Pokemon Survivor Tier List

What is Pokemon Survivor?

Pokemon Survivor, written PokéSurvivor by its developer, is a free fan-made bullet-heaven game that plays in the browser and on mobile. If you have played Survivor.io, Vampire Survivors or Megabonk, the loop will feel familiar: you control one partner Pokémon, it attacks automatically with its active move, and you dodge ever-growing hordes while collecting experience to unlock new moves and upgrades. The game uses pixel sprites in the style of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, covers 966 Pokémon from all nine generations, has shinies and legendaries, and supports co-op with up to four friends.

Because every one of those 966 Pokémon can be your partner, the most common question new players ask is simple: which Pokémon should I use? That is exactly what people searching for a Pokemon Survivor tier list want to know, along with which starter to pick, which banner to pull on and which unlocked Pokémon deserve their coins. This page answers all of those questions with numbers taken directly from the game files, not from guesswork.

How the Pokemon Survivor tier list is calculated

In PokéSurvivor a Pokémon is defined by a handful of stats. The attack multiplier scales the damage of every move you use; it is the higher of the Pokémon's physical and special multipliers, so a special attacker hits hardest with special moves. HP is your starting health and speed is how fast you move around the map. Since the October 18, 2026 update, Defense and Special Defense also matter: a defense of 75 is neutral, a very high defense cuts incoming damage by up to 22%, and a very low one makes you take up to 25% more. Most other tier lists ignore defenses entirely, which is why fragile Pokémon such as Spectrier rank higher there than their survivability justifies.

We turn those stats into three scores:

• Damage is the attack multiplier. It decides how quickly you clear waves and how long bosses survive.
• Bulk is starting HP divided by the average damage the Pokémon takes after the game's defense curve. We call this effective HP, and it is what keeps you alive when a horde closes in.
• Speed is move speed, which helps you kite enemies, grab experience and reach chests before they are surrounded.

Each score is converted into a percentile across the whole roster, so a Pokémon with a damage percentile of 90 hits harder than 90% of the other Pokémon. The default Balanced style weights damage at 50%, bulk at 30% and speed at 20%. Tiers are then cut by rank: S is the top 6% (57 Pokémon), A the next 14%, B the next 25%, C the next 30% and D the bottom 25%. With the full roster that gives 57 S, 136 A, 241 B, 290 C, 242 D.

Not everyone plays the same way, so the Pokemon Survivor tier list above has three more ranking styles. Glass cannon pushes damage to 70% for players who are confident at dodging. Tank gives bulk 60% for co-op support or for players who simply want to survive longer. Kiter raises speed to 45% for a hit-and-run style. Switching styles re-ranks the entire list instantly, while the filters only hide Pokémon without moving them to a different tier.

Pokemon Survivor tier list: top 10 Pokémon

These are the ten strongest partners on the Balanced Pokemon Survivor tier list. Every one of them is a 5-star, and most are legendary, which is why the next sections cover strong Pokémon that are far easier to get.

1. Eternatus (S tier, score 98.3): ×1.50 attack, 133 HP, 133 speed, legendary 5-star from the Galar banner.
2. Mewtwo (S tier, score 97.2): ×1.55 attack, 118 HP, 133 speed, legendary 5-star from the Kanto banner.
3. Slaking (S tier, score 96.7): ×1.58 attack, 138 HP, 120 speed, non-legendary 5-star from the Hoenn banner.
4. Regigigas (S tier, score 96.5): ×1.58 attack, 120 HP, 120 speed, legendary 5-star from the Sinnoh banner.
5. Koraidon (S tier, score 96.0): ×1.44 attack, 115 HP, 135 speed, legendary 5-star from the Paldea banner.
6. Solgaleo (S tier, score 94.8): ×1.45 attack, 132 HP, 119 speed, legendary 5-star from the Alola banner.
7. Lunala (S tier, score 94.8): ×1.45 attack, 132 HP, 119 speed, legendary 5-star from the Alola banner.
8. Palkia (S tier, score 94.6): ×1.52 attack, 110 HP, 120 speed, legendary 5-star from the Sinnoh banner.
9. Roaring Moon (S tier, score 94.3): ×1.46 attack, 117 HP, 128 speed, non-legendary 5-star from the Paldea banner.
10. Kyogre (S tier, score 93.9): ×1.52 attack, 115 HP, 116 speed, legendary 5-star from the Hoenn banner.

Eternatus earns the top spot because it has no weak stat: high damage, the second-highest HP of the top group and speed that keeps up with the fastest legendaries. Mewtwo has a slightly bigger attack multiplier but less HP. Slaking is the surprise of the list. In the main series its Truant ability holds it back; in PokéSurvivor Truant only makes recharges 60% longer while each hit deals 35% more, so its huge base stats still translate into a ×1.58 attack multiplier and 138 HP, and it is not even a legendary.

Best non-legendary Pokémon on the Pokemon Survivor tier list

34 of the 57 S-tier spots belong to legendary or mythical Pokémon, but the rest of the top of the list is open to everyone. These are the highest-ranked non-legendaries:

• Slaking, S tier (#3), 5-star: ×1.58 attack, 138 HP, 120 speed.
• Roaring Moon, S tier (#9), 5-star: ×1.46 attack, 117 HP, 128 speed.
• Baxcalibur, S tier (#18), 5-star: ×1.50 attack, 122 HP, 115 speed.
• Garchomp, S tier (#19), 5-star: ×1.42 attack, 119 HP, 121 speed.
• Iron Leaves, S tier (#24), 5-star: ×1.42 attack, 110 HP, 122 speed.
• Salamence, S tier (#27), 5-star: ×1.44 attack, 113 HP, 120 speed.
• Walking Wake, S tier (#28), 5-star: ×1.39 attack, 115 HP, 124 speed.
• Great Tusk, S tier (#31), 4-star: ×1.42 attack, 122 HP, 115 speed.

Pseudo-legendaries such as Garchomp, Salamence and Dragonite and the Paradox Pokémon from Paldea dominate this group. The 4-stars are the real bargain: a 4-star is more than four times as likely to drop as a 5-star, and the best of them perform almost like legendaries.

Best starter on the Pokemon Survivor tier list

A short personality test picks your first partner from 29 starters, and you can refuse its suggestion and choose another. All starters are unevolved, so they land in C and D tier, but the gaps between them still matter for your first few runs. Here is every starter ranked on our Pokemon Survivor tier list:

Scorbunny and Sobble lead thanks to the best attack multipliers among starters and 107 speed. Slowpoke trades speed for 110 HP, the most of any starter, which makes it the most forgiving pick for a first run. Squirtle, Chikorita and Snivy sit at the bottom on paper, but their solid defenses make them less fragile than their raw HP suggests. Whatever you choose, remember that permanent upgrades are saved per Pokémon, so coins spent on your starter do not carry over once you switch to a stronger partner.

Best easy-to-get Pokémon (1 to 3 stars)

Low-rarity Pokémon drop constantly, and 1-star to 3-star non-legendaries can also join you mid-run when you bring a lost Pokémon home. These are the best picks at each rarity on the Pokemon Survivor tier list, with the chance of pulling that exact Pokémon from its regional banner:

• 3-star: Darmanitan (A tier, 0.45% per pull in Unova), Passimian (A tier, 0.74% per pull in Alola), Stonjourner (A tier, 0.74% per pull in Galar).
• 2-star: Kadabra (B tier, 0.73% per pull in Kanto), Haunter (B tier, 0.73% per pull in Kanto), Cranidos (B tier, 1.50% per pull in Sinnoh).
• 1-star: Abra (C tier, 1.29% per pull in Kanto), Gastly (C tier, 1.29% per pull in Kanto), Darumaka (C tier, 1.25% per pull in Unova).

Darmanitan is the standout: a 3-star with a ×1.47 attack multiplier that ranks in A tier, ahead of several legendaries. Kadabra and Haunter are glass cannons that hit far above their rarity but go down quickly, so they suit players who dodge well. If you are still stuck on a starter, any of these is a big upgrade and costs you nothing but a few tickets.

How to get Pokémon: gacha rates and pity

Most Pokémon are unlocked from nine regional banners, one per generation from Kanto to Paldea. Pulls cost tickets, which you earn by playing runs, completing daily and weekly missions and, half of the time, by beating a rift legendary. The rates for a single pull, taken from the game code, are:

• 1-star: 45%
• 2-star: 30%
• 3-star: 17%
• 4-star: 6.5%
• 5-star: 1.5%

A ten-pull always contains at least one 4-star or better, and after 70 pulls without a 5-star on the same banner the next one is guaranteed to be a 5-star. Pity is tracked separately for each banner, so spreading pulls across regions resets your progress. Roughly one pull in a hundred is shiny, and duplicates are converted into coins (15 for a 1-star up to 300 for a 5-star, triple for a duplicate shiny). All 87 legendary and mythical Pokémon are 5-stars. Beating a legendary inside a rift does not add it to your collection, but it does unlock bonds that let you fuse moves into a single slot.

The practical advice: find the S-tier Pokémon you want on the Pokemon Survivor tier list, check its banner with the banner filter, save your tickets for ten-pulls, and commit to one banner until you hit pity.

What the Pokemon Survivor tier list does not capture

Stats are only part of a run. A few game rules can lift a Pokémon above its tier:

• Mono-type bonus. A Pokémon with a single type deals 20% extra damage with moves of that type. Slaking, Mewtwo and Regigigas all benefit, which makes them even stronger than their score.
• Physical or special moves. Moves use either the physical or the special multiplier. A move on the weaker side hits for less, so pick moves that match your Pokémon.
• Type matchups. Super-effective hits deal ×1.6, resisted hits ×0.6 and immunities ×0.3, with dual types capped between ×0.3 and ×2.4. Weather boosts some types and weakens others. Use our type calculator to check matchups quickly.
• Melee moves. While a melee move is active you take 25% less damage, which partly makes up for low bulk.
• Permanent upgrades. Coins buy upgrades such as +8 HP, +4% damage and +3% speed per level. They apply equally to every Pokémon you invest in, so they do not change the ranking, but a fully upgraded B-tier partner can outperform a fresh S-tier one.

How to use this Pokemon Survivor tier list

Start by filtering the Pokemon Survivor tier list to the Pokémon you actually own: search by name, or narrow the list by type, banner and star rarity. Tap any Pokémon to see its full stat sheet, how much damage it takes after defenses, its percentiles for damage, bulk and speed, and every way to unlock it. When you have two candidates in the same tier, pick the one whose strengths match your playstyle, then switch the ranking style to confirm. Want a ready-made build for your pick? The Poke Survivor best Pokemon page turns the top picks into builds with a nature, ability, held item and moves. Planning a team for the main series games instead? Our Pokémon team builder checks type coverage for every mainline game.

Pokemon Survivor tier list FAQ