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Which Starter

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Buizel=BISHIE!!!!
i need starter help on choosing which starter will help me get through the game the easiest and the fastest... suggestions???
 
Depends upon whether you can battle for crap or not. :D If you can battle well, which I doubt you can because you seem to be a n00b, look up the Gym leader types and pick the one that has an advantage over most of them. I believe it's Naetoru, but I don't know. Look it up.
 
Gym Leaders:
Hyouta (Rock): Turtwig, Piplup
Natane (Grass): Chimchar/Monferno
Sumomo (Fighting): Monferno (for Lucario), Prinplup (peck for the rest, I think monkey is best bet)
Maxi (Water): Grotle (except for Gyarados, but can be toppled by any Electric really)
Melissa (Ghost): Not to sure about this one.
Tougan (Steel): Infernape (Steel Killa')
Suzuna (Ice): Infernape (Ice Killa'), Empoleon (Drill Peck for Medicham)
Denji (Electric): Torterra (Can take out all but Ambipom, but Ambipom shouldn't be that hard to take on)

Elite 5:
Ryou (Bug): Infernape (except for Drapion, but he's 1x for fighting)
Kikuno (Ground): Torterra
Ooba (Fire, for only 5 fire types pre-Elite 4 ready for capture...): Empoleon, Infernape (for Steelix & Lopunny)
Goyou (Psychic): Torterra (for Crunch)
Shirona (Champ): Torterra (Milotic & Gastrodon, possibly Garchomp), Infernape (Lucario & Roserade)

That's MY belief. Torterra's good for Elite 4, Infernape good for a few Gym Battles and Elite 4, I'm personally choosing Infernape, since It's the only fire Pokemon other than Ponyta until the game is beaten...
 
Use Piplup, and here's why:

1st gym- this should be obvious
2nd gym- Peck is SE, but other than that, not much can happen
3rd gym- Peck/Drill Peck is SE
4th gym- none
5th gym- Empoleon's half steel tendencies give it resistance to ghost
6th gym- Water For Steelix and Bastiodon, and half steel resistance to Bronzor
7th gym- Drill Peck/Peck is SE against Snover, Madicham, and Abomasnow
8th gym- none

1st E4- Half Steel defense, Drill Peck is SE
2nd E4- This should be obvious
3rd E4- Should still be obvoius
4th E4- half Steel defense
Champ- Steel defense for Spiritomb, Ice Beam (if you have it) OHKOs Garchomp, Drill Peck is SE against Roserade.
 
Master Gatr said:
Ice Beam (if you have it) OHKOs Garchomp
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Just pointing out it has EQ and is faster and smart enough to use it so that's not a very effective strategy.
(I nitpick a lot, not picking on you k)
Hikozaru is the only good fire type before the Nat. Dex (IMO Rapidash isn't that good) so go with it imo.
Toritodon works fine instead of Enperuto and you can make it through the game without a grass type.
 
I'm choosing Infernape.

I started out torn between Turtwig / Piplup but i've become seduced by the Poo Flinger. I'll be using Mismagius as his main companion since she covers all his weaks...

(Psychic) - *Shadow Ball
(Flying) --- *Thunderbolt
(Water) --- *Thunderbolt / *Energy Ball
(Rock) ---- *Energy Ball

I'll prolly use a ReSTalk Milotic and a Wishpasser...

FTW
 
Turtwig is really good, stab EQ and Grass moves kills a lot. Chimchar does the job quite well too though, especially because there aren't much fire pokes till National Dex.
 
Following up to what White Lotus was saying, A Honchcrow could be a good main partner if you're playing Pearl.
 
White Lotus said:
I'm choosing Infernape.

I started out torn between Turtwig / Piplup but i've become seduced by the Poo Flinger. I'll be using Mismagius as his main companion since she covers all his weaks...

(Psychic) - *Shadow Ball
(Flying) --- *Thunderbolt
(Water) --- *Thunderbolt / *Energy Ball
(Rock) ---- *Energy Ball

I'll prolly use a ReSTalk Milotic and a Wishpasser...

FTW
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Inferape isn't weak against Fight, but it is against Ground. Just pointing that out.
 
randomn00b wrote:

Inferape isn't weak against Fight, but it is against Ground. Just pointing that out.
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My bad. LOL

Hey and you're bad too.

You meant he's weak to (Ground) not (Rock).

*Energy Ball takes care of that too though.

She has 'Levitate' as an ability as well so she's immune to (Ground) too.

Are you trying to see my underpants? <wink>
 
As much as I'm behind anything Penguin related, I found myself wishing I had a fire type in my Diamond game. I personally will be using Monkey, but my favorite will always be Pochama.
 
I know. Infernape is the best, especially in competitve battling were Empoleon and Torterra become less useful. And yes, Empoleon is slower than Infernape, allowing it to be KOed by In Fight, so it doesn't really matter about weaknesses. Does the same to Torterra with Flamethrower/Fire Blast
 
I think the Fire Blast has to be Schemed or Life Orbed to OHKO Standard Dotaitos, but I'm probably wrong.
 
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