3 > 4 > 7 > 1 > 2 > 6 > 5

2>all because cyndaquil and totodile

Sinnoh>Unova>Hoenn>Johto>Alola>Kanto>Kalos

Sinnoh was flawless, Unova had Seperior and Samurott, with Emboar being half-decent looking.  Hoenn had 3 solid starters with none being obviously better than the other. Johto had another solid 3 starters and 2 gems being Feraligatr and Typholision. Alola's are half decent, with the only real stand-out being, IMO, the water-starter. Kanto is acceptable, Kalos is garbage.

3>1>7>2>6>5>4


Gen 3) I'm a huge gen 3 fanboy. Sceptile is one of my all time favorite Pokémon designs, blaziken is badass and I actually reaaaally like swampert. All of the first stages are adorable and Grovyl and Combusken are some of the best second stages ever

Gen 1) Nostalgia based pick probably but cmon charizard blastoise and venusaur are all dope and charmander squirtle and bulbasuar are iconic

Gen 7) honestly love all the designs of the final forms, I do wish littens line stayed bipedal and poplio is ugly as fuck imo. The final forms and there typing really interest me and I'm not sure what I'm going to pick the first time through.

2) feraligator and typhlosion are both very cool but just strike me as a bit lazy. Typholosion just looks really plain without him flames. Chikorita is cute but never been a fan of when it evolved.

6) greninja is very cool, the other 2 are garbage. Chespin was cool but became a hideous ball and then a hideous... thing.

5) serperior saved this from being on the bottom, very elegant and unique take on a snake Pokémon. Loved tepig until he evolved. Dewott is neat but samurott is super dumb.

4) a discount blaziken monkey, a turtle with a tree on its back and a really ugly penguin. Nothing to see here folks. Turtwigs line is kind of cool but we already got a turtle with CANNONS on its backs. the others suck.

3>7>2>1>6>5>4

Sceptile, blaziken, and Swampert are amazing
the gen 7 starters look on point with interesting typing
Cyndaquil and Tododile are awesome, but Chickorita is just a bean
The og starters are just that, nothing wrong, but nothing really good.
Froakie is ok, I guess, and chestnaught is sorta cool i guess..?
Self cooking bacon and smugleaf
Gen 4 is just a blaziken rip off, Chill Penguin, and a turtle with a tree on it's back.

Genwunner inbound: hate to say it, but release order

Gen IV was the last to have uniformly good starters; I've liked about one starter from each gen since Gen V

Gen VII easily has my least favorite starters, but at least there's nothing as bad as Chesnaught this time.

find a flaw in decidueye's whole line

Genwunner inbound: hate to say it, but release order

Gen IV was the last to have uniformly good starters; I've liked about one starter from each gen since Gen V

Gen VII easily has my least favorite starters, but at least there's nothing as bad as Chesnaught this time.

I can't think of a more disappointing starter than the Chespin line. I knew from the second it was revealed that I wanted to use Chespin (which is the first time that had happened since I first played Emerald and chose Treecko) and then Quilladin was pure shit so I just kept Chespin as a Chespin until Level 35, and then Chesnaught just ended up being disappointing too.

I'd probably stop past me evolving Chespin if I could, if I could go the game without evolving Swirlix, doing it with Chespin too would be fine.

>not evolving pokemon

can't imagine ever doing this for any reason, considering how utterly underpowered they'll become

I like imposing the challenge on myself sometimes, but especially with X and Y I knew I didn't like Slurpuff but loved Swirlix, so I was determined to use it and it ended up being quite the badass. Also didn't evolve my Pikachu and just had a light ball on it until the postgame.

Quote from: Verbatim on November 02, 2016, 04:43:15 PM

>not evolving pokemon

can't imagine ever doing this for any reason, considering how utterly underpowered they'll become

To be fair, I almost refused to evolve Braxien in X because of how bad I knew Delphox was going to be.

Delphox is just fine. I don't understand why it's so universally hated.

Gen 1: Something about the design of these guys just clicks with me. I like them all equally -- and their stats put them on an even playing field with each other. The megas can go to hell, though.

Gen 3: All the starters are pretty neat looking and are all good picks. Not a fan of Blaziken or its line aesthetically, though. I think it's overrated.

Gen 2: Once again, these are all great designs. Feraligatr is my favorite of them all, however, this gen loses points for Chikorita's line being absolute garbage -- also, I feel like the design for the Chikorita line is inconsistent, probably because Chikorita was an early design (with those two... other blobs) and they never bothered changing it. Like, Chikorita is this stubby little blobby plant thing, and then it turns into this sauropod Pokémon? It irks me.

Gen 7:
I hated all of these starters at first, although their designs are growing on me. My favorite is probably Rowlet's final evo, followed by Litten's. I don't like the siren at all. Not my style.

Gen 4:
This gen of starters is pretty.. eh. Although not terrible, I'm not a huge fan of any of their designs, save for Torterra, and that's just because I like reptiles. The only outstanding Pokémon stats wise is Infernape, although Empoleon isn't bad for the story thanks to its typing.


Gen 6:
Ugh, the only redeeming quality of this gen of starter Pokémon is Greninja -- which I love. I dislike both Chesnaught and Delphox aesthetically, and that's not counting for the fact that they're garbage, while Greninja is extremely powerful compared to them, especially with his ability Protean. A Protean Greninja completely destroys both Delphox and Chesnaught every time. People say Greninja is overrated, but I think the reason he's so popular among fans is because the other two are really, really fucking lacking.

Gen 5:

God, I hate this gen of starters so much. Don't get me wrong, Gen 5 is an amazing gen, but these starters alone have deterred me from replaying it, because of their bad designs. I liked Snivy's line when they were first revealed, but I have even grown to hate that line. All three are just mediocre and boring. I know that if I ever decided to pick up B/W again, I'll be boxing my starter at the first opportunity I get.