2nd Gen Replacing Cyndaquil, Totodile, & Chikorita...

If you were going to substitute Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Chikorita for different Pokémon, which would you choose?

Psyduck → Golduck lvl. 33
Golduck base state total: 500

Elekid → Electabuzz lvl. 30
Electabuzz base stat total: 490

Phanpy → Donphan lvl. 25
Donphan base stat total: 500​

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Why not replace it with another fire type?

Delta said:

Why not replace it with another fire type?

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What do you propose?

Treecko, Torchic and Mudkip! Hoenn FTW!


Okay with that joke aside, perhaps Johto and Kanto should merge into one huge region? That means the original Kanto starters are going to be the main starters.

I wouldn't like to...but if I had to, I would choose

Togepi, Machop, Magnemite.

Oddish > Gloom > Vileplume.
Horsea > Seadra > Kingdra.
Magby > Magmar > Magmortar.

Not too bad?

Ah, forgot this was Gen II not HGSS, uh... well. Either everyone gets two forms because the fire side of things isn't that great in Gen II or we have an imbalance. Darn it.

I always use chikorita as hm slave or psyduck. But my team usually consists of arcanine, pidgeot, kadabra, scyther, sneasel, ampharos for battling. Sometimes I'll substitute arcanine for rapidash later in game.

If we can't use the original Kanto starters....

Oddish > Gloom > Vileplume
Poliwag > Poliwhirl > Poliwrath

I don't think there is another 2 evolution fire type is there?

Growlithe --> Arcanine
Oddish --> Gloom --> Bellossom
Psyduck --> Golduck

Actually, I thought now, I'll make this party on my next game :D

If I limit myself to the earliest 251 Pokémon, find three evolutionary families who evolve in identical ways, and have types that can be arranged in a "rock-paper-scissor" pattern...

Here's the trio I propose. All of them evolve only once, by reaching a certain level:
Paras -> Parasect
Houndour -> Houndoom
Chinchou -> Lanturn

Yeah, I know, Paras actually has a double weakness to fire, but in Gen 3, Mudkip's evolved forms had a double weakness to grass, so I consider this fair game. The strengths/weaknesses cycle is obviously: Paras -> Chinchou -> Houndour -> Paras...

But if I absolutely have to step outside of the usual "grass-fire-water" pattern, I'd suggest the following trio:

Mankey -> Primeape
Houndour -> Houndoom
Natu -> Xatu

I know I'm repeating myself with Houndour... I actually wanted to put Swinub or Magnemite in that spot, but they both get an additional evolution in Gen 4, and it wouldn't be fair for the two other starters :) .

The strengths/weaknesses cycle is: Mankey -> Houndour/Swinub/Magnemite -> Natu -> Mankey...

Flareon
Vaporeon
Leafeon (v 1.0)

:)

I'd replace them with Growlithe, Staryu and Oddish!

i replace totodile with totodile since it's the best water type starter there is

Uh for Totodile I'd put in Horsea, for Chikorita I'd say Oddish and then Cyndaquil would be swapped for Magby.

I would go with
1. Remoraid
2. Sunkern
3. Slugma

Hoppip > Skiploom > Jumpluff
Horsea > Seadra > Kingdra
Houndour > Houndoom

I really did not intend for them all to start with H lol, I was just thinking of a good Grass/Fire/Water trio that ended with Johto Pokémon.

i would use

-Arcanine
-too many good water pokemon to pick from...
-vileplume

curiousnathan said:

I'd replace them with Growlithe, Staryu and Oddish!

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Houndour, Mareep and Teddiursa would be my choices.

Gen 2 pokémon obviously, not Kanto ones c: So probably Smoochum, Magby and Elekid would have been a fun trio to start with.

I frankly wouldn't want to change any, coz I like all three of them.

The only one I'd want to change is maybe Chikorita, coz that's the one one I least preferred of the three. Don't dislike it though.

Pika Pika :chu: