Obtaining your first "Strong" Pokemon?

[Bulletproof]

I still can't beat them lol

but I'm usually really under leveled when I face them.

Lisa & tate were pains for almost all of us, never mind Blaziken users. What made it Even harder for Me was that I beat them using a Lairon & Wailmer.

 

[Ioneos]

When I was 5 I got a yellow version from a garage sale. My pikachu was 14 and pigeot was 60. I am stuck at giovani (although I'm not playing). I went to the seafoam islands to get articuno, but apparently my pokeball "misses" every time. It says "Oh no! The Pokeball missed?" WTF.

Then a few years later I got my first NEW game, leaf green. My Blastoise grew to 100 and has been my favorite Pokemon for years (until hydreigon). Its current moveset it water gun, surf, hydro cannon and hyper beam.

 

[Squirtle102]

The first game I got was Pokemon XD. My first strong Pokemon was Vaporeon at level 100.

 

[magikrap]

My Typhlosion that I had in Pokemon Crystal - I didn't train any other Pokemon except it and obliterated everything in the game... until Clair's Kingdra. Thank goodness for Suicune. My Typhlosion knew Fire Blast, Flamethrower, Flame Wheel and Fire Punch (eventually I taught it Thunderpunch instead)... I was 10, I had zero strategy But man I loved that Typhlosion. To this day, Typhlosion is my favourite Pokemon.

Apart from starters, I would have to say Crobat. I've had one in every generation since Crystal, usually to catch the roaming legendaries with Mean Look. Not incredibly powerful, but very dependable and one of my favourite Pokemon to use in-game.

 

[M4zz]

Well. My sapphire was my first game. And the only level 100 I got on it was an Armaldo named Stego.

 

[GOLDENCRS]

Back in the days of 2001, I had a particular Gold Version that my brother gave me for my birthday, since by then he was 10 and done with Pokemon. So, me being a 4 year old kid, I didn't train anything except my Feraligatr. That idea went well until the E4, where I actually had a challenge. Well, the rest of my team was Sentret, Pidgey, Geodude, Vaporeon and Magmar. Lets just say Koga toxiced me, and I didn't understand what it was being 4, and lost. This happened over and over and over again, because I didn't understand the game.

 

[MewTwoEx]

Loved my Beldum. I always breed an egg and transfer it to a new game I play My Metaboss will always be the best ^_^

 

[Nyter]

My Oshawott. It's nature and moveset and EV training made it one of the toughest Pokemon to take on evn FULLY evolved Pkmn.

 

[poizonsting]

Charizard in FireRed.

 

[Rezzuréct]

My Latios on Emerald, now I still bring it for my adventure on Unova

 

[jstinftw!]

The first Pokemon that I ever received, my Totodile, eventually grew into a level 100 Feraligatr. Named him Justin Jr., after me. ^____^

And then my Swampert followed the same path.

 

[~Light]

Charmander

Only used him and he was level 10 quite fast

My other Pokés were about lvl 40 then

 

[PsychicPsycho]

Considering my reentry into pokemon a few years ago, I'd consider my first 'strong' pokemon to be Emerald starter Torchic, and the Ralts I obtained soon after. I didn't start being particularly impressed with them, but as I continued on, they became the cornerstone of my team, with the other members changing around often. Over time I grew quite attached to them and, even though they weren't EV trained or nature/IV bred, I decided to level them up to 100, which I've only done for pokemon specifically bred/trained for it otherwise. The Gardevoir is also the only non-starter I hold in the same regard as my team starters, and the only one I occasionally refer to by an affectionate nickname (Gardy/Gardie).

 

[PrismaticPrincessAnna]

Meowth in SS... fully grown to Lv 100, not EV trained
But its strong xD nya~

 

[pickledArbok]

The first pokemon I ever used was an Aerodactyl because I had a preowned red, it was really strong like lv.80 but I thought it was really weak because the previous owner saved just before Loreli and kept killing me, so I resetted.

I can't actually remember the first poke of my own I had but remember my Oddish evolving near cinnibar island thinking 'whats going on?' don't know how I got that far without seeing an evolution but I thought it was my strongest.

 

[Kyameron]

In Crystal I lost it when I got Suicune

 

[Nyter]

In my Red version... Dragonite level 99... It beat the Elite 4 by itself!

 

[dayvee]

My Charizard in Red. Was the only Pokemon I trained lol. Ripped up the league nearly single-handedly.

Pretty much this, only I did it in Blue. Those were the days :')

 

[7 tyranitars]

Level 100 Alakazam in Red.

 

[Inchtall]

My Blastoise from Firered. He is my highest leveled and oldest Pokemon, and lv. 94(Want to level him up), been around for five years. He is my strongest. My second is my Crobat. i needed a Golbat for my pokedex back then, I caught it, and began using it. It evolved into Crobat and won almost lost all my battles.



Note, i do not count the legal lv100 Shiny Darkrai that I got from trade only because it was trade, and I didnt level it.