Coolest original starting Pokemon?
booinyoureyes
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Lots of Pokemon fans here (well, I mean, everywhere) so who did you guys like starting with the most?
(Original game only. Sorry guys)
Feel free to add your favorite all-around original Pokemon to the comments as well!
I liked Diglet-Dugtrio personally
(Original game only. Sorry guys)
Feel free to add your favorite all-around original Pokemon to the comments as well!
I liked Diglet-Dugtrio personally
- Coolest original starting Pokemon?34 votes
- Squirtle29.41%
- Charmander23.53%
- Bulbasaur32.35%
- Didn't the original2.94%
- Pika Pika! (Yellow version)11.76%
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My overall favorite pokemon is Arbok, followed closely by Ninetails.
*Checks Google*
... oh, he is lizard of sorts. Huh. As much as I love reptiles of all kinds, Charmander's head has always screamed "ugly" to me. It's evolutions are fine, but I just can't shake how much it irks me...
Seriously, they're badgers that are made of fire. How much cooler does it get than that!
I never played the original games either (at least, not all the way through), but when I picked up LeafGreen for the GBA, I stuck with Bulbasaur. I love grass pokemon, and just look at how cute he is!
(Also, Ivysaur is really fun to play in the modded version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.)
Favourite has varied endlessly, I still occasionally break out the Ol' Gameboy, and use the 'Mew Glitch' to try some weird pokemon from early. Most recently, I nabbed a Lickitung, which is not overpowered (he has Stomp as his key attack atm, and still uses Wrap and Supersonic) at all, along with a Grimer (he looks so cool...), Staryu (he's got nothing until he learns Watergun, I try not to use TMs early to add some challenge), and a Cubone (who is pretty strong, despite unimpressive stats). You can use th3 glitch after Mt Moon, and you get them at 7th level. I have a powerful love of Butterfree though, used to prefer Beedrill until I forced myself to switch. Sleep Powder is very reliable, and Stun Spore is badass. Getting Confusion early is AMAZING, makes him about the best early pokemon. His only drawback is his poor defence.
Some old favourites:
Snorlax: So overpowered. Amnesia is stupidly good, and Rest allows him the ability to heal AND removes Stun, Poison, etc. Awesome HP, and if you give him Psychic, he can have that, Rest, and Hyperbeam, making him both essentially unkillable AND able to nuke any enemy. Tossing in Ice Beam and Blizzard and he's even set vs Dragonite.
Dragonite: he's awful to raise from Dratini, but Dratini can combine Toxic, Wrap and that can end VERY strong enemies at a low level. Still, he sucks in the two lower level forms, and badly wants some elemental TMs. All told, ridiculously strong, and very durable. Also looks cool. If you don't want to give him Toxic early, just be patient and use Thunder Wave and Supersonic maybe before wrapping. Tedious but effective.
Parasect: Spore is 100% IE you can have crummy luck and will always sleep your enemy. Very high attack, and guaranteed sleep make him a powerhouse.
Cloyster: Indestrucible clam-cannon! No, really, he's insanely tough despite crummy HP. Clamp and Toxic is downright evil. Clamp actually does solid damage, so you migt not need Toxic.
Starmie: Recover is handy, and can use some great TMs, making him potentially quite solid.
Gengar: Cool + Immune to Normal + Great Stats = amazing. Heck, you can rely on Dream Eater quite safely, good damage and recovery. He can use some nice other elements too.
Kangaskhan: A bit weaker than Tauros, but way cooler. Comet Punch is pretty decent.
Spearow: Love taking him early, but I always end up abandoning him as he gets boring and weak.
Most Pokemon have some value, but some were useless for the PC to use, IE zubat (so few PP! And crummy damage) and Raticate (zero durability, despite good firepower actually. Not quite fast enough to get by after lvl 20ish). This was pretty annoying.
Mr. Mime, Alakazam and Hypno were all able to churn through tons of enemies, one shotting everything AND going first. Psychic was so easy, since there Poison, Fighting, and Normal Pokemon are so common. Mr. Mime is durable and fast, but Hypno is imho given the best techniques.
What you want to use with Squirtle in the case of a grass type would be an ice attack. Pretty sure you could get blizzard by the time you go through the grass gym too.
@CoryNewb I mentioned Tauros, he's just not as cool as Kangaskhan imho, so I prefer the Khan. Chansey is an interesting pokemon though, especially if you keep some defensive techniques. Very strong Special stat and mindboggling HP make for a hard to kill Pokemon, but Amnesiaslax Snorlax will destroy him. If you never tried him, Snorlax is truly overpowered. Jerk even learns two awesome Normal type attacks, Body Slam and Hyperbeam... and he gets STAB with Normal. He has a stronger Hyperbeam than Dragonite iirc.
Up there with Metapen- erm, Metapod.
Your list of gen 1 pokemon hit pretty much all the staples of the early pokemon that were considered the best for competitive play.
I enjoyed my water/ice lineup a lot:
Blastoice
Gyrados
Dragonite
Lapras
Vaporeon
Articuno
Jynx wasn't a bad subsitute, but this lineup could never touch a well tuned tauros/chancey/tauros/etc.
I have always been a big fan of water/ice fantasy stuff. And I was 10 or 11 when I played most of my pokemon gen 1
Jynx is a beast I agree, excellent defensive types make her hard to drop, and she gets versatile attacks.
Chansey for me was never a good enough damage dealer, but I can totally agree that you can make him very strong and about the handiest support Pokemon for storymode.
Iirc, the only 'theme' build you can use and not be screwed over easily is Water/Ice. It has so many solid pokemon, and has varying abilities. Electric and Fire have good variety, but they are too vulnerable. Fire gets Charizard, but Blastoise is imho more powerful.
I used Mew a couple times, really nice pokemon actually. He's not really THAT strong, but easily gains levels iirc, and free TM use means you can do some cool stuff. Or, he can serve as your HM dumpster, though I have always found Surf to be worth taking on a fighting pokemon, and Strength isn't awful. Fly is also decent, Sky Attack does better damage, but is more vulnerable, and most Flying pokemon can be one shotted relatively easily.
Kinda an interesting idea though, I wonder what pokemon most people see as newb traps; IE pokemon that are actually much less useful than they appear. Gyrados for example has weak defences, and his great Normal attacks don't get STAB, meaning Tauros or Snorlax will hit much harder.
Then there are options like Parasect, which seem like crap until you realize how brutal Spore is, being 100%. Beedrill's Twineedle is a nice tool too. Of course, there are pokemon that seem good when you get them, before you find out they stink later.
In Gen 1 my favourite was Kabutops.
In Gen 2 Slowking was my favourite.
So with Squirtle as my favourite gen 1 starter I guess I really like shells?