Pokémon Eternal: Warriors of the Sword and Shield (Japanese: ポケットモンスター エターナル: ソードとシールドの無双Pocket Monsters Eternal: Sword and Shield Unrivalled) is a hack-and-slash spin-off of the Pokémon series developed by Existence Software and Koei Tecmo. The game combines gameplay mechanics of Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors franchise with those of the Pokémon franchise, and setting a story in the world of the former. The game is a prequel to the 2019 titles Pokémon Sword and Shield, being set 3000 years earlier during the events of the "Darkest Day" described within that game's plot.
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Adding onto the basic Warriors gameplay formula, Pokémon Eternal also features the Pokémon series's main gameplay mechanic: type matchups. Though the playable Pokémon characters lack traditional moves like in the Pokémon series, their typings are retained for their appearance in Pokémon Eternal. Pokémon will have a harder time dealing damage to enemies that are of types that resist those of the playable character (and vice versa), and likewise Pokémon will deal more damage to those that are weak to their types. There are a total of 18 types in the Pokémon series and Pokémon can have either one or two natural typings; some Pokémon also change their typing if they have the ability to alter their appearance and take on a different "Forme". Unlike in the main Pokémon series, no Pokémon is completely immune to any type and the type matchup chart reflects these changes.
The ways the eighteen different types affect each other are as follows:
Type Matchups Note: Types not mentioned in the charts below are neutral to each other.
Bug
Strong against (2× damage to)
psychic
grass
dark
Resistant to (½ damage from)
fighting
grass
ground
Weak against (½ damage to)
fairy
fighting
fire
flying
ghost
poison
steel
Weak to (2× damage from)
fire
flying
rock
Dark
Strong against (2× damage to)
ghost
psychic
Resistant to (½ damage from)
dark
ghost
psychic
Weak against (½ damage to)
dark
fairy
fighting
Weak to (2× damage from)
bug
fairy
fighting
Dragon
Strong against (2× damage to)
dragon
Resistant to (½ damage from)
electric
fire
grass
water
Weak against (½ damage to)
fairy
steel
Weak to (2× damage from)
dragon
fairy
ice
Electric
Strong against (2× damage to)
flying
water
Resistant to (½ damage from)
electric
flying
steel
Weak against (½ damage to)
dragon
electric
grass
ground
Weak to (2× damage from)
ground
Fairy
Strong against (2× damage to)
dark
dragon
fighting
Resistant to (½ damage from)
bug
dark
dragon
fighting
Weak against (½ damage to)
fighting
poison
steel
Weak to (2× damage from)
poison
steel
Fighting
Strong against (2× damage to)
dark
ice
normal
rock
steel
Resistant to (½ damage from)
bug
dark
rock
Weak against (½ damage to)
bug
fairy
flying
ghost
poison
psychic
Weak to (2× damage from)
fairy
flying
psychic
Fire
Strong against (2× damage to)
bug
grass
ice
steel
Resistant to (½ damage from)
bug
fairy
fire
ice
grass
steel
Weak against (½ damage to)
dragon
fire
rock
water
Weak to (2× damage from)
ground
rock
water
Flying
Strong against (2× damage to)
bug
fighting
grass
Resistant to (½ damage from)
bug
fighting
grass
ground
Weak against (½ damage to)
electric
rock
steel
Weak to (2× damage from)
electric
ice
rock
Ghost
Strong against (2× damage to)
ghost
psychic
Resistant to (½ damage from)
bug
poison
Weak against (½ damage to)
dark
normal
Weak to (2× damage from)
dark
fighting
ghost
normal
Grass
Strong against (2× damage to)
ground
rock
water
Resistant to (½ damage from)
electric
grass
ground
water
Weak against (½ damage to)
bug
dragon
fire
flying
grass
poison
steel
Weak to (2× damage from)
bug
fire
flying
ice
poison
Ground
Strong against (2× damage to)
electric
fire
poison
rock
steel
Resistant to (½ damage from)
electric
poison
rock
Weak against (½ damage to)
bug
flying
grass
Weak to (2× damage from)
grass
ice
water
Ice
Strong against (2× damage to)
dragon
flying
grass
ground
Resistant to (½ damage from)
ice
Weak against (½ damage to)
fire
ice
steel
water
Weak to (2× damage from)
fighting
fire
rock
steel
Normal
Strong against (2× damage to) NONE
Resistant to (½ damage from) NONE
Weak against (½ damage to)
ghost
rock
steel
Weak to (2× damage from)
ghost
fighting
Poison
Strong against (2× damage to)
fairy
grass
Resistant to (½ damage from)
bug
fairy
fighting
grass
poison
Weak against (½ damage to)
ghost
ground
poison
rock
steel
Weak to (2× damage from)
ground
psychic
Psychic
Strong against (2× damage to)
fighting
poison
Resistant to (½ damage from)
fighting
psychic
Weak against (½ damage to)
dark
psychic
steel
Weak to (2× damage from)
bug
dark
ghost
Rock
Strong against (2× damage to)
bug
fire
flying
ice
Resistant to (½ damage from)
fire
flying
normal
poison
Weak against (½ damage to)
fighting
ground
steel
Weak to (2× damage from)
fighting
grass
ground
steel
water
Steel
Strong against (2× damage to)
fairy
ice
rock
Resistant to (½ damage from)
bug
dragon
fairy
flying
grass
ice
normal
poison
psychic
rock
steel
Weak against (½ damage to)
electric
fire
steel
water
Weak to (2× damage from)
fighting
fire
ground
Water
Strong against (2× damage to)
fire
ground
rock
Resistant to (½ damage from)
fire
ice
steel
water
Weak against (½ damage to)
dragon
grass
water
Weak to (2× damage from)
electric
grass
Story[]
Long ago a meteorite crashed into the world, landing in the region that would become Galar. No humans lived on this land at the time, but the region was home to a wide variety of different Pokémon species. Unknown to them, this meteorite carried a sleeping alien beast, one that feeds on energy to survive. Though this Pokémon would lay dormant for 17,000, its peaceful slumber would not last forever. In the 17,000 years since this Pokémon arrived on the planet, some humans began to populate Galar and give the sleeping beast the name "Eternatus". But, on one faitful day, the extraterrestrial Pokémon finally awoke, and brought about an event that would become known as the Darkest Day. Standing up against the gigantic beast stand four individuals: a fairy king and his sword, and a fighting master and his shield.
Pokémon[]
Playable Pokémon[]
The following 46 Pokémon act as the playable "warriors" in the game. Of these Pokémon, there are three sets of "clone" characters that share many attacks. These Pokémon are:
Ice Rider Calyrex and Shadow Rider Calyrex share the exact same moveset. However, the two Pokémon feature elemental attacks that do act differently and their secondary types are another difference between the two.
Urshifu's Single Strike and Rapid Strike Formes are both playable. These two Pokémon feature the same standard moves with different special attacks. The two Pokémon also feature different typings, allowing them to go against separate groups of Pokémon.
Zacian and Zamazenta appear in both their "Hero of Many Battles" and "Crowned Sword/Shield" Formes. The two wolves' Hero of Many Battles forms share the exact same moveset - differing only through the Pokémon's types - while their Crowned Sword/Shield Formes are wholly unique.
