Which Starter Are You Going To Choose?

[PaDdY!]

TYPHLOSION FTW!!!

[Mewtwo Ex]

Chikorita still is quite short. I guess people are not so competitive like Flootenkerp and me.

[Guested]

Chikorita still is quite short. I guess people are not so competitive like Flootenkerp and me.

Or they don't use the same strategies as prescribed by Smogon and the like. You can be competitive with whatever the heck you want.
In fact, unpredictability is a pretty good strategy. If someone knows what moveset you have the second you send out a certain pokemon, then that's bad news.

But this isn't a strategy debate.

I chose Totodile.
Stickin with the same one from my original playthrough. Plus, it'll be better this time around with physical and special being move specific instead of type specific.

[DanteKoriyu]

Definitely going with Cyndaquil on SoulSilver for my main play through. He was the one I thought looked the coolest when I first played GSC and he was also the fire starter. I always pick the fire starter in every generation, no matter if you have an advantage with it or not, simply because I think the fire starters have better designs than the others in ever generation. I still like some of the other starters quite a bit, but burning my path though the game is my tradition.

As for HeartGold, I'll probably pick Chikorita so I can transfer it over to SoulSilver, and then restart and play through it with Totodile.

[FLOOTENKERP]

Chikorita still is quite short. I guess people are not so competitive like Flootenkerp and me.

Most people choose Pokémon based on how cool they look. I bet a lot of people who vote for Totodile and Cyndaquil still might be very good battlers.

[wraith89]

Most people choose Pokémon based on how cool they look. I bet a lot of people who vote for Totodile and Cyndaquil still might be very good battlers.

Eh, Typhlsion's "okay" in competitive battling. The only reason you'd use him is for STAB Eruption... nothing else. Other than that, most other Fire Pokemon outclass him. That's what he gets for being a pure Fire type

Totodile on the other hand... is actually awesome. Too bad Gyarados outclasses him in almost many ways aside from Gator getting access to Sword Dance, Ice Punch, and Torrent.

[FLOOTENKERP]

Meganium is a good supporter to the team. With Meganium's healing moves it can make your team stick around for quite a while.

[wraith89]

Meganium is a good supporter to the team. With Meganium's healing moves it can make your team stick around for quite a while.

I use her as a cleric, but too bad other grassers do her job better (Vileplume and Bellossom especially in UU).

If they added Power Gem (or a non-bred Ancientpower) to Chikorita's movepool as they added Metal Claw to Charmander's movepool it would ease her gameplay experience a LOT.

[FLOOTENKERP]

True, but that is why I want a Chikorita. Chikorita is a very hard to use Pokémon making the game much harder. If someone is looking for a challenge, I suggest they go with the weakest starter, which in this case is Chikorita.

[wraith89]

The funny thing is... when I tried Chikorita... I had to use a WHOLE LOT of other Pokes along with her. With Totodile or Cyndaquil, I was able to solo the game with just them (except against Whitney and Morty, but that's a different story). Some people might just bench Chikorita and get a... I don't know... a Fearow. BTW those early game Geodudes are SO useful, but I was never able to find one when I got my Pokeballs (you know, in that route above the first Johto route where Spearows and Jigglypuff and Geodudes are?)

[FLOOTENKERP]

That's another good thing about Chikorita. It is so hard to use it forces you to catch more Pokémon making you fill up your Pokédex. Challenge and Pokédex completion.

[Endless Eden]

hhmm i might just pick chicorita now you guys are kinda convincing me...

i love a challenge

[wraith89]

hhmm i might just pick chicorita now you guys are kinda convincing me...

i love a challenge

Oh boy. That plant's gonna have a REALLY tough time against Falkner's Pidgeotto and Bugsy's Scyther >=D

And Floot, I never thought about it that way. Good thinking
Although when I did pick Totodile, I caught a Caterpie and made it a Butterfree anyways...
Then I caught a Gastly, a Bellsprout, a Sandshrew and a whole bunch of different pokes.

[FLOOTENKERP]

Oh boy. That plant's gonna have a REALLY tough time against Falkner's Pidgeotto and Bugsy's Scyther >=D

And Floot, I never thought about it that way. Good thinking
Although when I did pick Totodile, I caught a Caterpie and made it a Butterfree anyways...

Thanks. You see, if you saw my record in the GSC section, I have seen 230 Pokémon and own 184. This is because my Chikorita only lasted through at least 3 Pokémon, so my last resort was to catch ever Pokémon in sight. Now I'm focusing on baby Pokémon, but you can see how Chikorita would affect your entire gameplay.

[wraith89]

It doesn't matter who I picked from the beginning though. I catch EVERYTHING in sight. If it's something cute like Wooper, I catch another one once I find it. Too bad the box limit got in my way