Event Favorite Pokémon Tournament 2017: Ground (Nov. 7 - 14)

[Brendino]

Favorite Pok?mon Tournament 2017: Ground (Nov. 7 - 14)

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Welcome to the fifth annual installment of the Favorite Pok?mon Tournament, hosted here in Pok?mon General! The goal of the Favorite Pok?mon Tournament (also known as the FPT), is to determine the most popular Pok?mon/Pok?mon family of the users here at the Pok?Community. This will be a 10-week set of polls running between now and December, where we'll pit almost all Pok?mon of different types from past and present generations against each other to determine a winner. After we know the results of each type, we'll add all of those Pok?mon to a final poll, where the winner(s) will be crowned champion, and will go down into the record books as Pok?Community's favorite Pok?mon of 2017!

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If you are new to the Favorite Pok?mon Tournament, or would just like a refresher on the rules/process of the event, please take a look at the FAQ posted below:​

Spoiler:

• Every week, two new polls will be stickied at the top of Pok?mon General. Each thread will include a different elemental type, and the list of Pok?mon to vote from.
• You aren?t required to pick just one Pok?mon- you can vote for as many as you'd like to ensure your favorites get through. The Pok?mon with the most votes at the end of the week will earn a spot in our grand finale, where the winners from all other polls will compete to be crowned the champion(s)!
• In order to preserve space, we?ve grouped all of the applicable evolutions in a Pok?mon family together. Some Pok?mon (ex.: the Nidoran families, Alolan variants, etc.) may be exempt from this rule.
• While regional variants have been included, please be aware that any Pok?mon that changes formes (Mega Evolutions, Pok?mon holding items, etc.) will only be included in polls with its original typings.
• In the event of a tie at the end of the week, all Pok?mon tied for first place will advance to the finale.
  
• If there are any questions that you need answered, feel free to leave a comment in this thread or send a VM to ?rendino to get it sorted out.
  

Now that you know what the tournament is all about, what are you waiting for? Polls are open until the 14th of November, so get voting!

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The Finalists:


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[FeraligatrMaster]

No 'other' vote this time? I would've used that vote for Camerupt, Seismitoad, and Diggersby.

 

[Powerserge]

Nidoking! He's so badass.

 

[Mewtwolover]

Garchomp
Simply the best ground Pok?mon.

 

[Cool_Porygon]

Cubone, Garchomp and Excadrill.

 

[Absolitetion]

Going for Groudon.

 

[HeroLinik]

Garchomp. It's been one of the best Pokemon, performance-wise, ever since it was first introduced. Not just that, but it's the first thing that comes into my head whenever the Ground-type gets mentioned. It also has some really awesome looks - it's a fricken' land shark, for god's sake! Who wouldn't want one of those?

 

[FireSnow]

Voted for:
Sandshrew: its adorable
Gliscor: love its design and competitive use
Onix: Loved this mon ever since it was introduced in the anime
Nidoking: Its a freaking power house
Mudbray/Mudsdale: Just started using one in Sun and I'm loving its power and surprisingly likable design (gotta love pokemon Refresh)

 

[PageEmp]

A certain badass sandcastle that Im dissapointed to see has only 2 votes.

 

[gimmepie]

Voted for Sandslah, Flygon and Krookodile. Found this one way easier than I thought I would tbh

 

[Brendino]

No 'other' vote this time? I would've used that vote for Camerupt, Seismitoad, and Diggersby.

Sorry, that was an oversight on my part. The ?other? option has been restored, and I?ve added a vote there for you.

 

[UkiTheMaid]

Not the biggest fan of Ground Pok?mon, but the Digglet Evo line is a thing of beauty. also Sandshrew and Sandlash.

And naturally voted for Nidoqueen because... well =points at sig=

 

[Ida13]

Zygarde
Also because no other ground types interest me,
Ground silvally.

 

[colours]

- Sandshrew line
- Gligar/Gliscor
- Phanpy/Donphan
- Trapinch line
- Gible line
- Sandygast line
- Cubone line

 

[Brendino]

While I know Ground isn't the most exciting of types, thank you to those of you who voted anyway!

While it wasn't much of a surprise, Gible, Gabite, and Garchomp led the way from the get-go in this poll and never looked back, en route to their 3rd straight victory in the Ground type poll! Coming up just behind was the Flygon family (who won this poll in 2014), with the Krookodile family finishing in 3rd.

Be sure to check back here later today/tomorrow for the next poll as we press on here in the Favorite Pokemon Tournament!

 

[Hikamaru]

Garchomp is king of Ground Pokemon, so unsurprising that it ran away with the votes.