Do you spoil your Starter?

[MollyDJmaster]

Huh... Usually.

I usually keep my starter 1 or 2 levels above my team.

My team usually stays around the same level. I am really paranoid about that.

So say my starter is the same level as my team, I HAVE to raise my starter before the others!

 

[Prometheus]

My Torterra yes, But, As for my Meganium, That was horrificly weak.

 

[Binary]

My starter is generally the highest leveled pokemon in my team. It gets the massages, haircuts and everything else too. So yeah. But there will always be a few others in my team too.

 

[Guy]

My starters are usually no higher in level than the rest of my team. It's usually the strongest when I first start off, but after my second catch, I put it in the backseat to allow my other Pokémon to catch up. I probably allow my starters to be first inline for a massage, or haircut, but that's as far as I go to spoil it. By the time of the Elite Four and Champion, my Pokémon's levels become uneven depending on who was most useful and who was not. After that though, my starter is usually on and off my team while I try training new Pokémon for after the main game.

 

[M o n s t e R]

I usually only train/ spoil my starter until i get to the 3rd or 4th gym, unless i come across a rare or shiny Pokemon.

 

[Amore]

I usually keep the starter, and build the team around him tbh. Do you not find it depends which starter it is to how much you spoil them? I mean, in Kanto, I spoil my Charmanders because they need to be overlevelled to get past Brock and Misty, but if it's a Bulbasaur I'm using, he can usually walk through them, so I level my other pokemon more.

In Johto, I always level Totodile more, because I need Ice Fang to take care of Bugsy's Scyther (Rock Tomb is too inaccurate), but if it's Cyndaquil I chose, he gets levelled up in Sprout Tower and against Bug Catchers on Route 30/31, but then left as he is until Azalea's Gym itself.

Again, in Hoenn, I overlevel Torchic as it needs to evolve to take on Roxanne, but if it's Mudkip or Treecko, I give the others more attention.

In Sinnoh, as with Torchic, Chimchar gets overlevelled. However, so does Piplup so it's strong enough to stand up to Gardenia. Turtwig, however, doesn't get as much special treatment.

Overall, it generally depends how many pokemon I can find to cover their weaknesses, and if they are useful against the gyms or not.

 

[Demigod]

No, not since R/S/E. In diamond I left my starter in my hometown but in platinum I took my starter on my journey for the heck of it.

 

[mondays suck]

No. I spoil my Jumpluff instead. More often than not, my starter is boxed/enslaved/hacked into something different anyways.

 

[Fee Nicks]

I try to keep my party fairly evenly leveled, aside from when I need to use a specific pokemon in my team to beat whatever gym I have to do before it (Extrasensory Togetic against Morty or Azumarill against Jasmine's Steelix, to give two examples).
I did make push my Feraligatr all the way to level 100 when I first played Gold though; I kinda steamrolled over Red with that.

 

[Strdstwanderer]

I don't spoil my starter usually I balance the level of my team

 

[Captain Hobo.]

Yes, they are usually like 7 level ahead the rest of my pokemon.

 

[Weavile05]

Not at all, though I do have more pride in my starters than any other pokemon, with the exception of Empoleon in Platinum, whom I boxed after I got a Poliwrath.