Event Favorite Pokémon Tournament 2017: Finale

[Brendino]

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Welcome to the final poll of the Favorite Pokémon Tournament, hosted here in Pokémon General! The Favorite Pokémon Tournament (FPT for short), is a forum tradition dating back to 2013, where Pokémon of every type are pitted against each other in weekly polls, and the members of PokéCommunity vote on their favorites, with the winner of each poll earning a place in the finale. Once we go through all 18 types, we make it to this last stop on the journey, where the winner of the final poll is crowned champion, and PC's Favorite Pokémon of 2017!

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If you are new to the Favorite Pokémon Tournament, or would just like a refresher on the rules/process of the event, please take a look at the FAQ posted below (updated for the finale):​

Spoiler:

• You aren't required to pick just one Pokémon- you can vote for as many as you'd like to ensure one of your favorites is crowned champion!
• In the event of a tie at the end of the voting period, a three day run-off poll will begin, with the winner of that poll being crowned the champion.
• In a change from previous years' final polls, if one or more members of a Pokémon family did not meet the typing requirements to be included in the preliminary poll, they will still be grouped with their winning relatives in the finale.
• In another small change, winners of previous FPTs automatically qualify for the finale, regardless of whether or not they won their preliminary poll(s).
• If there are any other questions that you need answered, feel free to leave a comment in this thread, or send a VM to Вrendino to get it sorted out.
  

PREVIOUS FINALE RESULTS:
2013 ~ 2014 ~ 2015 ~ 2016


Now that you know what the tournament is all about, what are you waiting for? Polls are only open until the end of the year, so don't wait to get voting, and may the best Pokémon win!

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The Finalists:




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[blue]

Voted for Gengar, Lucario, Altaria, and Aegislash. Some great finalists this year!

 

[BlazingCobaltX]

Voted for Umbreon, Solgaleo and Ampharos line.

 

[gimmepie]

Voted for Charizard, Sceptile and Lucario.

 

[Absolitetion]

Vulpix and the Eeveelutions.

 

[strangerhypno]

Lugia, Scizor, Mareep line and Espeon and Umbreon (the rest of the eeveelutions I did not vote for)

 

[FeraligatrMaster]

Interesting to see that the Charizard and Gengar lines have made it to the finale anyway, despite not winning any polls this year. But anyways, I've cast my votes for:

Venusaur - My go-to starter in Kanto. It has a nice combination of Grass STAB, Sleep Powder, and Leech Seed.

Charizard - It may be overrated, but it's still awesome.

Gengar - My second favourite Pokemon of all time. For more information, read my favourite Pokemon blog.

Dragonite - While I like the other pseudo-legendaries more, Dragonite is still a good Pokemon. It's strong, bulky, has a huge movepool, and it's even somewhat cute.

Ampharos - A cute and strong Pokemon that has been a true bro in any of my Johto runs, and in my White 2 run.

Scizor - A badass Pokemon, and one of the best Bug types.

Sceptile - I love the Hoenn starters.

Garchomp - My third favourite pseudo-legendary. For more information, read my favourite Pokemon blog.

Lucario - A badass Pokemon that can go both physical and special, and has boosting options for both.

Although, as much as I'd like to vote for Vaporeon, Espeon, and Leafeon, that'd mean voting for Umbreon and Glaceon too, and I can't do that.

 

[FireSnow]

Voted for:

- Vulpix line: This is mainly for the alolan forms as they are easily my favorite of the alolan forms and one of my favorite pokemon to use in battle. Not to forget how elegant and graceful they are!

- Scyther: This is a newer love as i didn't even vote for it in the original bug poll but since then I started using one and I absolutely love it. It's got an awesome design with more than capable battling abilities. Just all around cool

- Rockruff line: I have loved this line since it was introduced, the midday form being my 4th favorite pokemon of all time already. I love the different forms and their different battling abilities. Dusk has quickly become one of my favorite battling pokemon. I could go on for awhile about this line so i'll just end it here.

As a sidenote: interesting to see Lucario with the early lead, is the reign of the Ralts line over this year?

 

[Raffy98]

Voted for Charmander line, Vulpix line, Eevee line, Gible line, Riolu line, Rockruff line and the Solgaleo line.

 

[Mewtwolover]

Lucario
It's so cool.

Vulpix line
Alolan Vulpix and Ninetails are cute.

The Eeveelutions
Mandatory vote.

 

[strangerhypno]

I am surprised Lugia is getting so few votes

 

[Mister Coffee]

I voted for: Gengar, Umbreon, Jirachi, and Aegislash.

Gengar is just a savage pokemon that is incredibly fast, hits incredibly hard, has an awesome yet simple design, and it appears about as terrifying as it actually is in battle. I have many memories of using this pokemon going all the way back to my child hood. It was one of my favorite pokemon in the first generation and I had many great memories of beating my friends using Gengar. It's just an all around awesome pokemon.

Umbreon is in my top six favorite pokemon of all time. I know there is lots of hype for Umbreon and it is largely popular mostly due to its design. However, there really is a lot to love about this pokemon other than just its appearance. In my opinion Umbreon is one of the single most well designed stall pokemon. Umbreon has a fantastic stat build for a stall pokemon 95 base HP, 110 base Defense, and a whopping 130 base Special Defense, and then it has an incredibly diverse variety of attacks for a stall play style both in its natural move pool as well as it's TM move pool.
One of the things that I enjoy the most about playing with an Umbreon, whenever I send out my Umbreon, I just feel so safe. Playing with umbreon feels like hiding in a bomb shelter. Umbreon gets my vote and I really don't care how popular it is, I like it because Umbreon is just an all around well designed pokemon with both it's appearance and its play style.

Jirachi is an adorable mythical pokemon that is a nasty Serene Grace abuser. I tend to be a big fan of adorable Mythicals, but beyond appearance it is a savage fighter. I actually don't know much more to say about Jirachi other than, I like it's design and I like how it fights. Legendary Pokemon stat build, with a fantastic ability, a decent type combination, and a move pool to compliment its general play style. It's a cool and adorable Mythical Pokemon, what's not to love?

Aegislash is the single most awesome pokemon to come out of generation 6. Before Aegislash existed I was a big fan of the pokemon Meloetta (still am), I was fascinated by Meloetta's ability to use an attack that caused a transformation that changed the pokemon's stats as well as typing. It just seemed like a great gimmick for certain pokemon. When I first understood how Aegislash functioned and then actually played with one, it was like Meloetta all over again with only a few differences. I just loved Aegislash, building a pokemon stat distribution as well as its move pool to suit not only its incredible defensive capabilities but also its astounding sweeping capabilities. It was also fascinating how Aegislash sort of allowed you to out play the opponent by predicting when to swap between its defensive form and its attacking form. Aegislash is a great pokemon for truly testing out the skill of a competitive battlers ability to predict an opponents next move.
On top of all of this awesome battling insanity that Aegislash does... the pokemon is a freaking haunted coat of arms, I mean come on its design is just awesome. All around fantastic and incredibly cleverly designed pokemon.

 

[Hyzenthlay]

My votes went to Scyther, the Eeveelutions, the Ampharos line, Gabite, Riolu/Lucario and Lycanroc.

 

[Cool_Porygon]

I voted for all the Vulpix/Ninetales forms, the Eevee family and Ralts line.

 

[Lemonski]

Garchomp and Aggron are my favorites so they both got my votes!

 

[acatfrommars]

There was no jigglypuff so I had to vote for Charizard.

 

[wolf]

Ninetales, Gengar, Ampharos, Aggron, Altaria, and Aegislash get my vote. Tough decision, but the first five are some of my all-time favorites. Aegislash just has a really unique design that I dig.

 

[strangerhypno]

It's astounding how popular Eeveelutions are, they dominate every poll they're in.

 

[PageEmp]

okay so i voted for Ampharos, Venusaur, Charizard, Sceptile, Ninetales (mostly for the new one but I guess the old one is also fine) and Garchomp as i just dont want Lucario to win

 

[Eleanor]

What a difficult choice! Anyways, I voted for Gengar, Eevee, Jirachi, Ralts, Lucario and Lycanroc!