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Otamajakushi February 10th, 2016 1:37 PM

What Gen 5 Pokemon would you pick to use as your starter?
 
If you had to replace your starter with a different Gen 5 Pokemon, what would it be?

For me, it'd be a tough match up between Scraggy and Roggenrola. Both were very amazing during my playthough and did a tremendous job wrecking gyms and gym leaders. If I had to pick only one, it'd have to be Roggenrola. Sure you have to evolve by trading later, but it's definitely well worth it. I found myself relying on Boldore and Gigalith a lot and think that I could succeed well with it as a starter.

Xherdan February 10th, 2016 3:47 PM

The trio would be Solosis, Deino and Tynamo. I dunno, i love each final evo of these three. I guess i'd just play the game three times.

Hikamaru February 10th, 2016 9:11 PM

If I couldn't have Oshawott as my starter, I'd be happy to take Tympole for a similar early Water-type. Or maybe Gothita, Petilil, Elgyem, Litwick or Drilbur for all being cute and having some strong evolutions.

Ozymandias February 11th, 2016 3:03 PM

Gotta go with my fave Gen Fiver, Deerling
So got damn 'dorable ;_;
Honestly it only has one evolution and it's no particularly strong, so it probably wouldn't be very good, but nonetheless I love the pokemon so i'd take it

Caite-chan February 11th, 2016 4:34 PM

For me it would either be Klink or Trubbish. I would want to be one of those who would be WAY different.

Oddball_ February 11th, 2016 10:24 PM

Gimme that Vanilite son. People give it crap, but I actually really like the little ice cream cone pokemon. That and I don't use Ice types a lot, so it would be interesting to use something I don't get a chance to all that often.

jombii February 12th, 2016 5:10 AM

Victini

Discounting him and the starters, I'll probably go with Deerling or or Litwick for the main reason that I like Sawsbuck's (especially Spring and Summer) and Chandelure's designs.

Kikaito plush February 12th, 2016 6:01 AM

If I cpouldn't have any of the starters then I would I would have Sandile cause I love that line.

blue February 12th, 2016 6:41 AM

Vanillite. Not many Ice-types are accessible early on, so it would be a great advantage to have from the start. Also it is a 3-staged evolutionary line that ends up with a similar BST to all of the starters. 8)

Hikamaru March 15th, 2016 4:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Blue (Post 9115659)
Vanillite. Not many Ice-types are accessible early on, so it would be a great advantage to have from the start. Also it is a 3-staged evolutionary line that ends up with a similar BST to all of the starters. 8)

Aside from its not-so-good movepool, Vanilluxe does have to have credit for being tied with Lapras for the highest BST of a non-legendary, non-Mega Ice-type. Vanillite even evolves at the level that most starters would already be at their final stage, but I feel it's intentional considering the potency of the Ice-type.

PikachuAndEevee March 15th, 2016 8:37 PM

I would like to have a Patrat as my starter. Patrat is my favourite Unova pokemon!

fatbarber March 19th, 2016 5:02 PM

I've got to say Sandile, because he eventually evolves into Krookodile. He's so red, he looks like he's about to burst!

Thepokefansophia March 20th, 2016 4:29 AM

There are so many to choose from but...
I would like Petill, veniepede and deerling.

Sirenita55 March 20th, 2016 8:21 AM

For me it would certainly be Deerling. <3

JohnnyGolduck March 20th, 2016 2:47 PM

Axew! The coolest and cutest dragon. Also evolves into one of my favorite pokemon of all time, Haxorus.

Firox March 20th, 2016 10:18 PM

For me easily and didn't spend any second thinking.
and no surprise either if you look in my username

It would be Zorua
it's so cute, and adoroble, one of my favorite dark foxes around!
my current favorite Unova Pokemon

Sydian March 21st, 2016 2:43 PM

Give me a Petilil from the get go, and I'm set. Like that's it. Just Petilil. This is a solo run now. I have all I need.

Astinus March 22nd, 2016 2:44 PM

I'm going to be downright crazy with this, but I'd want a Patrat. I actually like them, and Watchog makes a decent Pokemon. Plus, they're a Normal-type Pokemon, and I love my Normal Pokemon. A Patrat would be good for a starter because they're sturdy and easy to handle for beginning trainers, but then they evolve into an...alright Pokemon.

Hikamaru March 22nd, 2016 5:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Astinus (Post 9175166)
I'm going to be downright crazy with this, but I'd want a Patrat. I actually like them, and Watchog makes a decent Pokemon. Plus, they're a Normal-type Pokemon, and I love my Normal Pokemon. A Patrat would be good for a starter because they're sturdy and easy to handle for beginning trainers, but then they evolve into an...alright Pokemon.

I find that Watchog has a degree of usefulness to it as well, especially with learning moves like Hypnosis and Thunder Wave which make it handy for catching Pokemon. Don't get me wrong, Patrat does start out good and while it tends to get outclassed later on, it's still not a bad Pokemon.

takeKopter March 23rd, 2016 4:30 AM

Litwick,, I just love chandelure somehow, in my opinion it has one of the best design in gen5

Astinus March 23rd, 2016 3:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Hikamaru (Post 9175342)
I find that Watchog has a degree of usefulness to it as well, especially with learning moves like Hypnosis and Thunder Wave which make it handy for catching Pokemon. Don't get me wrong, Patrat does start out good and while it tends to get outclassed later on, it's still not a bad Pokemon.

It's also great because of the coverage it can earn through learning TMs. Flamethrower, Shadow Ball, Thunderbolt... A Watchog might not be good at the attacks, but it's handy to have around in the game for backup.

Plus, as I neglected to say in my first post, I do like Watchog's design. The cheeks on that thing are adorable. Same with Patrat's wee tail.

Oh, and I just saw that PikachuandEevee also likes Patrat! Guess we'll be the Patrat trainers!

atmmachine11 March 26th, 2016 7:53 AM

Ayyy more Scraggy love. Well, gen 5 is one of my favorite generations of all time, with that being said I would be happy with almost any of them being my starter. However, at the end of the day I would have to go with Scraggy since he is in my top 3 favorite Pokemon of all time.

Dreg March 27th, 2016 4:30 PM

I would definitely go with Gothita as Gothorita is my favorite pokemon of all time. I think the only trouble it would have from the beginning is Dark/Bug types, but once it has the support to best those types, it can be a useful pokemon to have.

esperance March 29th, 2016 12:42 PM

I'm with Dreg on this one, I want to start with a Gothita! I've always liked that Pokémon. Other than that I also think it would be fun to start with a Blitzle or an Emolga.

h2old March 29th, 2016 3:06 PM

I would like my starter Sandile
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