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Have you ever tossed your Starter Pokemon out of your team?

Victory★Star★

Mega Victini?
I myself have tossed Serperior out and have put some other pokemon to good use, Instead of serperior being my lead starter, I now have DW Blaziken. This is my first time tossing a starter, and I also tossed my starter in Johto.
Personally I think Johto and Unova have the worst starters (other than cyndaquil and tepig).
Have you done anything like this?
*I say tossed as in out of your team! :)
 
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Shaylup

debeo capere omnes
Are we talking ingame or competitively? I have never tossed out my starter ingame (except in my Nuzlocke cause he died)
 

Milennin

*hugs Absol*
I always keep my starter until I beat the Elite Four and Champion for the first time. After that I usually train it to level 100 before tossing it out.
 

Dreamy

Well-Known Member
Pretty much every time after about the 3rd gym. On some occasions I have kept it the whole time, but only if I couldn't find a better replacement.
 

Squiddly Dee

∈ (⊙ ⊖ ⊙) ∋
In both Black 2 and White 2, I tossed my starter since I've used all the starters a lot.
 
Yeah, I have, in my first playthrough of heartgold, I tossed my Chikorita because it was useless!
 

ForeWolf

Member
In my current play through of SoulSilver, I benched my Meganuim. That's the first time I've ever tossed out a starter (I've always kept mine with me until now). It was just...............so useless.
 

Schade

Metallic Wonder
More than once. I do it pretty much all the time
 

rocky505

Well-Known Member
I tossed out my Snivy because it's movepool was so atrocious until B2W2, I actually used a Snivy through W2 because of it actually gaining new useful moves.
 
I tossed out my Torterra in diamond since I didn't like any of the starters.

I put it later in my team again as an hm slave though.
 

Gloryus

Where's Wally?
I've always stuck by my starter until post game when I manage to raise newly avaible, stronger Pokémon. I tried to release Pikachu back in Yellow but we all know how that went.
 

voninator

VONINATOR
The only time is when I am playing through after I have already gotten the three starters. Even then I usually keep the starter in case my guys over level the listening levels
 

MileniaKitsune

Tropical Trickster
Never. I think it's special since it's the very first Pokemon to be along side you in your adventure so I have a soft spot for it but post game I will make a new team and might not include my starter (or hatch a new starter). idk why anyone would release a starter though (put in a box yeah but to release it is just weird imho)
 
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