Most Aggressive/Brutish Pokémon

[Mr.Munchlax]

Just asking this out of curiosity, but which Pokémon do you think are the most tough, brutish, aggressive, etc?

A few examples I can think of are Gyarados, Primeape, Grimmsnarl & Hydreigon, though some pokémon like Purugly, Hattrem, & Noivern fit this category too based on their pokédex entries

 

[nel3]

thats a tough tie breaker to choose. for me its either Minun or Aggron (though hacks'r us) would be rather frightening to be chased by.

 

[Ignition]

Hatterene’s entire evolution line beats you up simply for having emotions

 

[Leonhart]

I've always considered Mewtwo to be the most brutal and cruel Pokemon of them all considering that the one from the first Pokemon movie killed a whole bunch of scientists who frankly didn't deserve it.

 

[Tsukuyomi56]

Pretty much the Tapus can be described as aggressive if you annoy them, Tapu Lele being the nastiest of the bunch with the Pokedex describing it as “guilelessly cruel”. Also shout outs to Impidimp and Morgrem as well as Hattrem and Hatterene.

 

[shoz999]

just asking this out of curiosity, but which Pokémon do you think are the most tough, brutish, aggressive, etc?

A few examples I can think of are Gyarados, Primeape, Grimmsnarl & Hydreigon, though some pokémon like Purugly, Hattrem, & Noivern fit this category based on their pokédex entries

Believe it or not, an Alolan Meowth fits this category pretty well. They have a tough, brutish and aggressive side. Depending on how well-trained they are, they can even take on Pokemon like Gyarados, Primeape and Hydreigon by complete surprise due to their seemingly weak body structure and this is all before they evolve into an Alolan Persian which is like ten times more brutal.

 

[TwilightBlade]

Metagross because it's highly intelligent and I remember one of its Dex entries stating how it eats its prey. Something about that just made the species seem really scary to me.

 

[Aduro]

The Ultra Beasts have a fairly consistent theme of being destructive.
Blacephalon just walks up to random people and explodes.
Poipole is there version of a cute starter, and it laughs while spraying poison everywhere.
Guzzlord devours mountains and buildings
Kartana was seen slicing steel buildings apart
Celesteela has burned down entire forests
Buzzwole OHKO'd a truck
Nihilego uses a neuro toxin to turn people violent and crazy.

It might partly be due to them freaking out at being in a strange place or rejecting this strange reality. But Ultra Beasts are almost all quick to destroy their enemies the minute the reach the main universe.

 

[NovaBrunswick]

Hydreigon. It's even called the Brutal Pokémon. It snaps at everything in its line of sight, sometimes even chomping them down. Ghetsis' Hydreigon is the most famous member of this species, and he somehow evolved it ten levels early. Maybe he's just so evil, he's willing to cheat and hack his way to victory?

 

[SerenaRulez]

Gyarados is like a killing machine and I remember an image from the cartoon where a Gyarados was seen burning a city to the ground so I think that shows how brutal it can be.

 

[nel3]

While Gardevoir doesn't look terrifying it's not one to anger, black holes are nothing to scoff at.

 

[NovaBrunswick]

Zeraora's Dex entries sound rather brutal.

Ultra Sun:

It electrifies its claws and tears its opponents apart with them. Even if they dodge its attack, they’ll be electrocuted by the flying sparks.

Ultra Moon:

It approaches its enemies at the speed of lightning, then tears them limb from limb with its sharp claws.

So it basically dismembers its enemies with electricity?

 

[RedJirachi]

Gyarados is only aggressive because everyone treated it terribly as a Magikarp

 

[NovaBrunswick]

Gyarados is only aggressive because everyone treated it terribly as a Magikarp

Maybe Gyarados is sort of getting revenge on the people who thought Magikarp was useless. I remember in the S.S. Anne episode of the anime, James called a Magikarp a "good-for-nothing fish", and it later evolved into Gyarados and destroyed the ship.

 

[RedJirachi]

Maybe Gyarados is sort of getting revenge on the people who thought Magikarp was useless. I remember in the S.S. Anne episode of the anime, James called a Magikarp a "good-for-nothing fish", and it later evolved into Gyarados and destroyed the ship.

That's EXACTLY what I mean

 

[Aduro]

Gyarados is only aggressive because everyone treated it terribly as a Magikarp

Maybe Gyarados is sort of getting revenge on the people who thought Magikarp was useless. I remember in the S.S. Anne episode of the anime, James called a Magikarp a "good-for-nothing fish", and it later evolved into Gyarados and destroyed the ship.

Being hte universe's punchbag doesn't help. But it could be nature as well.
The Ruby dex entry hints at a change in its brain.

When Magikarp evolves into Gyarados, its brain cells undergo a structural transformation. It is said that this transformation is to blame for this Pokémon's wildly violent nature.