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Which element do you usually choose for your Pokemon Starter? [poll]
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Fire (6/27 votes) |
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Water (7/27 votes) |
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Grass (2/27 votes) |
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I don't choose by element (12/27 votes) |
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I usually pick fire. It's got it's weaknesses and such, but most of them have enough offensive and speed status to make it up for those.
But regardless of tactics and knowledge in the series, as a kid, I always picked the fire starter. The only generation I chose the water type was gen II. I didn't like Cyndaquil very much and Totodile looked awesome. I just love alligators, crocodiles and such.
Come to think of it, Gen II starters weren't that good, as in technical stuff. Even in weather teams, I rather get other pokémon to do the job.
Also, I haven't played through Gen V yet, although I do know it's share of pokémon well enough. I don't think I'd like to get a Tepig for some fair amount of reasons, so I would get the water starter as well. |
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GameDadGrant said:Bulbasaur has an advantage over every gym leader until like, the 4th or 5th city. Are you sure about that? From what I recall, he doesn't even learn any decent grass type moves until you're about to the 2nd or 3rd city, but Squirtle learns decent water moves before you get to the 1st city, making the battle with Brock much easier if you have a Squirtle than a Bulbasaur. Granted, you're right that Squirtle doesn't have an advantage over Misty, while Bulbasaur should, but I don't think Grass/Poison has any advantage over Electric. (Just looked it up; Grass has no advantage over Electric, but Electric does have a disadvantage over Electric.) And then the 4th city is Grass, if I recall correctly. So you might could make the argument either way since picking Squirtle is way easier in the beginning, but Bulbasaur could be easier in the long run (assuming you stick with your starter throughout the game; though really, since we're excluding Brock for Bulbasaur since it doesn't have any good Grass moves at that time, that still gives Bulbasaur and Squirtle two gyms apiece where they do particularly better than the other starters). EDIT: Just looked up Bulbasaur's move list. Looks like he learns Vine Whip at Level 9, which is an okay Grass move that you might get before getting to Brock, so he's back on the fence again... |
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