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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 30th, 2011 (10:47 PM).
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Cyndaquil: It's very easy to win first and second gyms with it.
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totodile cos it evolves into feraligator and he is bad ass.
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Old April 7th, 2011 (5:26 PM).
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Cyndaquil 'cos most sources recommend Cyndaquil. So I chose it in SS.
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It depends really, there is a lack of fire-types until after the 3rd gym, if you are unable to trade anyway, while grass and water are rather common... Though Meganium is stronger than a lot of other grass types, and Feraligatr has a great mix of attack and sp. attack, which Typhlosion also has, and again, with the lack of fire types, Cyndaquil is generally the best to start with, and it makes leveling well over the first gym leader easy once you get to Sprout Tower, though if you choose one of the others, and have a flying type before you get to Sprout tower you intend to use, that's a great place to level them up as well...

tl;dr-
Cyndaquil-Great speed and sp. attack and good attack, moderate in other stats, lack of fire types before the fourth gym.
Meganium-Better than most other grass types, but not by much.
Feraligatr-Good sp. attack, better attack, moderate in all other stats, the sheer availability of water types with barely lesser stats also makes it not very ideal, but still a great pokemon.
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In-Game? Meganium is easily the worst thanks to the Gym Leaders in Johto.

Competitively? Feraligator and Typhlosion are about tied FME.
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Typhlosion because of it's stats, I'd say.
Though Meganium is awesome too. D:
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Old April 8th, 2011 (12:12 AM).
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Chikorita, because it is cuter than the others. :3
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Old April 9th, 2011 (1:17 PM).
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I would say Cyndaquil but its moveset isn't too great so I say the almighty Totodile wins this one.
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Old April 9th, 2011 (1:44 PM).
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deffinately cyndaquil. its actually a fact that the fire starter of any region is the strongest for some reason, and it has an advantage against more gym leaders then the others...
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Yeah Cyndaquil would probably be choice more often then not. I always like to use Pokemon with a high special attack.
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Old April 11th, 2011 (10:09 AM).
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To tell the truth, I don't think any of them are 'better'
You always find a stronger pokémon than your starter, for example, on white, my starter ended up being about 10 levels lower than the highest level.

If I had to say, it would be the fire one. He makes the game so much easier. :P
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Old April 11th, 2011 (10:32 AM).
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I don't know about the best, but I always pick Cyndaquil since Typhlosion is my favorite fire type. Totodile would be my second choice, it's cute. :)
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cyndquil [leuge/gymwise] because it's weaknesses don't came into the gyms until the fight gym
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I love cydaquil and co but tododile's an alligator! chicorita's... meh.

that's the feeling you get when you're with these pokemon.
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Old April 11th, 2011 (2:27 PM).
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I'm going to have to go with Cyndaquil...
Typhlosion is a beast and is one of my favorite Pokemon. ;)
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I picked Chickorita, seeing as Grass types are my favorite..AND THEY ARE GREEN <3. But, as many others have said, its relatively weak throughout the game (as with all grass type starters it seems (>3.3)> ) compared to totodile and cyndaquil. Cyndaquil is your best choice if your new to the pokemon games and still arent very good at battling and st00f. Totodile id go with if you want a challenge but not over kill like chickorita where you nearly throw your game out the window in frustration nor uber easy wit cyndaquil. It pretty much comes down to preference, choose the one thats cutest, or coolest looking, or whatever type you like best. And if you dont like it, you can always restart XD.
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Cyndaquil.I winned totodile.Is easy,just use 5 Leers and beat totodile in 2 moves
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It really depends on what sort of game you want to play. Choosing Chikorita would make the game more challenging, as you're weak to a lot of the gyms. Cyndaquil has the biggest advantage out of the three in regards to gym battles. It honestly doesn't matter, you can catch Pokémon of the same type in the wild to replace the starters you didn't get, and with a well-rounded team you're at no disadvantage no matter which starter you picked.

My personal favourite is Cyndaquil, just because the Cyndaquil/Quilava/Typhlosion evolution line is one of my favourites.
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I chose Cyndaquil. Now he's a Typhlosion boxed in the PC.
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45% of boys would pick Cyndaquil. 45% will pick Totodile. 10% will pick Chikorita.
90% of girls will pick Chikorita. 5% will pick Cyndaquil and 5% will pick Chikorita.
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Old April 30th, 2011 (8:38 PM).
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Totodile, hands down。 There's nothing better than a midget crocodile as your companion. :P
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I chose Tododile because it is one of the easiest pokemon to use towards the end, withit being able to learn Ice Fang, which is a huge advantage with the E4.
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I've tried beating the game with all the starters and I'd say Totodile would be the easiest to beat the game with. Even tho it's pretty weak in the beginning, it's fully-evo is pretty strong.
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45% of boys would pick Cyndaquil. 45% will pick Totodile. 10% will pick Chikorita.
90% of girls will pick Chikorita. 5% will pick Cyndaquil and 5% will pick Chikorita.
That's sexist and honestly I'm slightly offended. Two of my closest friends are male and love the Chikorita line.

I personally prefer the Totodile line. Feraligatr is one of my favorite Pokémon and I've honestly found it infinitely more useful than both Typhlosion and Meganium put together. :>
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Even though I recently restarted my HG game, I went with Totodile again because Feraligatr is just better through the game. Before I had my own copy, I played my friend's SS and he chose Cyndaquil which of course evolved into Typhlosion. When I reached the E4, it was dreadful D: Barely managed to beat Lance...even Bruno and Karen at that >.<
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