3rd Gen Which starting pokemon to choose?

[brotlov]

Choose mudkip its the best for all the gym leaders.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

Torchic it turns out to be the best in the long run.

 

[Rocket Superior Chase]

I agree, although I had to rely on the rest of my team in most places, Torchic does end up being the strogest of all, he also teaches you to make balanced teams because he isn't exactly the best to use in the first half of the game =D

 

[Eon-Rider]

There is already a thread like this. Torchic coz when it is a Blaziken it is really powerful.

 

[Phoenix Riley]

Kennys right but isnt it dead?

Anyhoo i like em all Torchic good cos of its duel type but Treeco does a lots of gyms well except flannery thank god for peliper XD

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

Ot has been dead, but getting back on topic. I will agree the first half of the game is a great deal better with a Mudkip. Mudkip is stable the whole game through and may help you much more!

 

[Sanctuary]

Torchic, once it evolves it can be super strong! Same with Mudkip although for some reason I think Mudkip is hard to train.... :(

 

[Skarmorylugia]

Torchic, because when it evolves into Combusken it becomes not only fire-type, but it also becomes fighting-type, which will help you in battling, especially the normal-type Pokemon. But also, there are some risks to evolving it. For one thing, it becomes weak to bird Pokemon, because fighting type is weak against flying type. And the fighting moves won't help much when you're fighting a ghost Pokemon, because they're along the same lines as normal moves.
But other than that, Torchic is a good starter Pokemon to have. Why do I know this? I started with a Torchic! :)

 

[manectric_chief]

I'd pick torchic, it's worth it when it evolves to Blaziken

 

[Squarewalker]

Treecko isn't a very good choice cause it can't help you at the 3rd and 4th gyms and Sceptile won't have such good stats (except for speed =p).
Torchic is a good choice but it will be a bit hard to train I guess, though it worths it because Blaziken is sure powerful.
I think that Mudkip is the best choice. It is easy to train. It will help you in most gyms and the best is that it learns good moves and evolves into Swampert which has a very high attack stat :) .

 

[mew_master]

mudkip. it's good against the first, third (due to ground), and fourth. it's bad to no gym.

torchic is good against the first (due to fighting) and fifth due to fighting, however it's bad to the sixth, seventh, and eighth. mudkip is a lot better.

 

[Bashaamo]

You know what, we have different opinions. I chose torchic because I like fire types. We don't necessarily have to pick a pokemon that is good against all gyms. So I don't really care. I think torchic is good, one of the reasons is because it evolves into Combusken, and then Blaziken.

 

[Gyardosamped]

I like mudkip better of them all becuase its 2 types of pokemon gorund type and water type!

 

[LegendaryPokemonTamer]

I like Mudkip because it protects itself from Electric types by being ground on the 2nd stage and 3rd stage and it only has one weakness

 

[deoxys and celebi master]

I got all three starters and I would say they are all even

 

[Salaz]

i think the best starter is treecko he is well balanced

 

[Happy Dude]

Yep,i'm saying Treecko even though i have all 3.

He is good against e4.

 

[Dark Penguin]

well here's how it breaks down by gyms:
Treecko - easiest against early gym leaders
Mudkip - easiest against middle gym leaders
Torchic - easiest against last gym leaders (excluding Wallace XD )

it doesn't matter as much, though, because they didn't make your rival hard enough. So don't base it on your rival.

 

[kohei]

Treeko. Pretty much useless especially against non-ingame play but still speedy so can be useful.

 

[brotlov]

OK thanks for that. Now after the pole has closed i can start a new game with the pokemon that wins.