your best bet is to go with the two fire types if you only planning on playing through the games and not going to be challanging you friends to battles, because fire type pokemon are harded to find in the wild than water or grass, but mainly you should just pick the pokemon you like.
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3rd Gen Which starter should i start with?
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Who Replied?that's one of my best bets.your best bet is to go with the two fire types if you only planning on playing through the games and not going to be challanging you friends to battles, because fire type pokemon are harded to find in the wild than water or grass, but mainly you should just pick the pokemon you like.
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i usually use sceptile in r/s/e, but i think blazekin is good too, and i completed the game faster with blaziken than i did with sceptile. can't stand swampert and cannot use him/her whatsoever
blastoise is my fave in fr/lg and charmander is also pretty good. however bulbasaur is better for starters because of the type matchups you'll face in the first few gyms
blastoise is my fave in fr/lg and charmander is also pretty good. however bulbasaur is better for starters because of the type matchups you'll face in the first few gyms
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I'd go with Mudkip in R/S/E and Charmander in FR/LG
Note on the Mudkip, Catch a Tallow as early as you can and get it to lvl 16 by defeating the 1st gym, it'll help in the future.
Note on the Charmander by the second gym, have a good grass pkmn, or Pikachu.
either that, or have the thing up to lvl 25 with a decent amount of Jigglypuffs or Caterpies killed(for survival purposes)
Note on the Mudkip, Catch a Tallow as early as you can and get it to lvl 16 by defeating the 1st gym, it'll help in the future.
Note on the Charmander by the second gym, have a good grass pkmn, or Pikachu.
either that, or have the thing up to lvl 25 with a decent amount of Jigglypuffs or Caterpies killed(for survival purposes)
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In my humble opinion I would rate the Starters as:
R/S/E
1. Swampert - Only reason I wouldn't choose it is cuz there is million water types, but it only has one weakness, to a type that is almost non-existant in those games, and it learns a ton of good attacks, to go with it's good attack stat.
2. Blaziken - Good Combo attacker and has good speed, also pretty much the only Fire in those games, except Camerupt, and Magcargo I think... neither are very good.
3. Sceptile - Just never really worked out for me, don't know why, it looks good on paper.
FR/LG
1. Venusaur - Arguably the best Grass type in any game, it also isn't a super common type. If I don't choose it a descent alternate is Victreebell
2. Charizard - Fast special attacker, and fire is hard to come by, but a Ninetails or Arcanine will work almost/just as good
3. Blastoise - Quite possibly the worst starter ever, yeah defenses are pretty good, but it is slow as sin, and neither of it's attack stats are good enought to make it a real threat. Not to mention all of the good water types in those games. I.E. Gyrados, Starmie, Lapras, Omastar, Vaporeon, Dewgong...
R/S/E
1. Swampert - Only reason I wouldn't choose it is cuz there is million water types, but it only has one weakness, to a type that is almost non-existant in those games, and it learns a ton of good attacks, to go with it's good attack stat.
2. Blaziken - Good Combo attacker and has good speed, also pretty much the only Fire in those games, except Camerupt, and Magcargo I think... neither are very good.
3. Sceptile - Just never really worked out for me, don't know why, it looks good on paper.
FR/LG
1. Venusaur - Arguably the best Grass type in any game, it also isn't a super common type. If I don't choose it a descent alternate is Victreebell
2. Charizard - Fast special attacker, and fire is hard to come by, but a Ninetails or Arcanine will work almost/just as good
3. Blastoise - Quite possibly the worst starter ever, yeah defenses are pretty good, but it is slow as sin, and neither of it's attack stats are good enought to make it a real threat. Not to mention all of the good water types in those games. I.E. Gyrados, Starmie, Lapras, Omastar, Vaporeon, Dewgong...
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Charmander or Squirtle for FR/LG
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Treecko for RSE
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I would like to know the logic behind choosing Squirtle. For the life of me I just can't find one, except maybe to beat Brock, but Bulbasur does that just as well.