I voted as honestly as I can, and my favorite of all the fire starters is... Bacon! I don't care what you have to say about it. Tepig is by far my favorite of the Fire/Fighting starters, and takes the place of my favorite Fire starter with competition only with Cyndaquil. The first and foremost reason I like Tepig is actually just because of what animal it's based on. I have no idea why, but ever since I was a kid pigs have just been my favorite animal. I guess I found it interesting how clean and smart they are despite everything they're "known" for. I also found that Emboar is probably the Fire/Fighting stater that requires the most strategy witch is something I enjoy with Pokemon. The more strategy is needed for a Pokemon the more fun, and more diverse the move sets can be. Lastly, I will compare it to the other Fire/Fighting staters. Now remember, this is just my opinion, and I will be pretty direct with it. I see no point in sugarcoating something that others won't agree with no matter what... So, here we go. Blaziken is a mutant chicken, and Infernape... Well, honestly I just don't like monkeys very much, and the blue toes bother me a little. I don't dislike either of those Pokemon, but when their major competition is that of my favorite animal turned into a starter Pokemon it doesn't make them look as good to me. Besides, Tepig is adorable, Pignite is also cute, but in a different way, and Emboar just looks awesome. However, I will admit that there is one thing that I would have changed about Emboar. I would have done something different with it's neck rather than taking the same thing that was put on Typhlosion. I really liked the fire-collar on Typhlosion and it was really unique to the Volcano Pokemon. More-or-less, Tepig is my favorite Fire starter, and I hope I've given you some good reason behind it.