Mewtwo L	QB Quarterback	88.9	+20.5
2	Golem	OL Offensive line	82.2	+23.3
3	Alakazam	QB Quarterback	75.5	+7.1
4	Rhydon	OL Offensive line	77.9	+18.9
5	Snorlax	OL Offensive line	77.3	+18.3
6	Aerodactyl	CB Cornerback	77.7	+10.1
7	Dragonite	DE Defensive end	75.4	+9.9
8	Mew L	QB Quarterback	72.9	+4.5
9	Lapras	OL Offensive line	70.4	+11.5
10	Gyarados	OL Offensive line	67.7	+8.8
11	Jolteon	WR Wide receiver	79.2	+6.6
12	Onix	OL Offensive line	66.7	+7.8
13	Cloyster	OL Offensive line	65.5	+6.6
14	Machamp	OL Offensive line	64.6	+5.7
15	Articuno L	S Safety	71.4	+6.9
16	Zapdos L	QB Quarterback	70.1	+1.7
17	Graveler	OL Offensive line	63.6	+4.6
18	Arcanine	DE Defensive end	68.1	+2.6
19	Slowbro	OL Offensive line	62.8	+3.9
20	Rhyhorn	OL Offensive line	62.2	+3.3
21	Electrode	WR Wide receiver	75.2	+2.6
22	Pinsir	OLB Outside linebacker	66.2	+2.7
23	Scyther	OLB Outside linebacker	66.1	+2.6
24	Tauros	DE Defensive end	66.9	+1.5
25	Exeggutor	OL Offensive line	60.9	+1.9
26	Moltres L	WR Wide receiver	73.6	+1.0
27	Starmie	S Safety	65.7	+1.3
28	Blastoise	OL Offensive line	59.8	+0.9
29	Poliwrath	OL Offensive line	59.7	+0.8
30	Kingler	ILB Inside linebacker	64.1	+0.6

Draft board: Retro (Gen 1–4)

Top 30 for a 4-team league, 3-4 defense and fullback offense, Legendaries on. The tracker above re-ranks for your own settings.

#	Pokémon	Best spot	Fit	Edge
1	Mewtwo L	QB Quarterback	88.9	+7.3
2	Lugia L	CB Cornerback	89.3	+11.8
3	Arceus L	CB Cornerback	88.2	+10.7
4	Groudon L	OL Offensive line	91.3	+14.3
5	Giratina L	OL Offensive line	90.7	+13.6
6	Rhyperior	OL Offensive line	89.4	+12.4
7	Dialga L	OL Offensive line	87.1	+10.1
8	Regigigas L	DE Defensive end	85.6	+6.8
9	Slaking	DE Defensive end	85.5	+6.7
10	Metagross	OL Offensive line	86.7	+9.6
11	Palkia L	QB Quarterback	84.4	+2.8
12	Deoxys L	WR Wide receiver	89.3	+6.9
13	Kyogre L	QB Quarterback	84.0	+2.4
14	Aggron	OL Offensive line	83.0	+6.0
15	Regirock L	OL Offensive line	83.0	+5.9
16	Steelix	OL Offensive line	82.8	+5.8
17	Golem	OL Offensive line	82.2	+5.2
18	Registeel L	OL Offensive line	82.1	+5.1
19	Hippowdon	OL Offensive line	82.0	+5.0
20	Rayquaza L	DE Defensive end	82.0	+3.2
21	Tyranitar	OL Offensive line	81.1	+4.1
22	Ho-Oh L	CB Cornerback	79.6	+2.2
23	Probopass	OL Offensive line	80.2	+3.2
24	Heatran L	OL Offensive line	79.7	+2.7
25	Crobat	CB Cornerback	79.1	+1.7
26	Latias L	S Safety	77.8	+3.1
27	Darkrai L	CB Cornerback	78.8	+1.3
28	Rhydon	OL Offensive line	77.9	+0.8
29	Garchomp	DE Defensive end	79.2	+0.4
30	Aerodactyl	CB Cornerback	77.7	+0.3

Draft board: Wild (all 1,025)

Top 30 for a 4-team league, 3-4 defense and fullback offense, Legendaries on. The tracker above re-ranks for your own settings.

#	Pokémon	Best spot	Fit	Edge
1	Koraidon L	DE Defensive end	95.2	+10.4
2	Melmetal L	OL Offensive line	98.5	+15.3
3	Lunala L	QB Quarterback	89.9	+4.6
4	Zacian L	CB Cornerback	90.8	+9.0
5	Zamazenta L	CB Cornerback	90.8	+9.0
6	Mewtwo L	QB Quarterback	88.9	+3.7
7	Lugia L	CB Cornerback	89.3	+7.5
8	Ting-Lu L	OL Offensive line	93.8	+10.5
9	Arceus L	CB Cornerback	88.2	+6.3
10	Eternatus L	QB Quarterback	87.9	+2.7
11	Miraidon L	WR Wide receiver	94.9	+6.7
12	Groudon L	OL Offensive line	91.3	+8.0
13	Giratina L	OL Offensive line	90.7	+7.4
14	Iron Hands	OL Offensive line	90.1	+6.8
15	Rhyperior	OL Offensive line	89.4	+6.2
16	Roaring Moon	DE Defensive end	88.2	+3.3
17	Buzzwole	OL Offensive line	88.1	+4.9
18	Solgaleo L	OL Offensive line	87.8	+4.5
19	Great Tusk	OL Offensive line	87.7	+4.4
20	Stonjourner	OL Offensive line	87.3	+4.0
21	Dialga L	OL Offensive line	87.1	+3.9
22	Glastrier L	OL Offensive line	86.8	+3.5
23	Metagross	OL Offensive line	86.7	+3.4
24	Stakataka	OL Offensive line	85.9	+2.6
25	Ursaluna	OL Offensive line	85.4	+2.1
26	Slaking	HB Halfback	86.8	+1.5
27	Deoxys L	WR Wide receiver	89.3	+1.2
28	Regigigas L	DE Defensive end	85.6	+0.7
29	Gigalith	OL Offensive line	84.1	+0.9
30	Garganacl	OL Offensive line	83.9	+0.7

How the Fantasy Draft works

3 to 6 teams; empty seats can be filled with computer teams. The draft order is random or set by the host, and goes snake style: the last pick of a round picks first in the next.
Pools: Kanto (the original 151, the default), Retro (Gen 1–4), Wild (all 1,025) or a single generation. Legendaries are on by default, and the host can add a kicker spot.
Each pick goes into a spot on your field. Each team picks its own defense (3-4 or 4-3) and offense (fullback or slot).
Pick timer 30, 60 or 90 seconds, or off. Miss two picks in a row and the computer picks for you.
After the draft every team plays every other team twice, and the top two play for the title. Team Score breaks ties in the standings.