4th Gen Did anyone else chuck their starter?

[Omn]

I didn't all i did was transfer some of my breeded pokemon especially for heart gold

 

[lamby101]

Yeah I've dropped my Totodile, on all the other games I've played I've had my starter as my main pokémon so I thought I'd play through the game without it this time.
At the moment my team consists of Pidgey, Ekans, Togepi and Geodude... surfing Pikachu is my priority at the moment, it's taking soooooooo long :(

 

[Blue Nocturne]

I just recently replaced my Typhlosion with a Magmortar because i could get a better moveset out of it, not to mention better stats (or at least better stats that i care about). In fact, the only pokemon i still have on me from the start of my journey is Gengar. I don't usually ditch my starter, because i usually like it, but i have a relentless hatred for all three Johto starters.

 

[Cataclysmic]

No way. I have a bad habit of sweeping through the entire game with just my starter (usually the water type) and only training the rest of my team after the storyline is over. Even against the Elite Four and Red I only used Feraligatr and Arceus.

 

[Pok-e-Bob]

I don't release them no, however I'm not one of those gamers who shoots his starter 40 levels ahead of his othe rPokemon.. the game is way too easy that way. I level my pokemon out while leveling, so my starter isn't as overpowered (as tbh, the fire starter always is).

Call me a noob, but
I go in with my starter (Totodile), trade in my Lvl. 100s from Platinum (4 of them), get an HM slave, then drop the weakest Lvl 100 for Ho-oh and use that until i beat Red.

Off topic but still- As much as I like Tupac, that isn't his quote. It was made famous by Friedrich Nietzsche, not him. If he did say it, he was quoting Friedrich.

 

[kraine]

For the first time in forever I actually trained my starter on my most recent HG game. She's a level 81 Typhlosion now, but she has 5 other level 81 friends. ^_^

 

[jigglyppuff8]

I didn't ditch my starter, but I did use my Jigglypuff more often than it.

 

[WishCookie]

I have always kept my starter and i have never ever boxed my starter or traded any pokemon to beat the game as fast as possible. I always keep it for some reason.

 

[~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~]

Apparently, I do not have the heart to ditch my starter Pokemon because he (or rarely a she) is there to help you.


:t354:TG

 

[Distorted Personality]

I kept my totadile till the end. <3

Made sure to get an adamant totadile with IV between 20 and 31, and made it my awesome-riffic physical sweeper.

 

[Greenbeans]

to be honest chucking ur starter is one of the worst and stupidest things to do in my opinion

 

[kraine]

Worst and stupidest things to do? How could it be stupid if I play through (and beat) the game just fine and enjoy it more by taking this path?

 

[champagnepapi]

I like the Johto starters too much to ditch them, unless I'm doing a Challenge. I have ditched my starter in Diamond once, though.

 

[bobandbill]

Closing because of thread bumpage (like the 4th today here, guys).

However someone can remake this thread if they want for both HGSS/DPPt (so a 4th Gen thread) given you can ditch the starter in both sets if you so choose. =p Which is also partly why I'm closing - a thread just for the same question for HGSS only when it can apply to DPPt probably suggests a new version of this thread for both will be fine.