Standard/regional:
rattata/raticate: trash alolan rattata/raticate: wild/dark synergy filler spearow/fearow: trash
lickitung/lickilicky: wild/gourmet, important for capsakid spinarak/ariados: best friends with pinsir aipom/ambipom: trash espurr/meowstic male/female: psychic/field synergy filler for stantler, darmanitan rufflet/braviary (regional): trash
phanpy/donphan: ground synergy filler for ursaring poochyena/mightyena: wild/dark synergy filler zigzagoon/linoone: mid taillow/swellow: mid galarian zigzagoon/linoone/obstagoon: zigzagoon and linoone are wild/dark synergy filler. obstagoon is a beast
mankey/primeape/annihilape: primeape makes the endgame board. annihilape is goated. TODO guide to getting annihilape darumaka/darmanitan: very strong. TODO zen mode mechanics? rockruff/lycanrock: lycanrock makes the endgame board. lycanrock night (the dark type one) is goated doduo/dodrio (regional): dodrio makes the endgame board
teddiursa/ursaring/ursaluna: ursaring makes the endgame board, ursaluna is goated, especially bloodmoon.
Add picks: deerling/sawsbuck autumn: strong unit when available
Hatches: tepig/pignite/emboar: makes the endgame board
Special: remoraid/octillery: octillery is fantastic.
Uniques:
absol: the goat
basculin red/blue stripes: decent units, their main use is to enable octillery, then sell to itemize better units
druddigon: an awkward unit, and can be a signal to pivot. best played horizontally with dragon 3 bagon and gible to activate monster 4/6 to try to survive midgame
pinsir: strong, stays on the endgame board. ariados mandatory
stantler/wyrdeer: strong, stays on endgame board.
tauros: TODO combat blaze aqua
zangoose: midgame carry, then sell fodder
zeraora: a good midgame carry, but should generally be sold to itemize an epic. only exception is raikou + thunderstone
kecleon: bad, wild usually needs the t10 to carry. I guess it could be a good wild/dark synergy unit if you somehow have something else to carry midgame
Legendaries:
entei: okidogi: raikou: suicune: zacian: the best legendary, because you can give the sword to a stronger unit
arceus: great, particularly if you have dark going on.
capsakid: a huge wild signal