Early route Pokémon - do you use them?

[Gardevoir1]

I always end up using the regional bird

 

[Janp]

It depends on their design and if they would fit my team. I don't avoid them, but to be honest, there are usually more interesting Normal-types and birds later on.

 

[Adam Levine]

In playthroughs with HMs, more often than not I would have an early-game bird up until the end of the game (mainly Staraptor and Unfezant). Nowadays, pretty much the only early-game Pokémon I keep in my playthroughs in Charjabug (and Ampharos in B2W2 if it counts, since Mareep is found in Floccesy Ranch, which is located in Route 20). I tried making Dunsparce work in my UM and B2 playthroughs, but they clearly don't want us to actually use it :(.