Good Pokemon for the Zero Isle South dungeon?

Question

The Zero Isle dungeons in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky specifically) are much more similar to a typical roguelike, adding restrictions that make the dungeon difficult to complete (and forcing you to rely on luck a little more). In particular, Zero Isle South makes you enter with no money, no items, and (for the dungeon) resets your Pokemon's level to 1.

However, there are definitely some Pokemon that are better than others for attempting to complete the dungeon. For example, Mew is a great Pokemon because it can learn all TMs you pick up. What other Pokemon are good for completing Zero Isle South?

Answer

After doing some of my own research, I found that people seem to suggest these three:

Smoochum (it seems almost everybody attempts the dungeon using Smoochum)

• Has the ability Forewarn, allowing you to occasionally evade moves (even no-miss moves)
• Learns Sweet Kiss at level 8, which is a 100 accuracy confusion causing attack
• Learns Powder Snow at level 11, giving it a room-clearing move

Aerodactyl

• Has the elemental fangs (Ice, Fire, Thunder) at level 1, giving it a diverse moveset
• Has Supersonic at level 1, allowing it to confuse enemies

Spritomb

• Amazing stats at level 1
• Has Confuse Ray at level 1, allowing it to confuse enemies
• Has Shadow Sneak at level 1 (giving it a ranged attack)

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