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View Poll Results: Which Starter is the best?
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra 40 27%
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape 50 34%
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon 59 40%
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Old October 31st, 2010 (8:26 AM).
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I think Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon are the best.
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Old November 4th, 2010 (1:28 PM).
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Empoleon, the resistances, the effectiveness against many other types, plus I love the design.
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Old November 4th, 2010 (4:55 PM).
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Chimchar's Fire/Fighting type combo is really helpful later in the game. Plus, Chimchar is a monkey. Who doesn't like monkeys? :D
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Old November 6th, 2010 (7:16 AM).
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torterra is pretty beast ide say, and he gets very strong moves
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Old November 6th, 2010 (1:41 PM).
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My first time playing Pearl I chose Chimchar. But then as he evolved into Infernape, a began to dispise him. I don't like Infernape at all, Monfernape is cool though.
After I started a new game I have been choosing Turtwig, and not evolving it. I haven't chosen Piplup.
I mean, Turtwig is AWESOME! Have you seen its' jaw?? EPIC!
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Best Starter is Chimchar(because he is fast and attacks are deadly)
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Old November 6th, 2010 (4:04 PM).
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Piplup!he's adorable!and I love Prinplup and Empoleon too, Turtwig is my second choice, Chimchar.....is my third, he's cute but, im not a big fan of Monferno and Infernape.... they're good for battling though..... :/
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Old November 6th, 2010 (4:11 PM).
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Infernape WTF kind of question is that
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Old November 13th, 2010 (3:21 AM).
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Piplup. It's the one I picked because Chimchar and Turtwig are kinda boring as far as designs go. Idk about their strengths, though, but they seem boring to me. Haven't evolved Piplup more than its second evolution, lol.
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Old November 13th, 2010 (5:29 AM).
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Turtwig=Awesomeness

For some reason Iv'e been picking grass types as my starter. I picked Chimchar when i started my Diamond and wasn't very pleased.
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Old November 13th, 2010 (7:05 PM).
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Chimchar in my opinion, fire types are just beast!
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I never pick the water starters. And its very close between Turtwig and Chimchar, I love Chimchar's evos and moveset, but now theres 3 fire/fighting starters?! -_-
So i'm picking Turtwig, I picked him as my starter for diamond and Torterra is just a tank! :D
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The Empoleon line! It kicks major butt in-game. I've used all three starters and my most successful run was with Empoleon.

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None. Dump it ASAP. They are called 'starter' pokemon for a reason people? :/. Nobody seems to understand your only meant to use them for the START -_-.
You know what? you do have a point, I never even thought of it like that before :\

But, I still believe that starter Pokemon are really good though, but out of Piplup, Turtwig and Chimchar, I'm picking Piplup because I love using water starters and I also like Surfing the Fire starter and Ice beaming the grass starter


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with no items, just plain EV training and versing each other, Infernape can OHKO all them and outspeeds both
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Old November 25th, 2010 (11:10 AM).
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the fire types are BEAST for me :D charizard has always made it easy for me, and blazikens the best out of the other choices in ruby/sapphire, and chimchar is just the same, with good attack, speed and even sp atk. fire types just always been easy for me
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Old November 25th, 2010 (1:33 PM).
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Infernape's Speed + Att + 2 STAB 100+ Power Attacks makes him 1000 times better than Toterra or Empoleon
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Old November 25th, 2010 (11:08 PM).
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Personally, my favorite is Piplup, but only due to the fact he is undeniably cute. Prinplup and Empoleon... Not so much. However, coming from a battling prospective I would have to go with Chimchar. With Infernape's high Sp. Attack, Attack, and Speed he could become a decent Physical/Special Sweeper with the ability to out-speed most Pokemon. On the other hand, Infernape can't take a hit. Send out a faster Pokemon, i.e. Starmie and Infernape is done and out. As well, Torterra has the potential to be a decent team member. In opinion, he's a good wall who can deal some damage. In the end, I'm not a huge fan of using Starters within a competitive setting. Has others have said... They're dumped ASAP.
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I would have voted Turtwig.
He's cute, and strong, and noble.
To this day, he still remains with me.
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Piplup for sure.

Empoleon and Blastoise is a fun combo to use :D
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Old December 9th, 2010 (6:36 AM).
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Chimchar because he evolves into a fighting type like Blaziken! :)
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Chimchar.

When I played my sisters Diamond version, she'd picked Chimchar. He was already evolved into the second stage, so I never got a good feel of the first stage... but I loved battling with him. He seemed to be a pretty decent Pokemon. I love his final evolution, too. Plus, I've always been a fan of fire Pokemon. Nine times out of ten, I choose the fire starter. I always chose Charmander, always chose Cyndaquil, and always chose Torchic.

When I got Platinum, I decided to try Piplup because he was kinda cute. I don't really like him, though. It seemed to take forever for him to learn a move that I actually liked and I'm not particularly fond of his evolved form. His stats are okay, but I've always been more about movesets than stats.
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Turtwig.

Although I always prefer the grass starter, I felt Turtwig (at least throughout the game) was the best choice. By the time it grows to a Torterra, it gets Earthquake right off the bat, and is really only super weak against one of the gyms. :)

...Plus...he has trees on his back...and I like trees :D
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I have to go with Chimchar, Monferno, and Infernape. I know of a LOT of people who rage on about the poor thing(s), calling it a "rip-off" of Torchic, Combusken, and Blaziken. To them, I say "shut up." Chimchar doesn't deserve aall that rage thrown at it, in my eyes. I see it as another good starter, and I happen to like Torchic, too. If you're calling Chimchar a rip-off of Torchic, then why aren't you calling Spiritomb a Sableye rip-off? I never hear anyone rage on that. All that stuff annoys me, and personaly just use them both and get maximum possible enjoyment out of the games.
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