User blog:Mrdaimion/Top Fifteen Starter Pokemon - Part Two (10 - 6)

Miss Part One?

As some of you may have noticed, I like Pokemon. A lot. Because of my not-so-secret love for it, I've decided to make a countdown blog about it discussing something very important- the starters. Some starters are amazing. Some starters are absoultly terrible. However, today I gather to talk about both of them- the good and the bad- to say who I think is superior. Will anyone agree with my opinions? Probably not, but let's get started anyways!

Also, just so you all know, I'll mainly be going over the Pokemon's final evolution even when I refer to them as their first form's name, simply because you'll be using the final form for most of the game.

Ten - Oshawott
Oshawott's like Chikorita as the main reason it's so low is simply cause I never got the chance to use it. When I think about it, it's actually a really good Pokemon (though I'd still prefer Snivy even if I did try it out). It has really good stats, and is over all the most balanced out of all of the Unova starters. It also learns a fair share of good moves, it's more famous being it's signature Razor Shell (which has 75 Power, 95% Accuracy, and a 50% chance of lowering the foes defense- and remember, this isn't some late game move, it learns it at Level 17), and some others being Swords Dance and Hydro Pump. It's design is also pretty bad-ass, being based off of Samuri which, as we all know, are the greatest thing since sliced bread. I also really like it's Pokedex entry:

''One swing of the sword incorporated in its armor can fell an opponent. A simple glare from one of them quiets everybody.''

How much more bad-ass can you get?

Nine - Chimchar
Yeah, we're already through with Gen IV Starters. It probably isn't very hard to guess that I'm not the biggest fan of their Pokemon. But I digress, Chimchar's a pretty good Pokemon (although in all honesty, it's mostly this high cause monkeys are amazing). One of it's downsides, however, is that it's the second Fire/Fighting type out of the Three (Blaziken, Infernape, and Emboar). It does have pretty good stats however, having both the best speed out of all Fire types (with a base stat of 108) and the best Stats period out of all non-legendary Fightning types (with a base stat total of 534). So it has something to brag home about, basically. It's move pull also isn't that bad, learning moves such as Close Combat and Flare Blitz naturally, and through TM, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, and Blast Burn. It's design also is, I'm not gonna lie, pretty awesome. And, as a bonus, it's original Japanese name- Goukazaru- is based off of the words Hellfire (Goka) and Ape (saru), and as we all know, Hellfire is one of the coolest words in the history of the universe. And finally, it's Dreamworld ability- Iron Fist- is really good, increasing the power of all "Punching moves" by 20%. I'm still not a huge fan of Infernape, however, it's mainly just up here cause monkeys are amazing.

Eight - Totodile
Although Totodile is incredibly over-rated, there's no denying that it is a good Pokemon. It's stats are pretty good, totalling at 530, and it also helps that it evolves fully only at Level 30, the lowest of any starter. It's movepull is... okay, I guess, since it learns Crunch, Slash, and Hydro Pump (all pretty good moves) and it has the ability to learn a lot of TMs. Personally, I think that its typing should have been Water and Fighting, but I suppose now we have enough Fighting starter types (I'm talking to you, Emboar).

There is one thing that really bugs me about Feraligator, though: I hate it's design. It looks bad, and it's a victim of "spikes make everything better!" I don't have much to say on this Pokemon for some reason though, it's really weird.

Seven - Bulbusaur
Fun fact: I used to hate Bulbusaur until I actually used it. It's still my least favorite Kanto starter, but hey.

Well, first off, Bulby here is the first Pokemon in existance, which on it's own is pretty awesome. It also, like Chikorita, has a really good move pull if you teach it Sunny Day, learning both Synthesys and Solarbeam as well (and it's especially good to teach it Sunny Day if you have it's Dram World ability Chlorophyl, as then it's speed will be doubled in sunlight). It's built to be more focused around the "Special" sides of things, with a lot of Special Attack and Defense (which can be, at the very most, 328 each [100 Base Stat total]). Otherwise, it's stats are pretty balanced, all being about 80 each. I also like it's design similar to Chikorita, where it continuiosuly blooms as it evolves. (Also, Bulby here gets bonus points for looking a lot like a kind of dinosaur, which makes sense since he's the first Pokemon.)

Six - Cyndaquil
Much like Totodile, an extremly over-rated Starter choice. I still like it a lot, though, as it is a good Pokemon. It's design is probably one of my favorite out of all the starters, for beginners (not quite sure why I like it's design so much, however). It has one of the best move-pools out of the starters, with moves like Inferno, Doucle Edge, Flamethrower, and- the greatest by far- Eruption. For those of you who don't know, Eruption is a move that does damage based on how much HP you have- so, if you have full HP, it has 150 Base Power- which makes it perfect for Typhlosion as it's a very speedy Pokemon, with a base stat Speed total of 100. And believe it or not, Speed isn't even it's best stat, it also has a Base Stat total of 109 for Spc. Atk. Neither of it's other stats are very bad (except for maybe HP and Spc. Def., which are 78- and that isn't bad, more just "average"), which really makes Cyndaquil a powerhouse. It also, like Infernape, has a really good Dream World ability (Flash Fire) that makes it so everytime he's hit with a Fire move, the power of its fire moves multiplies by 1.5. And, although I love Cyndaquil, there is one big problem I have with it that puts it this low: It makes the already really easy generation (II) even easier. Cyndaquil is still an amazing Pokemon, however.

But that begs the question: If this powerhouse is so low, what are the other Pokemon like...?