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I should probably go to bed now.

sadisticferret
2013-01-09 09:18 am UTC (link)

Y'know, for the first three generations of Pokemon and their remakes, I always went with the fire starter. For the last two, I've gone with the water starter. This time, I'm bucking the trend and going back to fire. Frogs are cute and all, but flaming fennec fox OMG SQUEE. If I had the energy, I'd probably be doing little arm-flails in real life, as opposed to just in my head.

...Oh, yeah, there was a wank here, wasn't there? Oh, Pokefandom, you really will never change.

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staroverthebay
2013-01-11 05:08 am UTC (link)

I think that all three starters in Gen 4 are amazing. Infernape turns into a speed demon, Empoleon hits like a runaway train and his Steel subtype means that he's practically an armored cannon, and Torterra is almost impossible to hurt with anything but Ice (he's powerful enough that Fire doesn't seem to hurt him as badly as you'd expect!) and I think that the final Gym is electric (at least, in Platinum!), so his Ground subtype makes him perfect for taking that gym on.

I like the starters in Gen 5, but not as well. Emboar is pretty damned powerful -- and you keep Flame Rush on him, you can counter his innate slowness by using it repeatedly. Serperior gets some good Grass attacks, and Samurott is one of only a handful of Pokemon who can use False Swipe.

(BTW: Samurott in Pokemon Conquest is goddamned broken. Incredibly powerful, hits three squares at a time and pushes back, and is remarkably accurate. Then again, Serperior and Emboar are almost broken in that game too.)

I don't have much of an opinion about the Gen 2 starters, since I've only ever used Chikorita, because it's so effing cute.

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themadscientist
2013-01-13 02:36 pm UTC (link)

Ee! Pokemon Conquest! <3 The only version of a Pokemon game where all the fire types are so broken you can solo sweep with them.

Gen 2 starters are just okay - I have a soft spot for Typhlosion and Feralgatr is actaully a decent physical sweeper due to a high ATK stat + dragon dance, but it's nothing you write home about. Swampert + Blaziken are the best BY FAR but Torterra is indeed very very awesome. I wish we had more grass/ground ;.;

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