{"id":371417,"date":"2026-07-02T03:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=371417"},"modified":"2026-07-03T01:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:55:33","slug":"pokemon-winds-waves-leak-spreads-starter-typings-reportedly-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/pokemon-winds-waves-leak-spreads-starter-typings-reportedly-surface\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves leak spreads: starter typings reportedly surface"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A widely shared but still unconfirmed starter leak for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-pokemon-company-announces-its-new-game-pokemon-champions-for-switch-and-mobile-devices\" rel=\"noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves<\/a><\/strong> is making the rounds, mostly through the social media user &#8220;Light,&#8221; and it gives <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/pokemon-winds-waves-leak-spreads-starter-typings-reportedly-surface\">the clearest alleged picture so far<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/unveiled-the-flying-type-eevee-evolution-that-never-made-it-to-pokemon-games\">the final typings for Browt, Gecqua, and Pombon<\/a>. If the rumor is right, Browt ends up Grass\/Ground, Gecqua becomes Water\/Psychic, and Pombon lands on Fire\/Fairy. None of that has been confirmed by The Pok\u00e9mon Company or Game Freak, so take it for what it is: a rumor.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon GO\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/e6290d2a-96d0-11e6-869d-00163ec9f5fa\/1902617198\/pokemon-go-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/pokemon-go.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/pokemon-go.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fire\/Fairy would be a first<\/strong> for a starter if Pombon really goes that way. Gecqua\u2019s Water\/Psychic combo is getting a lot of praise for looking flexible and well rounded. Browt\u2019s supposed Grass\/Ground typing has people interested too, even with the nasty 4x Ice weakness hanging over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you keep up with Pok\u00e9mon leaks, this one is worth keeping an eye on. The same rumor linked to &#8220;Light&#8221; also says Pombon stays <strong>quadrupedal<\/strong> and leans into a lion- or dog-like design, which is going to sound pretty good to anyone who&#8217;s tired of Fire starters drifting toward humanoid final evolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People are already theorycrafting around offensive matchups, resistances, utility, and the same leak\u2019s claims about box <strong>Legendaries<\/strong> inspired by Garuda and Naga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the official side of things, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/nintendo-presents-the-main-theme-of-the-new-pokemon-game-in-a-very-special-way\" title=\"The Pok\u00e9mon Company announced Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves on February 27\">The Pok\u00e9mon Company announced <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves<\/strong> on February 27<\/a>, 2026, as Generation 10 during Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s 30th anniversary celebration, and it\u2019s currently expected to arrive on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A widely shared but still unconfirmed starter leak for Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves is making the rounds, mostly through the social media user &#8220;Light,&#8221; and it gives the clearest alleged picture so far of the final typings for Browt, Gecqua, and Pombon. If the rumor is right, Browt ends up Grass\/Ground, Gecqua becomes Water\/Psychic, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/pokemon-winds-waves-leak-spreads-starter-typings-reportedly-surface\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves leak spreads: starter typings reportedly surface&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9329,"featured_media":371416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-371417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9329"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371417"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371489,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371417\/revisions\/371489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371417"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=371417"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=371417"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=371417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}