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The Popplio line without a doubt, since it has been rivaling Oshawott for my PokeMascot position. Primarina is also a strong and diverse special attacker, all while being adorable and majestic.
I also love a lot of the Fairy-types and Grass-types of this gen - Mimikyu, Ribombee, Lurantis and Tsareena all get honourable mentions. I also love the gimmick of Oricorio, and the uniqueness of Araquanid. Bewear, Salazzle, Minior and the Tapus also get some mention.
Lunala always seems to become my staple helper when I'm training up a new team since its Ghost/Psychic coverage in addition to Moonblast can surprisingly make short work of a lot of Pokemon used by the Elite Four and Champion title challengers.
I really like Mimikyu, Bruxish, and Toxapex.
Mimikyu looks adorable, has an amazing type combination, and is impressive competitively.
Bruxish, although it's not quite built well for competitive, I'm determined to use it to its full potential, and Bruxish is absolutely fabulous looking.
Toxapex is an insanely powerful wall pokemon, its lore is really savage, and it looks like an adorable menace.
A little warning it's a bit time consuming and a lot of clicking, but you would be surprised with which ones are you're favorites.
My all time favorite is Metagross followed by Porygon-Z.
What surprised me the most is how much I like the Eevee evolution line.
Whishiwashi is the coolest in terms of concept. That is in my opinion hehe ^-^
Butttt the one I like the most is probably Kommo-o because of its unique name, design and typing.
After having a bit of time passing, I think I can answer this, giving most pokemon a chance. I will try to get 5 pokemon for each category.
Favorites:
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Decidueye - It has been my favorite now for a year. Ever since the pokemon was first leaked right after we first found out about the games. It remains my favorite. However, I like Shiny version a lot more than normal.
Incineroar - I wasn't a fan this pokemon at the start. I liked it, but not much. Mainly because I didn't like the design at the time and that it stood on 2s. However, this opinion greatly changed while I was playing through Sun, I wished I had started with it instead. And now with it getting more spot light, mainly the movie, and the way Litten acted in the anime, I started to love this pokemon.
Vikavolt - I liked it from the minute it came out, but haven't used it much. It is just an awesome looking pokemon. Plus I usually like bug types.
Lycanroc - I love this pokemon as well. I wish it was part dark and fairy or something, but it isn't. I was neutral on this pokemon for a while, but the anime and GX version of the card greatly enhanced my love for it.
Mudsdale - Again, I loved this pokemon from the moment it was released. I was so happy to finally get another horse pokemon and it just looks awesome.
Favorites Alolans-
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Sandslash/Ninetails - Love the Ice typing for both and they just look amazing.
Marowak - Love the design and color of the pokemon.
Raichu - Mainly because Raichu finally got some love over Pikachu, but I also loved it because of the meme about it and pancakes. And it just made my love grow for it more in the anime where people said Pancake carrying Pancakes.
Notable Neutrals:
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Crabominable - The main reason I like this pokemon is for its typing. I love Ice pokemon, but design isn't the greatest.
Popplio line -
Like Litten's line. I like these line, but not a fan of the last final evo. I am hoping that the anime will make me like it a bit more in the future.
Sensu Style Oricorio - Love the style of the pokemon and favorite of the 4.
Passimian/Drampa - Love the style of these pokemon, but since they are standalone pokemon, they aren't in my favorites.
Golisopod/Araquanid - I love both pokemon and their art work, but the problem is their typings. I think Araquanid should have been Bug/Ice and Golisopod should have been Steel/Bug or Fighting/Bug.
Hate:
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Lurantis - Ok... I am not a fan of this pokemon at all. The design is terrible and the Grass Trial has made me hate the pokemon more. It is based on a bug.... yet it isn't a bug... Our character didn't scare at all when in snuck up on us. And the coloring isn't the greatest for a Grass Type.
Tsareena - Ok, I like the line and I kinda like Tasareena, but why isn't it a fighting type pokemon? I think it should have been. I am not a huge fan of the long legs or the middle of the pokemon, just looks like someone got tired of creating it and gave up. If the legs weren't longer than the body, I think it would have been one of my favorites. But the legs just look terrible. I do love the shiny version of this line though.
Bewear - The anime ruined this pokemon for me.... although it is badass. Just not a fan.
There are a lot of pokemon that I am not a fan of in the game. Mainly because I think most of them should have evolved and didn't or should have had a pre evolution. A lot of the pokemon also have terrible typings. I think they threw logic away to balance out typings. Which in return caused them to make fewer pokemon.