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4th Gen Chimchar! Good pokemon choice

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    I got my Diamond today, and I picked Chimchar as my starter, and it really is a good pokemon to pick. It gives an advantage to the first gym leader and too trainers. The first gym leader, which is a rock type gym, I owned em with my Chimchar, which was then a Monderno, I owned her with Mach Punch, which is a super eff. to her pokemon and owned everyone in that gym. I also own everyone with him. I already made it past (trying to get to Eterana(SP?) city through the forest and ive been owning. Just something to look at .
     
    I imagine it'd be pretty easy to own the gyms with any starter. I chose Piplup, owned the first gym with Bubble and the second with Peck.

    And gj @ 3 of the same boards.
     
    Umm, Roark is a guy o.0

    Chimchar is a complete rip of Torchic, don't ya think? Fire/Fighting? Learns a fighting move when it evolves? Na, Turtwig is the way to go. That's who I picked.
     
    I think Chimchar is more of a cc of Charmander if you ask me... flame on the tail ya know?
    BTW, with each generation it seems the starter gym leaders are getting easier... I mean in R/B/Y, if you picked charmander then you'd have had a PAINFUL long time trying to beat Brock..

    I also picked Chimchar. Then I caught a Machop and pwnt him.
     
    I think Piplup is the way to go as well.I mean I am a Steel/Dark/Dragon/Ghost Pokemon fan and Piplup's final evolution is cool!(Note:Final Piplup evo is Empoleon Water/steel)
     
    Piplup as i never pick a water type starter and piplup and empoleon look so cool prin plup notas much but i only have to put up with him for20 levels
     
    chimchar is an ace pokemon, thanks to him a allready have 3 badges and a ton of pokemon and he is the only one im using.(Note: im not letting my chimchar evolve yet)
     
    spike6958 said:
    chimchar is an ace pokemon, thanks to him a allready have 3 badges and a ton of pokemon and he is the only one im using.(Note: im not letting my chimchar evolve yet)
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    Skitty can get you 3 badges.

    Chimchar accaully makes the game harder becuase the starters are where you pick you difficulty.

    Grass: Easy
    Water: Normal
    Fire: Hard
     
    You Americans are so lucky to already have D/P. We Europeans still have to wait for 2 freakin' months to get the games. ._. As for the topic: of course Chimchar is a good starter Pokémon. There's a reason for why Infernape is by far the most popular starter used in competitive battling, and also one of the most commonly used OUs; the thing's a beast!
    Chimchar is a complete rip of Torchic, don't ya think? Fire/Fighting? Learns a fighting move when it evolves? Na, Turtwig is the way to go. That's who I picked.
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    Chimchar > Torchic any day. It has a higher base speed and only loses some attack and special attack, which Life Orb compensates for. Basically, Infernape is a better version of Blaziken so I completely disagree with you there.
    Chimchar accaully makes the game harder becuase the starters are where you pick you difficulty.

    Grass: Easy
    Water: Normal
    Fire: Hard
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    Every time I hear one of those 'Zomg! If u pik tis starter u get tru game easy. =(' things I feel like banging my head against a wall. The in-game AI is completely pathetic and if you're at least decent at Pokémon it makes absolutely no difference what starter you picked. Besides, you can only get three fully evolved Fire Pokémon before obtaining the National Dex, and Infernape is probably the best Fire type in the game with excellent attack, special attack and speed and an awesome movepool to boot.
     
    i like Chimchar, but i started with Turtwig. BUT, thanks to the GTS, i have all three (actually, i have Grotel now, not Turtwig, lol). but, i'd have to say that all three have their own advantages. and i agree with Empass: with each generation the gym leaders are getting easier. but then again, if you think about it, in Red and Blue, Brock only had a lv. 12 Geodude and lv. 14 Onyx (maybe they really aren't getting that much easier?). but if you did start with Charmander, you'd have a fun time of it going against Mysty (but if you look long enough, you can find a Pikachu in Viridian Forest).
     
    I chose chimchar to :) I agree completly fire is good againest everything :) he is now a level 41 inferno and I am going to the 3rd lake and have 6 badges :)
     
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    Thank God for the informed.

    Smartie-kuns is right about everything he/she wrote.

    Blaziken is only a *Reversal Poke while Infernape is a Metagame Breaker.

    With *Close Combat / *Flamethrower / *Grass Knot it wrecks almost all of the Wallish Types in the game.

    Manaphy will still be a problem.

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    I feel your pain Smartie-kuns. I would be in the torture chamber right now if i couldn't play it yet i knew tons of peeps already were.

    By the way ~ I'm Tons of Peeps. <Wink>
     
    I choose Pochama because the first 2 gyms it can do very well in, well it using peck on the grass type Pokemon

    :t354:~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~
     
    Yeah it is a Awesome sweeper, but faster pokemon like sceptile and Aerodactyl can easily beat it with is low defenses.
     
    Actually, my Chimchar had evolved by the time I beat the first gym, if I remember correctly... but it wasn't Chimchar that helped me win.

    Actually my Shinx took down the first gym all by itself.. I taught it Hidden Power and it wiped out the rock-type Pokemon. x3
    It was nice.

    But I do agree that Chimchar is a good Pokemon, I'm glad I picked it.
     
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