Top 10 Starter Pokemon
#8 - Chimchar
Next we have Chimchar, the only Sinnoh Starter Pokemon to break the top ten. It's hard not to like this cute little monkey... It's just so cute. But it's not just its cuteness that has helped it make the top ten, rather its great final evolution and competitive play.
Chimchar has an amazing design; it has to be near the top among all Starter Pokemon. Turtwig and Piplup, the other Sinnoh Starters, also had really nice designs. However, this cute little thing definitely tops them. And if that's not good enough for you, its final evolution, Infernape, looks like an ape that wants to hurt you... Well... Maybe not you... More like your Pokemon...
What it also tops them in is there final evolutions. Infernape is a beast. Torterra can't hang with it, and even Empoleon can't handle it because of bad typing disadvantages. Infernape might have weak defenses, but you really don't need them when you have as much speed and power as Infernape does.
Infernape doesn't really have the best typing for the games Chimchar is a Starter Pokemon (Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum), which sets it back just a smidge. However, because it has such good speed and power, that might overrule that small set back.Even if Infernape doesn't do best in those games, it certainly makes up for that in competitive play. It can rip through teams with ease with its strength and speed, and also because of its great movepool. Sure it might not have the best defensive stats and that makes it easy to faint, but it's hard to do that when it keep killing all your Pokemon. Like I said, it's a beast.
It's because of the great design, stats, and competitive play that makes Chimchar so popular, and they're also the reason why it ranks eighth among all Starter Pokemon.
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 ;)