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SlytherinRayquaza October 1st, 2015 6:48 AM

I chose Fennekin but ended up trading over a Froakie so I could use both. I still like Delphox the best. It may not be the strongest but I love it anyway.

Solar Snivy October 5th, 2015 6:46 PM

I liked chespin the best at first, but the evolutions ruined him for me. He's still my favorite of the first forms, but I think Froakie has the best evolutionary line.

bossman34 October 6th, 2015 11:29 AM

I just started my first play through. I went with Chespin. Outside of Charmander and Kanto games, I almost always go with the grass starters.

myystogan October 17th, 2015 6:07 AM

I chose Fennekin :-]
The reason being: I like Fennekin the best out of the Kalos starters. But then again, I dislike the Kalos Starters as a whole... tbh. So I ended up boxing my starter during my Y runthrough :-/

Sopheria October 18th, 2015 7:51 AM

I chose Fennekin the first time around, because I thought it was the cutest out of the three. Turns out I'm not a huge fan of its final form Delphox though, design-wise or battle-wise. So in my second playthrough (after I started a new game and carried all my Pokemon over via the Pokemon Bank) I chose Froakie, since I'm a huge fan of Greninja. Ironically enough though, Froakie is my least favorite of the first stage Kalos starters. Go figure.

ProfChaos October 18th, 2015 6:21 PM

I usually go with water starters as i'm pretty picky about which water type to use throughout game and starter generally doesn't disappoint. Though, once i've learned all the starters, i play without them.

chose Froakie and loved it. infact, it inspired me to shape an all "ninja" themed team based off of it.

Greninja
Umbreon(Sometimes swapped for Weavile)
Ninjask(sometimes swapped for Accelgor)
Scizor
Crobat
Toxicroak


I'm facerolling the game and do surprisingly well on Battlespot considering it's swarming with people spamming OP legendaries. :)

Witchcraft November 17th, 2015 3:22 PM

I've played with both Fennekin and Chespin.

When the starters were first release, I actually liked Froakie more than Chespin (but not as much as Fennekin.) And especially with the release of Frogadier, which I love. But I didn't like Greninja because of the tongue scarf (bleh!)

Dlephox is probably my favorite, even if I do think they could have made it more appealing (bigger, rounder head and eyes.)

FireSnow November 20th, 2015 9:45 AM

I've played with only Chespin so far, largely due to its character in the anime which made me think it would be a lot of fun. I was right about Chespin but not so much it evolutions. I was very disappointed with its evolutions' designs and overall use. They have a very limited movepool and the moves they can use aren't much fun. I was also a bit disappointed that the stats really aren't that great outside of its attack. With that said, I do love the line dearly since it was my first in Pokemon X but I will choose a different starter for next time.

Loriania November 21st, 2015 5:44 AM

X- Froakie. Y- Fennekin. Water is my favourite type, so I usually choose that in the first game. Then fire in the second.

JJ Styles November 21st, 2015 7:36 AM

Even though i went with Fennekin in my first playthrough of Y since I really liked how cute Fennekin is, I did another playthrough but on X this time with Froakie as my starter since i knew that Froakie's evolutionary line is pretty boss. Greninja is one kickass fully evolved starter.

I am pretty happy that i got the Adamant Chespin in my Y playthrough from Shauna. Though maybe the nature was already set but then again, I wouldn't know.

Hikamaru November 26th, 2015 7:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Xin ZhaoYun (Post 9004838)
I am pretty happy that i got the Adamant Chespin in my Y playthrough from Shauna. Though maybe the nature was already set but then again, I wouldn't know.

The starter that Shauna gives you in the postgame has a set nature and while I'm not sure if they have a set gender, I'm assuming they are male since I know I got the Fennekin and it was male so I think they are set like that. As far as the natures go, the Chespin (Chester) is Adamant, Fennekin (Kinniekins) is Modest and Froakie (Froabble) is Jolly.

LadyVenus December 6th, 2015 9:01 AM

My favorite Kalos starter is Froakie. Greninja is an absolute beast. I'm not a big fan of the Chespin line. Chespin is cute but I kind of wish its evolutions would have been designed a little differently. I'm also not a huge fan of Delphox. To me, Braixen is more aesthetically pleasing.

Firox December 6th, 2015 6:36 PM

To be honest when the 3 Kalos where originally introduced in January 2013, didn't liked any of the 3, back then still loved cats more none of the 3 resembled any - but some time around April and May I started to fall in love with foxes - so naturally Fennekin started to catch my attention.

When XY came out I made up my mind and choose Fennekin as my starter.

Now Fennekin is my most favorite of all starters combined.
So cute in game (and in the anime too)
Braixen is my 3rd Favorite Pokemon (behind Flareon and Ninetales)
Delphox awesome looking (and cute too).
So happy I choose them as my favorite.

Anytime I play an X, Y, (and next 6th generation main game) I will gladly choose Fennekin.

as for the other 2?
Chespin is OK, funny in the anime.
Quilladin looks odd at first getting used to it
Chesnaught at first didn't liked since it didn't resemble Chespin or Quilladin at first, getting to slowly like it

Frokie and it's two evo's to this day I can't stand or like, they are almost rock bottom at my favorite's list.

Majestic Electric December 7th, 2015 12:10 PM

I haven't picked a Fire-starter since Cyndaquil, but I don't regret choosing Fennekin one bit! It's not only adorable, but it also evolves into a Fire / Psychic type! I'm also a sucker for canid-like Pokemon.

Sukyandaru December 8th, 2015 9:47 AM

First generation where I picked a Fire type first since gen2, Fennekin is just too cute! And the magician kinda thing going on with Delphox was pretty cool, too.
Next time I play XY I'm not sure who I'd pick, to be honest ><

FioriKikuchi December 10th, 2015 12:21 PM

I chose Fennekin because of how adorable it looks and that it reminds me of my grandmother's dog lol.

Fannie December 11th, 2015 5:10 AM

Greninja looks the least weird to me. I'm not a fan of the Kalos starters to be honest. I like how they look before they evolve.

Kaiyu December 12th, 2015 9:08 AM

Usually I would pick the water type but this time I didn't and picked the fire type. Froakie and Fennekin both look cute in their own ways but I chose Fennekin because I never had a fire type as a starter before. I wanted to try something different this time.

Pendraflare December 16th, 2015 8:33 PM

I've chosen all of them multiple times, but Chespin was the one I chose in my very first time through X, and the last playthrough I did. But my most notable adventure in them had me going with Froakie, where it lived to the end. I like all three of them, I can't help but be amused at Froakie's puzzled look.

Pond December 16th, 2015 8:39 PM

Like Pendraflare says, I've chosen them all multiple times. The first starter I got was Chespin, but I think Fennekin grew the most on me. c:

Blue Moon December 16th, 2015 9:11 PM

I went with Chespin because I really liked his design, but I ended up regretting it because I didn't really like his later evolutions too much.

Starry Windy December 17th, 2015 10:48 PM

I went with Fennekin, because it simply looks pretty cute ^^

MagmaFlash December 19th, 2015 5:49 AM

I love chespin the most. Chesnaught has really good defense, so he can take a lot of physical hits. The only downside about him is that flying-types will destroy him in an instant. I think it can be countered by teaching him rock slide or stone edge.

Also, his design looks awesome. He looks like a cross between a chestnut, an armadillo and a soldier.

Sirenita55 January 8th, 2016 1:22 PM

Whilst I'm super excited to be finally getting Pokemon X soon (awaiting my order), I'm dreading this choice. Before the games were released, I was sure I would continue my usual trend of picking the Water type (with the exception of Charmander when I was a 9 year old playing Red). When I saw the starters, I became far more divided. Each of them is adorable in their first stage and I'm not that fond of any of their final stages. This is the first time I've had a Pokemon game where I've genuinely struggled to decide who to start with, hopefully it will become easier once I have the game in hand. Having said that, I've gone back and forth on this potential decision since I became aware of the starters. I love foxes which makes me favour Fennekin.. but then Froakie is a cute frog and my favourite type... Chespin is my favourite colour and very, very cute... I'm starting to sound like the Pokemon Fan Club President XD

LordGrizz January 8th, 2016 1:51 PM

Had to go with my ninja, Greninja. Ha I'm hilarious. Anyway I think what sold me on greninja more than anything else is sweet tongue scarf. Also protean is pretty awesome.


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