Favorite Pokémon Tournament 2016: Fire (Nov. 14-21)

Can't believe we're nearly at the finale, so I'll show who made my cut for best Fire-types.

I mainly picked some fan faves like Ninetales and Flareon, along with voting a few Fire-type starters (my notable picks were the Tepig, Fennekin, Chimchar and Cyndaquil lines). Pretty much every awesome 5th Gen Fire-type here made my votes due to their amazing power, while 6th Gen candidates Talonflame and Pyroar also got in.

Didn't pick too many here. Fire is not one of my most used types:

Vulpix Line - I really like the design of this line and Ninetales has a great lore and a truly beautiful Shiny.

Blaziken Line - Nice design and has a great Fire/Fighting typing. As cute as Tepig and Chimchar may be the Hoenn Fire Starter beats them out.

Victini - It is adorable.

Delphox Line - My favourite Fire Starter line and has an elegant final form with a great design and a great Shiny Form.

Damnit I wanted to post first I was so close urgh

Magmortar line- Never gave it much thought before in the past but then I tried using it in nuzruns and proved it's worth.

Chandelure- See above. Surprisingly tanky and hits decently as well. Prevented my team from having more than 1 death at the E4, and because of that it's my fav gen5 line

Reshiram- I've always prefered it over it's counterpart. Amazing typing, solid movepool and cool design to boot.

(Lol this was the same 3 I voted for in last year's poll)

Went with Ninetales, Arcanine, Magmar & Houndoom lines

Delphox - It's beautiful and strong.

I picked a lot of different Fire-types because there's just so many great ones. However, my favorite is probably tied between Chimchar and Torchic.

Here are my picks for this poll:

Vulpix line
Ponyta line
Magby line
Houndour line
Volcanion

I've chosen Pyroar, Talonflame and Houndoom for non Gen Oners. I have complete faith in their strength. For starters, I've picked Charizard and Typhlosion. Sorry, every fire starter from Hoenn on. For Legendaries, it's Moltres, Entei, Ho-Oh and Reshiram. For Kanto starters, it's Rapidash, Magmar, Flareon, and the one I expect to champion; Arcanine. It has been described a being a Legendary Pokemon without being one, like Alakazam or Gyarados. I was able to make Arcanine the strongest in my Red Version, with Bite, Flamethrower and, wait for it, Dig! That's right, you can slay Ghosts in Gen One if you have an Arcanine with Dig! Also, one of the few Roar-users, just try finding someone who'd care. :P

Not too fused on Fire-types tbh. Voted for:

• Houndour line
• Litwick line
• Fennekin line
• Volcanion

Just going to keep it short...

Charmander line
Magby line
Cyndaquil line
Ho-oh
Torchic line
Chimchar line

Victini - V-WHEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
Chandy - Is a chandelier. Also is a great Pokémon.
Typhlosion - My second ever starter deserves some love here, so here it is.

POKEMON I DIDN'T VOTE FOR:
Charizard
Talonflame

I absolutely love most of the fire-type Pokemon so I had to narrow it down quite a bit. My votes went to the Charmander, Vulpix, Growlithe, Cyndaquil lines and Victini!

Kept it short and simple on this poll

Cyndaquil line: Such a cool line and Johto starters have a special place in my heart

Chimchar line: Only my favorite starter line and second favorite Pokemon (Infernape). Between its awesome design to its very solid moveset, this line is pure awesomeness

I picked the Charmander, Cyndaquill, Chimchar and Litwick lines.

I only like Picking one, so I chose Ninetales. I rather enjoy using it with some pretty cool combos.

Lots of favs here, but I'll restrict my Vote to the Cyndaquil line.

Pika Pika chu:

Thanks to everyone who participated in this week's polls, but with that, they are now closed!

Always a contender in the Fire type poll, it was Growlithe and Arcanine that ran away with the victory, earning themselves a place in the FPT finale for this year. In second place was the Chimchar family, who had a strong surge in votes near the end, but didn't quite have enough to make it to the top. In third place (tied with the Volcarona and Ninetales families) was Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard, who won't make the finale for the first time since winning the tournament in 2014. In any case, good job to all this week's competitors.

If you haven't had the chance, be sure to take a look at the Water type polls results to see who else will be making the finale. And then be sure to come back to Pokemon General tomorrow, as the final poll of the year will begin, as we vote on PC's favorite Pokemon of 2016. See you then!

I am so shocked this is the first time in FPT history that Charizard failed to make the final poll. Guess his popularity fell from grace here, or maybe it's because Arcanine's design appeal is so effective?