Do you ever ditch your starters?

Now, our starter Pokemon is usually our partner throughout the game cos it's our first Pokemon.

But some people like to part ways with their starter when they get a better Pokemon.

So, have you ever ditched your starter when playing a Pokemon game?

I never have to be truthful. I always plan my team with my starter in mind, as they aren't bad Pokemon at all.

I have and plan on it on my first run of White 2. When I want to make a 6 party team, every single time I don't want to be bogged down to the Fire/Water/Grass. I might not use any of those types. Every now and then when I start up, say Platinum. I might want to have a Luxray in my final party and in that final party I decided not to use a starter, I just catch it as early as possible, then put Turtwig/Chimchar/Piplup in the PC.

I don't ditch my starter at all. I keep in on my team everytime, unless I go training with other pok?s and there's a Pok?mon significantly stronger than it. (I use a strong Pok?mon as an emergency if my other pok?s faint.)

I ditched my starter in SoulSilver for my Cynthia team and I ditched my starter in White. Other than that, I've never ditched it before.

I ditch them all the time in DPPt and BW(2). :) I rarely ever ditch them in RSE though. Those are my favorite starters, plus RSE is the most nostalgic for me, so I'd feel like I'm leaving behind a friend if I ditched it. I do for challenges though, so that's really the only time I don't go through the game with my starter.

I haven't ditched my starter ever, because despite how bad the starter seems competitively, I keep it no matter what because having it with me throughout the entire game makes me feel...quite attached to it.

What heartless being could ditch a starter?? My starters usually end up being tanks that can solo the E4, so I can't ditch them.

The protagonist is such a special snowflake for getting something rare; yes, I prefer to esteem lesser creatures.

I used to ditch my starter, but as of the 4th and 5th Gens, I keep my starter.

It's just that I can't let go of my partner.

I feel like I pretty much have to whenever I complete the game/beat the elite four and whatnot. When I picture my future team, I generally don't include any starter in it unless it has competitive potential, so I try to stray from utilizing any starter that I used for storyline purposes and such.

I have never ditched my starter before. There has been times where it wasn't in my party and in a box, but there's always a good reason behind that such as I'm training other Pokemon. My starter is always part of my team.

To be honest, in every Pokemon game, I never ditch my starters at all. I mean, I use the all the time and usually, it's my highest level Pokemon... So, I never ditch my starters...

My starters have always been on my team, I've grown too attatched to them xD.

NEVER!! My starter is my character's (and the character I am role playing as) best-est friend! How could I ever be that heartless? ;_;

I don't think I would. Perhaps if I was training other Pokemon but in a proper team the starter will always be there.

I do all the time as my team doesn't use the starter pokemon much, but there is a pokemon I always have in my team. that's another story.

I usually ditch my starters apart from RBG/FRLG in which I have two because I can't bring myself to drop them from my team. I think it's a bit predictable to have them and noobish to have more than one, so I sort of contradict myself but oh well.