Ruby/Saphire Starters.

[PsYchOtiC]

I don't know if thsi thread has been done before and sorry if it has, but...

Which starter do you guys like best?

Stat wise, look wise, and overall how good they are.

I like torchick because it's last evolved version looks awesome and fire/fighting is a weird combination. :D

[Thomas]

Well I havent seen this made in the last month so it should be ok. My favorite starter is Treeko casue it evolves into Grovyle!

[cdko]

hi there my favorite starter pokemon in ruby/sapphire is torchic because he has a great combination fire/fighting............ and great look co0L....
anyone wants to be my buddy PM me or Msgs me tnx ^_^ :rambo:

[Sylver]

my favorite starter is mudkip coz he/she evolves in murshtomp and he/she can beat 3-4 gyms easly
anyone wants to be my buddy PM me or Msgs me tnx ^_^ :rambo:
I can be your friend if you want

[Elite Four Lance]

Me, well my favorite starter is Torchic because it evolves to the awesome Blaziken!

[Tzuri17]

mine is thorchick. but it's just because he evolve to a Blaziken in his th3 evolution

[OvErDrIvE]

Torchic without a doubt. It may be a bit tough to train, but it becomes very strong in the end and giving it Flamethrower is a big plus also.

[DayDreamer]

My favourite starter is Torchic because it's final evolution isn't so ugly. Besides... the comination of fire/fighting is rare and it can learn decent attacks. He's also great for the elite four too! Blaziken rules!!!

[Toothache]

From a competitive POV, here's my brief summary of the three starters:

Blaziken: can be a physical or mixed sweeper (special moves are limited to fire). Commonly uses Endure/Substitute + Reversal and Overheat for double STAB and all round damage.

Sceptile - either a staller with Leech Seed + Substitute, or a special sweeper. Not the strongest, but one of the fastest Pokemon around, and has a useful Grass move to use for STAB.

Swampert - a difficult Pokemon to get right because of EV distributions. Can be a physical, special or mixed sweeper, or a staller with Toxic. Curse is common on this Pokemon, making it very hard to take down sometimes. A very flexible Pokemon, capable of doing quite a lot.

Overall, I'd say Sceptile was the easiest to use of the three, with Swampert being the most difficult, but perhaps the most rewarding.

[mew_master]

Mudkip is by far the best in my opinion. I don't look at roles at all because i never train 6 pokemon at the same time; i always train one pokemon only and have it beat the eintire game for me. mudkip is the best because once it evolves it's immune to electricity, can learn awesome moves like surf and earthquake, and not only not bad to any gym unlike blaziken and sceptile but it has an advantage over how many, 3 or 4? plus swampert looks awesome.

[D@rk Ho-oH]

Mine is torchick cause it helps a lot during the journey.it's moves are super effective to many of the pokemon you find in the game.!!!

[Aiya Quackform]

Blaziken - Cool, unique sweeper.

Swampert - I love ground/water types. He works well for me ingame, but there are several alternatives that do the same job better.

Grovyle - Interesting. Treecko was my first starter, so it holds a warm place in my heart. However, there are way too many alternatives that do way better! Chiefly, the other grass starters.

So... I'm not particularly crazy about any of them in competitive battle, but I guess I'll go with Swampert.

[Kyosuke]

I personally like using Torchic out of all the starters, just because when Torchic evolves into Combusken a fighting/fire type, it learns double kick which can be very helpful in the first half of the game, and also the fact that its a fire type.

[Bleach and Sunshine]

I like Grass but Mudkip is a great one to use.So I like Mudkip the best.

[The Incarnation Pokemon]

Torchic. Because I have a predilection for fire starters. And because it has a sweet SpAtt basestat of 70, which makes me happy when I see +2 and +3 while leveling it up early on. And Blaziken looks cool without looking ugly (although being part fighting makes it a risk to use it against Metagross...which is a pity because few other pkmn have Blaziken's SpAtt + STAB + 2x against that thing)

[Hishoku]

I always pick Torchic because it's the best against the pokemon League and because it's got the best attack and special attack.. I think..

~Moonlight_Shadow~

[Raito Absol]

By looks I would have to choose Treecko but by power I choose Torchic. If I were to choose one it would have to be Torchic. =)

[Neon Methodis]

Mudkip is my favorite starter

[supersceptile]

I don't know if thsi thread has been done before and sorry if it has, but...

Which starter do you guys like best?

Stat wise, look wise, and overall how good they are.

I like torchick because it's last evolved version looks awesome and fire/fighting is a weird combination. :D

Yeah... fire/fighting may be wierd, but they also have grass/fighting and water/fighting....
grass/fighting (breloom) 4x weak to flying
water/fighting (poliwrath) cool pokemon.. not really that bad
fire/fighting (combusken) very good ingame... destroys the elite four
also good for competitive battling

So I guess there's kinda a trio of mulit-fighting types.
Funny, because those three are like my favorite pokemon.

[Metagross9000]

I'd say Mudkip cause I like water Pokemon and Blue is my favorite color and
Swampert is totaly cool! :D

[PsYchOtiC]

I'd say Mudkip cause I like water Pokemon and Blue is my favorite color and
Swampert is totaly cool! :D

when mudkip evolves it will be ground/water making it x4 immune to grass!!!

[Zootster]

I'd say Torchic for reasons a lot of other people already said. It evolves into Blaziken, who looks cool, is awesome against the Elite 4, and i like fire types more than water and grass. I have a level 100 Blaziken!!

[Aaron5367]

I love mudkip! I played with him though the game without leting him evlove.

thanks,
Aaron

[sybersaur3000]

torchic rules! Blaziken is hot,hot!And its real powerful.

[Lonepichu]

I played Mudkip through my Sapphire game too, I gave him an everstone. He's so cute. Recently, though, I think I'm begining to like Marshtomp too. I won't let Kipper, my first ever hoenn pokemon evolve, but Marshtomp is growing on me.

Torchic is okay, and I do like Blaziken, but I don't like Combusken that much. I remember when everyone thought Torchic would evolve into a flying pokemon.

I love Grovyle, he's so cool looking. And after I saw Treecko dance in the 6th movie short "Gotta Dance" I must say that Treecko is growing on me.

[PsYchOtiC]

When I restart my game, I am going to use treecko :)

[Mr Cat Dog]

All of them have their strengths and weaknesses. Treecko is a very hard Pokemon touse later on in the game even when it evolves, but its speed does make it stand out from 90% of Pokemon. Torchic is the best one to use come Elite 4, but it's hard to use earlier on in the game unless you evolve it really quickly. Mudkip is the hardest to train competetively because of its well rounded stats, but will suffer early on because of its lack of speed which the other two have.

IMO, I'm not that fond of any of them. Give me Charizard and Venasaur any day XD

[TaylorGS]

There should be a poll on this if there already isn't. ^^

Ummm, I always liked the fire starters cause they were my only favorite fire types. But Torchic's my preffered choice cause (like some reasons already said)
A) It's fire
B) When it evolves, fire/fighting is a nice combo
c) Its final form doesn't look ugly
D) It learns Blaze Kick and Sky Uppercut when it evolves

[kohei]

Treeko, because when it evolves, it can cover all it's weak types with the need of only 2 attacks, Earthquake and Rock Tomb (Which can be learnt with TM's). It basically only needs one or two leaf attacks in the first place too. I recommend Leaf Blade and Giga Drain.

P.S. If anyone argues that it's Attack stat. is low, just put in lots of effort points into it.

[Mr Cat Dog]

I've added a poll, and voted in it... so I command everyone else to do the same ^_^

[lillianlatiasqueen]

Mudkip because he/she's good agianst a lot of types: Fire,Rock,Fighting,steel,and electric(when it evolves).

[marillmonster2000]

Mudkip.
1.He Evolves Into The Almighty Swampert!
2.He Has Good Stats
3.He Learns Earthquake, And Hydro Pump
4.He Is Just So Darn Cute!

[Murpheos]

From a Type viewpoint, Swampert is better, since it is only weak to Grass, which are not so common and most dont do hard damage.

From a Looks viewpoint, Blaziken is just rocking the stadium. Cool name, two unique attacks (BK and SU).

But Treecko is my least favourite (sorry any Treecko fans, no disrespect intended, i plan on using it as my starter in Emerald when it comes out), but is still good for its Dragon Claw on Sceptile.

[geordz]

Id say torchic cause she turns into BLAZEKIN

[Exeter]

I used to favour the water type starters, but now that I've started using Torchic, in the Hoenn games, Torchic's the one that I like most. It's strength appears to grow stronger when it evolves, and physical attackers are what I always like to use.

[Kyber-Groudon]

I don't like any of them at all. They all make playing the games much too easy. The gyms become too easy when you have a pokemon which can exploit whatever weakness they have.... particularly mudkip and it's evos... it's immune to electricity and can lay a smackdown on almost any gym leader.

[Wheelz4speed]

My fav starter is mudkip.... i really dont know why cause i'm a big fan of the fire starters

[PokemonRox]

I like torchic and treeko... but i voted torchic i dont know i just like fire types better..

~PokemonRox :t136:

[Ninja Monkey]

I usually go with Treeko. I would use Mudkip, but I like Flygon for my ground type.

[ravenfan4125]

id have to go with mudkip because hes a strong water type but you dont have to worry about electric attacks.

[NoOb GaMeMaKeR]

I like treecko because it can evolve into grovyle which is one of my favorite pokemon so i would pick treecko anyday.

[MasterZ]

Mudkip, because he eventually evolves into swampert(who has decent advantages).

[GrayLuna]

Mudkip is my favorite starter in r/s/e i guess cause i think its so cute

[Trace]

Treecko. When I first started playing Ruby, I thought it would evolve into Kecleon, which was my favourite Pokemon at the time. :P

[Shinji_]

I obviously picked torchic, I have done mudkip but not once a treeko seems like too much of a pain and grass attacks seem boring ;_;

[Sakurah]

My favorite will always be Torchic. <33

[Matty101]

The R/S/E starters look deformed in the end so CHARIZARD FTW!!

[Mitch]

i always go for torchic. blaziken is always part of my team. blaze kick

[Always and Never]

Torchic.

The only decent fire-type in the Hoenn region.

Plus you can breed Blaze Kick onto Chimchar, which is pretty cool.

[Manaphy1128]

Okay,I have to say Torchic(Some of you spelt it with a "K"!)I have tried out all three starter pokemon,and I can only get far with that one.

[Dachampster]

Me, well my favorite starter is Torchic because it evolves to the awesome Blaziken!
Of course, nearly everyone like Torchic because it evolves into Blaziken who OHKOs everyone with Blaziken. But I stick to Treecko, just Treecko. Its got attitude, power, and a nice look.

And why the heck is everyone spelling Treecko wrong?????????

[Woofer]

Mudkip would be my favorite, since It was my first Hoenn starter on Ruby. My favorite color is blue, so I always choose the water starter in whatever game I play the first time through, then restart when I get bored and try out the other types. Treecko looks okay to me, but Blaziken looks a little too "Digimon" for my tastes. :paranoid:

[diamondpearl876]

I pick Mudkip as my favorite starter. I don't like Treecko and it's evolutions, no offense since I see a lot of Treecko fans out there. Also, water > fire. :)

[TotoRitaQuil]

my favourite on RSE is mudkip because i like water pokemon and if it was for looks id probably choose treecko because i love lizards and i usually like the grass starters like chikorita and fire like charmander but lately i have been choosing water liek mudkip and piplup

[HoundooM_666]

well...I kinda enjoy a fire-type...

[The Real AAA]

Treeko is my favorite hoen starter!

[Gamewhale]

Torchic. It's evolutions are really useful for the gyms.

[Always and Never]

Torchic evolutionary line is the only good fire-type in the whole game.

[Pink]

geordz, please do not revive threads that are over a month old.
(This thread was revived way back in June and people are just reporting it now? =_=)
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