4th Gen Did you ditch your starter?

[Fusparce]

I usually build a team around my starter, in every generation. But, occasionally I decide a mono playthrough, and Dump it if it's not the type that Goes with my taste. (I usually MonoBug)

 

[kirin_]

I honestly think they are too valuable to ditch so I usually use it until i beat the elite four, but I don't usually use them when making my team for competitive purposes.

 

[psychomew2]

When it comes to my in game team I don't ever ditch my starter, even if it's a weak link in my team. It just doesn't seem right to me. On the other hand there are competitive battles, when I start doing wifi and such I don't use my starter. Sacrifices have to be made for competitive effectiveness. That being said, sometimes I breed my starters and use the offspring competively. In the fourth gen infernape was one of my favorite ou pokemon while venasaur was one of my favorite uu pokemon.

 

[TheGr8]

In platinum I don't ditch my starter, but in HG/SS I usually do because I like to build teams for a run through before hand. In plat I usually do the same but build around my starter.

 

[mondays suck]

In my first playthrough? No, Torterra was fun to use and did a good job, so there was no reason.
Apart from that, though: always, no exceptions.

 

[Wonder Guard]

Yep. Infernape was kind of useless to me. I couldn't bring myself to use him in battle :P

 

[HelterSkelter]

I've always kept my starters, they were always useful to me.

 

[Snivy063]

Ever since I started playing Pokemon, I never ditched any of my starters, I feel that they are part of my journey, so why replace them?

 

[ScarletCross]

No. I kept Empoleon all the way to the end. He knew waterfall and surf anyway. How could I ditch him?

 

[Drakio]

I normally get rid of my starters after I beat the main story, there are just to many good rare pokemon to use and not enough space in my party, so I just put my starter away.