Favorite middle stage starter

Started by Sheep February 11th, 2021 1:40 PM
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There are often a lot of discussions on favorite starters in the fanbase, where people usually mention either the first or final forms. So let’s give the mid stages some love! Which are your favorites?

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My top three:

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dewott is by far the best second stage starter do not @ me
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I like so many of them.

Probably bayleef

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As the resisident Treecko stan mine is obviously Grovyle, but Quilava, Ivysaur, Servine , and Frogadier are in my top 5.
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Ngl, haven't given this a whole lot of thought but if I had to choose a handful I would pick Grovyle, Croconaw, and Frogadier as my favourites.
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Grovyle and Dartrix are my favorites. I guess that's also because I really love their evolutionary lines in general.

I like Marshtomp, Dewott, and Drizzile too.

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Dewott is an easy choice, Torracat is also hella cute and idk I have a soft spot for Thwackey :3
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Ivysaur, duh.
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Wartortle is easily my #1 <3 happy to see others vote it highly too! also Ivysaur. Not the biggest fan of the Kanto final starter evolutions, but those two mid stages are great.

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Wartortle. Most middle stage starters look a little off to me, but Wartortle is actually alright.
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there's never been a single middle stage starter that i didn't wanna evolve. Quilava perhaps could be the closest bet to that? but Typhlosion's really grown on me over the years so eh.
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So difficult to pick one, but I've rocked a Croconaw, Braixen, and Torracat on my in-game teams because I didn't want to evolve them. I also prefer Wartotle's design over Blastoise because of the fluffy tail.

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I love Quilava! It's a good mix of tough and cute. I like how it has 2 areas where flames come out, whereas Cyndaquil and Typhlosion only have 1 area.
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Torracat is arguably the coolest Gen 7 design, Dewott honestly makes me not want to evolve it (I had a level 99 Dewott on my first Gen 5 run. It wasn’t 100 just in case I needed to fill my dex) and Pignite honestly looks real cute outside of the 3D model. It’s chonky and friendly and should’ve been a Ground-type.

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Dewott is probably the only middle stage starter that I never want to evolve. Samurott is just a big downgrade from that.

Bayleef and Croconaw are also really cool.
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