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View Poll Results: Which Starter Is The Best Choose
Totodile,Croconaw,Feraligater 48 38%
Chikorita,Bayleef,Meganium 13 10%
Cyndaquil,Quilava,Typhlosion 65 52%
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Old March 12th, 2011 (8:57 AM).
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Cydaquil just looks way cooler so i would always go with cyndaquil, but chikarita would be worth raising. now totadile is pretty cool too.
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Old March 12th, 2011 (9:21 AM).
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Typhlosion line. They are much better than any other line, and you can't get a decent fire type early enough. I think magby is the first fire type you can get, other than cyndaquil, and thats in Ecruteak.
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Old March 13th, 2011 (12:43 PM).
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Personally, I would pick either Tododile or Cyndaquil because of it's easier to beat the game with their later evolutions.

Chikorita is a challenge. Not only is it weak, Chikorita's later evolution Meganium isn't that great if one's looking for an offensive Pokemon. However, it's probably the best Grass-type to use except Bellossum. (if one doesn't transfer other Pokemons into the game)
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Old March 13th, 2011 (8:07 PM).
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In my opinion it is Cyndaquil. It looks really cool and is rather powerful. It is also strong against a lot of the gyms.
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Old March 13th, 2011 (8:28 PM).
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Defiantly Cyndaquil. Have you seen Typhlosion?
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Old March 13th, 2011 (8:51 PM).
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Usually I pick whichever one will beat the first gym easiest. Chikorita is weak to flying, so it's out of the game. Cyndaquil is easier to beat the second gym with, so I go with that.
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Old March 13th, 2011 (9:10 PM).
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Chikorita learns support moves like Light Screen/Reflect and Synthesis, but when it comes to attacking, Its Terrible. The reason its a formidable opponent is its covers itself with Reflect/Light Screen, and when low it heals itself. Its attacks dont do much.
Totodile has mostly attack moves but it is average. Its good for ending the fight early.
Cyndaquil is the same as Totodile, except it gets smokescreen which makes up for later in game. Cyndaquil is for burning your way through the game. Fire types are always my choice

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Old March 14th, 2011 (4:50 AM).
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Totodile line cause it has great attack and defense.
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Old March 15th, 2011 (12:00 PM).
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Totodile. It evolves early, and I love its stats. Plus, it has some pretty good egg moves if you breed one.
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Old March 15th, 2011 (6:55 PM).
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The best choice would probably be Totodile. I'm not saying that because I love all water starters, but mainly because it doesn't have any weaknesses against gym leaders in johto and it learns ice fang which can give you an advantage against Claire and Lance. In kanto it only has two weaknesses, Lt. Surge and Ericka. Also Feraligatr is kinda powerful too.

Cyndaquil is good but Whitney would give you a rough time with rollout and Claire will give you a rough time with Kingdra and Gyarados as well. Lance's gyarados is powerful too . In Kanto, it will be weak against Brock, Misty, and Gary's Rhydon and Gyarados is very powerful also.

Chikorita is weak but has good defense and will probably have the hardest time beating the game with it.
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Old March 15th, 2011 (8:24 PM).
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Always pick water starter "IMO". :)
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Old March 15th, 2011 (8:39 PM).
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I almost always pick Chikorita for my Gen 2 games. Although as others have stated the evolution line is more defensive, I prefer the defensive types when playing the games.
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Old March 15th, 2011 (9:19 PM).
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Cyndaquil path. Hands down. In the older games, I hated how the Totodile evo path got great Attack, but since Water was Special... I was meh about Chikorita's stats.
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Old March 18th, 2011 (2:44 PM).
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I took chikorita and hattttted it :(
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Old March 18th, 2011 (3:18 PM).
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I always go with Cyndaquil. It's not easy finding a good fire Pokemon early in the game.
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Cyndaquil is easy mode, hands down if you are trying to rush the game. That is also the starter I picked because I want to run though the game. But then again, best for what? There are a lot of different things to consider when you are going for trying to pick the best, different factors and ect. I still stand by my point, if you want an easy time, Cyndaquil, if you want alittle more of a challenge, go with one of the other two.
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Old March 18th, 2011 (4:55 PM).
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I always go with Cyndaquil. Not because it's easy because I use all my pokes. So my starter only makes it easy or hard at the beginning. But I looove the way Qualava and Typhlosion look. So pwn.
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Cyndaquil is the best choice out of 3... because it has high Sp.Att and Speed.. goes well with Flamethrower and Eruption...
the other 2 are slow, so Waterfall with Totodile is a waste...
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In my opinion, Totodile. I love that little guy! But I think someone should pick which one they like the most and not base it on stats.
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There technically isn't a best starter as each of their stats all add up to the same number, but if i had to pick which one i'd have, it would have be Chikorita purely because everyone underestimates its true power. (They don't know how to use them)
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I said the Cyndaquil line cause it's epic :D Consider who else you're going to put on your team and then maybe pick the starter whose typing you don't already have :)
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Old March 30th, 2011 (1:02 PM).
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Personally in every generation I choose the Grass starter because there aren't very good grass Pokemon.
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Totodile, I love Feraligatr!
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Old March 30th, 2011 (1:30 PM).
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i'd say that there is a natural advantage for the fire starter in most games, and in this one, cyndaquil remains the best choice, having an advantage on the second, fifth, and seventh gym leaders, and not a single disadvantage against ay gym leader, and the fire starter is almost always stronger...
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The best choice is Cyndaquil because it has good special attack and good speed. Also because fire type starters are easy to raise.
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