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What's your favorite Pokémon [of Each Type]?

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I'm surprised I've never replied to this, but anyway...

Normal -
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- This has made me realise how bad the normal type pokémon really are on average. I could've picked many normal/flying pokémon over Meowth, but I don't count them.

Fire -
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- No question, my favourite pokémon of all. There are a lot of great fire types I like, but unfortunately none stand a chance with Typhlosion among them.

Fighting -
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- Despite there not being as many Fighting Pokémon as some other types, there are a lot of cool choices such as the Machop and Timburr evo lines. Primeape is among my top 5 pokémon overall though so it has no real competition among its type.

Water -
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- This was a tough choice as there are no stand outs among the type imo, but I think Mudkip is probably my favourite. I like its design and it served me well in the R/S/E era.

Flying -
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- Similar to Primeape and Typhlosion, Pidgeot is my one of my overall favourites so no real question here. All of the early birds are cool except Unfezant though.

Grass -
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- It's tough not to pick Ivysaur which I like pretty much equally to Bulbasaur, but I'll hand it to Bulbasaur due to its role in the animé setting it apart. A lot of other cool choices such as Meganium or Victreebel could've been picked, but I just love the Bulbasaur line that bit extra.

Poison -
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- I was almost tempted to hand this to Victreebel due to the lack of choice among pokémon who have Poison as their primary type, but I remembered the major role Toxicroak played for me on Platinum and decided otherwise.

Electric -
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- It's tough to exclude Zapdos and Jolteon, but Raichu is my second favourite overall and therefore takes it. While I have used all three for similar amounts of time in the games, I slightly prefer Raichu's design over that of the other two. Pikachu is nothing in comparison to its evolution.

Ground -
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- There's not a greal deal of choice among this type imo, but I'm happy to pick Groudon as my first game was Ruby. Hopefully we'll see some remakes so I can have him in my team again soon.

Psychic -
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- There are a lot of cool choices, but for someone who had the first film on video as one of his first Pokémon experiences, there's no other choice than Mewtwo. He's just too badass and I love his backstory, something which few pokémon receive.

Rock -
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- This really is a poor type to pick from. I've never even used Tyranitar in a game if it helps to put into context how bad the choice really was. I like Tyranitar, but not great amounts.

Ice -
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- Once again not much choice, but I'm happier picking Articuno than I was picking Tyranitar.

Bug -
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- Though there is a lot more Bug types than Rock or Ice, I still don't really like many of them. Butterfree is probably within my top ten favourite pokémon which makes it a really easy choice among this type.

Dragon -
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- There was a lot of choice here, the only Dragon type I don't like is Vibrava (which only has it as a secondary type so I wouldn't have picked it for this type anyway). Dragonite is the original dragon though, it's the best design and it's just the overall coolest. The fact it still remains decent competitively five generations later is cool as well.

Ghost -
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- This was pretty much between Gengar and Giratina as there aren't many cool Ghosts. Giratina's altered forme doesn't look very good though, so I give it to Gengar.

Dark -
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- I pick Zoroark mainly due to the role it played for me on Black 2, but its design is pretty cool as well. I could have picked Darkrai or Weavile, but I haven't had the chance to use them as often.

Steel -
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- This is like a mix of my last two choices, it was only between Cobalion and Dialga and I picked Cobalion due to what it did for me on Black 2. I also narrowly prefer its design to Dialga's.

Fairy -
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- Obviously this will change as more Fairy species are announced, but Gardevoir is by far the coolest among those announced so far.
 
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Powerserge

The Imminent Victor
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Totally stealing CloysterOyster's color scheme, haha

Normal - Regigigas
Fire - Charizard
Water - Gyarados
Electric - Raikou
Grass - Victreebel
Bug - Heracross
Rock - Kabutops
Ground - Donphan
Ice - Jynx
Flying - Lugia
Poison - Nidoking
Fighting - Primeape
Psychic - Mewtwo
Ghost - Haunter
Dark - Houndoom
Steel - Metagross
Dragon - Kingdra
Fairy - Marill, but really (Azumarill?)
 

Splintey

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Heracross because of the life he brought into the Bug type and being the Greatest ever, his typing is unique and his STAB Megahorn hets work done
 

ConnorMac

PC's Resident Muse Fan
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I'm gonna try and use the Pokémon's dominant type...

Normal - Blissey. A true tank on my team, and my favourite Pokémon that I've done the Lvl 100 grind for.
Fire - Charizard. I kinda inherited this from my brother, who was always a huge Charizard fan. I've always envied that shiny Charizard card he had...
Fighting - Machamp. Just a cool Pokémon to look at. :3
Water - Gyarados or Lapras, just strong Pokémon that always seem to have a place in my party.
Flying - Pidgeot. My go-to flying type.
Grass - Don't really care for it... But I've always liked Venusaur.
Poison - Crobat. Definitely worth having to level a Zubat/Golbat...
Electric - Ampharos, but I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Raichu.
Ground - Dugtrio. Always one of my go-to early game Pokémon.
Psychic - Espeon. I love Espeon and Umbreon, two of my alltime favourite Pokémon in general.
Rock - Tyranitar. If I play with my all Dark party, he's a great component for it.
Ice - Delibird. Sentimental value. :3
Bug - Heracross (The bug boss!) or Butterfree. Not a big fan of bugs, either, but still nice Pokémon to use casually.
Dragon - Rayquaza. My second favourite Pokemon of all time, right behind...
Ghost - Gengar! My all-time favourite. Something about him... His trickery, tomfoolery, cunning personality... Love him. :]
Dark - Umbreon. Beautiful and majestic!
Steel - Steelix or Aron. Steelix for power, Aron for cuteness.
Fairy - Marill. By process of elimination...
 

Synerjee

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Normal: Lillipup. It's a puppy!!! I really love dogs, especially cute ones. This one definitely hits the spot. <3
Fire: Argh...this one is hard. Dilemma hard. I have a lot of favourite Fire-types: Cyndaquil, Chandelure and Volcarona being among them, but I must choose. Uhhh........ Cyndaquil.
Fighting: Lucario. It has been a very powerful and valuable member of my White 2 team and has never failed me once.
Water: Lanturn. One of the most adorable Water-type Pokemon I've ever seen. :3
Flying: Crobat. This bat with Acrobatics makes it a strong fighter on the field.
Grass: Leafeon. It's one of the most adorable Eeveelutions in my opinion.
Poison: Crobat (again). It's the only Poison-types I've ever trained to become part of many of my main teams.
Electric: Eelektross. It has no weaknesses. No other Electric-type can beat that yo, not even with Magnet Rise. Plus it learns Flamethrower.
Ground: Garchomp. Ground + Dragon make a great combo.
Psychic: Starmie. I know this is better categorized as a Water-type, but this SuperStar totally rocks my world.
Rock: Carracosta. Because I like turtles. Turtles are cool.
Ice: Spheal. Little ball of ice and fur!
Bug: Joltik. This tiny shockingly cute electric bug really puts a smile on my face! :3
Dragon: Hydreigon. Who can resist the Dragon of the Dark??
Ghost: Drifloon. A ghost balloon surely can't be this cute?
Dark: Zorua. It is one of the very first Gen 5 Pokemon I've ever known.
Steel: Metagross. Well, pseudo-legendaries always somehow attract me. :P
Fairy: Swirlix. TOO CUTE TO RESIST.
 

Tigerfang98

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Normal: Dunsparce, it's so cute and underappreciated.
Fire: Charmander, it's the first pokemon I ever used.
Fighting: Machoke, It's just awesome.
Water: Mudkip, I heard you liek them
Flying: Skarmory, this thing is just such a cool concept
Grass: Bulbasaur, It's so adorable
Poison: Arbok/Seviper, I love snakes
Electric: Manectric, I'm a die-hard dog person
Ground: Nidoking, he can learn all kinds of moves.
Psychic: Slowpoke, His mindlessness is so funny
Rock: Anorith, it's typing is interesting to say the least
Ice: Froslass, it has an awesome cry
Bug: Ariados, cool design
Dragon: Salemence, coolest-looking dragon type EVER
Ghost: Banette, so ugly it's almost cute
Dark: Umbreon, The yellow rings on its body are adorable
Steel: Skarmory (again)
 
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Riolucario11

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nitemate

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my favorite Pokemon is swampert

it's quite a strong Pokemon with good movepool. I like it's colour scheme very much. it's immunity to electric type is also useful in game. It's earlier evolutions are also very good. Also i like it's muscular body. I used it in R,S and E and I also have one in my party in Pokemon black 2 which I am playing now.
 
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Most of my favourites are based on nostalgia or design;

Normal: Lopunny - Like its design, its cute.
Fire: Typhlosion - Cyndaquil/Quilava/Typhlosion was my first pokemon.
Fighting: Blaziken - Not much of a fighting type fan, but it was my favourite of the fire/fighting type starters.
Water: Blastoise - Like its design, favourite kanto starter.
Flying: Pidgeot - First pokemon I raised to lv 100, used it in many teams, not the best normal/flying type by far but will always be my favourite.
Grass: Bayleef - Cool design
Poison: Bulbasaur - Not really a poison type fan but Bulbasaur has a cool design and is the first pokemon in the national pokedex.
Electric: Raichu - Cool design.
Ground: Swampert - My first gen 3 starter and the oldest pokemon I still have, always keep my Swampert from Ruby on my main game of the current generation.
Psychic: Mew - My favourite pokemon.
Rock: Tyranitar - Not much of a rock type fan but Tyranitar is really useful, can learn losts of good moves.
Ice: Lapras - Like its design, looks so calm and peaceful.
Bug: Butterfree - Not much of a bug type fan but Butterfree is cute.
Dragon: Dragonite - Love dragon types, Dragonite is cute and powerful.
Ghost: Froslass - Cool design and typing.
Dark: Umbreon - I like moonlight, night-time and eeveelutions.
Steel: Lucario - Not much of a steel type fan but Lucario has a cool design.
 

Infinite Latios

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Normal: Togepi. Just look at it. It's so cute.
Fire: Victini. Powerful and cute.
Fighting: Lucario. Isn't Lucario everyone's favorite Fighting type?
Water: Um... Oshawott. I don't really like most of the Water-type Pokemon.
Flying: Salamence.
Grass: Chikorita. Chikorita will always have a very special place in my heart for being my first Pokemon.
Poison: Hmm... This one is hard. I really like Poison types. I'm going to go with... Poison-Arceus, for being the only Poison-type legendary so far.
Electric: Pikachu, obviously.
Ground: Hmm... Not a lot of cool Ground-types out there. Camerupt, I guess? It's a walking volcano.
Dragon: Latios, of course. Latios is awesome.
Rock: I don't like any Rock-types. If I had to pick one, it would be Geodude. Just because it's so easy to beat.
Ice: Articuno. It was my first legendary.
Psychic: Since I already said Latios... Latias. I really like that duo.
Ghost: Giratina. Its Origin Forme is awesome.
Dark: Darkrai. It's fun to spam Dark Void.
Steel: Heatran. I like its Signature Move.
 
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New Eden

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Short and sweet here...

Bug - Volcarona
Dark - Yveltal
Dragon - Dragonite
Electric - Mareep
Fighting - Heracross
Fire - Litwick
Flying - Togekiss
Ghost - Gengar
Grass - Lilligant
Ground - Phanpy
Ice - Glaceon
Normal - Staraptor
Poison - Nidoking
Psychic - Latias
Rock - Carracosta
Steel - Excadrill
Water - Three way - Swampert/Milotic/Kyogre.
 

ErikaInRainbowCity

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Ok here goes... :) Hope it's not too long.

Normal: Meowth- I love cats, and when I was younger and watching the anime Team Rocket always made me smile, especially Meowth! They were prob the highlight of watching the show for me :) I know some people probably think Meowth's dub voice is annoying but I don't care if he sounds like Gilbert Gottfried with a New York accent I still love him <3
Fire: Arcanine- I was always intrigued by the fact that Arcanine was considered a "legendary" pokemon but at the same time it wasn't grouped with the rest of them.
Fighting: Poliwrath- It's one of the few pokemon that can learn Fissure (which rocks) and it looks like a Poliwhirl on steroids xD
Water: Swampert- It evolves from cutie pie Mudkip and I like the combo of Water/Ground
Flying: Swablu- My mom always thought Pokemon was weird and would always comment on it when I was younger, so when she said she actually liked Swablu and thought it was cute.. I considered it a victory :3
Grass: Leafeon- I like Eeveelutions and Grass types, what more can I say?
Poison: Nidoqueen- I used her on the road to the E4 in my original Blue version game.. first pokemon besides a starter that I trained to level 100.
Electric: Raichu - Lt. Surge has one, so Raichu is a baws. Also, the curls on it's ears make me think of earrings, so Raichu reminds me of an electric guitar player in a rock band by that logic.
Ground: Rhydon- HORN DRILL, nuff said
Psychic: Mew - Sooo cute and seriously the most mysterious pokemon out there. I love a good mystery :)
Rock: Kabuto- Those little red eye... thingys on it's stomach.
Ice: Froslass- It's modeled after a Yuki-onna and I love Japanese Mythology
Bug: Butterfree- It's so cute! And the anime episode of "Bye, Bye Butterfree" was just beautiful ;_;
Dragon: Dragonite- Powerful, but with a cute face
Ghost: This was a hard choice.. but I pick Gastly due to nostalgic reasons again.. "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak" was, and still is my all time favorite Pokemon anime episode. And Gastly was a total troll in that episode xD
Dark: Umbreon- It grew on me after Pokemon Colosseum.
Steel: Steelix- I like the design :3
Fairy: Hope it's not too soon to say... but I think Sylveon is adorbs <3
 
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mew is my faveourite legendary pokemon ever since the first movie i like its background and its really cute and blastoise and butterfree are my faveourite pokemon first pokemon i had from pokemon blue.
 

Pokemount

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I don't think I can narrow it down to just one on some types...

Bug - Scizor, Heracross and Volcarona
Dark - Houndoom, Umbreon,
Dragon - Dragonite, Salamence, Garchomp and Hydreigon
Electric - Electivire
Fighting - Lucario
Fire - Arcanine
Flying - Noctowl
Ghost - Gengar and Banette
Grass - Roserade
Ground - Nidoking/queen and Flygon
Ice - Glalie
Normal - Snorlax and Ursaring
Poison - Crobat
Psychic - Alakazam and Gallade
Rock - Tyranitar
Steel - Steelix and Skarmory
Water - Gyarados, Milotic, Cloyster, Octillery and Kingdra
 

BugBoyTroy

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Normal: Ditto, cutest pokrmon and has my favorite gimmick. I've always been intrigued by shapeshifting. One of my top 10 favorites
Fire: Torchic, always always my hoenn starter and just the most adorable fire type pokemon <3
Fighting: Poliwrath, never stood out to until one day I used a team of bug type pokemon but needed a water type (in a heartgold playthrough) for surf and stuff. I used poliwag seeing that it was the most bug-like water type available. BEST DECISION OF THAT ENTIRE GAME. I literally fell in love with this pokemon. Best fighting type ever
Water: Squirtle, completely for adorableness and the fact that it was my first pokemon ever and will always have a special place in my heart. One of my top 10
Flying: Ninjask, super fast, super cool, and super cute. One of my top 10 favorites, and I definitely use it a lot and I love it.
Grass: Roserade, I caught a cute budew in my Platinum version and just could not resist using it. Roserade become my major beauty and smart contest pokemon and one of the strongest pokemons on my team. It is definitely amazing. One of my top 10
Poison: Nidoking - my favorite pokemon, I think he is just a the coolest thing ever and I just simply adore him. I always try to have one and I even have a nidoking necklace
Electric: Raichu - My second favorite Pokemon of all time, and is the pokemon I identify most with. Most people at conventions were refer to me as raichu because I cosplay raichu (and they call me it, even when I'm not cosplaying it). The electric type is something I really identify with in general (cosplaying multiple electric type specialists as well including Lt. Surge)
Ground: Sandslash, my favorite animal is an armadillo, something very similar to sandslash and more so its pre-evolution Sandshrew. I've always found this to be a super tough and super cute pokemon, and honestly it's toughest competition is its pre-evolution Sandshrew (both of which are in my top 10 favorites). Although they do have some pretty decent competition considering my favorite type is ground
Psychic: Espeon, my favorite eeveelution, I've always loved espeon and thought it was just soo cute and it's psychic powers are incredible. Espeon is in my top 10 and the only one of them to be used competitively (Magic bounce is an incredible ability)
Rock: Rampardos, Rock is probably my least favorite type, but I've always enjoyed rampardos
Ice: Glaceon, second strongest Ice power in the entire game, followed only by the legendary Kyurem. Glaceon is like the cute version of pure powerful blizzards. One of my top 10.
Bug: Ariados, though it surprises myself to include a pokemon that is not only not that cute or powerful, but has very mighty competition considering on of my favorite types is Bug. But despite some flaws, ariados has an amazing design and was probably the pokemon that made me realize how much bug-types are underappreciated. One of my top 10
Dragon: Dragonite, surprisingly I've never been a huge fan of dragon types. I've always found them overrated and in opposition to bugs. Though Dragonite is so cute
Ghost: Chandelure, power is probably an understatement
Dark: Krookodile, favorite gen 5 pokemon. So strong
Steel: Scizor, the only other pokemon besides espeon on this list that I use competitively. I do not love the steel types but bringing in my beloved bugs, I think scizor is pretty amazing and strong
Fairy: So far Gardevoir, but we will see what happens
 

Shizzable

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Alright, let's do this.

Normal: Exploud. It's hard to explain, it just has a great design for a Normal type, and I like the sound theme.

Fire: Camerupt. Awesome, slightly derpy tank.

Fighting: Scraggy. Awesome design and cool typing (yeah, I like it a bit more before it evolves).

Water: Blastoise. Seriously, it's a giant ninja turtle with cannons on it's back. What's not to like?

Flying: Crowbat. I guess I'm one of the few people who isn't annoyed by the Zubat line, and actually loves it.

Grass: Whimiscott. It's insanely fun to mess up everything with Prankster.

Nidoking: I'm not quite sure what to say about this one. It's just all around great.

Electric: Magneton. Extremely underrated, and so fun to use.

Ground: Donphan. I have no idea why, as I'm pretty sure I've never used one. I just like it.

Psychic: Metagross. Everyone's favorite cybertronic pseudo-legendary.

Rock: Aggron.I wanted to save this one for Steel, but there's no getting around it. Aggron, being my favorite Pokemon outshines the other Rock types.

Ice: Weavile. Purely awesome and powerful Ice type. There's a bit of the Donphan situation here as well.

Bug: Scolipede. I love this thing's awesomeness. Gen 5 was very kind to Bug types.

Dragon: Hydeigon. Best pseudo-legendary out there in my opinion.

Ghost: Chanelure. I'm using one on my White playthrough now, and it's a huge powerhouse.

Dark: Houndoom. Yet another case of the Donphans for me (that seems to be the theme for Gen 2 Pokemon).

Steel: Ferrothorn. Since Aggron is out of the way, I guess I'll go for the awesome spiky vine metal dude.

Fairy: Sylveon. It's hard to tell so far, but I really like Sylveon's design.

Note: All of these can and will change frequently. These are just my favorites at the time of writing this.

Except for Aggron. Aggron will always be the best.
 

classiccartoonsftw

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Normal - Dodrio. This is my favourite Normal/Flying Pokemon, because never disappoints me in the classic games, or in hacks of those.
Fire - Volcarona. Ever since I've got it from the Relic Castle, I've used it countless times against the Elite Four, and it always made me proud with its STAB attacks and Quiver Dance.
Water - Feraligatr. Mainly because of my childhood.
Grass - Venusaur. My favourite starter of Gen 1, my favourite Grass starter, and my favourite Grass/Poison.
Electric - Pikachu. This mouse is super cute and I've got some very cute plushies of it. It's also pretty good in the games. In the classic games and in ROM hacks, it's usually my first choice for an Electric mon.
Ice - Lapras. Not only is it super cute, it's also fun to use in the games. I had such a fun time using it in Pokemon Red (and hacks) and in Pokemon White 2.
Fighting - Lucario. Cool design? Check. Good typing? Check. Good stats? Check. Good movepool? Check.
Poison - Gengar. I love everything about it! Its looks, its design, its typing, its stats, its movepool, and its plushie! And I want to use it in Pokemon X and Y.
Ground - Garchomp. Uber or not, this thing is always fun to use.
Flying - Salamence. With its amazing design, movepool, and Moxie, it stands out above all the other Dragons and Flyings for me.
Psychic - Starmie. It has a great movepool and the stats to abuse it. Also, it's a Water type.
Bug - Volcarona, but I've explained that already.
Rock - Tyranitar. With its great stats, movepool, and design, this thing is a major badass. Sand Stream may be hindering for my in-game team most of the time (since I always use various types) but that's no big deal.
Ghost - Gengar. See Poison.
Dragon - Salamence. See Flying.
Dark - Tyranitar. See Rock.
Steel - Ferrothorn. Since this thing was very good competitively, I wanted to see if it's also good in-game. And it was.
 
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