What is Pixelmon in Pokemon
Pixelmon is a great way to recreate the Pokemon series without needing to pick up a brand new console or game.
Keeping everything within the Minecraft ecosystem also makes it easier to manage all of your Pokemon in one place. There’s no need to switch them out from one game and into another.
With Pixelmon being the ultimate Pokemon experience in Minecraft, it of course features battles. Throwing out your chosen Pokemon is a big part of capturing new ones, and fighting other trainers.
However it’s not easy to pick Pixelmon up and know what you’re doing right away.
How to Switch Pokemon in Pixelmon
To make things a little easier for you, we’ve put together the mod’s default controls here. If you need to switch your Pokemon, or do anything else, you’ll see the key that command is set to here.
- Send out/retrieve a Pokemon – R
- Change Pokemon in GUI – [ and ]
- Show/hide party UI – 0
- Mount Pokemon/use an item – right click mouse
- Choose target for current Pokemon on the field – V
- Use selected external move – G
- Cycle through external moves – B
- Open Pokedex – I
- Open your Trainer Card – U
These are the mod’s basic controls as they default when you install it. You can reassign these at anytime to make the game easier for you to play.
Why Change Pokemon?
Changing Pokemon is essential in Pixelmon. Much like in the main games, certain Pokemon are weaker to specific elements, and stronger against others.
By changing your Pokemon in the middle of battle, or out in the world, you can make sure that you’ve always got the best Pokemon available for the coming fight.
Different Pokemon also have different abilities, such as being able to swim on water, or fly. It makes sense to change your Pokemon around so that you can make use of their abilities, and get around the world far more easily.