Pokémon Favourite Starter Type? 🍃🔥💧

[S.J.]

I always think I want to try something different, and I always end up picking grass regardless. ️

 

[Holla]

I’ve chosen at least one of each type but fire has been my choice more often than not.

Fire: Gen 1,2,3,4,6,8
Water: Gen 7
Grass: Gen 5 & 9

 

[Hatori]

I normally pick water types over the other, but Fire types have been a close second!

 

[Awesome Gamer 2009]

i always pick the starter depending on the version i play (unfortunately that means like 99% of the games im either picking fire or water and in emerald i get treecko, that is if i decide to play emerald or give it to a family member) but other than that there are some good picks i like:
Kanto: Charmander, he looks cool
Johto: Totodile, I don't want to hurt my plushies feelings
Hoenn: ok actually i dont know here, probably torchic because it evolves into blaziken, it looks cool it looks like ssj3 goku if he combed his hair
Sinnoh: piplup, i love penguins
Unova: tepig, big fire pig go brrr
Kalos: Mainly froakie, because greninja looks so cool, but fennekin is adorable so im torn between the two
Alola: fire cat
Galar: gonna be honest either sobble or scorbunny
Paldea: sprigatito

 

[dragonair]

This is a chart that I filled out showing all the starters that I've picked! I do have the same amount of grass and water types (4 each) but I generally have a preference for grass and only pick water if I don't like the grass option and I get suuuuper attached to my grass type starters! The only fire type I've picked was Scorbunny and that's just because I thought Scorbunny was way too cute to not choose but I did love all of the starters of that gen!

 

[Rainy.Nights]

I picked the grass starter in most of the games I've played, so I'd say thats my favorite. I've chosen water and fire starters before too though.

 

[CovisGod]

I've played every single Pokemon game since Red & Blue and have ALWAYS for some reason gone for the grass starter. I think years ago I read that one Pokemon games first gym was easier if you picked the Grass starter and thats always stuck with me!

 

[Sheando]

Surprised to see that Fire is losing! I definitely tend to prefer the Fire starter, though I've chosen all three at different times depending on the generation. My rankings are:


KANTO: Bulbasaur > Charmander > Squirtle

JOHTO: Cyndaquil > Chikorita > Totodile

HOENN: Torchic > Treecko > Mudkip (I LOVE Mudkip but Swampert is my least favorite final evo)

SINNOH: Piplup > Chimchar > Turtwig. (Gen 4 is by far the most equal to me--I could see myself choosing any of these three, really)

UNOVA: Snivy > Oshawott > Tepig (Forever heartbroken that my beloved boar got turned into a Pokemon and it was a horrible flat egg)

KALOS: Fennekin > Chespin > Froakie

ALOLA: Rowlet > Popplio > Litten (My least favorite Gen . . . I'm not attached to any of these guys sadly)

GALAR: Sobble > Grookey > Scorbunny

PALDEA: Fuecoco > Sprigitito > Quaxley. (I adore Fuecoco and don't much care for the other two)

That's 4 first choices for Fire, 3 first choices for Grass, and 2 first choices for Water. Interestingly, Grass type is the least likely to be my least favorite, so I guess I find the Grass starter designs to be the most consistent.

Of all the starters, my all-time favorites are Cyndaquil, Snivy, Sobble, and Fuecoco, with Cyndaquil and Snivy being two of my top 10 Pokemon ever.

 

[RoxiePico]

Fire is my least picked type, and I pick water types more than grass types. I mostly just go off how cute/cool the starter looks :3

 

[BakaRina]

If I have to pick a favorite typing between Fire, Grass or Water for the three starters, I'll go Fire then Water then Grass unless I happen to like the Water Starters design more than the Grass one.

Kanto: Charizard > Blastoise > Venusaur.

I always had a preference on Charizard than the others for being the first starter I choose a lot over the others when I was a kid. But I do like the others whenever I get bored and wanna do a playthrough with them.

Johto: Feraligatr = Typhlosion > Meganium

Honestly, I like both Feraligatr and Typhlosion more than Meganium as the Pokemon does not learn good moves to beat the other two. I like Meganium's design but the moveset just sucks for me in the Johto games.

Hoenn: Blaziken = Swampert = Sceptile

I like their designs and the first type I'll say I picked all three starters a lot back then. All good movesets and I enjoy using each equally. though Blaziken will always be my favorite first starter for hitting level 100.

Sinnoh: Infernape > Torterra > Empoleon

Unova: Emboar > Samurott > Serperior

Kalos: Greninja > Chesnaught > Delphox

Alola: Incineroar > Decidueye > Primarina

Galar: Rillaboom = Inteleon = Cinderace

Hisui: H-Decidueye = H-Typhlosion = H-Samurott

Paldea: Meowscarada = Skeledirge =Quaquaval

Not much to mention as I got lazy but some I have a preference over the others for being starters I like using more or just equally.

 

[lasagne_of_death]

I like getting fire type pokemon as starters. I feel like they have pretty cool designs and I'm just generally into fire/flame themed items. Charmander is one of my favourite starter pokemon, I like all its evolutions

My second favourite would be water type pokemon! Overall I really enjoy using water pokemon, but for starter type they're not my favourite

Grass type would be my least favourite on the whole, but bulbasaur is my second favourite starter pokemon

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

I almost always choose fire unless the fire starter is particularly not great looking!

That said, many of the water and grass type starters are super cute, like Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Totodile, Mudkip, Snivy, Chikorita, Sprigatito...

 

[Geoni]

When I was young I picked Squirtle as my starter and went with water all the way up to gen 4.

Gen 5 I couldn't help but pick Snivy.

Gen 6 I believe I picked Froakie because I liked the final evolution the best.

Gen 7 I went with Rowlet because I thought having a starter that turned into a ghost type was super cool. I recall this being a difficult choice compared to other generations due to how all 3 final evos were top tier.

Gen 8 I played blind and picked Sobble because it being a crybaby was a cute concept.

Gen 9 I played blind and went with Fuecoco because it was cute and I love reptiles. Disappointed with the final evo's design for sure though.

 

[Airysuit]

Water, unless the grass version is cuter (looking at you sprigatito)

 

[LittleMissPanda]

I voted for Grass but I could have sworn I posted about it? I guess not.

Anyway, I always gravitate towards the Grass starters. Plus, green is my favorite color and most of the Grass starters are green Bonus points if they can learn Leech Seed. I think that Grass starters have better designs overall, but here's the thing about Snivy: while I love Serperior, I feel like both Snivy and especially Servine were designed a bit poorly imo

And about Sprigatito.... The first stage is okay, Floragato is peak, but Meowscarada? Horrible, what the hell were they thinking

In general, here's how I feel about every starter and which ones I choose more than others:

Kanto

Bulbasaur - my #1 favorite Pokémon and starter. Has access to Leech Seed, a really great move. I love its design from beginning to end.

Squirtle - my second choice. I have a fondness for turtles. Blastoise is awesome. I like that it can learn Skull Bash.

Charmander - it's good, but I prefer the other two more.

Johto

Chikorita - it's a cute little green dino with an aromatic leaf on its head. What's not to love? It can learn Leech Seed as an Egg move. I know Meganium isn't the greatest in battle, but I still love it. Its design is really good.

Cyndaquil - a Fire starter I enjoy having on my team. Typhlosion is great. I prefer its classic Johto form rather than its Hisuian form.

Totodile - I like it, but I tend to pick the other two more often. They did Mega Feraligatr dirty.

Hoenn

Treecko - I have a soft spot for reptiles, and this little guy is pretty awesome. Grovyle and Sceptile have such peak designs, especially its Mega. It goes pretty hard.

Torchic - mainly because of a lack of Gen 3 Fire Pokémon. The other choices are either Torkoal or Camerupt. Magcargo is Gen 2 and Ninetales is Gen 1 so they don't count. Combusken is oddly designed but Blaziken more than makes up for it.

Mudkip - it used to be my #1 favorite Water starter, but I still love this little guy. Marshtomp is derpy but Swampert is awesome.

Sinnoh

Turtwig - another turtle boy, so naturally it's my favorite. Its so adorable, a perfect design.

Piplup - my second favorite. Its really cute. Empoleon is cool. Water/Steel is an interesting type combination.

Chimchar - I pick it the least. I just really prefer the other two Sinnoh starters, but Infernape is peak design, too.

Unova

Oshawott - yes, yes, YES. This little baby is EVERYTHING my #1 favorite Water starter. I always nickname him Sushi. They absolutely nailed it with this starter. Plus, it has Shell Armor as its Hidden Ability. Very nice. I think Unova form Samurott is better than Hisuian form. The Dark typing gives it three additional weaknesses: Fighting, Bug and Fairy.

Tepig - I love pigs! I love bacon! But did Emboar need to be part Fighting type? Not really. He got so much hate for it. Still does lol and its Mega? Too overly-designed, too busy, too orange, but I can understand the concept behind it.

Snivy - I pick it the least. And I only ever pick it because I loooove snakes and I loooove Serperior.

Kalos

Chespin - what a cutie! The green and brown colors on him look so good together. It learns some really good coverage moves early on, like Rollout and Bite. Quilladin, well, its face didn't need to be THAT weird and derpy lol but I love the general shape of its body. Chesnaught has a cool design, but I miss the brown colors Chespin had.

Froakie - because frogs, and I love frogs

Fennekin - meh, I never choose it. I don't like it nearly as much as the other two. I like Braixen, but Delphox is pretty underwhelming. It used to be my least favorite final Fire starter evolution.

Alola

Litten - a bipedal final evolution that's designed just right imo unlike a certain stupid rabbit I'll mention in a bit lol but anyway, I love Litten. My #1 favorite Fire starter. Incineroar is PEAK, tons of personality, Fire/Dark is pretty good, weakness to Fairy made neutral. Access to Intimidate/Fake Out/Parting Shot, a force to be reckoned with

Rowlet - Grass/Flying early on makes using it very interesting. A first stage dual type for the first time since Bulbasaur.

Popplio - cute, but not as interesting. Water/Fairy is pretty good, though.

Galar

Grookey - I didn't pick up SwSh, therefore I never had the chance to try out a Gen 8 starter, but if given the chance, I would choose Grookey. I think it's adorable. Thwackey is very questionable, very off-putting, but Rillaboom looks pretty good. It's a monke, so naturally it's going to have some humanlike qualities which don't feel forced.

Sobble - Inteleon..... Ugh this thing is gross to look at the design just ain't it, man. Too human, less reptile. A chameleon starter and THIS is what they decide to do: lanky, ugly and those gross hands lol sorry Sobble, but I would never pick you.

Scorbunny - it's a shame because Scorbunny itself is honestly really cute, but I cannot with Cinderace. I just cannot. Bipedal final evolution done wrong in every single way. Delphox used to be my least favorite, but then this thing decided to exist. Stupid rabbit should have been more rabbit and less like a soccer player trying to look like a rabbit. Loppuny looks like a rabbit and hops around like a rabbit, and Diggersby is a chonky bunny who found its Trainer's secret stash of chocolate lol but Cinderace has like, zero rabbit energy. I would never pick Scorbunny.

Paldea

Fuecoco - I was immediately drawn to it as soon as the Gen 9 starters were revealed. It's really cute and derpy. I chose it and didn't regret it.

Sprigatito - my second choice only because I would give Floragato an Everstone so it never evolves into that garbage final form. Grass/Dark is a terrible type combination and Meowscarada is a terribly designed Pokémon. They try so hard in the anime to make it look like a cute wittle putty tat

Quaxly - just like Scorbunny, it's a shame the first stage is so cute, yet I would never pick Quaxly. I get that some birb species irl like to move it, move it but Quaquaval is a bit too much lol I want more pocket monster and less human.

 

[DarthGohan1]

Thinking through my favorites from each gen, and a couple others I especially like:

Grass: Bulbasaur, Snivy, Rowlet
Fire: Charmander, Cyndaquil, Torchic
Water: Squirtle, Totodile, Mudkip, Piplup, Froakie



I guess I'm picking Water types as my favorite starter!