4th Gen Did anyone else chuck their starter?

[Zebeedoo]

Call me weird, but no. I don't ditch my starter because it's there to help you. I get too attached to my pixels... I always keep my starter no matter what. <3

 

[Bob2424]

I've beaten the Elite Four already, and my starter is still a level 7 Totodile. :p I've gotten into the habit of abandoning the tedium of training the starter pokemon. I don't really like fire, water, or grass types either way. So I have my four pokemon that I've been dutifully raising: Crobat, Pidgeot, Flareon, and Cloyster. Does anyone else use this method? If so, what pokemon did you raise? :)

Edit: Oh, I don't trade pokemon from other games.. I raised these on HG.

Lolz I am also getting tired of the whole fire,water,grass starter triangle.i think they should switch it up a lil and make a ghost,psychic,dark triangle for the next gen.
anyways i kept my started. I have a lvl 44 meganium and named him pokeman

 

[Ayselipera]

The first time I played I kept my starter the whole way. I'm thinking of replaying it though and I plan on ditching my starter as soon as possible. I have others that I really want to use. :3

 

[Joey_951]

Lolz I am also getting tired of the whole fire,water,grass starter triangle.i think they should switch it up a lil and make a ghost,psychic,dark triangle for the next gen.
anyways i kept my started. I have a lvl 44 meganium and named him pokeman

that wouldnt be right because ghost and dark have advantage on psychic and wont have advantage on anything

 

[pockeyfox]

Unless I trade, I do not think my starter pokemon even leaves my belt. I'm almost certain that I have kept every starter that I have ever had.

 

[Kirbychu]

My Cyndaquil never made it to level 8. There are so many more interesting Pokemon. Every trainer and their brother uses the starters. I like to be more original for some reason. :/

 

[Luck]

I chose chikorita, so of course.
I think Bayleef is rotting in my PC box at level 26 right now.

This is a shame, since this was the first time I ever used something other than my starter in my team.

 

[maxxpower]

I actually offered up my cyndaquil in the GTS for a scyther, which I did get.

 

[jolteon.]

I always keep my starters unless I'm doing a play-through/challenge where I won't have a starter on my team. I always keep it in my box though because I get attached to my starter pokemon.

 

[love like winter]

I usually ditch the starter, and get a Ghastly and one other pokemon (depends on what i feel like.). And then i use those until i get mah Ice types! XDD

 

[Unknown Entity]

I never get rid of my starters, especially since in SS I get my Typhlosion, mah fave Pokemon. D:<

~Unknown

 

[Mistyy]

On soul silver I used my water starter untill the seventh badge, then I just transfered started breeding for a team. I used four pokes up to the Elite four and on, none of them were the starter, I just use it for HM! :(

 

[chezhead]

Yeah, I usually just have my starter do EVERYTHING.
Now I have three pokemon all at level 14, toadadile, pigey, and ponyta.
They still get whipped by bugsie's syther's quick attack.

 

[thedestinedblade]

Yeah, I got rid of Meganium just about the time I got to Blackthorn City. Had to make room for another pokemon.

 

[GoombaMuffins]

I usually keep it and train it, but it is never my main Pokemon. Eg:
My current team is this:

Golbat lvl 48
Gyarados lvl 49
Typhlosion lvl 47
Luxray lvl 50

I never use it as my main pokemon, but it is very handy as it has a very good Attack stat.

 

[kraine]

You don't let your Golbat evolve? :o

 

[GoombaMuffins]

You don't let your Golbat evolve? :o

I have been trying, but no matter how many items I feed it or milkshakes I make it, it still will not evolve D: I even leveled it about 7 levels holding a sooth bell :(

 

[Yusshin]

I have been trying, but no matter how many items I feed it or milkshakes I make it, it still will not evolve D: I even leveled it about 7 levels holding a sooth bell :(

Give it massages, lemonade / soda pop / fresh water when HP is low, vitamins, use it in big battles, don't let it die... just some ideas.

 

[kraine]

Hm. That's weird. My zubat evolved into golbat and only lasted one level as one. It evolved into crobat immediately. :[ I just trained it from level 3 and walked with it constantly. And I used items on it, and saved before battles to make sure it never fainted. And I caught it with a premier ball, but I don't think that has anything to do with it.

 

[Season]

I ditched my starter on Pearl for a Tropius. I'm keeping my starter on Heart Gold though, Quilava is one of my favorite Pokemon, I'm happy to have it with me. :D
Right now my team consists of Quilava, Tropius (the son of the one I used on Pearl) and Hoppip.