Quote from: MYSTERY FIRST COME HERO;1732214Bulbasaur always got owned in the first battle.

WRONG

Squirtle just gets more volume. He gets two offensive water attacks by level 12 when Charmander just gets ember at 9 and Bulbasaur doesn't get vine whipe, a 10pp attack, until lvl 13.

Ivysaur rocks because of Razorleaf, but you find Surf around the same time if you weren't overleveling too much.

squirtle is the best


you should level him to level 100 and not evolve ever

yes but at level 55 charizard gets fire spin which pwns n00b ass.

Fire Spin? Really?

Quote from: MYSTERY FIRST COME HERO;1732239Fire Spin? Really?

yeah, and at level 46 he gets flamethrower which in my opinion is better than fire spin and should be achieved after getting fire spin.

No I meant Fire Spin is quite useless.

Quote from: MYSTERY FIRST COME HERO;1732243No I meant Fire Spin is quite useless.

yeah, but it looks fancy as shit.

but it's useless.

Seriously just flamethrower its ass.

Tie between Bulbasaur and Charmander.

Quote from: MYSTERY FIRST COME HERO;1732243No I meant Fire Spin is quite useless.

Well, trapping Pokemon has its uses, but generally, yes, Fire Spin is a bad move.

Well yes, but it's rarely needed imo

Trapping pokemon was broken 1st gen.

Quote from: Marlix Wright;1732254Trapping pokemon was broken 1st gen.

It was so annoying, I hated it.

Quote from: DWARFINATOR;1732213I'm pretty sure bulbasaur was the easiest to start with, squirtle was the middle, and charmander was the most difficult.

I thought it was the other way around.

Quote from: FloundermanClock;1732295I thought it was the other way around.

Well, the first gym leader is Brock, and using Charmander against him is kind of hard.

Edit: Also the second was Misty, and Lieutenant Surge was the third. So for the first few Gym Leaders, Dwarf's right, Bulbasaur is the easiest to use.

Bulbasaur is my second choice because he's pretty cool.

I never really liked squirtle.

I only ever chose Squirtle and Charmander. I like Squirtle because it can learn Surf, which is handy because it's relatively rare for Pokémon to be able to learn it, and because it can learn both ice and ground attacks, which gives it a chance against both of its elemental weaknesses. Also, according to the Pokédex, Blastoise can punch through steel plates with its water cannons. How badass is that? It's basically a living tank.

Charmander gets more cool points, though, especially for its evolutions. Fire dragons are indeed awesome. Also, Charizard can learn both Dig and Fly, which I always liked. However, it's not hard to find Pokémon that can learn those moves, so it's not such a big deal.

Overall, I prefer Squirtle, if only because I always focused on my starter Pokémon rather than balancing out my party like I'm supposed to. Blastoise is good as a one-mon army.

I've always favored Squirtle. Charmander would be my second choice, but choosing him would remove Squirtle from the entire picture.