Pokémon Legends: Arceus starters

Pokémon spin-off and Nintendo Switch exclusive, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, released on January 28, 2022. Along with a brand new game comes an all-new selection of Pokémon to choose from, and this also includes the starters you get to pick from at the beginning of the game. Whilst there may be more to be announced, this is what we know for now.

There are three Pokémon Legends: Arceus starters to choose from and, interestingly enough, these fan favourites are from three different generations altogether. To get into specifics, they are the grass/flying-type Rowlet, fire-type Cyndaquil, and water-type Oshawott, and we’ve got everything you need to know about these starters below – from evolution, to stats, to moveset, and more.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus is focused on putting together the first Pokédex for the region of Hisui, an ancient version of Sinnoh. With this goal in mind, the game focuses on bringing in different generations to the region via the Galaxy Expedition Team to lead the path for discovery. If you want to know about what other fresh features this title has, you can check out our Pokémon Legends: Arceus Ginko Guild, Pokémon Legends: Arceus noble Pokémon and Pokémon Legends: Arceus wardens guides, or our Legends: Arceus new Pokémon list.

So, without further ado, here are all the adorable Pokémon Legends: Arceus starters and their evolutions.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus starters Rowlet

Rowlet is a generation seven flying and grass Pokémon starter from Pokémon Sun and Moon, making it the newest generation from the pick of starters.

Rowlet evolution

Rowlet evolves into Dartrix at level 16, and then into Hisuian Decidueye at level 36.

Rowlet Stats

These are the base stats for Rowlet of the classic Pokédex and may be updated if different from the Hisui Pokédex. They also don’t reflect on the evolution stats of Dartrix and Decidueye, which will be higher.

Level	Health Points	Attack	Defence	Special attack	Special defence	Speed
Base level	68	55	55	50	50	42
Level 50	128-175	55-117	55-117	50-112	50-112	42-103
Level 100	246-340	103-229	103-229	94-218	94-218	80-201

Rowlet moveset

Some of Rowlet’s classic moves include growl, peck, nasty plot, and sucker punch. If you choose Rowlet, the below table highlights what moves you unlock at which levels.

Level	Ability
One	Growl
Two	Tackle
Three	Leafage
Six	Astonish
Nine	Peck
12	Shadow Sneak
15	Razor Leaf
18	Synthesis
21	Pluck
24	Nasty Plot
27	Sucker Punch
30	Leaf Blade
33	Feather Dance
36	Brave Bird

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Rowlett weaknesses

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Rowlett is weak to the following:

Pokémon Legends: Arceus starters Cyndaquil

Pokémon Gold and Silver’s fire-type Cyndaquil is swooping up the pecking order as the second of our new starters.

Cyndaquil Evolution

Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava at level 14 and Hisuian Typhlosion at level 36.

Cyndaquil stats

Please bear in mind these are Cyndaquil’s first stage stats and will change with evolution.

Level	Health Points	Attack	Defence	Special attack	Special defence	Speed
Base level	39	52	43	60	50	65
50	99-146	52-114	43-104	58-123	50-112	65-128
100	188-282	98-223	81-203	112-240	94-218	121-251

Cyndaquil Moveset

As with all Pokémon, different moves become available as you level up. For Cyndaquil, they look a little something like this.

Level	Ability
One	Leer
One	Tackle
Six	Smokescreen
Ten	Ember
13	Quick Attack
19	Flame Wheel
22	Defence Curl
28	Flame Charge
31	Swift
37	Lava Plume
40	Flamethrower
46	Inferno
49	Rollout
55	Double-edge
58	Burn Up
64	Eruption

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Cyndaquil weaknesses

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Cyndaquil is weak to the following move types:

Pokémon Legends: Arceus starters Oshawott

Osha-who? Oshawott! Generation five starter Pokémon Oshawott comes from Pokémon Black and White.

Oshawott evolution

Oshawott evolves into Dewott at level 17 and then Hisuian Samurott at level 36.

Oshawott stats

These stats indicate Oshawatt’s figures and not those of its evolution stages.

Level	Health points	Attack	Defence	Special attack	Special defence	Speed
Base level	55	55	45	63	45	45
50	115-162	55-117	45-106	63-126	45-106	45-106
100	220-314	103-229	85-207	117-247	85-207	85-207

Oshawott moveset

Finally, we’ve got Oshwaott’s moves, which change as it levels up.

Level	Ability
One	Tackle
Five	Tail Whip
Seven	Water Gun
11	Water Sport
13	Focus Energy
17	Razor Shell
19	Fury Cutter
23	Water Pulse
25	Revenge
29	Aqua Jet
31	Encore
35	Aqua Tail
37	Retaliate
41	Swords Dance
43	Hydro Pump

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Oshawott weaknesses

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Cyndaquil is weak to the following move types:

Grass Pokémon
Electric Pokémon

Will the Pokémon Legends: Arceus Starters have regional evolutions?

The Pokémon Company has confirmed that all three starters for Pokemon Legends: Arceus will receive new regional evolution forms, much like Alolan Exeggutor and Galarian Weezing. While we don’t know exactly what they look like just yet, Nintendo has released silhouettes of the new forms to tease fans ahead of release.

It remains to be seen if these are new Pokémon or regional variants, but from the silhouettes, we’d hazard a guess that these are just variants. We’ll update you with the new types as soon as we have the game in our hands.

That’s all we know about the Pokemon Legends: Arceus starters for now. We’ll be sure to update you when we know more after the game’s released. For now, you can find out everything we know so far about the Switch exclusive in our Pokemon Legends: Arceus release date guide.

For more information on how to defeat the various types, check out our dark Pokémon weakness, ice Pokémon weakness, fire Pokémon weakness, dragon Pokémon weakness, poison Pokémon weakness, steel Pokémon weakness, and ghost Pokémon weakness guides. We can also tell you what the future holds with our psychic Pokémon and psychic Pokémon weakness articles.