3rd Gen What's your favorite 3rd generation Pokémon and why?

I recently saw a thread similar to this one but it didn't get a lot of attention, but it was a really good idea for a thread. This thread is a bit different than the one I saw because I want know your favorite Pokémon and why. My favorite Pokémon is Breloom because of its simple cool design and insanely high attack stat.

I like them all, it's hard to narrow it down to one Pokemon. Flygon maybe, because I remember seeing it in Jirachi Wish Maker for the first time and thought it was cool, and did drawings of it for fun because I loved its design.

My favourite has gotta be Absol, it was my favourite Pokemon overall for ages and I love its design and the lore surrounding it, even if its moveset isn't the greatest.

Hard to pick one, 3rd generation had my least number of favorites
the closest one to being my favorite this gen was Delcatty
no foxes this gen, cats are close second, just love it's design, sounds so cyoot in the games, at times reminds me of one my own cats

(I also love Skitty, Poochyena, Mightyena, Absol, and Zangose)

If I had to choose between Sharpedo and Absol, I'd have to say Absol
Both are really great and I've had them both on my team a lot, but Absol is an absolute beast and I always have one when I'm taking on the E4. My lvl 100 Absol that I've used for almost the entirety of Omega Ruby (got it as a lv 1 from a friend) has 319 power
Skitty is also awesome despite it not being too great stat wise

Jirachi and Mudkip, both are cute and I have thing for mythical pokemon, so that's why Jirachi. But I like it overall, not just 'cause it's a mythical one.

Rayquaza, no contest, my fav of all time once I caught it all the way back in like 2005-06. Goddamn bliss swamping everything with dem offensive stats. Then along comes the god-tier mega, and everyone hates me for it :^)

Isn't obvious? *points to my username*

I seek out Pokemon that are not just capable but are also interesting for their appearance, the lore surrounding them or their parallel to real life forms in nature. I think everything about this Pokemon succeeds, its design, the concept of it being the Aphrodite of the Pokemon world, its near indestructability in battle and the many steps involved to obtain this Pokemon in the 3rd generation. After searching for a needle in haystack, finding something ugly, literally feeding it gold and caring for until you turn it into something beautiful through your hard work you've gone through a quest, and are rightly rewarded with the holy grail.

After Milotic, Absol is my next favorite.

I like the Ralts line, I like their design and always found them useful.

I am sure someone said Gardevoir

Exploud, Milotic, Swellow, Sceptile

My favourite Hoenn Pokemon is Gardevoir. It has an elegant design and it's Shiny Mega may be best shiny in the entire series.

Honourable mention to Sceptile. My all-time favourite starter line and one of only two Masuda Shinys I have obtained. Fittingly my two favourite Megas are Sceptile and Gardevoir.

I like Rayquaza because I think it is the best dragon type till gen 3.

Hm, if I were to pick an absolute favorite.... I'd say Swampert. I like all of the starters but there's just something about Swampert. Its power, its bulk.... It's just an amazing Pokemon.

Sceptile cause it has amazing speed and quite a powerful strike behind it.

I loved Hoenn very much! Hard choice. But..



Went with these in the end. Absol and Zangoose are just so cool, and Altaria has always been really angelic and pretty. Banette was the first mon I got to lv. 100 and I had such a fun time training it. Metagross is overall awesome. Jirachi and Skitty are too darn cute!

Flygon. I love dragon types, and he was the first dragon pokemon I ever used.

For me, it'd certainly be Ludicolo. Love the carefree nature of the Pokemon, and the design of course.

Gotta be mudkip. Why? Because why not ;)

For me, it's the Mudkip line which is my fave starter of this generation. Other notable ones I love in this generation include Roselia (even moreso after it gained its evo in 4th Gen), Manectric, Altaria, Grumpig, Pelipper (thank god 7th Gen made it a god) and Breloom.

The legendaries were really good too, my faves out of them being the Latis.