Black and White starters

[Haxorus]

There are worse starters (Meganium anyone?)
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com'n chickorita/bayleaf/Meganium are aswome. A fav between me and my cousin. His starter was also snivy.

[wraith89]

I like Meganium too. She's my favourite of the Johto starters, but I was talking in usefulness; she's not too great in-game. :/

[Snypar]

This:
"I personally don't like set up moves, especially for in-game"
Who does like to set up in-game?

Of course in-game does take skill, especially if you handicap yourself with weird Pokes or if the E4 turns out to be like 10 levels higher than your party (happens to me a lot in many of these games). Don't think just because it isn't competitive you don't need much skills. You know, like Meganium in HGSS? You can actually play the game without one shotting everything you know? Otherwise it can get boring pretty fast. I personally found it hard in the end while I was underleveled, but that was fine. Why else would items like X Attack exist for? Find your own way to play the game of course, but that's all your choice.

Unfezant may not be great, but whatever. More weaker the Pokemon actually is, the more satisfaction you get for winning with them.

The thing with weird Pokes is that their is a fine line between usable, and useless, and I've played Pokemon for too long to waste my time with Pokes that are outclassed. (Exceptions being starter and legendary Pokemon) I'm aware that not everything has to be OHKO, and in doing so, it can take the fun out of the game, but I find if I set up or use X-Items then game becomes boring, because I'm almost guaranteed to set up, and in-game doing that against a strong trainer isn't much fun.

+Apologies for going off topic widely. :P

[wraith89]

Eh each to his own. Too much competitive battling has influenced me in a way to think that way too, but I got over it and decided to use what I like, such as Pidgeot and Meganium and such, in spite of others outclassing them. My qualms about them though about why they were designed horridly still remain (ex: Unfezant with the wrong stats to use its SPECIAL movepool). I do agree about the line between usable and useless (like Vullaby), as that still exists. BW was terribly designed for in-game to be frank; not enough usable Pokemon and things in late game start evolving at insane levels of 50 +.

All right back to topic. As I've said, mine is Snivy.

[Eievu]

Eh just breeze right though with Tepig. Didn't found good team with him. I knew i should choose snivy.Wonder what i should pear up with Snivy. The first time i saw it, i though it has a lack of low def now, not really just started to train him. Coil Leafblade, Giga drain, and Slam is the moves. Thinking of giveing it Leech seed if can.

[Nintz]

I went with Tepig, though my brother is having one heck of a time with Oshawott.

If you want a challenge, go for Snivy though. It is not as statistically superior as Oshawott, nor does it have a dual-type advantage like Tepig will. (I consider having a Fighting type thrown on an advantage).

In regards to the past starters, I've chosen Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Chikorita, Totodile, Cydanquil, and Piplup.

I've found most every starter to be balanced more or less. Although Meganium is definitly the worst of the starters I've used during the E4, it's not bad per se, it's just not great.

[kellykelly135]

Hey, I always choose fire or water type as a starter because near the begining of the Unova region quest you mostly incounting grass and bug making Snivy the weakest of the bunch.
hahahahahlol

[pokedick]

charmander, totodile, mudkip, turtwig, tepig

[Kamui Mew]

i always pick the starter that i find the cutest, since i have no preference for type of pokemon.

[Lorenzo The Comic]

I usually choose the Water-type starter Pokémon for in-game, except the first time I played Generation IV which at the time I was getting back into Pokémon.