Pokemon Black/White Walkthrough

Snivy ----> Lv-17-> Lv-36->

~Snivy is most certainly the most defensive of the three starters and is purely grass type all throughout evolution. It focuses on speed and both special and regular defense. However, this means it significantly lacks in the offense department.
It will start with Tackle and Leer, picking up Vine Whip and Leaf Storm at levels 7 and 16 respectively. You'll gain many stat/healing moves along the way, so these two attacks will be your main source of damage for a while (particularly Leaf Storm). When you reach level 32 however, you will gain the Snivy line's greatest attack, Leaf Blade. It's the best attack your Snivy (will be Servine by now) will learn, but sadly even Leaf Blade won't give you the damage your hoping to inflict at this point, even after Servine evolves into Serperior. Since Snivy and it's kin focus on defense, you can use this to your advantage as they pick up Mega Drain and Giga Drain along the way. This way you can inflict damage and heal yourself up. That's always useful, especially for the Snivy line, considering they can't do much else and will be taking a lot of hits. Reflect and Light Screen (taught by TM) will also be good options if you decide to turn your Serperior into a wall. Coil is also a good option, raising attack, defense, and accuracy (learned as Serperior at level 38). If you happen to want Serperior to do more damage, it can learn Swords Dance by TM, although you get this after the elite four so it's not even worth it. Solarbeam, Energy Ball, and even Aerial Ace/Dragon Tail for diversity are also options, but don't expect them to be doing much either. In my opinion, Snivy is the weakest out of all the starters, and suffers from many problems such as a lack of any offense, and a big pool of weaknesses being purely grass type. It's the hardest to raise and the least effective, but if a quick defensive pokemon is what you're looking for, and you're willing to wait until level 32 to get any moderate damage in, then Snivy and it's kin will suit you well.

Tepig----> Lv-17-> Lv-36->
~Tepig is the most offensive starter, capable of hitting hard very fas.......slow. Tepig and it's line have great attack, and decent hp/special attack. It's as slow as dirt though, possessing pretty weak defenses, efectivly making it the opposite of Snivy. It's the only starter that gains another type during evolution, ending up as a Fire/(you guessed it) Fighting pokemon. (What is this? The third Fire/Fight?!) Tepig stats off with Tackle and Tail Whip, gaining Ember soon after at level 7. However, this won't be doing as much damage as you'd like seeing that Tepig focuses on attack more than special attack. It isn't until level 15 that you gain Tepig's best attack for a while, Flame Charge. It has a solid 50 power which doesn't sound like much, but matched with Tepig's high attack stat, will do decent damage, and will raise Tepig's speed by one. It gets Arm Thrust when it evolves into Pignite at level 17, which is great in the beginning (especially the 2nd gym) but you'll definitely want to replace it with Brick Break later. At level 31 it will get Heat Crash which uses the users weight to calculate damage. It's not very reliable, so your better off sticking with Flame Charge in the long run. When it evolves into Emboar, it will gain Head Smash, and Flare Blitz at later levels (will most likely be after the elite four) if you feel like Emboar can take the recoil damage. Where Tepig and it's kin really shine, is their ability to learn TM's. Emboar has access to some great TM's including Earthquake, Poison Jab, Wild Charge, Focus Blast, and even the water type Scald! It can learn a lot, and since TM's are now unlimited use, you don't have to hesitate in teaching your Emboar any of these moves to add to it's type coverage. Emboar is the best offensively of the starters, and if you can deal with it's low defenses (it's not by any means frail, but it can't take many hit's from powerful pokemon) and speed, and are willing to invest in TM's for it, then Tepig is a good choice.

Oshawott----> Lv-17-> Lv-36->

~Oshawott is the most rounded of the starters with a slight preference for Special attack, with attack not far behind. They have the least weaknesses of the three being purely of the water type, weak only to Electric and grass type attacks. It starts with Tackle and Tail Whip like Tepig, gaining Water Gun at level 7. However, Oshawott has the appropriate Special attack to make use of Water Gun, and you'll find it will be doing a good amount of damage. But, this comes with a cost. It doesn't learn anything else vaguely useful until level 17, where it gets Razor Shell. Razor Shell will hit hard, with an added 50% chance of lowering the opponents defense. Great! Until you get access to Scald and Surf, Razor Shell will be your best attack. It learns a couple useful moves along the way (as Dewott), getting Water Pulse, and Revenge for type coverage. As a Samurott, you can even teach it Megahorn (with a heart scale) which is particularly useful for the elite four. It will get Slash and Aqua Tail later on (as Samurott) which can be useful, though scald or surf will be better. Unfourtenetly, Samurott can't learn nearley as many TM moves as Emboar can, but you can teach it Ice Beam, Aerial Ace, X-Scissor, and even Dragon Tail for coverage. Return is also a great choice, and it will do a lot of damage by the time you add it to your TM arsenal. Overall, Oshawott is the best starter for beginners, but even experienced pokemon players can find various ways to use it. Although, Tepig comes in pretty close to it, as it has that awesome diversity and "oomph" that Oshawott's line does not. But, if you're in doubt, most definitely choose this friendly little otter and you will not be disappointed in the valiant, samurai pokemon you have on your team.


~All three pokemon are good choices, however in my personal opinion, they are the worst out of any game, and I will not be using my starter for this walkthrough. I chose Oshawott though (you have to pick one), so my rivals will have teams based on my choice. You don't have to not pick a starter though, and if you're a beginner I highly recommend that you do as, once again, they are all perfectly workable in-game.

Once you pick your stater, Bianca will challenge you to a pokemon battle! It's time to put your new pokemon to the test!

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After you finish with Bianca you'll notice something different about your room. It's messed up. And I mean really messed up! When Bianca finally notices, she doesn't even apologize first! >=0 She'll ask Cheren to battle you, telling him that he will be able to battle without messing up your room any more than it already is. Just dandy. So you'll be thrown into a battle with Cheren next. (Your pokemon will be healed.)