Favorite 3-Stage Pokemon in each type

bold = their whole line is that type


Grass: (any of the starters, Vileplume, Bellossom, VIctreebel, Jumpluff, Ludicolo, Shiftry, Roserade, Leavanny, Tsareena)

Fire: (any of the starters, Magmortar, Chandelure, Talonflame)

Water: (any of the starters, Poliwrath, Politoed, Kingdra, Azumarill, Ludicolo, Walrein, Sesmitoad)

Normal: (Pidgeot, Wigglytuff, Blissey, Porygon-Z, Slaking, Exploud, Staraptor, Stoutland, Unfezant, Toucannon)

Flying: (Charizard, Butterfree, Pidgeot, Crobat, Dragonite, Togekiss, Jumpluff, Beautifly, Salamence, Staraptor, Unfezant, Talonflame, Toucannon)

Bug: (Butterfree, Beedrill, Beautifly, Dustox, Leavanny, Scolipede, Vivlion, Vikavolt)

Electric: (Raichu (regular or alola), Alola Golem, Magnezone, Electivire, Ampharos, Luxray, Eelektross, Vikavolt)

Fairy: (Clefable, Wigglytuff, Togekiss, Azumarill, Gardevoir, Florges, Primarina)

Psychic: (Alola Raichu, Alakazam, Gardevoir, Metagross, Gothitelle, Reuinclus, Delphox, Solgaleo, Lunala)

Fighting: (Poliwrath, Machamp, Blaziken, Gallade, Infernape, Emboar, Conkeldurr, Chesnaught, Kommo-o)

Rock: (Golem (regular or alolan), Rhyperior, Tyranitar, Aggron, Gigalith)

Ground: (Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Golem, Rhyperior, Mamoswine, Swampert, Flygon, Torterra, Garchomp, Sesmitoad, Krookodile)

Poison: (Venusaur, Beedrill, NIdoqueen, Nidoking, Crobat, Vileplume, Victreebel, Gengar, Dustox, Roserade, Scolipede)

Steel: (Magnezone, Aggron, Metagross, Empoleon, Klinklang, Aegislash, Solgaleo)

Dark: (Tyranitar, Shiftry, Krookodile, Hydreigon, Greninja, Incineroar)

Ghost: (Gengar, Dusknoir, Chandelure, Aegislash, Decidueye, Lunala)

Ice: (Mamoswine, Walrein, Vanilluxe)

Dragon: (Dragonite, Kingdra, Flygon, Salamence, Garchomp, Haxorus, Hydreigon, Goodra, Kommo-o)

Wow, did you just list, like, every single 3-stage Pokemon?

But anyways, my favourites would be:

Normal: Staraptor
Fire: Incineroar
Water: Feraligatr
Grass: Venusaur
Electric: Pikachu/Raichu
Ice: Vanilluxe
Fighting: Machamp
Poison: Gengar
Ground: Swampert
Flying: Salamence
Psychic: Alakazam
Bug: Scolipede
Rock: Tyranitar
Ghost: Chandelure (I'd say Gengar, but that thing is occupying the Poison slot already)
Dragon: Garchomp
Dark: Greninja
Steel: Magnezone
Fairy: Togekiss

Without repeats, my list would be:
Grass: Sceptile
Fire: Incineroar
Water: Kingdra
Normal: Stoutland
Flying: Salamence
Electric: Eelektross
Bug: Vikavolt
Fairy: Primarina
Psychic: Delphox
Fighting: Kommo-o
Rock: Tyranitar
Ground: Garchomp
Poison: Scolipede
Steel: Metagross
Dark: Hydreigon
Ghost: Lunala
Ice: Mamoswine
Dragon: Haxorus

NML: Porygon-Z
FTG: Gallade (though Gallade is the only Fighting-Type in the line)
FLY: Jumpluff
PSN: Nidoking
GRD: Flygon
ROK: Kabutops? (Fossil-mon are usually 3-stage in the TCG; not really a huge fan of any outside the TCG)
BUG: Beedrill (only if it's Shiny, otherwise I'd pick Butterfree)
GST: Gengar
STL: Magnezone (though I'm not a big fan of Magnezone itself)
FIR: Typhlosion
WTR: Kingdra (Wartortle may be my favorite Pokémon, but I don't particularly love the rest of the line)
GRS: Meganium
ELC: Raichu (regular for nostalgic reasons; Luxray is a close second)
PSY: Alakazam
ICE: Walrein (though Vanillite is adorable)
DGN: Kingdra again
DRK: Shiftry (if only for Nuzleaf)
FAY: Togekiss

Grass: Serperior
Fire: Charizard
Water: Primarina
Normal: Staraptor
Flying: Talonflame
Electric: Luxray
Bug: Scolipede
Fairy: Togekiss
Psychic: Gardevoir
Fighting: Gallade
Rock: Tyranitar
Ground: Swampert
Poison: Nidoking
Steel: Aggron
Dark: Krookodile
Ghost: Chandelure
Ice: Mamoswine (not many options here XD)
Dragon: Garchomp

Grass: Roserade
Fire: Chandelure
Water: Greninja line
Normal: Staraptor
Flying: Dragonite
Electric: Ampharos
Bug: Butterfree
Fairy: Wigglytuff line (PMD's Guildmaster Wigglytuff is the entire reason for this placement)
Psychic: Lunala
Fighting: Infernape
Rock: Aggron
Ground: Torterra
Poison: Scolipede
Steel: Metagross
Dark: Hydreigon
Ghost: Chandelure
Ice: Mamoswine
Dragon: Garchomp

Grass: Sceptile, Roserade
Fire: Blaziken
Water: Samurott
Electric: Luxray
Psychic: Gothitelle
Ice: Mamoswine
Dragon: Garchomp
Dark: Greninja, Tyranitar
Fairy: Gardevoir
Normal: Staraptor, Wigglytuff
Fighting: Infernape, Gallade
Flying: Togekiss
Poison: Vileplume
Ground: Flygon
Rock: Aggron
Bug: Beautifly
Ghost: Chandelure, Gengar
Steel: Empoleon, Metagross

Avoided duplicating any Pokémon for this list. Also, this was harder then I thought it would be, but it did prove pretty interesting.

Normal: Blissey
Fire: Typhlosion
Water: Feraligatr
Grass: Venusaur
Electric: Luxray
Ice: Mamoswine
Fighting: Conkeldurr
Poison: Scolipede
Ground: Swampert
Flying: Pidgeot
Psychic: Alakazam
Bug: Beedrill
Rock: Aggron
Ghost: Gengar
Dragon: Hydreigon
Dark: Tyranitar
Steel: Magnezone
Fairy: Togekiss

Is it bad that I had to look up a list of three stage Pokemon because I couldn't think of a lot of them on the spot? :D

Normal: Exploud
Water: Walrein
Fire: Typloshion
Grass: Shiftry
Electric: Raichu
Ice: Mamoswine
Rock: Aggron
Ground: Flygon
Flying: Staraptor
Fighting: Gallade
Poison: Nidoqueen
Ghost: Gengar
Psychic: Reuniclus
Bug: Scolipede
Dark: Krookodile
Steel: Magnezone
Dragon: Dragonite
Fairy: Clefable

Grass: Roserade (with Torterra and Tsareena being close behind)
Fire: Either Magmortar or Emboar (with Charizard close second).
Water: Azumarill (with Feraligatr and Primarina close behind)
Normal:Wigglytuff
Flying: Togekiss (Staraptor being close beind)
Electric: LEelektross (with Amphy being a close second)
Bug: Scolipede
Fairy: Clefable
Psychic: Gardevoir
Fighting: Kommo-o (Chesnaught close second)
Rock: Aggron or T-Tar
Ground: Rhyperior or Krookodile
Poison: Nidoking
Steel: Metagross
Dark: Hydreigon
Ghost: Dusknoir
Ice: Mamoswine
Dragon: Haxorus (with Goodra being a close second)[/INDENT]

Avoided duplicating any Pokémon for this list. Also, this was harder then I thought it would be, but it did prove pretty interesting. [/QUOTE]

Grass: Sceptile
Fire: Charizard
Water: Blastoise
Normal: Pidgeot
Flying: Staraptor
Bug: Beautifly
Electric: Raichu (normal)
Fairy: Azumarill
Psychic: Gardevoir
Fighting: Poliwrath
Rock: Aggron
Ground: Garchomp
Poison: Venusaur
Steel: Metagross
Dark: Hydreigon
Ghost: Gengar
Ice: Mamoswine
Dragon: Dragonite

I didn't realize until I did this how many of my favorites are two-stage or single stage...o.O Some of my picks ended up being a bit arbitrary. Just for fun I limited myself to lines where all 3 Pokemon are of the corresponding type.

Grass: Budew -> Roselia -> Roserade (I could've chosen pretty much any Grass starter, here...)
Fire: Fennekin -> Braixen -> Delphox
Water: Oshawott -> Dewott -> Samurott (Popplio line is a close second)
Normal: Porygon -> Porygon2 -> Porygon-Z
Flying: Starly - Staravia - Staraptor
Bug: Wurmple -> Silcoon/Cascoon -> Beautifly/Dustox
Electric: Mareep -> Flaaffy -> Ampharos
Fairy: Ralts -> Kirlia -> Gardevoir
Psychic: Cosmog -> Cosmoem -> Lunala/Solgaleo
Fighting: Uhh...Machop -> Machoke -> Machamp?
Rock: Roggenrola -> Boldore -> Gigalith
Ground: Swinub -> Piloswine -> Mamoswine
Poison: Gastly -> Haunter -> Gengar
Steel: Beldum -> Metang -> Metagross
Dark: Deino -> Zweilous -> Hydregion
Ghost: Duskull -> Dusclops -> Dusknoir
Ice: Vanillite -> Vanillish - >Vanilluxe
Dragon: Gible -> Gabite -> Garchomp

Grass: Sceptile, though the Tsareena line is getting up there for me.
Fire: Chandelure. Never been a big fan of Fire starters, and not many choices beyond that.
Water: Empoleon. Only my second favorite, but saving them for another type.
Normal: Blissey, with Pidgeot being a close second.
Flying: Pidgeot. Glad I didn't pick it in the last type, haha
Bug: Butterfree is my favorite of all time, so glad I could go with it here.
Electric: Ampharos by process of elimination.
Fairy: Azumarill, which was awesome enough even before it became Fairy type.
Psychic: Gardevoir, who I really only started liking because of the TCG, and now it's one of my favorites.
Fighting: Machamp. Wanted to go Chesnaught, but since it's the only of the family that's part-Fighting, I passed.
Rock: Tyranitar. Again, saving my real favorite for another category.
Ground: Mamoswine, since the Nidos only get the secondary typing at the end.
Poison: Nidoqueen and Nidoking, since you can't make me choose between the two.
Steel: Aggron, one of my favorite Hoenn Pokemon.
Dark: Hydreigon. Wanted to use it for Dragon, but I didn't like any of the other Dark type options.
Ghost: Gengar. Hard to beat the original Ghost types.
Ice: Walrein, though I wasn't given much to work with here.
Dragon: Dragonite. I've always liked it in the anime, so it gets the nod from me here.

bump, just a way of bringing back a thread

Alright, let's do this

Grass: Toss-up between Vileplume and Roserade.

Fire: oofa, tough one... I'm a bigger fan of 2-stage fire Mons but eh, Let's go with good ol' Charizard here.

Water: Swampert and Feraligatr here.

Normal: Exploud and Slaking... Porygon Z also comes close.

Flying: Charizard and Crobat... just realized I'm not too fond of flyers.

Bug: I like a lot of the bugs, but Beedrill got 'em beat hands down.

Electric: Electabuzz. Guess Electivire and Raichu are pretty cool, can't say I care a lot about them unfortunately.

Fairy: Azumarill, though Primarina is growing on me.

Psychic: Reuniclus and Alakazam.

Fighting: Machamp is one of my favorites alltogether.

Rock: Aggron.

Ground: Nidoking, though Swampert, Flygon and Nidoqueen come close too!

Poison: Beedrill, Nidoking, Vileplume, Gengar, Roserade. Yeah I like this type a LOT.

Steel: Aggron again. Not because I like them so much, but because the rest is just meh, IMO (same goes for the rock type)

Dark: Hydreigon.

Ghost: Gengar.

Ice: Mamoswine and Walrein ... Probably the only type where I like all three Pokemon. XD

Dragon: Flygon or Hydreigon.