Top 10 Worst Starter Pokémon to Pick

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  • The Top 10 WORST starter Pokemon (based on how useful they are to pick)
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    • @smb-c3po
      @smb-c3po 6 месяцев назад +3

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    • @Curruptedgaming3524
      @Curruptedgaming3524 6 месяцев назад +1

      Ok

    • @smb-c3po
      @smb-c3po 6 месяцев назад

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    • @Curruptedgaming3524
      @Curruptedgaming3524 6 месяцев назад

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  • @jacksoncartwright9312
    @jacksoncartwright9312 6 месяцев назад +1945

    Since not gaining secondary type was a big deal for this video it would be cool if you did a video where you gave all the starters a secondary type

    • @EpicRandomness555
      @EpicRandomness555 6 месяцев назад +64

      See, the thing that bothers me with a lot of the Pokémon community is how much people seem to think being a mono type Pokemon is the worst thing ever, including the starters. Not every Pokémon needs 2 types

    • @TheLostVikingr
      @TheLostVikingr 6 месяцев назад +94

      ​@@EpicRandomness555 no one said its the worst thing and they need them. It's a disadvantage in this particular scenario for the purposes of this list that only takes into account a single Pokémon, of course it would be better in most cases to have dual typing when looking at a single Pokémon, just as it would be less of an advantage when looking at the typing of a team of Pokémon, but this isn't about teams, it's about specific individual starters.

    • @sinteleon
      @sinteleon 6 месяцев назад +17

      @@TheLostVikingr Also, I'd assume this "secondary type" would be a regional form so it wouldn't matter competitively if you prefer the monotype anyway. Though i'd also add that it shouldn't just be for monotype mons, but for ALL the starters to be fair.

    • @Pokebarian
      @Pokebarian 6 месяцев назад +14

      That’s a pretty good Idea. I’d give Blastoise the steel type if I could.

    • @forestskilbred9461
      @forestskilbred9461 6 месяцев назад +2

      Eh, but most of em have secondary types alteady

  • @SweetBananaDigital
    @SweetBananaDigital 6 месяцев назад +712

    Another issue Charmander has in Red/Blue is that fire didn’t resist ice in gen 1, so Charizard is also weak to Lorelei’s ice moves in addition to her water moves.

    • @shreyaanghosh
      @shreyaanghosh 6 месяцев назад +17

      Is this really true???? If so, thats just sad.

    • @thegamedanalyst2169
      @thegamedanalyst2169 6 месяцев назад +71

      Actually, that’s an error. This one poketuber called SmithPlaysPokemon talked about it and said that it’s just a text error. Charizard does take neutral damage from ice, but the displayed text says super effective

    • @SweetBananaDigital
      @SweetBananaDigital 6 месяцев назад +30

      @@thegamedanalyst2169 I knew about the text error, where only the type effectiveness against a Pokémon’s secondary type is displayed. But Bulbapedia has the gen 1 type chart with ice neutral against fire. Unless that is a mistake.

    • @biannualcube2704
      @biannualcube2704 6 месяцев назад +40

      @@SweetBananaDigitalit’s not a mistake, in gen 1 the type chart was a little different. For example, the aforementioned fire not resisting ice as well as bug and poison both being super effective against each other. There only one that was a bug was psychic being immune to ghost.

    • @SweetBananaDigital
      @SweetBananaDigital 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@biannualcube2704 That’s what I thought.

  • @Missiletainn
    @Missiletainn 6 месяцев назад +1109

    "Chespin ain't do anything to Vivillion", one of the first moves it learns is rollout, it's 4x super effective against vivillion

    • @NickamonYT
      @NickamonYT 6 месяцев назад +164

      Chespin is unironically the best base starter evolution in a playthrough since rollout gives it coverage against 4 of its weaknesses
      Appreciate the likes and the engagement in the comments😂

    • @eljordinio7647
      @eljordinio7647 6 месяцев назад +69

      It's not stab and requires multiple uses to make a difference

    • @TheGodIvy
      @TheGodIvy 6 месяцев назад +119

      ​@@eljordinio7647 and Vivillon cant do anything back, so unless rollout misses, its a free kill. Even then your gonna use rollout against Surskit, so its likely on its 3rd or 4th roll already

    • @jortvetter4139
      @jortvetter4139 6 месяцев назад +38

      @@eljordinio7647usually a 2 hit KO and even if you miss, infestation is not that strong. Even the residual damage.

    • @NickamonYT
      @NickamonYT 6 месяцев назад +9

      @@TheGodIvy that's facts

  • @trynaskate7894
    @trynaskate7894 5 месяцев назад +254

    Tip for Yellow: trade the yellow rat to yourself in either Red or Blue, evolve it, teach it Body Slam from TM 08, trade it back to Yellow. Big upgrade and the only downside is Raichu doesn't walk around with you

    • @shukuchishikeishuu9540
      @shukuchishikeishuu9540 5 месяцев назад +37

      Granted, you may wanna hold off on the evolution until lv.26, because then it can learn Thunderbolt without needing the tm. Aside from that, and getting the gift Bulbasaur, there’re no reasons to NOT force it to evolve, unless you literally lack the means of trading it.
      Edit: Also, the evolution will work even if you trade it to another copy of Yellow, so long as the trainer ID is different from the Pikachu’s OT ID.

    • @GinaCorr
      @GinaCorr 4 месяца назад +9

      Was going to say the same - Won't follow you after you evolve it though

    • @trynaskate7894
      @trynaskate7894 3 месяца назад

      @user-st7sl1xs4u but you can destroy everything with TM 08 so oh well if it doesn't follow 😉

    • @urieldaboamorte
      @urieldaboamorte 3 месяца назад +17

      that said I think this kills the joy and intent of playing Yellow

    • @shukuchishikeishuu9540
      @shukuchishikeishuu9540 3 месяца назад +11

      @@urieldaboamorte Intentionally hanidcapping yourself with a mon that refuses to evolve doesn't sound like a joyful experience. Personally, getting to obtain all three Kanto starters without trading is the joyful aspect of playing Yellow.

  • @kittenoffire3325
    @kittenoffire3325 6 месяцев назад +332

    Saying we all saw Chikorita coming, I'm more surprised it wasn't in the top slot. I do really hate how Chiko got so done over. I do love its line

    • @chrisgomez1262
      @chrisgomez1262 5 месяцев назад +3

      Then postgame 2x 1x for kanto gyms

    • @bulborb8756
      @bulborb8756 5 месяцев назад +14

      it's not surprising regardless since it's widely seen as the worst starter of all time due to how Chikorita is completely useless in it's home region having 0 winning match up's outside of Chuck's poliwrath and Bruno's onix.
      honestly i wouldn't be surprised if someone picked chikorita in a Johto game...and ended up either restarting their save or boxed it because of how it doesn't get a single chance to shine, in fact it would be a miracle if it's even a meganium by the time you reach the league as it's probably been a Bayleef the whole time with how little you get to use it

    • @kittenoffire3325
      @kittenoffire3325 5 месяцев назад +13

      It sucks though because I love Chikorita

    • @miss.darkcandy475
      @miss.darkcandy475 5 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@kittenoffire3325true, chikorita is my favorite pokemon and I'm really sad about how gamefreak has treated her over the years

    • @toolatetothestory
      @toolatetothestory 5 месяцев назад +24

      Chikorita deserves a fairy typing.
      It just deserves better after all these years. It deserves to be the cute little precious Princess it always should have been.

  • @Aeromancer-Draco-Lord
    @Aeromancer-Draco-Lord 6 месяцев назад +381

    9:20, on paper Chespin’s Viola matchup seems like it’s bad. But given that chespin learns rollout. It makes the gym an absolute cakewalk. Froakie actually has the hardest time with that gym

    • @madhumitachatterjee6257
      @madhumitachatterjee6257 6 месяцев назад +5

      That's true 🤔🤔

    • @Cageamania
      @Cageamania 6 месяцев назад +2

      I was just about to say that :(

    • @buusinhojr.9555
      @buusinhojr.9555 6 месяцев назад

      It still can miss it though

    • @Aeromancer-Draco-Lord
      @Aeromancer-Draco-Lord 6 месяцев назад +20

      @@buusinhojr.9555 I mean yeah but it’s not going to die in 1 infestation. And Vivillion has a deadly allergy to geology

    • @alakshmanrao141
      @alakshmanrao141 6 месяцев назад +10

      The AI could also be dumb & go for Harden instead, not clicking Infestation every time while facing Chespin.

  • @Confron7a7ion7
    @Confron7a7ion7 6 месяцев назад +189

    You forgot to mention something about Charizard. That steel type wasn't even there in the original games.

    • @darklightning2730
      @darklightning2730 6 месяцев назад +10

      Not that it matters (much)

    • @Sheenifier
      @Sheenifier 6 месяцев назад +8

      Did they give it metal claw early bc of the first gym in that gen

    • @Confron7a7ion7
      @Confron7a7ion7 6 месяцев назад +26

      @@Sheenifier They gave that line metal claw in the remakes during gen 3 but in gen 1 steel type didn't even exist. It was introduced in gen 2 and Magnemite and Magneton were given the type retroactively.

    • @Sheenifier
      @Sheenifier 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@Confron7a7ion7 I was talking about gen 3

    • @Confron7a7ion7
      @Confron7a7ion7 6 месяцев назад +10

      @@Sheenifier IDK, probably. They never really tell us why they do things but that would make sense.

  • @XAaronymousX
    @XAaronymousX 5 месяцев назад +49

    He forgets about water types access to ice beam which is a significant help for coverage

    • @ryanprjgamingchannel9437
      @ryanprjgamingchannel9437 3 месяца назад +5

      But Ice Beam is a late TM move in some of the games (particularly Gen V Black and White). I'm pretty sure Mikey emphasized on the early gyms for his judgment for picks in this video.

    • @XAaronymousX
      @XAaronymousX 3 месяца назад +4

      @@ryanprjgamingchannel9437 To be fair gen 5 is a whole different breed of game in terms of scaling😅
      But anywho, just cuz it's late doesn't mean it doesn't remain useful. water type also has awesome type coverage as well.

    • @ryanprjgamingchannel9437
      @ryanprjgamingchannel9437 3 месяца назад +8

      @@XAaronymousX But... Water types are so replacable...
      You could run Gyarados on any team for your water type. Except in the Unova games where it is locked to postgame, fo that one best water type is Seismitoad... who is part water and ground and is only weak to the uncommon grass coverage

    • @negligible_reality
      @negligible_reality 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@ryanprjgamingchannel9437you could argue that literally ANY Pokemon is "so replaceable" because you could literally replace any Pokemon with one of the same type... Yeah, that's how the games work! So that point you tried to make is irrelevant tbh.

    • @ryanprjgamingchannel9437
      @ryanprjgamingchannel9437 2 месяца назад +1

      @@negligible_reality Yeah. You don't need to keep your Starter through all the way to endgame. Case in point as Unova region can attest, since I would rather have Darmanitan as my Fire-type, Lilligant (or Whimsicott) for filler Grass-type, and Seismitoad for Water-type.

  • @benthecat4345
    @benthecat4345 6 месяцев назад +334

    Not to also mention by selecting Squirtle in Kanto, you give your rival Bulbasaur which will end up knowing a move that can put your team to sleep

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад +11

      It won't out speed your Squirtle. Plus, you'll have other measures of dealing with it.

    • @Ruinousria
      @Ruinousria 5 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@LittleAl016you can deal with it but it will be hard I played these games like 50 times and played with different starter each time and always venasur and makes my team go to sleep yeah I have fire types to counter it but it is annoying

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад +6

      @@Ruinousria It's not as hard as you think. Given that you'll likely be outspeeding Venusaur, and have enough coverage to get him in a few enough hits. In all honesty, Exeggutor is more annoying than Venusaur.

    • @Katiedavis1983
      @Katiedavis1983 5 месяцев назад +11

      ​@@LittleAl016 you ain't killing that ivysaur in one hit

    • @itstheman0nthem00n
      @itstheman0nthem00n 5 месяцев назад +6

      Victreebel and Exeggutor are better in gen 1. Victreebel has wrap spam and also has razor leaf and sleep spam and exeggutor is part psychic so obviously it’s broken

  • @itsmeLegendDragon
    @itsmeLegendDragon 6 месяцев назад +604

    New ability just dropped for incineroar called “F*** You”. When incineroar enters the field, it drops all the opponents stats by 6 stages, sets up a belly drum, regenerates incineroar to full, sets up max spikes stealth rocks toxic spikes, leech infestation, burns the opponent, sets up desolate land, gives it sturdy and wonderguard, gives it stab on all moves, Huge Power, Good as Gold, Unseen Fist, Intimidate, protect never fails, neutralizing has for only opponents (but toggleable for regigigas), immunity to neutralizing gas, all items only apply buffs (ie choice items don’t lock moves), Harvest but 100% of the time, effects of mirror white mental herbs, regenerator bit to full HP, allows grass types to be hit by spore, all status can be applied on a Pokémon at all times, give opponents toxic, paralysis, sleep, freeze, frostbite, stops ghost types from switching, applies bind magmastorm whirlpool etc. able to use Z-moves on all turns without holding z crystal, tablets beads vessel sword of ruin on only opponents, friend guard, sets up aroura veil, multiscale for every turn, priority on all moves, makes all moves never miss, technician but works for moves up to 1000 BP, max evasion and drops accuracy of opponent to minimum, no EV limit, and why not, give it ball fetch.

  • @Unovakid24
    @Unovakid24 6 месяцев назад +64

    Chespin is actually not as bad of a starter for the first Kalos gym because it gets access to Rollout pretty early on, making it pretty easy to sweep Viola. I've done it before and it was awesome

    • @fadhilmulyono9230
      @fadhilmulyono9230 6 месяцев назад +14

      Vivillon's Infestation is her only supereffective move against Chespin and it's not going to OHKO Chespin

    • @eljordinio7647
      @eljordinio7647 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@fadhilmulyono9230 no but the damage will add up and if U miss a rollout or surskit gets a crit with quick attack beforehand, chespin will be in trouble

    • @AwesomeMooseSmile
      @AwesomeMooseSmile 28 дней назад +1

      ​@eljordinio7647 rollout, even without stab and on the first turn, still does one 120 to vivillon, it's not really that big of a deal.

  • @admittingsky8787
    @admittingsky8787 3 месяца назад +306

    "Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites."- Karen, Pokemon Gold/Silver.

    • @MoonlarkSpirits
      @MoonlarkSpirits 3 месяца назад +30

      Me with Snivy

    • @NottsAiry
      @NottsAiry 3 месяца назад +21

      Time to pick the weed cat.
      (Note: Sprigatito (And By extension, Meowscarada) Broke SEVEN SCARLET / VIOLET SPEEDRUN RECORDS IN 1 DAY)

    • @Sp0on777
      @Sp0on777 3 месяца назад +9

      Jigglypuff ftw!

    • @marybarnes6407
      @marybarnes6407 3 месяца назад +6

      @@MoonlarkSpirits right i love snivy . i will always pick it in a unova game not matter what. its only beaten by spriggatito as fave grass type

    • @josiahelmore8017
      @josiahelmore8017 3 месяца назад +3

      You are clearly not on team Valor in Pokemon go. I'm guessing you are Mystic (Raven claw,) or team Instinct aka Hufflepuff.

  • @mariblue72
    @mariblue72 6 месяцев назад +197

    So what I've learned is that I instinctively gravitate towards the underdogs.

  • @vhfgamer
    @vhfgamer 6 месяцев назад +159

    To be fair to the pikachu in yellow.... there is a HECK of a lot of pokemon between the gyms that are sensitive to electric attacks.

    • @cathygrandstaff1957
      @cathygrandstaff1957 5 месяцев назад +10

      Yeah Pikachu can practically solo Mount Moon.

    • @yoseftreitman7226
      @yoseftreitman7226 5 месяцев назад +11

      Yeah, I have a feeling Michael based this on a theoretical on-paper assessment rather than playing through the games. I'm sure he's played through the games, but I don't think he heavily relied on his experiences to come up with the list.
      For example: Squirtle does not belong on this list. On paper you say "weak to the 3rd and 4th gyms, that's too much of a struggle too early." Except:
      1) The squirtle line has the best early coverage movepool once you account for TMs. It's the only one of the three that has a decent STAB move in bubblebeam and gets both body slam and dig.
      2) Dig provides good coverage against Surge. Also, as long as you have ANY ground type on your team at all, Wartortle only needs to beat the Voltorb and the Pikachu. Surge's Raichu can't damage ground types, so even a Geodude from Mt. Moon auto-wins against it. More likely, you'll have a Diglett or Dugtrio from Diglett's Cave right there. We're assuming you're largely using your starter, but can use other Pokemon if it's little effort. You don't need to put any effort into training the Diglett or Geodude, just catch them and use them for that one battle.
      3) Before facing Erika, you had to get through Rock Tunnel, and probably ventured into the Rocket hideout and/or Pokemon Tower. If you're not super-optimizing your run, Blastoise will likely be in the 40's by this point, so Erika's level 29 Victreebell and Vileplume will not be pertinent. If you are super-optimizing your run, you either know that Erika can be delayed or know to get/use Ice Beam.
      4) The other starters have their own setbacks that are even worse. Venusaur gets ZERO coverage and can only learn grass or normal moves (well, and status moves). Also, around 70% of the non-gym trainer pokemon you face before leaving Vermillion are bug, flying, poison, or fire types, so your best damage-dealing move most of the time in the early game is....Tackle. Meanwhile, Charizard doesn't learn a STAB move better than Ember until either reaching level 46 or beating Blaine.

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@cathygrandstaff1957 But considering that Pikachu starts to fall off once you reach Koga, why would you want to use it at Mt. Moon? Like, the strongest foe Pikachu can handle by itself is Lorelei, and that's it.

    • @cathygrandstaff1957
      @cathygrandstaff1957 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@LittleAl016 Hey I used Pikachu all through Pokémon Yellow and didn’t have a problem with it. Then again I used Iron to boost the heck out of its defense so it could take hits as well as boosting special. Besides, it’s worth having it along to talk to and interact with, you’re missing everything that makes Yellow special if you don’t keep Pikachu in your party.

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@cathygrandstaff1957 I didn't say anything about taking Pikachu out of your party, now did I?

  • @zachpro5475
    @zachpro5475 6 месяцев назад +2587

    I bet the thumbnail will change

  • @ScottOshawott
    @ScottOshawott 4 месяца назад +5

    I think it's worth noting that mutual resistance actually works in one's favor. For example, one reason Wartortle can be good against Misty is that you force Staryu and Starmie to rely on weaker Normal-type attacks that run off their less-good Attack stat, while Wartortle can use Tackle or Bite. Just because you can't hit them neutrally with your STAB doesn't mean you aren't able to force the opponent to use less-optimal moves.

  • @grumpyentity2029
    @grumpyentity2029 6 месяцев назад +32

    To add insult to injury, Meganium doesn’t even get the full extent of its revenge when you go to Kanto, as Giovanni, the Ground Type specialist, is replaced by Blue, who has a Type diverse team that overall does slightly better against Meganium than Typhlosion.

  • @wesleyoldham4222
    @wesleyoldham4222 6 месяцев назад +138

    Pokemon Yellow came out long before solo runs were popular. In order to beat Brock, they added Mankey to an early game route, and made Butterfree learn Confusion two levels sooner. They also gave Pikachu a lot more level up moves like Thunderbolt.
    We were mostly excited about being able to play the anime. We got all three starters, fought Jessie and James, and we could get the coveted Surfing Pikachu in Pokemon Stadium. Then when Gen 2 came out, they added held items and we got a Light Ball if we transferred over the partner Pikachu.

    • @ricksdarkness3257
      @ricksdarkness3257 6 месяцев назад +19

      They also gave Double Kick to the Nidos (which are early game along with Mankey)

    • @BioniclesaurKing4t2
      @BioniclesaurKing4t2 6 месяцев назад +14

      Technically, "solo runs" were popular since the first time a kid who either couldn't read or didn't like reading skipped the tutorial text and didn't know how to catch more Pokémon so just ran with their starter 25+ levels ahead of anything else they managed to get ahold of.

    • @luisvelez1952
      @luisvelez1952 5 месяцев назад +10

      Ash’s Pikachu has the stats of a Raichu so it won’t evolve into one

    • @aganbraganca4156
      @aganbraganca4156 Месяц назад

      @@luisvelez1952 also it ate light ball i am preety sure

    • @youtube-kit9450
      @youtube-kit9450 17 дней назад

      Funny you say solo runs weren't popular when yellow came out when people routinely destroyed the game with their starter. And in fact, I'd argue that until gen 6's exp share overhaul, the optimal way to play the game always was having 1-3 pokés max. No splitting experience, no splitting EVs/stat experience, no time wasted grinding, and before gen 5, didn't waste spreading good TMs between teammates.
      With one pokémon, without grinding you easily got to the 80s/90s with rare candies. With 3 pokémon, you barely crack the 60s if at all, meaning you'd be underlevelled or levelled against the champ. That's the difference.

  • @fandomonium3789
    @fandomonium3789 6 месяцев назад +42

    Funny how you talk about Meganium getting bullied by your rival and didn't acknowledge Bulbasaur gets even worse treatment. Between Pidgeot, Alakazam, Eggsecutor, and Charizard being super effective against Bulbasaur and Gyarados resisting Bulbasaur, your rival exists to harass Bulbasaur.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 5 месяцев назад +4

      If only Aurorus existed, Blue would be in trouble.

    • @DarkEclipse23
      @DarkEclipse23 5 месяцев назад +4

      Bulbasaur is still useful. Meganium isn’t. :0

    • @DarkEclipse23
      @DarkEclipse23 5 месяцев назад +4

      In gen 1 and remakes bulbasaur is useful. In gen 2 and remakes chikorita doesn’t have anything going for it because of both gym and rival battles.

    • @drunkenpumpkins7401
      @drunkenpumpkins7401 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@DarkEclipse23 Meganium is pretty decent in gen 2 due to its bulk and eveyone using weak moves. It gets destroyed in the gen 4 remakes tough.

    • @awqweird
      @awqweird 5 месяцев назад +1

      In both blue/red and fire red leaf green exeggutor doesn't have a psychic move and is weak to poison.

  • @Cretaigne95
    @Cretaigne95 5 месяцев назад +28

    Thing is with kanto squirtle, you learn bite right around the time you fight Misty and her Starmie, you then learn dig and can easily clean the electric gym. it can also learn ice beam and solo the elite four. It is the starter for a solo playthrough of firered or leaf green imo;
    Charmander struggles a lot more throught the game, only having one easy gym and two elite four members who either wall ( Lance) or threaten (Lorelei)
    i sadly agree that it's the only starter that's easily replaceable ( early magikarp, other grass/fire options weaker than the starter)
    this message was brought to you by the squirtlesquad

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад +2

      You're typically not using another Water Pokémon other than Blastoise if you have chose Squirtle, though.

    • @AdamDawson3
      @AdamDawson3 Месяц назад +2

      Blastoise was my starter in FireRed and it really came through in the tough moments its by far the best Kanto starter

    • @tOGGLEwAFFLES
      @tOGGLEwAFFLES Месяц назад +2

      Gen 3 bite is true, but Gen 1 bite is normal type, so that doesn't help.

    • @nicolaistuhlmuller8718
      @nicolaistuhlmuller8718 11 дней назад

      @@tOGGLEwAFFLES in gen 1 Misty's Starmie only has a single neutral move: Tackle. This battle is almost impossible to lose with Wartortle even with normal type Bite, let alone Mega Punch.

    • @nicolaistuhlmuller8718
      @nicolaistuhlmuller8718 11 дней назад

      You correctly mention how well Dig helps against Surge as well as Koga too, but you're forgetting one thing: Charmander learns Dig too. With Dig Charmander's favorable gym matchups jump to 5 (Surge, Erika, Koga, Blaine, Giovanni). In fact the fastest Charmander playthrough is only about 3 minutes slower than the fastest Squirtle playthrough.
      Bulbasaur is a hopeless case though.

  • @G_the_G
    @G_the_G 6 месяцев назад +92

    Chikorita: "sighs" here we go again

    • @MainChannel9521
      @MainChannel9521 5 месяцев назад

      Based battles 2 pfp

    • @Enchie
      @Enchie 4 месяца назад

      Maybe if you learn some moves, you wouldn't be in the box!

    • @bman296
      @bman296 4 месяца назад

      Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrr Stake

  • @Celestia282
    @Celestia282 6 месяцев назад +76

    You underestimate Sprigatito. Yes, grass has a lot of weaknesses, but a 70 power move that always crits on a Pokémon with crazy high speed is *busted.* Who cares if you have low defenses and are weak to the opponent? You're just going to one-shot it, anyway.
    I'd say that Quaxly is the worst of the Paldea starters. Physical water types are generally worse than special water types, and Aqua Step is only an okay move.

    • @SassySceptile
      @SassySceptile 5 месяцев назад +8

      Also tera type exists in paldea so u can just change meowscarada's typing.

    • @Celestia282
      @Celestia282 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@SassySceptile Ehhhh, yes, but actually no. Your starter Sprigatito defaults to grass tera type, and you can't reasonably change it until late/post game.

    • @SassySceptile
      @SassySceptile 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@Celestia282 true. But you can technically grind for tera shards if u want and change tera type in Larry's town once u beat the gym

    • @SassySceptile
      @SassySceptile 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@Celestia282 but at least pure grass type is better than Grass-Dark

    • @Mr-Trox
      @Mr-Trox 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@Celestia282 Larry gives you 50 Normal Tera Shards for beating his gym, Hassel gives you 50 Dragon, and Tyme gives you 50 Rock for completing their stories.
      Normal Tera for Meowscarada is terrible, but you didn't day anything about good Tera type choices.

  • @corbangonzalez4935
    @corbangonzalez4935 6 месяцев назад +21

    You have no reason to keep using Pikachu once you get the eevee in celadon. Jolteon is often debated as to whether it’s better than Zapdos in gen 1. And with Surge giving you thunderbolt, you have great stab right off the bat.

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад +6

      There's also no reason to keep using Pikachu once you get your Nido up to snuff, I.E. once it learns Double Kick. And/or catch a Clefairy, make sure it learns Sing on level up, and then evolve it to Clefable.
      If having an Electric type is somehow a must, though, there's also Zapdos and Jolteon.

  • @Lord_Irritator
    @Lord_Irritator 5 месяцев назад +29

    Idc how bad snivy is in his games.. i will always love and protect my boy

  • @pancakesandberrysyt811
    @pancakesandberrysyt811 6 месяцев назад +71

    Speedruners are gonna be pissed as soon as soon as he says Squirtle for Kanto

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад +21

      And he's flat out wrong for doing that.

    • @pancakesandberrysyt811
      @pancakesandberrysyt811 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@LittleAl016 indeed

    • @Wesfiton
      @Wesfiton 4 месяца назад +3

      @@LittleAl016 Squirtle is the best starter

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 4 месяца назад

      @@Wesfiton No 💩, Sherlock.

  • @Saviarai-Dravolika
    @Saviarai-Dravolika 6 месяцев назад +206

    Justice for Meganium, man. She really had it rough in Johto playthroughs as well as people hating on her because they think she "sucks". I am NOT one of those, but she should've gotten some love like a regional variant or something. She also deserved the Fairy type! Imagine, if that were a reality, people would hate on her less. 😥

    • @benjidoodman
      @benjidoodman 6 месяцев назад +14

      man i agree, i love it but it just needs a regional to give it a better stat spread and the fairy type then it will finally stop getting flamed by people

    • @morrigankasa570
      @morrigankasa570 6 месяцев назад +5

      I'd still not really like it because, FAIRY TYPING IS COMPLETELY DUM AND UNNECESSARY!!! My first Pokemon game was Yellow Version, and I still easily beat Lance without Fairy types.

    • @montyeggman3075
      @montyeggman3075 6 месяцев назад +11

      Maybe it'll get into Legends Z-A and also get a Mega Evolution. Then we'll get to say Mega Meganium.

    • @benjidoodman
      @benjidoodman 6 месяцев назад +9

      @@montyeggman3075 yeah i hope they do that for the gen 2 starters. and mega meganuim is fun to say

    • @silverstreak268
      @silverstreak268 6 месяцев назад +10

      aRe YoU aSsUmEiNg ThEiR gEnDeR?!
      Ok no but I’ve always loved meganiums design and I wish it was better.

  • @Amit_D._Uchiha39
    @Amit_D._Uchiha39 6 месяцев назад +201

    Micheal's thumbnail's simplicity contributes a lot to the success of his videos. He is my Favourite poketuber and will always be. Thank you for everything

    • @theamazingspooderman2697
      @theamazingspooderman2697 6 месяцев назад +6

      if only he put actual research in his videos as well, like saying Chespin is bad in the Bug gym when it literally learns Rollout at lvl 8

    • @abrarkadabrar7829
      @abrarkadabrar7829 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@theamazingspooderman2697 this guy is an entertainer. He's a RUclipsr first. If his inaccuracies get him comments like yours, you're giving him one more comment he wouldn't have received otherwise. But you do you 🤷

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@theamazingspooderman2697 He also said "Wartortle isn't helping much in Misty's Gym" when HE LITERALLY KNOWS BITE BY THE TIME HE FACES MISTY. Also, did he just straight up forget that Blastoise can learn Ice Beam? And did he just straight up forget that Lapras requires grinding in order to be usable?

    • @theamazingspooderman2697
      @theamazingspooderman2697 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@abrarkadabrar7829 he is just plain wrong, that's what I'm saying, also 1-2 comments won't boost him that much as I didn't used to comment until

  • @Sixfortyfive
    @Sixfortyfive 5 месяцев назад +22

    I'd argue that Squirtle is the easiest starter to solo with, at least in FRLG. You get the Dig and Ice Beam TMs right before the two gyms that they're most needed for (Surge and Erika), which completely flips its bad match-ups in the player's favor.

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 4 месяца назад +2

      Which means he doesn't belong on this list.

    • @williamscott2580
      @williamscott2580 2 месяца назад +1

      in gen 1 with how broken special was squirtle was brokenly OP

    • @stagelights_
      @stagelights_ 2 месяца назад +3

      Squirtle is also the second best choice for a playthrough other than nidoking in gen 1.

    • @aganbraganca4156
      @aganbraganca4156 Месяц назад

      you have to remember its offensive stats sucks

    • @williamscott2580
      @williamscott2580 Месяц назад

      @@aganbraganca4156 in modern games yes but gen 1 special stat had 0 counter so special attackers would break the game. thats why squirtle was true easy mode.
      was not till gen 2 (maybe even gen 3) they made special attack ad special def separate to balance this..

  • @JediMage
    @JediMage 6 месяцев назад +59

    Ah yes, those pesky steel types in gen1. Not as annoying as dark types, but sheesh! At least you can counter the fairy types with them.

    • @PrinceLearStan
      @PrinceLearStan 4 месяца назад

      Lmao

    • @moxiemouse24
      @moxiemouse24 Месяц назад

      I could also theoretically counter the fairies with a Nidoking

  • @brigsterdrusselpineda7623
    @brigsterdrusselpineda7623 6 месяцев назад +52

    What's worse about Pikachu is that it doesn't have ability, meaning If you want to paralyze a speedy pokemon you just hope you survive a hit or outspeed it

    • @demarrionberry3676
      @demarrionberry3676 5 месяцев назад +3

      I feel like y'all hating on Pikachu but this pokemon yellow so ability and the special and physical state just special so yeah

    • @Josh-Man
      @Josh-Man 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@demarrionberry3676 like I said, cough, he's a Pikachu hater, 😢😢 cough, LOL 😆 😂 🤣

    • @leohawk776
      @leohawk776 4 месяца назад

      ​@demarrionberry3676 op said pikachu doesn't have the ability, meaning you have to outspeed or survive a hit to use thunder wave. Pikachu doesn't have held items, so no light ball, and you don't have the same access to mankey, just nidoran. Even if you do, you still need to spend a ton of time lowering Onyx stats, because both are glass cannons. Onyx has bide exclusively as an attacking move, and you are pretty much locked into growl and tail whip because it also has harden. This means you have to depend on rng exclusively to beat Brock, because you don't get access to ANY water or grass types before this gym in yellow. Take the rose tinted glasses off, man. That game was sadistic to kids.😂😂😂

    • @beyondawesomegaming3517
      @beyondawesomegaming3517 4 месяца назад

      @@leohawk776”rng exclusive?” Get outta here. Just get nidoran to a decent level (I literally just get it high enough to learn double kick and that’s it) and 9 times out of 10 it 1 shots geodude and 2 shots onix also bide takes a random amount of turns in gen 1 instead of the solid 2 so he could literally bide first turn and never get the chance to unleash cause it’s dead before then. Plus (even though it may not apply here) ever heard of the badge boost glitch? Double team 6 times with pikachu and all stats are now at +6 till either pikachu levels up mid fight or the fight ends. I don’t care what Pokémon you’re using. At +6 everything you’re fine

    • @leohawk776
      @leohawk776 4 месяца назад

      @beyondawesomegaming3517 nidoran doesn't learn double kick until LATE in gen 1, my guy. Gen 2 is when it goes down to level 12. Take it down a notch, noob.

  • @goldenheart3887
    @goldenheart3887 6 месяцев назад +222

    "Chikorita has no usefulness outside of the first two gyms"
    Whitney's Miltank says hi.
    I used a Bayleef against her and won fairly easily.
    Also something something Chespin learns Rollout.

    • @AllenMS828
      @AllenMS828 6 месяцев назад +31

      Ok, so it's not just me. I played Silver when it first came out and picked Chikorita. And I don't remember having any problems with Whitney at all. (Granted, that was over 20 years ago now, but if it was as traumatic for me as it was for Mikey, I'd probably remember it. 😆)

    • @cartooncritic7045
      @cartooncritic7045 6 месяцев назад +17

      @@AllenMS828Yeah Bayleef can definitely help against Whitney. Ideally Geodude and/or Muscle the Machop will help even more, but Bayleef can still contribute.

    • @dawnsbuneary
      @dawnsbuneary 6 месяцев назад +6

      I actually did a Chikorita run a while back in Silver and beat Whitney on my first try, although that's probably because I had to overlevel to beat Bugsy. I leveled it up to level 29 to beat him by spamming Body Slam. Thank God for emulator speed up.

    • @terragaming2442
      @terragaming2442 6 месяцев назад

      @@dawnsbunearyoh wow you suck

    • @greenjay7471
      @greenjay7471 6 месяцев назад +12

      Yeah, the major issue with this video is that it only does a surface level inspection instead of a full deep dive. While it doesn’t actually matter which Pokémon you choose as your starter as each gym has a counter usually right next to it, picking Meganium is legitimately choosing to play on easy mode as it walls so many difficult fights. Especially Whitney and Claire.

  • @KeithWWatson
    @KeithWWatson 2 месяца назад +5

    Hugs Squirtle "Don't listen to the bad man my precious wee guy"

  • @kbeatzgonecrazy
    @kbeatzgonecrazy 6 месяцев назад +54

    Finally, Chikorita is 2nd. Work hard for dat 3rd place ma boy.

  • @Lionelstudios
    @Lionelstudios 6 месяцев назад +90

    When sprigatito got on number 10 I was dying laughing because I did a poll tournament on a Pokemon fandom wiki and sprigatito won the whole thing against mudkip

    • @karthiksreeram1593
      @karthiksreeram1593 6 месяцев назад +8

      it probably people who dont care about the pokemon being good in game cuz (maybe unpopular opinion)sprigatito looks cooler then mudkip

    • @jacksonmunro1925
      @jacksonmunro1925 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@karthiksreeram1593 Doesnt matter meowscarada is too fast and hits too hard with flower trick. There is no world where it comes anywhere near this list. None of the gen 9 starters should.

    • @karthiksreeram1593
      @karthiksreeram1593 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@jacksonmunro1925 yup

    • @Condor-gb1xp
      @Condor-gb1xp 5 месяцев назад

      I’m pretty sure he was ranking the weakest choice per starter options. (Including B2W2, XY Kanto starters, Legends, etc)
      That said, I’m not 100% on board that Sprigatito is the worst choice, but Fuecoco sweeps so weed cat is not the best either

    • @sinnohperson8813
      @sinnohperson8813 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@jacksonmunro1925 average glass cannon enjoyer :

  • @nanya524
    @nanya524 6 месяцев назад +45

    Ah ah ah!
    Chespin wrecks the first gym as it learns Rollout, a ROCK move. In fact, Chespin breezes through the first two gyms that both Froakie and Fenniken struggle with.

    • @zeusoi2854
      @zeusoi2854 6 месяцев назад +1

      Fennekin struggles in a Bug gym how?

    • @tahulu8166
      @tahulu8166 6 месяцев назад +7

      He's probably referencing surskit being an issue for fennekin but to be honest any of the starters do good against the gym

    • @tamarjaeger
      @tamarjaeger 6 месяцев назад +8

      @@zeusoi2854 Viola's first 'mon is Surskit, which has water STAB, and is hit by fire for neutral instead of super effective.

    • @DerNiko
      @DerNiko 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@tamarjaeger It also has Water Sport

    • @theamazingspooderman2697
      @theamazingspooderman2697 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@zeusoi2854 bcz of Water Sport but the wording was wrong as Fennekin doesn't struggle

  • @matthewmoser1284
    @matthewmoser1284 5 месяцев назад +102

    Turtwig fans: "WOOO!!! NOT US!!"

    • @beyondawesomegaming3517
      @beyondawesomegaming3517 4 месяца назад +2

      Truuuuuuue while I am a chimchar fan more than a turtwig fan the bulk on that turtle boy is friggen awesome and when it gets the best ground type stab move on evolution means if it can tank infernapes flare blitz (which as I stated that Effin bulk) it can actually hard counter said infernape with eq. Just don’t put it anywhere near Candice’s gym and you’re good to go

    • @La_Verge
      @La_Verge 4 месяца назад +5

      I love torterra but with 2 fire types and a gazillion water types. You'd be dumb not to take chimchar

    • @beyondawesomegaming3517
      @beyondawesomegaming3517 4 месяца назад +4

      @@La_Verge I mean, meh? Yea in diamond and pearl true but with platinum adding another few to the point where you could actually have flint have an almost full fire type team it’s a little easier to pick torterra. Not saying you’re wrong just saying it depends.

    • @HeyJust_Clouds
      @HeyJust_Clouds 3 месяца назад

      WHY MEEE WHYYYY ME

    • @Nosretep
      @Nosretep 3 месяца назад

      ​@@beyondawesomegaming3517Infernape gets Overheat.

  • @ShouryaSaxenaVIIIA
    @ShouryaSaxenaVIIIA 6 месяцев назад +12

    'the gym matchups barely matter at this point' was the best line

  • @troyzoya9140
    @troyzoya9140 6 месяцев назад +11

    So you see
    Chespin ks technically weak to the first gym, it gets rollout within the level cap, which is more often than not enough to kill a 4x weak Vivillon

  • @agustinvillarreal7264
    @agustinvillarreal7264 6 месяцев назад +6

    I was stubborn with my first playthrough of Scarlet and decided "If I can do all the battles in any order, I'm going to do them clockwise, starting at the bottom of the map" Needless to say, after the first gym, I felt no drawbacks to picking Sprigatito

  • @alexexists3710
    @alexexists3710 4 месяца назад +13

    “Chespin ain’t doing anything to Vivillion”
    Rollout:

  • @GSamus14
    @GSamus14 6 месяцев назад +55

    *When Michael realizes that Chespin is the best starter in Viola because it gets Rollout*

    • @adrianhandley9895
      @adrianhandley9895 6 месяцев назад +8

      Fr like he doesn’t even mention the moves they’re able to learn and is just going off of types

    • @eljordinio7647
      @eljordinio7647 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@adrianhandley9895 coverage is great but it's stab moves that get more damage in

    • @Joao.Ramiro
      @Joao.Ramiro 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@eljordinio7647 if the move kills, it doesnt metter if they do not have stab

    • @eljordinio7647
      @eljordinio7647 6 месяцев назад

      @@Joao.Ramiro sometimes it does

    • @miikaroos3809
      @miikaroos3809 6 месяцев назад

      Sure, Chespin beats Viola, but does that make Chesnaught better than Delphox or Greninja?

  • @BakerKauffman
    @BakerKauffman 6 месяцев назад +48

    Squirttle is my favorite Kanto starter. I watched farther on and he is basically naming all my favorite starters 😢

    • @Pkmn76
      @Pkmn76 6 месяцев назад +3

      I like squirtle too

    • @KnightRaymund
      @KnightRaymund 6 месяцев назад +3

      you just like hard mode. And it's Pokemon so hard mode is still easy so....

    • @doodle1488
      @doodle1488 6 месяцев назад +11

      Worst of all is that smith plays analyses the game and he pick squirtle as the best starter

    • @zoelindwall637
      @zoelindwall637 6 месяцев назад +1

      I like squirtle bulbasuar and charmander.

    • @ondremoniz4361
      @ondremoniz4361 5 месяцев назад +6

      @@doodle1488I’ve been doing the math myself for my own project and Squirtle is fundamentally the best Gen 1 starter by far

  • @ShadowKnight5204
    @ShadowKnight5204 6 месяцев назад +25

    You forgot to bring up how Charmander in Fire Red and Leaf Green was specifically given Metal Claw just so it could have a way to deal with Brock.

    • @SassySceptile
      @SassySceptile 5 месяцев назад +2

      But onix and geodude have high defenses making metal claw a 3-4 hit KO on each as its not stab. Charmander needs to survive rock tombs for that long.

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад +3

      Onix and Geodude didn't really have much Special (Defense) to withstand an Ember spam.

    • @ShadowKnight5204
      @ShadowKnight5204 5 месяцев назад +3

      To everyone who replies, I made this comment to help further prove why Charmander is the worst starter in Kanto

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад

      @@ShadowKnight5204 And you're wrong. It's actually Bulbasaur.

    • @IrxN17
      @IrxN17 5 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@LittleAl016bulbasuar is the best in kanto

  • @themattman9224
    @themattman9224 Месяц назад +7

    He forgets the worst part of Kanto is the forest at the start of the game which gets slammed by charmander

    • @nathanwongchinrenntps2403
      @nathanwongchinrenntps2403 28 дней назад +1

      Pidgey exist for a reason

    • @youtube-kit9450
      @youtube-kit9450 17 дней назад +1

      Do you think the worst part of Kanto is viridian forest? The forest wherein many tiles don't have encounters and most trainers are skippable and otherwise just have weedles and caterpies?

    • @themattman9224
      @themattman9224 17 дней назад

      @ yes poisoning is so annoying and you can’t do any damage to the bug types with bulbasaur

    • @nicolaistuhlmuller8718
      @nicolaistuhlmuller8718 11 дней назад

      @@themattman9224 there is only a single mandatory battle in viridian forest, and that is the final weedle trainer who can be defeated by a level 6 Squirtle. With Charmander you need to be at least level 12 to beat Brock so you need to take all the optional trainers too, but with Ember that is easy.

  • @Songal18
    @Songal18 6 месяцев назад +20

    Yeah Game Freak was just thinking "kids love the anime, Pikachu sells, and thus Yellow was tossed out and nobody gave it a second glance until they realized they do NOT get Ash's exact Pikachu like the anime XD

    • @thesacredlobo
      @thesacredlobo 8 дней назад +1

      To be nice, they did enhance Pikachu's moveset by giving it early access to Double Team (15) and Thunderbolt (26). So it is better than it's counterparts from Red/Blue version.

    • @Songal18
      @Songal18 8 дней назад

      @@thesacredlobo Yes.

  • @dovirstark203
    @dovirstark203 6 месяцев назад +5

    A little saving grace for Chespin is that it can sweep Viola in 3 turns with rollout, which it gets a level 8

  • @levistewart8856
    @levistewart8856 6 месяцев назад +62

    Y’know, people always say Meganium is the worst in-game starter (and it is), but Serperior is right there.
    Especially without access to Contrary in Gen 5, it’s so underwhelming into everything.
    Probably not as bad as Meganium, but it’s basically got the same horrible overly tanky stat spread and poor coverage.

    • @ismael8391
      @ismael8391 6 месяцев назад +7

      Yeah, but scarf contrary leaf storm is one hell of a drug

    • @Andrewthedragontamer
      @Andrewthedragontamer 6 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@ismael8391 Scarf Contrary Leaf Storm Serperior has scarred me on Pokémon Showdown

    • @sheenakr7616
      @sheenakr7616 6 месяцев назад +8

      snivy/serperior can learn alot of useful tm's
      tbh what michael didnt cover in this video is tm's and moves in general.. for example charmander learns metal claw at level 13 which can beat brocks geodude with ease and definetly is not a dead weight.
      alot of pokemon here dont deserve what they got and if he actually checked movesets and tm's alot of these would not be here

    • @WishGender
      @WishGender 6 месяцев назад +9

      @@sheenakr7616he's just going by type matchups because if you know strategy, you can pick any starter you want lol

    • @BadgerPride89
      @BadgerPride89 6 месяцев назад +10

      serperior is better than meganium because it's more useful against the evil team, who don't usually carry pokemon that are strong against it. meanwhile team rocket's out here with houndour/houndoom and all the fucking koffing and zubat in the world.

  • @LogChop
    @LogChop 3 месяца назад +8

    kingdra does NOT take super effective hit from grass in gen 4

  • @Wipplecurterr
    @Wipplecurterr 6 месяцев назад +29

    I have NOT gotten a recommendation from you in a while holy

  • @OnyxLife67
    @OnyxLife67 6 месяцев назад +12

    14:26 I always thought Meganium looks like it could be Fairy Type so I really hope it gets a regional variant where it becomes a Fairy Type.

    • @fadhilmulyono9230
      @fadhilmulyono9230 5 месяцев назад

      Could have a Grass/Fairy mega evolution

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 5 месяцев назад

      Mega Meganium?!

    • @snookerdooker471
      @snookerdooker471 Месяц назад +1

      @@jeffreygao3956 There was a leak last month that showed a possible mega meganium for legends ZA.

  • @spielezer126
    @spielezer126 6 месяцев назад +10

    Meganium: "Oh boy, here we go again"

  • @Catch93Prod
    @Catch93Prod Месяц назад +4

    Besides the fact that both Squirtle entries shouldn't be on here, I don't think you considered when mons learn moves enough. Gen III Treecko should be on here with Grovyle being stuck with Absorb or Bullet Seed as it's best STAB until level 29.

  • @Kadgord
    @Kadgord 6 месяцев назад +31

    If miltank ever became a starter pokemon, our boy will have a breakdown

    • @MagnakayViolet
      @MagnakayViolet 6 месяцев назад

      Grass/Normal calf pokemon based on the soy plant with the Protean ability

  • @jediaray8847
    @jediaray8847 6 месяцев назад +14

    Michael, how dare you start with Sprigatito... I LOVE SPRIGATITO

    • @Kazuki_Noah
      @Kazuki_Noah 6 месяцев назад +1

      At least he said sprigatito isn't bad it's just that he has few options
      ( I have sprigatito in Pokemon Violet )

    • @shaginus
      @shaginus 6 месяцев назад +1

      The measure are relied on early fight since that is where starter mater the most
      Meowscarada will still be pretty busted later anyways

    • @Giyu_Tomyoka-z4m
      @Giyu_Tomyoka-z4m 5 месяцев назад +1

      Sprigatito is best stater for speedruning

    • @Nosretep
      @Nosretep 3 месяца назад

      Even Sada and Turo has a huge advantage against it.

  • @swampygaming2975
    @swampygaming2975 5 месяцев назад +4

    About chespin, it gets rollout before the first gym leader. Don’t know if this changes anything, but I wanted to point that out.

  • @sterlingmuse5808
    @sterlingmuse5808 3 месяца назад +5

    Kanto Squirtle did not deserve to be on this list, because it destroys Giovanni in every encounter with him. It also has the benefit that Surf is a very strong Special attack that every player will get in order to beat the game. Granted, that's probably part of the reason he was listed early, but I still think there's a huge gap between Squirtle and the other Pokemon here. (Maybe not Sprigatito, I picked one in Scarlet and have no idea how much better the other options are.)

  • @theJazzystar21
    @theJazzystar21 6 месяцев назад +6

    Mikey, I wanted to tell you thank you for your contribute towards me loving Pokémon so much. Your videos, new or old, always bring a smile on my face every time I watch them. Heck, even a video I rewatched 5 times from your channel is still so intriguing, no matter how much time has past. I loved Pokémon my whole life and wouldn’t have loved it the same if I didn’t watch your videos. Thank you so much and keep up with the great content. Hail Yeah!

  • @silvoz535
    @silvoz535 4 месяца назад +3

    Im so glad i started with yellow because man im always learning about some jank that blows my mind. Its shocking that charizard cannot learn fly, he had to have been a fire/dragon and they changed it last second for balance reasons.

  • @awesomeandrew5266
    @awesomeandrew5266 6 месяцев назад +6

    Another thing against Pikachu in Yellow Version is that the electric type is virtually useless in Kanto. I mean, the only time electric is useful is against water/flying types (of which there is ONE in all of the major plot battles in Kanto, Lance's Gyarados).

    • @thesacredlobo
      @thesacredlobo 8 дней назад +1

      It's bit weird you'd specify Lance and not mention his Aerodactyl as well.

    • @awesomeandrew5266
      @awesomeandrew5266 8 дней назад

      @thesacredlobo Sorry, I forgot about his Aerodactyl in Yellow, but it still doesn't negate what I said. The electric is still virtually useless in Kanto.

    • @thesacredlobo
      @thesacredlobo 7 дней назад

      @@awesomeandrew5266 - I disagree. While it doesn't hit that many types super effectively; it does hit most targets for neutral damage. And thunderbolt is a solid move that only gets better with stab.
      And Jolteon having a roughly 1 in 4 chance to score a critical hit in Gen 1 makes thunderbolt a pretty scary move.

    • @awesomeandrew5266
      @awesomeandrew5266 7 дней назад

      @thesacredlobo I can understand that, but Jolteon, while getting the potential high crits in gen 1, is very vulnerable those other 3 times out of 4. Since ground types are fairly prevalent in Gen 1, Jolteon gets bodied by them, especially if it tries to go for double kick with its horrible physical attack. Also, its base HP is abysmal too.

    • @thesacredlobo
      @thesacredlobo 7 дней назад

      @@awesomeandrew5266 - I'd argue Pikachu is better at countering ground Pokemon than Jolteon in Yellow. This is because Pikachu can learn Seismic Toss and if your doing a solo run you'll be able to easily body most ground types with two tosses.
      And ground type isn't as omnipresent as your implying either. You have Brock, a handful of Hikers, a trainer or two with cubone or marowak, Giovanni, and Bruno's onixs. I might be forgetting a few, but a lot of the trainers with ground types are optional.
      And many ground types in gen 1 don't learn ground moves until very late in the game or in some cases never learn a ground move naturally.
      A good example of this is rhyhorn which never learns a rock or ground move via level up. Sandshrew is also in the same boat. As a result the only time you'll see Sandslash as a major threat is during the championship battle with Blue.
      In fact, I'd argue the scariest hurdle to overcome is Giovanni, but he can be managed with some double team luck and badge boosts.
      Albeit I did have to reach level 79 in order to clear the final battle with Blue during my Pikachu run through Yellow.

  • @ariesstorm9577
    @ariesstorm9577 5 месяцев назад +22

    No, no Blastoise. Calm down. I’m sure the nice man on this video didn’t mean to put your evolutionary line on here twice. Let’s just put your cannons back in your shell, nice and easy. There isn’t that bett- oh no don’t use skull bash!

  • @limitqa
    @limitqa 6 месяцев назад +19

    my favorite starter is the car thing from pokemon snap

  • @theamazingspooderman2697
    @theamazingspooderman2697 6 месяцев назад +9

    9:31 Chespin does learn Rollout at lvl 8 so its unironically the best starter against Viola, no way to nerf Rollout as Water Sport does nerf Fire type moves and Vivillion is 4 times weak to Rock

    • @eljordinio7647
      @eljordinio7647 6 месяцев назад

      You still need at least 2 or 3 hits before rollout can do enough to win u the battle, and while vivillon does have a 4x rock weakness you can exploit, it's still faster and has a chance to either increase its defence with Harden, or weaken you with infestation before you can beat it
      And if U miss even once, which is still possible, then u HAVE to build up power again. If Chespin could learn defense curl, then rollout is much easier to work with cos it's already double in power

    • @theamazingspooderman2697
      @theamazingspooderman2697 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@eljordinio7647 Infestation doesn't hit that hard though, my starter is like lvl 15 before that fight or during that fight

  • @AcademianYT
    @AcademianYT 6 месяцев назад +22

    9:21 chespin learns rollout pretty early on so it can deal with Vivillon pretty well

    • @mercedestrenz1881
      @mercedestrenz1881 3 месяца назад

      True but it's not stab and it could just miss with 90 accuracy.

    • @StarryAutumnSocks
      @StarryAutumnSocks 2 месяца назад

      Mine OHKO’d vivillon with rollout

    • @jordanmurray410
      @jordanmurray410 Месяц назад

      ​@@mercedestrenz1881And it will still struggle with a lot of the gym fights, and have trouble with even some Team Flare members

  • @veljkokravic15
    @veljkokravic15 4 месяца назад +10

    16:31 yes.. we can be copycats of Ash but... THAT PIKACHU IS THE SON OF ARCEUS OKAY?.. HE IS THE GOLDEN CHILD OF HIS..

  • @SquarecowStudios
    @SquarecowStudios 6 месяцев назад +5

    Yellow was my first Pokemon game. It came with a GameBoy Colour with Pikachu on it. I remember I always had to catch a Caterpie in Viridian Forest and grind it so it evolved into Butterfree, which is actually quad weak to rock, but it out speeds all of the trainers and Brock's Pokemon and confusion hits for decent neutral damage.

    • @fadhilmulyono9230
      @fadhilmulyono9230 16 дней назад

      at least in Gen 1 none of Brock's Pokemon have a Rock move. In Gen 3 it's risky because his Onix has Rock Tomb

  • @bradrobertson4995
    @bradrobertson4995 2 месяца назад +3

    Um...Squirtle bodies Kanto. You get Dig for Surge (100 BP in RBY) or you can just grab a Diglett. You get TM13 Ice Beam right before Erika. Meanwhile Bulbasaur's STAB moves are resisted by every bug catcher, bird keeper, rocket grunt, biker... By the time Leech Seed kills one pokemon Squirtle might be halfway to the next gym.
    Sorry for the long comment, but I'm just tired of hearing people say "Bulbasaur is best because it beats the first three gyms" when it slows to a crawl against [deep breath] all of Viridian Forest, every bug catcher, some youngsters, most lasses, every bird keeper, all of Pokemon Tower, all of Rocket Hideout, all of Silph Co, every biker, Erika's gym, Koga's gym, Sabrina's gym, Blaine's gym, half of Giovanni's gym, Lorelei's Jynx, Agatha's entire team, Lance's Dragonite, half of the rival's team, and every single one of the infinite Zubats in Mt. Moon.
    As a Venusaur lover I do want justice for my big beautiful frog Kaiju, but Blastoise is generally the best Kanto starter for casual runs, nuzlockes, speed runs, and minimum battle runs.
    Venusaur is at least better in the Battle Frontiers and PvP...so there's that.

  • @immortallegacy100
    @immortallegacy100 3 месяца назад +4

    Teach Wartortle Dig and Ice Beam and it suddenly has no issues with Lt. Surge and Erica.
    Charmander destroys Brock with Ember in RB, and Metal Claw in FRLG. Teach it Dig and/or wait until you get Slash in RB and it'll destroy Misty as well.

  • @Kalaphant
    @Kalaphant 13 дней назад +1

    0:35 Wow.
    Firstly, I was simply not expecting that because it's really strong.
    But also, WOW. Starting the video with my favorite starter of all time? Bold move XD

  • @voice3657
    @voice3657 4 месяца назад +17

    Bro did ny boy squirtle dirty😭😭

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 4 месяца назад +3

      Especially when considering just how good Squirtle is.

    • @hinatashoyo1937
      @hinatashoyo1937 4 месяца назад

      @@LittleAl016 he is good BUT its so hard to make him work in major battles

    • @BlameSnowy
      @BlameSnowy 3 месяца назад

      @@LittleAl016 Garry gets the Bulbasaur line if you choose Squirtle, and oh boy...

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 3 месяца назад +1

      @@hinatashoyo1937 Squirtle's not hard to make work in major battles at all. You just need Bubble for Brock. Bite, Seismic Toss, or Mega Punch for Misty. Dig for Surge. Basically nothing for Koga and Sabrina. Surf for Blaine and Giovanni. Ice Beam for the Elite 4. And though Wartortle/Blastoise isn't sweeping Erika, he can do major damage to her.

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 3 месяца назад

      @@BlameSnowy Which isn't really too bad to deal with. At best, he's a minor nuisance.

  • @AnonymousUser_13
    @AnonymousUser_13 6 месяцев назад +4

    I like how this video came a day out around two days after Wolfey’s video

  • @yourlocalyanfei
    @yourlocalyanfei 3 месяца назад +4

    I feel like Meganium should’ve 1: Been given petal horn things like Bayleef, and 2: could’ve been given the fairy type cuz friendliness and pink flowers and such.

  • @werevin649
    @werevin649 5 дней назад +1

    My bayleef beat Witneys miltank. Remember: just because its not super effective, doesnt mean its useless.

  • @Nyxcha
    @Nyxcha 6 месяцев назад +16

    grass just really suffers in general as its got SO MANY weaknesses. and so much resist it
    if it doesn't get a 2ndary typing, it struggles so much....
    idk why they don't do something for it to address how many weaknesses it has vs all the other starters.
    and seriously, in so many of the games, the first gyms always seem hostile to grass (not so much gen 1. but all others)
    wish they'd admit grass is a support type, not a standalone, and give grass types 2ndary typings
    (also special mention to Serperior. while its contrary ability gives it some life. its move pool is the definition of small, and monotype. it has the smallest movepool of any starter and the LEAST type diversity. it needs more non grass moves)

    • @HolyAlondite
      @HolyAlondite 6 месяцев назад +8

      I wouldn't say 'so many' games. Only Johto and Kalos, all other games either have a Rock gym, something neutral, or are the Striaton gym. (I guess you could argue Paldea also has a bad matchup, but Paldea is a weird case)

    • @patar00
      @patar00 6 месяцев назад +3

      hear me out, i’ve always thought grass should be good against fairy. while it would admittedly make more sense a resistance, one of fairy’s weaknesses (poison) and one of the types that resists it (fire) have something to do with harming plants, meaning they have some relation. so the literal plant type should reign over the other nature related type

    • @nathan-cy4vx
      @nathan-cy4vx 6 месяцев назад +2

      Maybe that is why game freak originaly made so many grass poison types including the starter to help it's wealnesses

    • @Nyxcha
      @Nyxcha 6 месяцев назад

      @@patar00 honestly. Psychic should be strong vs fairy. finish that triangle cause fairy kinda replaced psychic xD
      as for grass...could be strong vs fairy, but i think they just need to reduce how many types resist it. cause it struggles so much offensively

    • @mysticpumpkin8520
      @mysticpumpkin8520 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@patar00yeah.....fairies dont work that way. While its true some like Nymphs and Driads protect the forest, the rest like say Trolls, Gnomes, Dullahans (yes, dullahans), etc either are neutral or dont care
      And the fairy typing is based on ALL fairied, not just Thinkerbell😅

  • @grandlancer
    @grandlancer 6 месяцев назад +15

    While Sprigatito might be the worst on paper for S&V it never felt that way for my playthrough. He was a champ and it was hard to even let other pokemon have a turn to shine.

    • @djdrizzy9139
      @djdrizzy9139 6 месяцев назад +3

      Not even. With that high speed, good coverage, and u turn, she will almost always go first! Not the worst.

    • @djdrizzy9139
      @djdrizzy9139 6 месяцев назад +1

      Not even. With that high speed, good coverage, and u turn, she will almost always go first! Not the worst.

    • @JamesTheCelestial
      @JamesTheCelestial 6 месяцев назад +2

      I don't think it's even the worst on paper. Flower Trick is way better than Quaquaval's aqua step. a 70 power grass type move that never misses and always crits is really strong. It's nowhere near as strong as the beast that is Skeledirge, but I prefer it to Quaquaval in battle.
      It also has great speed and a fantastic movepool.

    • @noahberan6498
      @noahberan6498 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@JamesTheCelestialAqua step is so good, especially with Moxie. It's my favorite one to use in battle (and overall)

    • @JamesTheCelestial
      @JamesTheCelestial 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@noahberan6498 Valid. I like Quaquaval in comp, myself, but in terms of a normal playthrough like the video... I like the move, i just think that it's massively outclassed by torch song and flower trick.
      I like Quaquaval, but there are better water types and fighting types in Paldea. I think Meowscarada is better in a casual playthrough as there are fewer good grass types or dark types in the main story that can compare to it (not counting legendaries)
      ...Then again, an argument could be made for either and Skeledirge is borderline broken, so I suppose it doesn't really matter lol

  • @mathiasantinoro3830
    @mathiasantinoro3830 6 месяцев назад +11

    I was going into this vid thinking my boy squirtle wouldn't be on the list turns out he is on it twice

    • @trontheblackranger
      @trontheblackranger 6 месяцев назад +5

      Don't listen to the doubters. Squirtle is the best. Ever.

    • @bibigamer502
      @bibigamer502 6 месяцев назад

      I love Blastoise but to GameFreak it’s not their golden child of Charizard nor is it Venusaur so why would they care about it at all

    • @megabladechronicles962
      @megabladechronicles962 6 месяцев назад +4

      Putting Squirtle here twice is stupid. Any starter that is capable of Mega Evolving is already better than the majority of starter Pokémon. Even if the ability Blastoise gets is situational, it’s stat boost more than makes up for it

    • @MadMalMan
      @MadMalMan 5 месяцев назад +1

      All gen 1 speed runners take Squirtle, he is cracked

    • @fyreexe4121
      @fyreexe4121 5 месяцев назад

      @@MadMalMan that is more due to hms, since obviously it can learn surf, but it can also learn cut as well

  • @beagleboygaming1701
    @beagleboygaming1701 21 день назад +2

    You are so wrong about Squirtle especially in gen 3 remakes
    Brock: easy
    Misty: bite
    Surge: dig
    Erica: ice beam
    Sabrina: bite
    Koga: surf and great defensive stats
    Blane: easy
    Giovanni: easy

  • @mikeplayz4601
    @mikeplayz4601 6 месяцев назад +6

    Where will Team Sky go to next? Another fan game or one of the main games like Unova or Kalos? I genuinely would love a main game video with Team Sky but that’s just me. Love ur vids man!❤🙏🔥👌

    • @Vigriff
      @Vigriff 6 месяцев назад +2

      I hope he goes to Orre next.

    • @rikoaries
      @rikoaries 5 месяцев назад +2

      He will suffer in the grueling deserts of Pokemon Arizona!

  • @revalentinemashups510
    @revalentinemashups510 6 месяцев назад +12

    You're selling Chespin SUPER short.
    In terms of moveset-It has rollout for the first gym, giving you an easy sweep if you get a bit of luck. Tm coverage in hone claws, bulldoze and rock tomb, plus level up moves like bite and leech seed give it the most variety early on compared to the two special attackers.
    From repeat playthroughs, i've found Quilladin's general bulk more reliable in the midgame than the other two frail 'mons. The aforementioned learnset makes it the best for Grant's tyrunt. It falls off a bit after the electric gym, yeah, but i think a notable claim to fame is it being one of the best counters >in the game< for that Mega Gyarados Lysandre has.
    Id argue that Kalos has the best balance of usefulness of starters throughout the game, and id even say Chesnsught had more notable matchups than Greninja, who's only full team advantages are one late gym and one elite four member. It certainly deserves to be higher up than snivy, let alone some of the other options on this list.

    • @milanbeerepoot4260
      @milanbeerepoot4260 6 месяцев назад +3

      100% agreed. Chespin’s high risk high reward but man that reward is so worth it

    • @DerNiko
      @DerNiko 6 месяцев назад +1

      I'm pretty sure Chestnaught potentially gets super effective coverage against everything but Dragon. Throw an Expert Belt on him and you can absolutely steam roll a majority of the fights. I'd say it's biggest hurdles are Flying-types, because of that Quad-Weakness, Dragons, and other Fighting types ironically.

    • @theamazingspooderman2697
      @theamazingspooderman2697 6 месяцев назад +1

      bulk doesn't matter either way as Kalos is so easy

    • @eljordinio7647
      @eljordinio7647 6 месяцев назад

      Emphasis on luck

    • @DerNiko
      @DerNiko 5 месяцев назад

      @@theamazingspooderman2697 Roll-Out is 95 Acc, not that much luck needed. I fought Viola with Chespin a lot. I think I had one or two instances where Chespin missed its roll-out and even then, I still won the battle after. It's really not that hard to beat Viola with Chespin

  • @dylanwyatt1786
    @dylanwyatt1786 6 месяцев назад +6

    Funny thing is, the anime agrees with Mikey in Kanto. Pikachu initially refuses to battle and then gets beat when Ash does get it to fight. Ash rematches almost every gym, typically loses again but is gifted half of the badges for... being a good kid

  • @nicolaistuhlmuller8718
    @nicolaistuhlmuller8718 11 дней назад +1

    Agree on Pikachu being number one, but Bulbasaur is so horribly bad for Kanto while both Squirtle and Charmander dominate it. I also find it fascinating how it's commonly accepted that grass starters in gen 2-7 are extremely bad, yet for some reason people seem to exclude Bulbasaur even though it performs WORSE than Chikorita. Chikorita at least gets Dig so it has something that somewhat resembles coverage, Bulbasaur has only grass and normal moves. In one of the least grass friendly regions.

  • @jayefraz
    @jayefraz 6 месяцев назад +48

    if chikorita in here i will not be surprised but i will cry. that’s my green bean

  • @MrPanaz
    @MrPanaz 6 месяцев назад +5

    In kanto,the best one is squirtle, he can learn ice beam and earthquake, compare to bulbasaur and charmander, the game is a lot lot easier if you choose squirtle

    • @DarkEclipse23
      @DarkEclipse23 6 месяцев назад

      Maybe later on. But the idea of “best starters” is usually gauges by the first third of the game difficulty. But best starter doesn’t mean your methods are wrong. :3

    • @MrPanaz
      @MrPanaz 6 месяцев назад

      @@DarkEclipse23 even if its the first third of the game, charmander is the hardest one to use, gym leader are rock,water,electric

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 4 месяца назад

      ​@@MrPanaz It's actually Bulbasaur that's the hardest to use.

  • @-WCL
    @-WCL 3 месяца назад +4

    If you train Warrturtel to level 19 it learns bite and it can beat Misty easy.

    • @PHSDM104
      @PHSDM104 2 месяца назад

      Not in Gen 1, though. Bite didn't become Dark until Gen 2.

  • @TheMannalKidsyt
    @TheMannalKidsyt 19 дней назад +1

    9:32 Ah yes, a jumping dandelion in a circus and a plant shooting acid.

  • @asaka616
    @asaka616 6 месяцев назад +20

    "Number 10, Sprigatito"
    Switches off video. "We're done here."

  • @RobRikos
    @RobRikos 6 месяцев назад +17

    Oh come on now. Squirtle is the best squirrel pokemon ever.

    • @variumi
      @variumi 6 месяцев назад +1

      idk man pachirisu won worlds

    • @HexEditsYT
      @HexEditsYT Месяц назад

      “I thought we were settling the ‘Squirt-Turtle” or ‘Squirrel-Turtle’ debate!”
      -Squirtle, Pokèmon Talk.

  • @CrossoverFan4life
    @CrossoverFan4life 6 месяцев назад +5

    Grass Starters got the shaft among the starters it seems.

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 4 месяца назад

      Including Bulbasaur, despite what this video would have you believe.

    • @aganbraganca4156
      @aganbraganca4156 Месяц назад +1

      @@LittleAl016 ya the only reason its regard as best becuase it gets advantage in first 3 gyms but actually it sucks

  • @NickyvMLP
    @NickyvMLP 5 месяцев назад +2

    April Fools idea where it looks like a normal video, and you get interrupted by Grunty Boi, but then Team Sky Mikey does one, then Orange does one, then Milkman Mike, etc, with Mikey getting more and more annoyed until finally he locks the door, goes back to start the video proper, and the camera battery dies because he took too long.
    The actual video that was started before gets uploaded the next day or week.

  • @toualee1430
    @toualee1430 6 месяцев назад +25

    Me: “I don’t want peace. I want problems. Always”.
    Me: chooses Charmander

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад +1

      Charmander is literally just as good as Bulbasaur if not better.

    • @247_______
      @247_______ 5 месяцев назад

      @@LittleAl016 facts! Especially if you’re playing Pokémon X and Fire Red, Charizard kicks ass!

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад

      @@247_______ In Pokémon X, Charizard is literally the best starter you can get. In Pokémon Fire Red, your best bet is Blastoise.

  • @alexisellsworth8916
    @alexisellsworth8916 6 месяцев назад +4

    Sooo...the only reason I beat red 20 levels under was because of meganium with light screen. Seriously, why does half his team know blizzard???

  • @tssCaramel
    @tssCaramel 6 месяцев назад +14

    This video has taught me that I’m great at choosing the worst starters

    • @SassySceptile
      @SassySceptile 5 месяцев назад

      I have used Sprigatito, squirtle, oshawott, snivy, chespin in my playthroughs of their respective games 😅😅

    • @LittleAl016
      @LittleAl016 5 месяцев назад +1

      Squirtle is by no means one of the worst starters.

    • @Mr-Trox
      @Mr-Trox 5 месяцев назад +1

      It's taught me that Michael needs to do better research.
      Pure type matchup and level up moveset won't cut it.
      Squirtle has one of the best TM move pools in Gen 1.
      It's *the* Speedrunner's Pokémon of choice.

  • @hummingbirdwof
    @hummingbirdwof 3 месяца назад +2

    I always pick mine based on what I think is the cutest I really just don’t care about the typings or overlap on my team

  • @Oscar92839
    @Oscar92839 6 месяцев назад +7

    7:47 zebstrika chilling with flame charge

  • @nathanval2987
    @nathanval2987 Месяц назад +5

    I forgive you bc atleast charmander is good in kalos.

    • @Amelia4111
      @Amelia4111 25 дней назад

      At least is 2 words, NOT one word!

  • @gingerkays7362
    @gingerkays7362 6 месяцев назад +7

    Your rant about Pikachu got me a little nostalgic about something that happened to me. I was doing a Nuzlocke of Yellow and I was TERRIFIED of the first gym. I had checked every single pre-Brock route, and NOTHING had good matchup against him, and I had accidentally deleted Pikachu’s quick attack, so its only damage move was thundershock, so I was kinda screwed. I had no plan, just hoping for a miracle. I led with Butterfree since it was the only Pokemon on my team that had a move that wasn’t resisted by his Pokemon, and SOMEHOW it swept with Confusion!!!

    • @theamazingspooderman2697
      @theamazingspooderman2697 6 месяцев назад

      you can get Mankey though and ofc Butterfree solos with Confusion, Geodude and Onix have bad special defenses

    • @gingerkays7362
      @gingerkays7362 6 месяцев назад

      @@theamazingspooderman2697 my first encounter in the route west of Viridian City wasn’t a Mankey, I think it was a Rattata

  • @shadowdragonlord2295
    @shadowdragonlord2295 28 дней назад +1

    Squirtle can learn coverage moves like Dig and Ice Beam, and in FRLG Bite is a dark type move which it learns at 18/19 and makes it useful against Starmie.

  • @HannaR7
    @HannaR7 6 месяцев назад +5

    14:16
    Truer words have not been spoken
    (Chikorita's my favourite pokemon)

    • @matthewmations123
      @matthewmations123 6 месяцев назад

      I feel bad for Chikorita. It just doesn’t that much attention.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 5 месяцев назад +1

      I don’t; Feraligatr and Typhlosion look cooler and it feels vindicated to know they’re more practical too.

    • @matthewmations123
      @matthewmations123 5 месяцев назад

      @@jeffreygao3956 Yeah but still, Chikorita was done dirty by GameFreak

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@matthewmations123 You'd at least think they'd call it Mega Meganium. Makes more sense than a Mega Stone called Dragoniteite.

  • @BrendenTait8858
    @BrendenTait8858 4 месяца назад +4

    Chespin actually has a really easy time agaisnt Viola. Roll out go BRRRR

  • @frazixgamer9
    @frazixgamer9 4 месяца назад +3

    Charmander can kick butt of Brock but just be careful Charmander can learn Metal Claw in Fire Red but I don't know about Leaf Green