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Old April 2nd, 2010 (5:33 AM).
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Starters are some of the best early-game Pokemon AND they get an EXP advantage over other stuff you catch.

Why wouldn't you use one?
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Old April 2nd, 2010 (6:12 AM).
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I train all my Pokemon in my team to around the same level, but I found that on mine, even though my Quilava is a level higher than the rest I don't use it.
So yeah, it's still on my team, but I kind of use it as a last resort in battles.
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Old April 2nd, 2010 (6:20 AM).
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I usually keep my starter until I have a better pokémon to replace it with. For example, if I had a party of 6 and I had the chance to replace my Typhlosion with a Lucario, I would. :)
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Old April 2nd, 2010 (7:51 AM).
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Call me weird, but no. I don't ditch my starter because it's there to help you. I get too attached to my pixels... I always keep my starter no matter what. <3
I'm the same. ^_^ Sometimes I focus a little too much on my starter, and train it more than the rest of my team, and end up only having one decent pokemon. xD (And thus, having loads of trouble with the elite four.)
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Old April 2nd, 2010 (8:52 AM).
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i chucked my starter. i started my adventure with my trusty Murkrow ^^
i don't really like the Jhoto starters tbh.
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Old April 2nd, 2010 (11:08 AM).
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I didn't all i did was transfer some of my breeded pokemon especially for heart gold
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Old April 4th, 2010 (9:52 AM).
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Yeah I've dropped my Totodile, on all the other games I've played I've had my starter as my main pokémon so I thought I'd play through the game without it this time.
At the moment my team consists of Pidgey, Ekans, Togepi and Geodude... surfing Pikachu is my priority at the moment, it's taking soooooooo long :(
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Old April 4th, 2010 (9:59 AM). Edited April 5th, 2010 by Blue Nocturne.
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I just recently replaced my Typhlosion with a Magmortar because i could get a better moveset out of it, not to mention better stats (or at least better stats that i care about). In fact, the only pokemon i still have on me from the start of my journey is Gengar. I don't usually ditch my starter, because i usually like it, but i have a relentless hatred for all three Johto starters.
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Old April 4th, 2010 (11:24 AM).
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No way. I have a bad habit of sweeping through the entire game with just my starter (usually the water type) and only training the rest of my team after the storyline is over. Even against the Elite Four and Red I only used Feraligatr and Arceus.
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Old April 4th, 2010 (11:31 AM).
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I don't release them no, however I'm not one of those gamers who shoots his starter 40 levels ahead of his othe rPokemon.. the game is way too easy that way. I level my pokemon out while leveling, so my starter isn't as overpowered (as tbh, the fire starter always is).


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Call me a noob, but
I go in with my starter (Totodile), trade in my Lvl. 100s from Platinum (4 of them), get an HM slave, then drop the weakest Lvl 100 for Ho-oh and use that until i beat Red.
Off topic but still- As much as I like Tupac, that isn't his quote. It was made famous by Friedrich Nietzsche, not him. If he did say it, he was quoting Friedrich.
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Old June 22nd, 2011 (10:19 AM).
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For the first time in forever I actually trained my starter on my most recent HG game. She's a level 81 Typhlosion now, but she has 5 other level 81 friends. ^_^
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Old June 22nd, 2011 (10:23 AM).
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I didn't ditch my starter, but I did use my Jigglypuff more often than it.
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Old June 22nd, 2011 (10:36 AM).
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I have always kept my starter and i have never ever boxed my starter or traded any pokemon to beat the game as fast as possible. I always keep it for some reason.
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Apparently, I do not have the heart to ditch my starter Pokemon because he (or rarely a she) is there to help you.


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Old June 22nd, 2011 (12:57 PM).
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I kept my totadile till the end. <3

Made sure to get an adamant totadile with IV between 20 and 31, and made it my awesome-riffic physical sweeper.
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to be honest chucking ur starter is one of the worst and stupidest things to do in my opinion
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Old June 22nd, 2011 (5:26 PM).
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Worst and stupidest things to do? How could it be stupid if I play through (and beat) the game just fine and enjoy it more by taking this path?
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Old June 22nd, 2011 (6:11 PM).
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I like the Johto starters too much to ditch them, unless I'm doing a Challenge. I have ditched my starter in Diamond once, though.
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Closing because of thread bumpage (like the 4th today here, guys).

However someone can remake this thread if they want for both HGSS/DPPt (so a 4th Gen thread) given you can ditch the starter in both sets if you so choose. =p Which is also partly why I'm closing - a thread just for the same question for HGSS only when it can apply to DPPt probably suggests a new version of this thread for both will be fine.
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