Did Any of You...

[Duuuarte]

Did any of you ditch your starter pokemon and make a team without it?

EDIT: Also if you did, why, and did you replace it with a pokemon of the same type?

[BREAKINGBEN]

In-game, no because I just feel a need to have it. Plus I choose that certain starter for a reason :).

[diamondpearl876]

In R/S/E? No, though I wouldn't have minded doing so.

FR/LG? Nah... I think in Leaf Green I have all the starters, actually.

[Duuuarte]

Im asking because i want to train my vaporeon and i just want to have one of each element but i cant leave my squirtle behind =[ lol but yea, i grow really attached to my starter.

[DeadDuck]

Did any of you ditch your starter pokemon and make a team without it?

I always do it :P I just dislike using starters, that's all.

[Duuuarte]

Can a team be just as good if not better without it? Doesnt your starter grow faster than any other pokemon you catch?

[DeadDuck]

Can a team be just as good if not better without it? Doesnt your starter grow faster than any other pokemon you catch?

Team's strenght isn't relying on starter. Obviously, it's possible to make a good team without starter, but keeping starter in team isn't affecting it negatively. About growing, I think growth rates were added in R/S. Check on site like veekun or serebii for it. From what I recall, starters got medium growth rate.

[JX Valentine]

About growing, I think growth rates were added in R/S.

Actually, growth rates have always been around. (Someone even cracked them as early as back when Red and Blue were the only games in the franchise (http://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/compendium/training.htm).)

Otherwise, yeah, I agree with you. You can have a perfectly good team without starters. In fact, many people who play competitively don't use starters on their teams. It's really just a matter of preference.

For an in-game (against the trainers within the game, such as the Gym Leaders) team, it's not that difficult to simply leave out your starter and go for another Pokemon, as any Pokemon with a powerful set of moves can take down pretty much any trainer's team in the game.

Additionally, starters don't necessarily grow faster than other Pokemon you can catch. For example, Treecko actually grows at the same rate as a Lotad.

[smile!]

I ditched my Swampert when I first played Ruby. Because of two stupid reasons.
1)It doesn't learn Hydro Pump
2)It's ugly
Replaced it with Walrein though, and Walrein was great.

[Soufiane]

I think starters are good pokemon to have in a party, They have good stats + attacks..

[Skaterzpenguin]

I only ignore or skip my starter pokemon in red/blue/yellow versions...

[Terry M]

I kept Treecko because it was the only Pokemon I had that could learn CUT.I could then know what it was like behind the trees!

[Ash&pikachuarethebest]

I always get rid of my starter as soon as i caught something of the same type i get rid of my starter.

[SkittyLover77]

Sometimes. Not usually, though.

[♣Gawain♣]

Nope and never will my starter pokemon be alone. It can't even stand a chance against the E4. A good 5 pokemon including my starter are enough.

[Artificial-Insanity]

not until AFTER the end... in other words, I almost ALWAYS have AT LEAST ONE of my starters with me

[Dave-o-rama]

I've never ditched my starters, they grow to be really good if you train them.

[El Gofre]

I kept swampert all the way through because it's one of the best pokes available early on and you get its prevolution automatically. Pretty sweet deal IMO

[poisonspark]

I sometimes ditch my starters but not very often cause I tend to pick them for a reason...

[missingnoresearcher]

Ditch my trochic in Emerald

[Cake]

I ditched my Torchic in my Ruby for a Typhlosion.
(I got the Cyndaquil in Emerald, for those who are wondering)

I usually keep them, though, since most of the time I'm playing the game through the first time, and almost all of the Pokemon in the earlier routes are kind of ugly IMO.

[Da Kid J3]

Well i just started my fire red over again and i ditched my squritle.The only reason i chose him was so i could get a Raikou at the end of the game.my team is attually really good and better off without him i have a Lv:57 Pidgeot a Lv:43 Pikachu a Lv:47 Arcanine and a Lv:39 Rhyhorn i atually help me out by ditching him

P.S. i trained pidgeot from Lv: 2 route 1 Pidgey Ftw!

[Rave Dragon]

I've ALWAYS ended up ditching my starter pokemon. I've just never been keen on them.
Except now in the new generation I'm using Blaziken and Blastoise. I never seem to use the starter I picked for each respective game though.

[Barker]

I'll occasionally ditch the starter, when I'm doing weird things with my carts (Speed runs, Only Bug types, Only Pokemon with names starting with Z, whatever.)

However, if I'm not doing stuff, I keep it and cherish it.

[.]

Never, not that I would mind, but starters are usually great with backup.

[spike6958]

I never ditched a starter, because most of the time i pick fire types because of the lack of them, and because by the time you come across any good Pokemon you have already trained them up so much that it seem a shame and a waste of time not to use them.

[GlitchCity]

I have never did that, not in any game. It just doesnt feel right without my starter

[Teh Blazer]

After time, you bond with your partner. Through thick and thin, for better or for worse. After a few times of battling and defending from Team Rocket/Galactic/Magma/Aqua, you begin to like your pixels, and the pixels like you back. Abandoning is like leaving your friend you had since you started, your best pixelated friend, alone in the dirt to suffer. Why do that cruel thing that didn't deserve such harsh treatment?

By the way, I do ditch my partner not ditch, not ditch my partner.

[JeTz]

I used to keep them but when R/S/E I ditched Mudkip cause it was ugly on teh 3rd form.

[Esmas]

Yes, I do it all the time. It's gets kinda old playing with the same 3 Pokémon over and over again.

I remember I replaced my starter with a Rattata...pure fail.

[Yono]

Never really got rid of my starter. I always found a use for them.

[chinkeeyong]

I usually ditch my starter on my second run through the game, just to see what it's like without it.

[lavenderbolt]

yes, i usually abandon my starter, since i use 3 pokemon in each game, i don't think they worth raising, there are many much better pokemon

[Sweet Smoochum]

In LeafGreen, yes. I already have Blastoise and Charizard at level 100 in Platinum that I migrated. (Venusaur is level 85.) I replaced Wartortle with Kingler. I'm happy with that decision. It knows X-Scissor, Guillotine, Crabhammer, and Protect. I recently found out that Bug moves are super effective against Psychic and Dark types. (It's a good thing I found out, too, because now I can use an Ariados against Karen of Johto's Elite Four. :D)