3rd Gen Your first Hoenn Team

Started by Bayleefshine July 14th, 2014 10:15 AM
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Posted August 23rd, 2016
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9.4 Years
I don't know if there is already a topic on this but I wanted to make something for people who played RSE when it first came out. The question I want to ask is, what was everyone's first team on their VERY first playthrough of RS. What was the first Pokemon you captured and did you keep his/her til the end of the game?

For me, I remember I chose Torchic as my starter and the first Pokemon I caught was Wingull. I liked Wingull so much and I purposely didn't try to catch other Pokemon on that route where you battle May/Haruka because I wanted so much to believe Wingull was rare :D I kept Wingull and turned it into a Pelipper. It actually helped me a ton during Norman's battle.

I also caught a whismur because I thought it was pink and cute when I first got it (I like fairy-looking Pokemon even before it became an official typing). I remember being so happy when it evolved into a Loudred but I was a bit unhappy when it evolved into Exploud because I thought it looked butt-ugly like that. What happened to the little cutie I caught :p

That's all that I can remember but my very first time playing through the game but I remember also falling in love with Minun because it was the first Pikachu clone I got (when Pika clones were still a new concept) and it actually had some good defense and helped against my elite four battles.

So what about everyone else's first team or first few Pokemon caught that hold a special place in your heart?

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AlShao

Age 28
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Aberdeen
Seen March 17th, 2022
Posted August 14th, 2014
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9 Years
From the first playthrough of my sapphire version, I seem to remember my team being something like: Blaziken, Swellow, Aggron, Walrein, Tropius and Hariyama.

The first pokemon i caught was a Taillow, he was especially useful against Brawly and fairly easy to level up so i kept him in my team all the way, despite catching a Tropius which can also learn Fly.

Pretty sure Aggron was the staple of my team, he was definitely the strongest level, high 80's in the end.

I distinctly remember catching a Spheal because i thought it looked kinda ridiculous but cool, before that i was using a Pelliper for the 'water' slot, but i guess i just liked the idea of having a Walrein more.

Pretty sure I wiped the elite 4 and champion first time with this team, it was definitely one of my favourites.
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Seen December 29th, 2022
Posted October 5th, 2018
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11 Years
My first one? Just Sceptile. I didn't get the whole "team" thing and didn't bother training anyone else. Worked out pretty well in the the end, though, because I took the same route the second way through and only used Blaziken. I guess this means that for ORAS I should stay with tradition and only use Swampert?

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Seen July 21st, 2017
Posted June 14th, 2017
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11 Years
Sceptile, Azumarill, Delcatty, Pelipper and Jigglypuff. :3 I recently found a question on Yahoo Answers by my 9 year old self, and asked people if my team was ready for the Elite Four. Eventually I either got a Ninetales or a Crawdaunt - probably after I posted the question.

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MathewCS

Male
Chile
Seen July 26th, 2014
Posted July 22nd, 2014
69 posts
9.3 Years
I remember it was : Swampert, Swellow, Linoone, Mightyena, Camerupt and i believe Flygon
I always thought that Taillow was the best pokemon ever, the same thing happened with Linoone (not a bad catch, it can learn almost every move in the game), Mightyena was just the best for me, i think i ended up having him at level 63 i think and the at 45 or 46 XD, Camerupt was like a 'meh, i have pokiballz' so i captured one and was it. Also i liked a lot Trapinch and captured one because i saw it in a video




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Synerjee

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Seen May 28th, 2016
Posted February 25th, 2016
2,901 posts
10.6 Years
I believe I had with me Swampert, Swellow, Gardevoir, Salamence, Camerupt and Manectric. Pretty strong and solid team imo. I had no means of trading, so I made do with the best I could get.

Danny0317

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Age 23
Male
Seen February 19th, 2021
Posted March 11th, 2017
1,067 posts
10 Years
I don't remember much, but I know for sure I had a Blaziken and a Rayquaza. I never got a Swalot but I remembering wanting to get one cuz it looked really cool.

chidzz

Male
Australia
Seen August 1st, 2019
Posted June 2nd, 2019
90 posts
10.3 Years
A Grovyle who I gave up on half way through. He became my HM slave
A Gardevoir who was like my favourite Poekmon ever
A Delcatty who swept Flannery and Norman as a Skitty then evolved just before Winnona
A Pelipper who had Surf, Fly, Shock Wave and Protect (can't believe I still remember!)
A Dustox who was my precious. No one could bad mouth him
A Linoone who literally wrecked with Headbutt... and sometimes Dig too

Pendraflare

Age 32
Male
Pennsylvania
Seen July 30th, 2021
Posted March 29th, 2021
6,263 posts
9.8 Years
I do still sort of remember my first team from Ruby, 11 years ago. I had like Swampert, Manectric, Camerupt, Pelipper (which was a late addition that hardly did anything), Walrein and I forget what my last one was, been a long time since x_x It was nice, but not super memorable for such.
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United States
Seen July 28th, 2014
Posted July 28th, 2014
7 posts
8.9 Years
Honestly I don't remember much of my first team.
I do, however, remember that I was a novice at first and had the worst team ever in mankind.
I used to (and still do) love Blaziken so that was a pokemon I enjoyed training. Other than that I remember a swablu and a Tropius on my team. I remember I was extremely bad with training my pokemon and I never trained them in the grass.
That also meant my swablu and my Tropius never grew in level. So I literally beat every gym leader with just a Blaziken and I went against the elite 4 and I always lost to Steven.
Still pretty impressive with just a Blaziken at the time.
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Pepperton

Male
Texas
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 3rd, 2021
3,397 posts
9.6 Years
I remember having Swampert, Magneton, Swellow, and Aggron but I can't really remember the other two. Which is odd because I loved the Pokemon I had on my first playthrough, I think I kept transferring them to new games until HGSS.
Male
Exiled
Seen October 2nd, 2015
Posted October 2nd, 2015
344 posts
11.9 Years
I remember having Swampert, Aggron, Flygon, Gardevoir, Absol and I think my last pokemon was Zangoose.
Haha, this was my basically my team as well, minus Zangoose, plus Gengar I got in a trade from FR.
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Age 31
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Seen January 1st, 2016
Posted March 27th, 2015
270 posts
9 Years
I can't remember exactly what my team was for the whole game, but I do distinctly remember being beaten by Roxanne a couple of times as the only pokes as I tried beating her with a Torchic and Wingull. I know I had a Manectric as it was basically the Hoenn Jolteon, but I can't think of who else I had. I think I had Aggron too, as it was around that time that I realised slow pokemon are annoying as hell for an ingame team unless they have set-up. I also remember teaching him Surf and instantly regretting it.

dresden_88

Warden

Male
Arctis Tor
Seen September 12th, 2020
Posted August 7th, 2014
34 posts
8.8 Years
lets see, my first hoenn team, i believe i ended up with....

treeko
beautifly
poochyena
zigzagoon
ralts
wingull

i would later raise them all up big and strong, and became champ with them after they all grew up :D
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Imperator161

Seen February 5th, 2023
Posted July 31st, 2020
1,415 posts
14.7 Years
I changed my team some (added Salamence, Blaziken, Sceptile, and Gardevoir near the end), but I think I originally used Swampert, Linoone, Tropius, Camerupt, and Manectric, and had a spare space for training. My team wasn't nearly as set in RSE as it was in some of my other games, though.
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Age 30
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Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
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15.2 Years
For me, I remember I chose Torchic as my starter and the first Pokemon I caught was Wingull. I liked Wingull so much and I purposely didn't try to catch other Pokemon on that route where you battle May/Haruka because I wanted so much to believe Wingull was rare :D I kept Wingull and turned it into a Pelipper. It actually helped me a ton during Norman's battle.
EXCUSE ME ARE YOU ME??? I did the same thing! lol I was goofing off with Torchic and Wingull then I saw the Petalburg Gym and was like "WHOA ALREADY?!?!?!" and then started getting serious. I buffed up, went in...and...yeah. We know how that went. lol

My first Sapphire team looked something like this: Blaziken, Pelipper, Sableye, Bellossom, Gardevoir, Crobat/Ludicolo (I swapped them often idk why cause I never swap like that now). I hope to replicate this team in AlphaSapphire! n___n
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Bounsweet

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Seen September 17th, 2018
Posted October 11th, 2017
2,102 posts
15.6 Years
I can't remember exactly what my team was, because I got Sapphire when it first came out back in 2003... n_n;

But, I do remember it had Swampert, Breloom, Swellow, and I think Manectric. The last two (if I even had two more) are unknown to me, though.

Gulpin

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Male
Seen January 16th, 2017
Posted November 25th, 2016
3,270 posts
16.7 Years
I don't remember the exact team that I used in Sapphire, but I know it included Blaziken, Swellow, Gardevoir, Azumarill, and Crobat. However, Azumarill and Crobat may have actually been on the Ruby cartridge that I had lost - I don't exactly remember. I'm pretty sure that I also used Kyogre to take on the Elite Four because wynaut.
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