4th Gen Best Starter Pokemon

[Yuii]

Chimchar in my opinion, fire types are just beast!

 

[Calamity]

I never pick the water starters. And its very close between Turtwig and Chimchar, I love Chimchar's evos and moveset, but now theres 3 fire/fighting starters?! -_-
So i'm picking Turtwig, I picked him as my starter for diamond and Torterra is just a tank! :D

 

[Jameska]

Chimchar in my opinion, fire types are just beast!

^This.
Explains everything.

 

[Ace Trainer Jessie]

The Empoleon line! It kicks major butt in-game. I've used all three starters and my most successful run was with Empoleon.
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[~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~]

None. Dump it ASAP. They are called 'starter' pokemon for a reason people? :/. Nobody seems to understand your only meant to use them for the START -_-.

You know what? you do have a point, I never even thought of it like that before :\

But, I still believe that starter Pokemon are really good though, but out of Piplup, Turtwig and Chimchar, I'm picking Piplup because I love using water starters and I also like Surfing the Fire starter and Ice beaming the grass starter


:t354:TG

 

[jle1076]

with no items, just plain EV training and versing each other, Infernape can OHKO all them and outspeeds both

 

[shinymilotic]

fire type starters

the fire types are BEAST for me :D charizard has always made it easy for me, and blazikens the best out of the other choices in ruby/sapphire, and chimchar is just the same, with good attack, speed and even sp atk. fire types just always been easy for me

 

[jle1076]

Infernape's Speed + Att + 2 STAB 100+ Power Attacks makes him 1000 times better than Toterra or Empoleon

 

[Arms]

Personally, my favorite is Piplup, but only due to the fact he is undeniably cute. Prinplup and Empoleon... Not so much. However, coming from a battling prospective I would have to go with Chimchar. With Infernape's high Sp. Attack, Attack, and Speed he could become a decent Physical/Special Sweeper with the ability to out-speed most Pokemon. On the other hand, Infernape can't take a hit. Send out a faster Pokemon, i.e. Starmie and Infernape is done and out. As well, Torterra has the potential to be a decent team member. In opinion, he's a good wall who can deal some damage. In the end, I'm not a huge fan of using Starters within a competitive setting. Has others have said... They're dumped ASAP.

 

[TJgamer]

I would have voted Turtwig.
He's cute, and strong, and noble.
To this day, he still remains with me.

 

[♠Dawn Rayne♠]

Piplup for sure.

Empoleon and Blastoise is a fun combo to use :D

 

[BlazikenXD]

Chimchar because he evolves into a fighting type like Blaziken! :)

 

[BenjiTheKid]

Chimchar.

When I played my sisters Diamond version, she'd picked Chimchar. He was already evolved into the second stage, so I never got a good feel of the first stage... but I loved battling with him. He seemed to be a pretty decent Pokemon. I love his final evolution, too. Plus, I've always been a fan of fire Pokemon. Nine times out of ten, I choose the fire starter. I always chose Charmander, always chose Cyndaquil, and always chose Torchic.

When I got Platinum, I decided to try Piplup because he was kinda cute. I don't really like him, though. It seemed to take forever for him to learn a move that I actually liked and I'm not particularly fond of his evolved form. His stats are okay, but I've always been more about movesets than stats.

 

[Jubi]

Turtwig.

Although I always prefer the grass starter, I felt Turtwig (at least throughout the game) was the best choice. By the time it grows to a Torterra, it gets Earthquake right off the bat, and is really only super weak against one of the gyms. :)

...Plus...he has trees on his back...and I like trees :D

 

[L5Animations]

I have to go with Chimchar, Monferno, and Infernape. I know of a LOT of people who rage on about the poor thing(s), calling it a "rip-off" of Torchic, Combusken, and Blaziken. To them, I say "shut up." Chimchar doesn't deserve aall that rage thrown at it, in my eyes. I see it as another good starter, and I happen to like Torchic, too. If you're calling Chimchar a rip-off of Torchic, then why aren't you calling Spiritomb a Sableye rip-off? I never hear anyone rage on that. All that stuff annoys me, and personaly just use them both and get maximum possible enjoyment out of the games.

 

[Abyssumi]

Well if you go by competitive use/tiers.

Smogon has Empoleon and Infernape locked firmly in OU while Torterra is in UU.

Competitively Infernape probably has the edge.

 

[mzmingle]

I say chimchar. It was the starter i chose the first time i played pokemon diamond and I had no problem.

Piplup, i couldnt defeat the first gym without evolving.

And Turtwig is strong

so i say Chimchar and Turtwig FTW

 

[zoo3891]

Well, i've had experience with all three, and the best experience was with Infernape.*

* Although Torterra didn't get past the e4, i gave up on his file at snowpoint city.

 

[Dooonerz]

I'll go with Torterra, since his design was epic, and he learns Earthquake. 'Nuff said. <3

 

[Pokemaster483]

Even though the type combo is a little unoriginal at this point, I like the Chimchar line. I got Chimchar my first time through Pearl, and had Infernape on my competitive battling team for a while.