3rd Gen Did Any of You...

Started by Duuuarte March 21st, 2008 5:39 AM
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Seen February 5th, 2010
Posted July 5th, 2008
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Can a team be just as good if not better without it? Doesnt your starter grow faster than any other pokemon you catch?
Team's strenght isn't relying on starter. Obviously, it's possible to make a good team without starter, but keeping starter in team isn't affecting it negatively. About growing, I think growth rates were added in R/S. Check on site like veekun or serebii for it. From what I recall, starters got medium growth rate.

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About growing, I think growth rates were added in R/S.
Actually, growth rates have always been around. (Someone even cracked them as early as back when Red and Blue were the only games in the franchise.)

Otherwise, yeah, I agree with you. You can have a perfectly good team without starters. In fact, many people who play competitively don't use starters on their teams. It's really just a matter of preference.

For an in-game (against the trainers within the game, such as the Gym Leaders) team, it's not that difficult to simply leave out your starter and go for another Pokemon, as any Pokemon with a powerful set of moves can take down pretty much any trainer's team in the game.

Additionally, starters don't necessarily grow faster than other Pokemon you can catch. For example, Treecko actually grows at the same rate as a Lotad.
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I kept Treecko because it was the only Pokemon I had that could learn CUT.I could then know what it was like behind the trees!
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Nope and never will my starter pokemon be alone. It can't even stand a chance against the E4. A good 5 pokemon including my starter are enough.

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not until AFTER the end... in other words, I almost ALWAYS have AT LEAST ONE of my starters with me

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I ditched my Torchic in my Ruby for a Typhlosion.
(I got the Cyndaquil in Emerald, for those who are wondering)

I usually keep them, though, since most of the time I'm playing the game through the first time, and almost all of the Pokemon in the earlier routes are kind of ugly IMO.
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Well i just started my fire red over again and i ditched my squritle.The only reason i chose him was so i could get a Raikou at the end of the game.my team is attually really good and better off without him i have a Lv:57 Pidgeot a Lv:43 Pikachu a Lv:47 Arcanine and a Lv:39 Rhyhorn i atually help me out by ditching him

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I'll occasionally ditch the starter, when I'm doing weird things with my carts (Speed runs, Only Bug types, Only Pokemon with names starting with Z, whatever.)

However, if I'm not doing stuff, I keep it and cherish it.