Cool Sword Day is here once again, a Polygon-born tradition where we celebrate all the coolest swords across video games, movies, TV shows — you name it. While swords aren’t typically used in the world of Pokémon, there are plenty of Pokémon that either wield swords, look like swords, or are otherwise be-sworded.
We’ll try not to stretch the definition of “sword” too far, so there’ll be no claws in this list, nor anything that is more spear or hammer-like. Without further ado, here are the coolest sword Pokémon of all time, ranked in ascending order.
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Honorable mentions
Before getting into the meat of this list, it’s time for a few honorable mentions that just missed out, starting with the only first-generation Pokémon on this list: Kabutops. (Sorry, Scyther; Scizor is ultimately cooler than you, but doesn’t have swords.) This bipedal beast has two enormous blades for hands, and it evolves from the adorably meek Kabuto. Talk about a glow-up.
Kartana is next, and the only Pokémon which has the exact same name as an actual type of sword, with one additional letter. The only problem is it looks absolutely ridiculous. It’s only 11.8 inches tall and looks like it’s made out of paper. Since it’s an Ultra Beast, it’s also impossible to catch outside of Pokémon Sun and Moon (and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, of course).
Finally, Kingambit rounds off our honorable mentions, and was the closest to finding its way to the final list, but realistically, Doublade couldn’t not be on here. Kingambit’s sword looks like a massive mohawk, and he is high up on the list of “Pokémon you’d never want to encounter down a dark alley.”
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Doublade
What’s better than one sword? Two swords! Doublade is the evolution of Honedge, which is already a pretty badass sword, but putting both on this list would be cheating. It looks even cooler when the swords are unsheathed… It’s just a shame Aegislash, the final evolution, goes back to being one sword again instead of the logical next step of becoming three. Also, ghost-type Pokémon rock, and a shiny Doublade has red swords.
The reason Doublade is so low down on this list is because, ultimately, the only thing cooler than a sentient sword (or pair of swords, in this instance) is when the Pokémon wielding the sword is one mean lookin’ fella.
