Top 10 Starter Pokemon
#9 - Mudkip
Mudkip is a pretty unique Pokemon, and I think this spot is a good place for Mudkip to rank. It could have been ranked higher, but it has to go up against two of the better Starter Pokemon out there with the other two Hoenn Starters, Treecko and Torchic. How good those two overall are, really bring down Mudkip's potential. What might seem as a curse, however, is also a blessing for Mudkip. If it had been released in any other generation of Pokemon, it might not have made the cut. Let's face, the Hoenn Generation was one of the more popular generations of Pokemon.
Mudkip has a pretty good design. It's not the best, nor is close to Torchic's or Treecko's, but it's still pretty good. Not too many of the other starters can say they look better than those two, and the same goes for Mudkip.
Mudkip, unlike Torchic and Treecko, was the best choice as the Starter Pokemon for the games it was released in, since it fared so well against the Gym Leaders and Elite Four. These games include Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, and the same remains true for the remakes Pokemon OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire. Many young gamers needed a starter that would ensure easier victories, which helped boost Mudkip.
Mudkip, for many years, wasn't anything great in competitive play, mainly due to its final evolution. Swampert had decent power, but it was too slow to do anything significant; it didn't compare with Blaziken, or even Sceptile. However, that all changed with the creation of Mega Evolutions. Mega Swampert has amazing power, and it can double its speed in rain (which makes it incredibly fast). It's pretty darn good.Mudkip has to compete with a lot (and their names are Torchic and Treecko), but luckily for it, it was a given the priviledge of good typing and a pretty good Mega Evolution. It is because of these that it even broke the top ten.
Tepig? Snivy? Really? Oshawott is the only good Unova starter (the best starter in any region, in fact) and it DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT?!! This crap is biased garbage.
sceptile has such an amazing move pool it can learn dragon pulse , dragon claw , wild charge etc which is the best pkmn i have at lvl 93 (pkmn alpha sapphire)
how about turtwig? torterra knows wood hammer and earthquake.
Is it just me, o should litwick be a starter?
I like Delphox it so cool
Yawn.....most predictable #1 ever.....and it's not even that good.
-cute? meh...i guess a little bit....
-powerful? i guess it can hit hard when mega evolved... regular version doesn't do that much.
-rocks? yup. that's basic instakill. a ROCK THROW from a trained GEODUDE can one-hit it.
-end result? overrated.
charmander is over ranked because pikachu is the most popular pokemon of all time and always will be no matter what
Charmander? If you're going off design, unfortunately, it doesn't really compare to all of the others. It's an orange lizard with fire on it's tail, Chimchar also has fire, but he's ranked lower. Another fact is, it doesn't matter whether or not what rock type move it is, Charizard is still going to be hurt no matter what, stealth rock or rock tomb. Granted, there is the nostalgia that we feel from it, but we have to move past it. Also, you can't exclude pokemon without making a fair judgement or making people bitter. If it's design of the base, I believe it should be Treecko, if it's stats, it goes to Blaziken for not only having great offensive capabilities, coupled with it's great speed, but it also has a Mega Evolution, just because Charizard has two doesn't make him special it just gives you varieties.
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Now THAT is the truest thing I have ever read! Charizard is so freaking overrated!
I love charmander
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I think Torchic's design is DARN Cute. Piplup is a good choice though, because Empoleon is the most resistant starter. Charmander didn't deserve to be the top. I also think Squirtle is the best Kanto starter because it overpowers every type-disadvantaged gym becuase of its Ice-types moves, which even beats out grass types. Only electric types beat it.
My favorite Pokemon is larvatar
Oshawott is the best starter from Unova
You didnt really justify any of the reasoning behind your choices.
Charmander is defiantly deserving of the top spot. He's in my opinion the cutest, his design is epic, and he should obviously be in Pikachu's place right now for Gamefreak's mascot. Charizard has two Mega evolutions and is never late for Smash Bros. I'm glad to see someone else agrees.
Charmander evolution line is so overrated... I enjoy beating dozens of mega zards with my garchomp online jeez it's so annoyin'
Why isnt Cydaquil and Oshawott here?
Both are in...
Chimchar is always my favourite starter Pokemon it's just the cutest and strongest.
Quilava and Dewott are my pick, they may not be the best out all of em, but i still love those two.
Nah, Dewott is the best starter.
My fave is Quilava. I just think he's the coolest looking evolution form out of them all. Then the Squirtle family, the Charmander family and the Bulbasaur but i'm old school gen 1 ;).
Turtwig should've been on that list instead of chimchar, in my opinion. It has an excellent type match up once it's Torterra, and is a pretty good tank as well.
1 Squirtle 2 Treecko 3 Chimchar 4 Snivy 5 Froakie 6 Fennekin 7 Balbasaur 8 Mudkip 9 Charmender 10 Chikorita
TREEKO IS DA BEST!!!!!!!!!Just look at Sceptile...SO COOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!
NOT SO COOL IN FACT IT BE LAME LAME LAME CHARIZARD IZ ZE BEST
SO YOU LIKE CHARIZARD. GESS WUT? EVRY1 ELSE DOES TOO. MEET MY TYRANITAR. To quote another person: Charizard is a beast but you dont have to call others lame
number 1 charizard is pretty much the most overrated pokemon
number 2 oshawott is pretty awesome and cute
10 torchic 9 snviy 8 squirtle 7 mudkip 6 cyndaquil 5 piplup 4 fenniken 3 treecko 2 froakie
1 OSHAWOTT DA BEAST
Mudkip is my favorite Pokemon out of all 700
Why does no one like Fennekin's evolution line? I thought it was so cool...my favorite starter Pokémon of all time!
I got it and it wasn't all that great
delpfox is the best pokemon ever stop lieing
charmander is a bad #1 pick
treeko and torchic shold switch plaes
Charzard kills all Pokemon
Tell that to my Blastoise ;)