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Joshawott March 29th, 2012 1:03 PM

Least Favourite Starter Evolution Line
 
All starters are known for having solid evolution lines to get beginners and veterans alike through the main game, I think we can all agree on that. But if you had to say, which one is your least favourite and why?

Mentalii March 31st, 2012 2:57 AM

Tepig-Pygmite-Emboar. The evolution line that shouldn't have existed... The fire/fighting type that we didn't need...
Moreover their design are horrible. Emboar is scaring and ugly. So much that it's almost funny.

HoodieDoodie March 31st, 2012 3:15 AM

Its hard for me, since I quite a few. Gen II by far had the best starters (love them all, and Quilava is one of my favourite pokemon ever) and Gen II had the worst. I'd say my least favourite evo line is Turtwig - Grotle - Torterra, because they are slow and are frankly ugly. The only one that would be worth having in a team is Torterra because of the ground moves.
Other really sucky ones Are Chimchar +, Tepig + and Oshawatt. But Oshawatt's evos are awesome, so I'm not dissing him that much. Dewott is certainly the best starter evo there is in Gen V.

kevcrash March 31st, 2012 1:06 PM

The whole Oshawott line just let me down a lot. It wasn't that bad, but it really wasn't anything special at all.

XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE April 1st, 2012 12:11 PM

Chimchar, Mudkip and Tepig lines I'm not overly fond of, particularly Chimchar's and Mudkip's.

Aces923 April 1st, 2012 12:14 PM

Piplups evolution line i really dislike !

The reason is. nothing to do with power or type. I really really just don't like the look of them. Piplups fine but the other two WOW !

User19sq April 1st, 2012 12:16 PM

I don't like Mudkip's evolutionary line. It just brings back lost of horrible, rotten memories. Also, it's very weak to almost every Grass-type ut there.

Fizzay April 1st, 2012 12:20 PM

Piplup's line....Was just...No. =/

ShinyUmbreon189 April 1st, 2012 12:24 PM

I did not like Chimchar's at all, it's pretty much just a remake of Torchic's. You can't say you hate Kanto's because they are 1, 4, 7 out of 600 or so. So they started it all.

Nomine April 1st, 2012 12:35 PM

Ever since G/S/C, I never particularly liked Chikorita's evolutionary line. I guess it's because I never really had success in battling with it. It's plant/flower design didn't really appeal to me either.

Treecko April 1st, 2012 12:43 PM

Least Favourite Starter Evolution Line
 
Chimchar is my least favorite starter so I really dislike it's evolution line too. A fire monkey doesn't seem very fitting to be a starter Pokemon to me.

PlatinumDude April 1st, 2012 2:36 PM

I don't like the Chikorita line much. Sure, they're cute and all, but they don't really learn anything good via level-up (aside from good support moves).

Timbjerr April 2nd, 2012 1:17 PM

The Maganium family. By far.

With this sole exception, every starter goes from looking cute and innocent at the lowest level to becoming an intimidating-looking beast ready to **** things up at their highest level. It's a tradition that hasn't been broken but once.

Meganium is the farthest thing from "intimidating." It looks no less innocent than the unevolved Chikorita in a way.

Add to this the statistical build of a support pokémon (when every other starter family have the stats to be a sweeper or a tank), and Meganium becomes just awkward to use strategically. :/

Granted, I'm aware that the reasons I listed as why I hate it are perhaps the same reason a Meganium lover would use to justify loving it. Different strokes for different folks, they say. It's just not my cup of tea. XD

Hikamaru April 2nd, 2012 2:16 PM

I hate Charmander's line the most cos of Ash's Charizard disobeying him in the anime.

I hate all the Kanto starters but especially Charmander and its evos.

Kenshin5 April 2nd, 2012 2:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShinyUmbreon189 (Post 7110091)
I did not like Chimchar's at all, it's pretty much just a remake of Torchic's. You can't say you hate Kanto's because they are 1, 4, 7 out of 600 or so. So they started it all.

Apparently not considering the poster prior to me. I never understood how people are "supposed" to not dislike mons that started it all. No I don't dislike any of the Gen I starters but they have just as much mah pokemon across the broad as any other gen imo.

For me it is Chikorita line, not one of the pokemon in the line appealed to me appearance wise or battle wise. Not to mention I really didn't care for Gen II starters as a whole. A close second would be Snivy line, but I actually somewhat like Snivy and Servine, Serperior though just ruins the whole line for me though.

arbok April 3rd, 2012 1:13 AM

Tepig looks cool but when it evolves. No, just no. Other then that I've got no really problems with starters, 'cept not being fond of Torchick's either.

Giraffe April 3rd, 2012 1:42 AM

I'm not a huge fan of Chimchar ~ It's just never appealed to me. & Chimchar in the anime... just ew.

Hilbert April 3rd, 2012 6:25 AM

Tepig/Pignet/Emboar... Emboar should have been Fire/fight and it is seems somehow ugly...

TY April 3rd, 2012 6:45 AM

Chimchar/Monferno/Infernape...

Their designs and stats are horrible for a Fire type, as the best attack for it is Flare Blitz, while Eruption/Flamethrower/Fire Blast are being thrown away at this line...

Yoshikko April 3rd, 2012 7:02 AM

Why's everyone hatin on Infernape line?! They are p badass you know!!

Anyways couldn't decide between Torterra/Empoleon line or Serperior, but went with the latter in the end cause really I'd have anything rather than them lol.

bewbs April 5th, 2012 12:20 AM

Don't care for the tepig line much.

Nick April 7th, 2012 7:59 AM

I hate the Tepig/Pignite/Emboar line for no rational reason.

Turn-it April 9th, 2012 11:17 AM

Snivy got my vote. At the end this evolutionary line, I felt like Serperior's stats were lacking horribly as a starter.

Ephemeral Euphoria April 9th, 2012 11:23 AM

The Oshawott line was horribly disappointing for me in all honesty, nothing really special stood out when it came to that line imo besides from Razor Shell but Waterfall was better to begin with and no access to Shell Smash or Earthquake made me want to cry.

Zephele April 9th, 2012 11:30 AM

Wasn't much of a fan of Serperior. I think it looks cool design wise, but it didn't really pull its weight when I used one in my team.

Actually, I found all the starters in Gen 5 to be pretty underwhelming. Which is a shame, since I really liked their first-stage designs...


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