The good and bad points of the starters

[Mudkipchan]

Since I'm making a pokemon site, featuring game guides. I am going to need tips n' tricks and the good and bad points of the starters. The good and bad points of the LG/FR's starters are the same as RBY's, right?

What I do know is:

Bulbasaur
*Easy in the beginnging, beats Brock and Misty easy.

Squirtle
*Somewhat easy in the beginnging, beats Brock easily.
*Somewhat easy/hard much later in the game. Hard at Erika's gym, easy with Blaine.
*Easy to train (Is that true? If it is, why?)

Charmander
*Not so easy in beginnig. Hard at Brock's and Misty's gym.
*Somewhat easier later in the game. Strong and can easily defeat Erika and can hold it's own at Blaine's.(?)
*Hard to train. (Why?)

 

[coolcobra77]

Charmander is easy to train, so is Bulbasaur but Squirtle seems hardest

Bulbasaur is for first timers so they get an easy start but then by the time they get to 4th gym they should have learned alot and can defeat alot easily.

Bulbasaur is almost useless by the time of Elite 4 so Easy start hard finish

Squirtle is pretty mild for the whole way through ok/good trainers should choose him

Charmander is tough for at the start but becomes one of the best so Hard beginning easy end should be for people who have completed the game once or twice.

 

[Mudkipchan]

Ah yes, thank you much.

 

[CX360]

Cool thing about Bulbasuar? It's cool looking.

 

[Mudkipchan]

Cool thing about Bulbasuar? It's cool looking.

That dosen't count, but yes he is cool looking.

 

[Manly Blissey]

I think Squirtle is difficult to train too.

 

[Watermaniac]

yes, i found squirtle harder to train than charmander, maybe bekause i was used to pick charmander in the red and blue versions, but in this generation ui made a change and it's difficult in it's own way


WATER POKEMON RLZ!!!!

 

[Wietse]

I chose Bulbasaur since I've always heard that Bulbasaur is tha hardest and I wanted a challenge. Neither I let it evolve to make it harder to play with!

 

[nashie1]

Bulbasaur is actually the easiest because it evolves earlier and it has an advantage over the first two gym leaders. Not evolving pokemon also makes it easier cos pokemon learn moves earliee than they would if they were fully evolved.

One reason people choose charmnder is because Fire types are few and tend to be nearer the end of the game.

 

[Wietse]

Well, it might be... altough in red/blue i alwayse chose squirtle or charmander so now i took bulba and i think it's cooler also

 

[SneazzL.com]

They are all 44 Exp. Point on lv. 5
The hard pokey's like Slakoth need 114 on Lv.5
I think...

 

[frontier champion]

If find Squirtle or should i say blastoise pretty easy to level up. Also blastoise can learn earthquake to destroy all electric types and Ice beam or Blizzard can destroy your rival's starter (Blubasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur)

 

[PkmnTrainerJ]

http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Dave/comicbulbasaur3.png

Bulbasaur beats everything... >_>

Ohhh...Normal Trainer.

 

[SneazzL.com]

If find Squirtle or should i say blastoise pretty easy to level up. Also blastoise can learn earthquake to destroy all electric types and Ice beam or Blizzard can destroy your rival's starter (Blubasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur)

Blizzard and EQ are gay on Blastoise.
Ice beam could work =D

 

[DemonOfWrath]

Also remember that Bulbasaurs good on Surge due to the fact that he's resistant to electric attacks.

 

[lazyslothboy]

Also the difficulty of the Pokemon you use determines what mystic beast starts to run around

Bulbasaur easy pokemon-Entei weakest legendary beast
Squirtle middle difficulty pokemon- Raikou mediocre legendary beast
Charmander hardest difficulty- Suicune the pwning legendary beast

 

[Xtra]

Actually, I think Raikou is better. Rain Dance+Thunder=ZAP! Combine that with HP Ice and you have a monster on your hands.

 

[lazyslothboy]

Actually, I think Raikou is better. Rain Dance+Thunder=ZAP! Combine that with HP Ice and you have a monster on your hands.

I guess that is all up to personal preference. I am too lazy to get HP ice so I guess it is possible that Raikou is better. I also feel that raindancers can be easily stopped.

 

[KingBattlus]

actually suicune is better in terms of overall usefulness and moves, but raikou is better because there are very few good electric types, while there are plenty of bulky water types (milotic, vaporeon, swampert....)

but on topic, bulbasaur is easiest to go through the game with because the only gym that he's actually weak to is the psychic gym and the fire gym. grass cancels out the ground weakness for giovanni, poison cancels the poison weakness for koga, and he can use utility moves like leech seed and sleep powder to catch pokemon regardless of how much higher of a level he gets to, whereas charizard/blastoise won't be able to catch pokemon once you get too far in the game as they'll be too strong.

overall, bulbasauar gets my vote for easiest because you can work with it to do just about anything, it evolves a bit earlier, and can learn almost it's entire competitive moveset without breeding. but for coolness, charizard definitely gets my vote.

 

[Johto]

Thanks for sharing that with us Manene. ;munchlax;

Well choosing Charmander in the beginning of the game is choosing hard mode, as your first 2 Gym Battles have type advantages that they exploit. Choosing Charmander practically demands for you to raise a Butterfree atleast for the first gym battle. Then with MIsty for can catch a Bellsprout and raise it, but Starmie will kill your Bellsprout and Charmander. This asks for a Pidgeotto or a strong Normal type like Clefairy.

With Squirtle its medium mode, the first gym will be easy and so will the second but you will need some support like Clefairy or Bellsprout.

And with BUlbasaur you can easily catch Pokemon and don't need much support with the first 2 Gym Battles.

Hope this helps :025ball: