Shellder or Clamperl?

Shellder and Clamperl, the Bivalve Pokemon. Both are inhabitants of the sea and both are pure Water types.

Which one would you choose?

Me, I would choose Shellder since it evolves into one of my favourite Water types, Cloyster.

Clamperl! 3rd gen Pokes are my fav, plus evoled into 2 cool water types that I liked too. =D

Shellder, because it's adorable and has DAT TONGUE, and because Cloyster is one of the most awesome Pokemon ever. I love its grin.

I think I'll go with Shellder on this one because it looks cooler to me.

Shellder, just but this is just for the actual Pokemon for me not the evolutions because Gorebyss is my 4th favourite Pokemon and Cloyster is my 6th.

shellder, i dont like clampearls design or moves.

I'll go with Shellder, it seems to have a more manly aura about it than Clamperl.

Shellder. Great defense, and it has a better movepool then Clamperl... Plus it evolves into a water/ice type which gives it a great resistance to grass types. Plus, how could you like this thing?:It's so ugly, and useless, imo. I'm not a big fan of it's evo's either.

Even though Clamperl is cute and gains from holding either DeepSeaTooth and DeepSeaScale, the whole Pokemon frustrates me to no end. It's can be a bit of a pain to find, it has a limited move pool, and you have to trade with an item just to evolve it. I'm not saying you can't work with it it's just a big pain for myself.

I never thought Shellder had an amazing move pool either, but at least it's a bit easier to evolve it. I've always loved Cloyster while Clamperl and its evolutions always slip my mind even though I do like them. Whether it's better in battle then Shellder or not I'm not really taking that into account this time. Clamperl is just so bland I can't come around to it.

I prefer Shellder, mostly because of its evolution. I also like its design more than Clamperl, I've never really liked Clamperl at all.

Cloyster scares me. Shellder is cute but I wasnt too fond of it in battle. I grew up more playing with Clamperl :D

Plus, I have no idea what is in Shellders shell......

I'd have to say....definitely Shellder.
1. It's got a lot more variety than Clamperl does in the move department.
2. Even though Clamperl is boosted up with DeepSeaTooth and DeepSeaScale, without one of those items, it's nothing special really. And having to trade it to evolve? No thanks.
3. Cloyster is one of my favorite Pokemon.

That's not saying that Clamperl can't be a pretty tough contender when used right, but overall, I just think Shellder and Cloyster are a bit better than Clamperl and it's evolutions.

I was about to choose Clamperl because 3rd Gen is my favorite, but I have always loved Cloysters even though I've never used one. I chose Shellder.

I'd choose shellder because the desgin of it's evolution is pretty simple compared to clampearl... and I think Cloyster looks a lot more BA~! ;P

Shellder, because of how funny it looks with its tongue hanging out. Cloyster looks more intimidating than Huntail or Gorebyss.

Shellder.
It looks like a joke and its evo is just so intimidating compared to Clampearl's evo's.