5th Gen Anyone else find the starters disappointing before they got HA?

I never minded the Unova starters, but as far as in-game goes, they probably have the least practical usability compared to the other generations (except MAYBE GSC, not HGSS though), although I do like Serperior for its defenses and Speed and having a lot of moves to go with. But with the Hidden Abilities, that one in particular is fun to fire off Leaf Storms with.
 
I agree with Pendra, the abilities aren't as practical compared to most other generation starters, but at least Contrary Serperior is fun competitively. The main issue suffered as well was that the HAs weren't actually released during the 5th Gen games themselves, we had to wait until like OR/AS before we finally got the events distributing them.
 
I find most starters underwhelming or disappointing one way or another. If they have a decent design, they're utterly useless in battle. All the starters with usefulness in battle were pretty ugly to me.

I was disappointed in the Gen 5 starters, but not more than the 3 of 4 starters, in terms of design.
I was pleasantly surprised at Serperiors new HA, I wish they would have given equally suitable abilities to the other starters which are still lacking a little, especially Samurott.
 
In first i like them but when i continued playing black , Yep I find them so annoying. I like their moveset so much but that is nowhere like other gen pokemon.
 
Remember that not every Pokemon is perfect, and there's always something holding it back. The Unova starters are still decent from an in-game perspective, although at least Emboar and Samurott get decent coverage options. Serperior, not so much.
 
Mmm, not really. Snivy caught my eye the most from the beginning, but I began to see the good value on all three of them. They all fit their roles quite nicely in lower tiers, and so, I didn't really find them disappointing in much aspect at all~
 
Honestly, the Unova starters are my least favorite overall. Their designs aren't bad, yet for some reason they feel like something is missing. They didn't make half as much of an impact on me as the other starters of other generations did. (Especially after Gen 4, which had my favorite starters of all Generations...) I don't know... I guess they just felt disappointing for some reason. But if I had to pick a favorite it would be Emboar. I know it's the third Fire/Fighting in a row, yet something about him I just happen to like.
Stat-wise, yeaaaaah... They're usable...?

White 2 was the only game where I ended up trading away my starter before finishing the game. I'm not even sure why.
Poor Snivy is now off being forcebred to a Ditto. ;-;
 
I do think the starters got better once they got their Hidden Abilities — well, two of them, anyway. Contrary is amazing, and Reckless on Emboar is a curb-stomp waiting to happen, but Shell Armour really isn't that great. I still enjoyed using them with their standard abilities in-game, though.
 
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