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This page is a guide on the best partners for each starter Pokemon in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for Nintendo Switch. If you want to know how to pick the best partner Pokemon for your starter, please read on.

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Best Partner For Each Pokemon

For Fire-type Starters

Starter Charmander Image Charmander Cyndaquil Image Cyndaquil Torchic Image Torchic
Best Partner Skitty Image Skitty

Since the Fire-type starters share the same weaknesses, Skitty is the best partner for them. With access to Charge Beam and Grass Knot from the beginning, Skitty starts out already covering your starter's weaknesses.

On top of that, Skitty also has access to a wide range of moves like Ice Beam that cover Pokemon types that the Fire-type starters can't hit as hard against.

For Water-type Starters

Starter Squirtle Image Squirtle Totodile Image Totodile Mudkip Image Mudkip Psyduck Image Psyduck
Best Partner Cubone Cubone

With its power to draw Electric-type moves away from other Pokemon, Cubone is easily the best partner for the Water-type starters.

It also has access to a lot of Fire-type moves via TM, so Cubone can take care of pesky Grass-types as well.

For Grass-type Starters

Starter Bulbasaur Image Bulbasaur Chikorita Image Chikorita Treecko Image Treecko
Best Partner Totodile Image Totodile

Grass-types may have a lot of weaknesses, but Totodile can cover most of them with its wide moveset.

With access to Water-, Ice-, Fighting-, and Rock-type moves, Totodile can deal with Fire-, Flying-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon handily.

For Normal-type Starters

Starter Eevee Image Eevee Meowth Image Meowth Skitty Image Skitty
Best Partner Psyduck Image Psyduck

While the Normal-type starters have a pretty wide coverage thanks to their movepools, they still need protection from Fighting-types, which Psyduck can provide.

As a Water-type Pokemon, Psyduck can also cover Rock-type Pokemon, which resist Normal-type moves.

For Pikachu

Starter Pikachu Image Pikachu
Best Partner Totodile Image Totodile

As an Electric-type, Pikachu only needs to worry about Ground-types, which are immune to Electric-type moves, and Grass- and Dragon-types, which resist Electric-type moves. This is where Totodile comes in.

Since Totodile has access to Water and Ice-type moves, it can easily cover for Pikachu.

For Cubone

Starter Cubone Image Cubone
Best Partner Skitty Image Skitty

Since Cubone shares a lot of the same weaknesses as Fire-types, Skitty also serves as its best partner.

With such a wide movepool, Skitty can easily cover Grass-, Ice-, and Water-type Pokemon.

For Machop

Starter Machop Image Machop
Best Partner Pikachu Image Pikachu

As a Fighting-type, Machop needs protection from Fairy-, Flying-, and Psychic-types. In that case, Pikachu can best serve as Machop's partner.

On top of covering Flying-type Pokemon with its Electric-type moves, Pikachu can also cover Psychic- and Fairy- type Pokemon with Thief and Iron Tail.

What Makes The Best Partner?

Covers Your Team's Weaknesses

The most important thing to consider when picking a partner is how well it can cover your starter's weaknesses and limitations. A good partner should be able to protect your starter from Pokemon that are super effective against them while also covering Pokemon that your starter isn't great against.

Plays a Part in Your Story

Your partner Pokemon will play a crucial part in the game's story. Certain dungeons that progress the story require them to be in the team.

While you can still swap them with other team members in most dungeons, you won't be able to kick them out completely from rescue camps. So choose your partner wisely whether it's for team efficiency, or you want to bond with a certain Pokemon.

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