Best Starter Pokemon to Pick in Every Game

[@MandJTV]

I misspoke about Pyro Ball and said it was 100% accurate when I meant to say "more" accurate (bc it is more accurate than Fire Blast). My b. I misspoke a few other times but we caught them in editing. This was a long vid XD

[@leafrostfern]

It’s okay we still love you.

[@st0ryt3ll3r8]

Cinderace edges out by a... "hare". XD

[@Kawaiitwo]

No prob! No one is perfect.

[@ghostie_is_real]

Ok

[@ghostie_is_real]

Robert YT lol it actually says naton

[@stellasy7130]

When I first played Pokemon, I just pick my starter using *the feels*

[@bk7064]

Same. I looked at Rowlet for example and was like, *"Yes"*

[@SpacemarineHelldiver]

You are a bro i always choose treeko, chimchar, totodile and charmander, always, especially when i play heartgold because i can have all three together except chimchar ! XD

[@enchantedorange3141]

@@bk7064 Woah same.

[@celinegandalf1583]

Scorbunny is my first starter as Sword is my first Pokémon game, I saw it and I got it because it was cute :)

[@bk7064]

@@celinegandalf1583 U should give some older games a chance, even if its alpha sapphire or omega ruby since they're remakes on the 3ds.

[@Nitro_0x1de]

At least the sponsor wasn't Raid: Shadow Legends

[@Silliest_GOOse05]

Agreed

[@rebelfriend47]

Or skill share, or nord/express vpn

[@isidoro19david65]

Exactly Trash game

[@amboxr6840]

William Nordhoff or honey

[@wumpacoot]

@@painterpikachu3530 I bet u were paid to say that

[@werrywit]

He's joking, right? The best starter is obviously youngster joeys rattata

[@imsmol9293]

You dare to say so brave yet so brave

[@frozenoutsideoctober818]

It's not a starter pokemon, it's a legendary pokemon

[@kitten_incorperated]

@@frozenoutsideoctober818 f

[@Ourien_Muj]

Ahmad Bilal more higher then arceus

[@hopearies7189]

Madilyn Fairbairn I’ll add ratatta to the list of Pokémon who are surprisingly worshipped (bidoof, furret, snom)

[@OnyxKingYT]

Chimchar also gets plus because sinnoh infamous lack of Fire Types.

[@Greeshmanth_Dasari]

There are Houndour Arcanine or Magmar

[@saimfaisal6795]

In diamond and pearl, the only 2 fire types obtainable before the league are infernape and rapidash​@@Greeshmanth_Dasari

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@Greeshmanth_Dasari Not in Diamond&Pearl.

[@Greeshmanth_Dasari]

@@jeffreygao3956 oh I didn't played them

[@penguinhead_]

2:20 Gen 1 6:25 Gen 2 10:53 Gen 3 14:02 Gen 4 16:57 Gen 5 20:52 Gen 6 24:12 Gen 7 25:59 Gen 8

[@matty301]

Respect bro

[@ZheiYJFamily]

THANK YOU!!

[@bugrahanbulunur]

Thx

[@unicornbeast1671]

thx

[@Green_Mr.S]

Thanks

[@Error-gz3pp]

Stop filling the comments section with “Oh, I beat *insert game here* with *insert starter that is not the best starter* “. He is simply stating that those particular starters make the playthroughs easier. If you want a challenge, then fine. If you pick it based on how cool the design is, fine! These are the starters that are easier to beat the game with, not the best starters competitively or your favorite starter

[@Chaos_867]

My fav is obviously froakie

[@exoticgamer5454]

Finally someone wrote something sensible. Thank you!

[@ronniecano1617]

I beat red with Charmander bulbasule is not the best

[@benmata1034]

Ronnie cano did you even read it

[@ronniecano1617]

@@benmata1034 that was the joke

[@ShadowWolfTJC]

I've traditionally been a fire starter fan, since they were often both fast and hard-hitting compared to the other starters, which made breezing through trainer battles all the less stressful, and they could often continue to pull their weight later in the game, either because their fire-type moves were effective against rarer types like steel and ice, or because they had some viable secondary types like fighting or psychic type. That, and I could often find some viable water and grass type Pokémon in the early game, such as Gyarados for Pokémon Red/Blue.

[@scood690]

ngl I have also been a fire starter fan

[@joaquinestrago]

Same

[@richard35791]

Having two water pokemon is huge advantage after clearing erika

[@luisfelipefigueroa2067]

I once tried to use bulbasaur because everybody says is the best starter. worst choice ever, bulbasaur is weak/resisted against almost everything in the early game, every bug catcher, lass or whatever are full of pidgeys, bug-poison, plant-poison, poison-flying or psichic pokemon. in top of that rocket grunts alway have zubats, drowsies, grimers or koffings. first offesive stab attack bulbasaur is vine whip which only has 10 PP so every 2 or 3 battles bulbasaur has to relay again on tackle, and if yo try to make a balanced team poison typing of bulbasaur always mess up that balance. having adventage on the first two gyms does not make up for all the cons of bubasaur

[@HeyItSam]

​@@luisfelipefigueroa2067 I usually supplement my Venusaur with Pokemon like Alakazam and Pidgeot to handle it's weaknesses. And best starter doesn't usually mean "Use it in every battle".

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

I remember being a freshman in high school when diamond & pearl were out,a lot of people nicknamed their Piplup as Happyfeet since that movie was popular around that time

[@FiestaPotato]

Omg I remember that movie

[@willtriplett4128]

I just named it happy feet in my play through a few weeks ago lmao

[@ninpgmer8959]

Wombo Combo

[@stellarknight04]

@@willtriplett4128 same and it was a nuzlocke

[@paulrod1976]

''Yea great''

[@Brian-lo2tn]

mudkip: better against the first and third gym treecko: better against the first and second gym torchic: good against the dad fight

[@rayne2135]

You mean “daddy”

[@trainerrein7690]

@@rayne2135 this is family friendly video bro

[@rayne2135]

@@trainerrein7690 Michael once called Norman “daddy” so I’m fine by saying that

[@trainerrein7690]

@@rayne2135....

[@edwinbuana555]

good against first, third & daddy 7th is the risky 1

[@aardvarkius8398]

My thought process when choosing a starter is "Are it's evolutions cool? Yes. Thats good enough for me."

[@vishuindia1113]

Yeah

[@youtubeisstupid1952]

I mean do you really wanna save the world looking ugly? Didn't think so

[@AlexInF1]

@@youtubeisstupid1952 lmaooo exactly

[@everybodyclapyohands]

@@youtubeisstupid1952 dont think about what people think of you negatively

[@heartsy2838]

@@everybodyclapyohands no one cares lol I also looked at swampert and was like "I don't like mud so no" then the mega "WHERE THE FRICK DID THE NECK GO?!?!?"

[@GRSZiik]

Fire tends to be great for a starter too because Water and Grass types tend to be more readily available early. It usually takes 2-3 badges before you can catch any Fire types, much less a useful one

[@roxienatura]

While it’s true that fire is rarer, the main issue with Fire in Gen 1 is that you really don’t benefit much from the Fire type at all. Teams usually have to have a flying type anyway (for Fly), which are really common, and Flying covers bug and grass types already. Ice types in this game are almost all water types, so Fire doesn’t help against them, and Steel didn’t exist then. The type unfortunately got obsoleted almost instantly in Gen 1.

[@mikehurt3290]

That's so true and I don't pick water starters anymore because I feel I'm missing out of all the other water types out there

[@jeffreygao3956]

Plus, I so wanna hug a Vulpix!

[@arslaanpasha3334]

​@@roxienaturaThere isnt ant fire type pokemom except moltress and charmander in fire res

[@icy_fire4080]

​@@arslaanpasha3334magmar,ninetales,rapidash and arcanine

[@KudaBerry]

Michael: Decidueye is the WORST Gen 7 starter Everyone: Yeah but... Ghost owl

[@narutofan657]

YAS!

[@jeffreygao3956]

Gardenia: Half Ghost?! N-n-n-NOOOO!!!

[@9unslin9er]

Yeah, but Ghost Anchor. Mo Betta.

[@gigachad2517]

Cletus Kasady u mean dhelmise

[@eljordinio7647]

Decidueye is immune to kommo'o's fighting moves and it can learn flying type attacks to counter it back. Also, if trained enough in advance, it can beat mimikyu when its disguise is down and Decidueye can survive a hit and outspeed

[@anshugothe7938]

Tip for witney: Just get yourself a geodude Miltank can't touch a geodude Quick correction yes female geodude is better and stomp still doesn't deal alot of damage and I am lucky my geodude was a male but still didn't get attracted

[@frostbluetails]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?

[@VioletLunaChan]

Yes it can. Depending on Gender it can still attract you and it can still Stomp-Flinch.

[@ijimenez1951]

@@VioletLunaChan EXPLOSION

[@kellvinddfjjkasgsaaihdblah3513]

That geodude should be female so it wont affected by attract.

[@spiritsong4026]

Or just cheat and keep restarting the game to get a girl starter. I got lucky the first time I played I got a girl cyndaquil (didn't even noticed until I fought Whitney). Or be a picky person like me and keep looking for a girl pokemon OuOb

[@codyaaronfletcher11]

Everyone: Chikorita is such a terrible starter! Me: *to my Chikorita* This is a dangerous game we've entered into, Basil.

[@Little_Eris]

Me to mine too: “Rosemarie this will be a Treacherous fight,’

[@Gameorama91]

Yeah Chikorita isn't great in it's own gen games, but I still like it the most personally. Oddly enough the game that made me love Chikorita was the first Mystery Dungeon games, where she was my partner in my first playthrough, and honestly I haven't had the heart to pick any other Pokemon as it lol. I feel like she fits the partners personality so well.

[@kaitoshion4933]

I accidentally chose Chikorita, and dont regret getting my precious baby, Leafy

[@blitzhd_8494]

*carefully pets Typhlosion*

[@rickytorres4213]

"Every starter stinks against Claire"... Ummm... Most of her dragons are water type.. *points to Meganium*

[@matteopugliese4658]

I think you underestimated Rowlet utility. You have to remember that untill he evolves in Decidueye he is also a Flying type and even after keeps the Flying coverage. So going he is neutral in the first trial, strong against the first Kahuna, then strong against Water, weak against Fire, strong against Grass with Flying moves, strong against Olivia, resist the eletric one, strong against Ghost with his stab (also weak but still), weak against Nanu and resisted by Dragon, although he can use the Flying coverage against Kommo-o(and also neutral against Fairy if you play USUM, the Ghost type meaning he doesn't have to much problems agIainst Ribombee ) and then strong against Hapi. Incineroar meanwhile has no advantages in the Mele Mele trials, is weak against the Water trial that is the earliest of the Akala trials, neautral against the Fire one, strong against the Grass one, weak against Olivia, mostly neutral against the Electric one although i will admit is strong against both of the totems, strong against Ghost, neutral against Nanu, resisted by dragon, weak against fairy and Hapi. I can still see you giving the edge to Popplio since being strong against all the Kahunas is a big deal, although i will still argue Rowlet being better in the early game due to him getting stab from the Flying coverage while Popplio doesn't with the Fairy coverage untill he evolve, and being strong against two of the Akala trials while Popplio is only strong against one. Popplio is slightly better against the Normal trial but only if you face Raticate so half of the games. However i strongly diasagree with Rowlet being the worst as you implied, i think is at the very least the second best.

[@joshuaespinoza2117]

While I do agreee that Rowlet is a bit underrated in Gen 7, its still the worse starter. Some of the advantages it has are iffy like the water one. In the ultra games, the totem pokemon has aurora beam which basically destroys any grass type. And while evolving into ghost can be helpful. It usually isnt too useful. Especially since ghosts types just arent great in Alola since so many important ( and non inportant ) trainer's have dark type moves ( seriously try playing Gen 7 with only ghost types and you will realize how many pokemon have dark coverage ). Overall while i will say that all three alolan starters are decent. Incineroar just has a more consistent typing ( and plus fire types are a bit scarce in alola ) and Primarina basically decimates the game.

[@z-voices263]

The best starter in X and Y was the free Torchic they offered at launch. That thing made XY even easier than it already was

[@gladio8204]

Choose Froakie and Bulbasaur and then you have all 3 of your main types covered. Jeez the bar was low.

[@Lulfree]

@@gladio8204 froakie, bulbasaur, and use talonflame as the fire/flying type, that’s what I did!

[@DeeJaKinnZ420]

Im 70th like

[@joury1439]

*for* lunch

[@kaiju566]

me who picked bulbasaur before: they called me a madman

[@MemeMaster45772]

Me too

[@livingblackcatproductions3084]

Me as well

[@brendanstreecko7847]

Same here

[@invaderzin1858]

Me too but they chooser charmander they where a madman

[@normadelgado8517]

that's offensive to you and bulbasaur! #bulbabuddiesforever I agree with choosing bulbasaur!

[@minnayuan2591]

Bulbasaur is actually the best starter against the first 3 gym, as Bulbasaur resisting Surge and being able to use Leech Seed to slowly defeat Surge is huge.

[@Supertoddy96]

Good into 3 doesn't make it great, it'd walled by 5 gyms and that isn't made up by the first 2 gyms and you'd have to put significant resources into a team for pretty much everything. There's a reason why speedrunners use blastoise and never venasaur

[@minnayuan2591]

@@Supertoddy96 Blastoise is definitely the best starter in game against gyms I won't disagree, just Bulbasaur has the edge in the 1st 3.

[@Supertoddy96]

@@minnayuan2591 I wish bulbasaur was better back then. Or they came out with an actual hard game with every region, like hands down every mid evolution is the best of every gen

[@ryuk5673]

@@Supertoddy96 first 3 gyms bulbasaur is best. Rock, Water, Electric. The reason speedrunners use squirtle is Bc there are more than 3 gyms. And bulbasaur is replaceable.

[@abbeyvillanueva1454]

@@minnayuan2591 But Bulbasaur can use bite and mega punch that literally easily kills Misty's starmie and starmite

[@lokithehedgehog8404]

You forgot to say this but Cinderace can do really well against Team Yell, Marni, and Piers because of them using Dark Type, Soley for Cinderace's Fighting Coverage

[@Matthew_Cashew]

But Grookey Can Be VERY Useful for the first two gyms.

[@rohitshenoy88]

@@Matthew_Cashew the first two? dude, the first gym's grass. grass is resistant to grass.

[@danielabdullin6914]

@@rohitshenoy88 idk i used grookey for first gym and it swept

[@rohitshenoy88]

@@danielabdullin6914 was it higher level than the gym. if so, was it a thwackey by then? i mean, you can sweep with all the starters for all the gyms. it's not too hard and it doesn't matter, the galar games are way too easy. choose whatever you want tho is the main thing.

[@danielabdullin6914]

@Joji i chose grookey because monke and it turned out to be a major asset, i also thought the games were a little too easy other than leon

[@aydenotten2007]

Fun fact!!! Swampert has the most highest base state total then any starter!

[@stephenkent27]

Swampert is my favorite pokemon!!!

[@bulborb8756]

and to this day there still hasn't been a starter to break that 535 bench mark set by Swampert, the only 2 that came close after him was Infernape & Delphox at 534 which is the same for Charizard & Typhlosion it's Unown why game freak is trying to avoid making a starter that goes above that bench mark to say 540 but, Arceus know's what they have going on

[@adamus311]

Stephen Kent same lol!

[@FestiveMon]

All I’m saying is sceptile used leaf blade

[@infinitylink9157]

and thats why Swampert gets Ice Beam, even Blizzard if you wish

[@javitelee9562]

Michael: Everything is bad against Whitney's Miltank My Bayleef with Reflect and Synthesis: *a fOOLISH MISCALCULATION!* Edit: I've recently done a Meganium-solo Run. And I gotta say, deleting Tackle is a HORRIBLE decision for Bugsy's gym. I deleted Tackle for -photo- synthesis and then I had to grind until level 31 to learn Body Slam. It was freaking PAINFUL. But otherwise, it was an easy run, except for Karen's Houndoom and my terrible luck.

[@evilreigns1862]

muahahaha totodile + rage can sweep her

[@cosmothevenusaur9888]

It’s better to make it have *P H O T O S Y N T H E S I S* instead of Synthesis

[@Lucy5456b]

Yes tottedile can rage sweep and chicarita can stall it

[@javitelee9562]

@@Lucy5456b Cyndaquil... Sorry bud

[@Kazuk.i]

@@cosmothevenusaur9888 photosynthesis.. photosynthesis..

[@luigiRobs14]

Best part of the Pokemon series is that the “unpopular” starter is usually the best

[@scareditymays6yearsago477]

Unpopular design wise

[@oliverot]

Not in Hoenn

[@mysingingmonstersfan1023]

Like Sobble is Sword

[@scentsiclestylings4443]

@@oliverot lmao what. Blaziken? Sceptile? They're usually the most popular, with Marshtomp beinf the least

[@mansoorahmed1256]

Not in galar

[@Engardian]

I picked… none of those, except, ironically, the one with the smallest probability of being picked: Fenniken and Bulbasaur. Definitely the most important in the first couple games; my Charmander was really at a disadvantage. Also you should pick chitchat in Diamond/Pearl ‘cause if you don’t, good luck using fire moves.

[@austinduff6493]

Rapidash goes hard in sinnoh 😂

[@salectre]

wtf is chitchat

[@hristostoychevperez9792]

I used medicham with fire punch

[@noendline777]

@@hristostoychevperez9792 it doesn't have STAB on fire moves, you need to boost your attack in order to make big damage on your opponents.

[@engineerxero7767]

@@salectre chimchar + autocorrect

[@JustinWPruett]

MysticUmbreon: “This will take me 30 videos to explain.” Mikey: “Give me 30 minutes.”

[@legendsofspeed7756]

Justin Pruett lol

[@drshahelahossain2958]

Michael: hold my Pokemon talk hosts

[@kips2350]

Thank god that someone remembers mystic umbreon

[@SolidGizmo]

Dr Shahela Hossain what is philemon

[@MysticUmbreon]

I mean if you did your research, you would know that I create the best teams and not the best starter lol.

[@KamenRiderGumo]

Minor correction: In the first two games of Generation 1, you cannot catch a Mankey before you fight Brock. he earliest you can find a Mankey in Red (where he's a version exclusive) is Route 5, south of Cerulean City, and an NPC won't let you go past Pewter until you have beaten Brock. In Yellow, Mankey can be found on Route 22 just west of Viridian City, but only in that game and likely because the developers knew you would need SOMETHING that was relatively powerful against Rock-types.

[@Treeckoboi1]

That happens in fire red/leaf green too

[@mikamo]

Also Nidoran only learns double kick at level 12 in Yellow. Level 43 in R/B.

[@ninadasopa8093]

In fire red , mankey can be found on route 22 though . and in it , charmander can also learn metal claw at level 15 for brock.

[@austria-hungary7680]

@@ninadasopa8093 Charmander learns metal claw in frlg at lvl 14

[@ninadasopa8093]

@@austria-hungary7680 ok

[@Sezenian]

I always knew the starter Pokémon represented [Easy], [Normal] and [Hard] mode!

[@OtherL]

I been playing hard mode in gen one forever lol Charmander I choose you! Lmao

[@dimitrijames00001]

I mean technically they're only the difficulty early on.

[@Sezenian]

@@dimitrijames00001 I mean technically that's with every game

[@dimitrijames00001]

@@Sezenian but oh well nothing would stop me from choosing charamader, cyndiquill, torchic, piplup, snivy, fenniken, and rowlet

[@Sezenian]

@@dimitrijames00001 true

[@Wray0fHope]

Whenever I rewatch this vid I think how they made Chikorita as a filler starter for grass because she just lost to 98% of the game content by default. It doesn't help that the animal group she was in didn't allow her to learn the elemental punches from golden rod, then her not having poison as a secondary meant you couldn't even free farm team rocket without care. I genuinely don't think there's been a worse starter for the game

[@blackoutamvs6550]

Johto games were the only ones that I didn't beat with grass starters. I play casually and usually go grass for my first play throughs but chikorita SUCKED and I had to go with cyndaquil instead

[@daLn_8]

Can we have a moment of silence for the new people who chose charizard because they thought it would be Fire/Dragon type...

[@Cracke-p8l]

YES

[@yeets_galore3133]

yes

[@hocustar4641]

yes

[@hocustar4641]

acutally i was one of the,

[@zjean3417]

Even in gen 3, it gets Dragon claw. Should have had a secondary ability that gave it STAB for Dragon moves.

[@buddacreem6877]

Moral of the story, Hoenn’s starters were really great.

[@dorkynerd5174]

yes

[@schaffs2]

he mentioned them and all of the other starter trios, what is your point

[@coolcruel418]

bruh sceptile

[@Sentiie]

@@schaffs2 "hoenn starters were really great" that was his point if you were wondering

[@ninjapirate123]

Starter pokemons are often more stronger when it reaches their final evolve form than pokemons that are catched in the wild unless mythical or legendary pokemon

[@alysiaconlon1428]

"This video's sponsor-" *is it raid* "Castle Clash" *oh ok*

[@gibster232]

Dude i love castle clash

[@onionenthusiast9832]

They made him say it was better than clash of clans lol

[@nathanbouma7559]

@@gibster232 p2p btw 😔

[@tinahalder8416]

Seriously k also thought about raid

[@grafet4394]

Dimmerdome Pinhead clash of clans is way better lol

[@O_J_S]

In FR/LG there is a important change that makes squirtle much better. Bite is dark type. It makes squirtle capable of dealing with Mysty single by herself.

[@marcosdheleno]

i played blue version a few months ago, and let me tell ya, wartortle can easily deal with misty with bite. her attacks deal almost no damage, even when she uses starmie, but bite can deal with everything she can throw. you can even teach him mega punch, which i find unecessary, but hey, its an option. hell, it can even deal with surge because it can learn tm dig. which in gen 1 is basically a pocket earthquake.

[@eveze5889]

I’ll be honest I mainly picked grass types for some reason

[@SpiritFox100]

I did as well but thats bc I don't really care for the fire-type starters besides Fennikin, that was the only time that I ever chose a fire-type starter. That and my favorite Fire-type is Growlithe, which is really good and can get in pretty much in every game.

[@helenleomom]

I just like water type Pokemon

[@insertnamehere658]

Same but with mostly fire types with the exception of kalos where I pck greninja

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

Latent gym leader instinct

[@gngvillamil488]

i love grass types, especially this two: Victreebel and Roserade

[@alucardheart8015]

Charmader was my first Pokemon ever and will always have my heart.its just sad that his popularity and all the favoritism shown by gamefreak over the yrs has made charizard such a love to be hated mon

[@HickoryDickory1984]

Its really half and half you either hate charizard or you love it. Most people like it.

[@UltimateInnerSpirit]

I like Charizard in a vacuum...I hate it in Galar

[@damien9553]

Blastoise is better

[@spaceshipcaptain411]

In FireRed I Choose charmander and with metal claws, I won Brock, in viridian forest I catch a pikachu, and I won Misty. Is not hard!

[@ninadasopa8093]

My freind , you are not alone , i feel the same , and charizard is my all time favorite , same goes for misty and ash's anime charizard , ash vs gary for best battle , and original series for my favorite . many feel the same , but the thing is that most people who watched original or played original games in their childhood are grown ups now.

[@ruhelali2061]

Mikey chooses mudkip Sceptille: you’ve betrayed me

[@FaruzFaDeD]

Also sceptille: WTF

[@musicalsystem927]

@@FaruzFaDeD also septile: Screw you Michael! I thought we had something....

[@chefbenito1]

Treeko is very bad for gen 3 before you can surf

[@FaruzFaDeD]

@@musicalsystem927 also sceptile: I thought im your favorite pokemon

[@diarrheadan8088]

I disagree. Torchic is still super viable. It evolves at lvl 16 into a fire fighting type. You basically just have to grind a little and stomp so many battles.

[@confusedazhar9945]

My all time favorite pokemon is mudkip (and it's evolution) but i do admit that picking mudkip is like playing on easy mode, it can learn almost anything i needs, be it through leveling, tm or breeding, it's good enough to solo the whole game, or DUO without overleveling

[@Amelia4111]

*WE DON'T USE THE WORD ITS AS A PRONOUN IF THERE'S AN APOSTROPHE IN IT! STOP DOING THAT!*

[@dylangranier]

Recently replayed omega ruby and have to agree. It was one of the first times that I felt i didnt need anything but my starter as swampert's only real weakness was almost never encountered and since most grass types are also poison it was as simple as using a STAB ground move. More often than not the hardest part of playing with a swampert starter is running out of PP

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Easy mode? No easy mode is torchic. Especially in the remakes.

[@beyondawesomegaming3517]

@@dylangraniernot only that but there’s quite literally no required battles with a scary grass type outside of Wallace’s ludicolo in emerald, and your rivals grovyle, you heard me right. GROVYLE. The rival never evolves it to sceptile. Not even in the optional battle in lilycove. And given that it’s quite literally your only threat, there’s no reason to not pick swampart

[@SapphireStar753]

Ok-- Empoleon is NOT ugly. I love my giant penguin boi- He's so regal looking~ But, I gotta agree that he's not the strongest in the beginning of the game. Although, when it comes to later in the game, because he's not the best in the beginning, you actually end up being decently over leveled by the time you get to the Elite 4. Not to mention, Empoleon can learn the majority of HM's that are pretty strong combat wise, such as Surf and Rock Smash for a couple of examples. While, I believe, the other two can learn Rock Smash, Empoleon is the only one that can learn Surf. Admittedly, I never played through Pearl with the other starters, as I had the stupid idea in my head that water wasn't as weak to grass as the others were to their opposing types. So, I picked it based on what I thought would be best against the rival. Got my ass kicked multiple times at that first grass gym, though.

[@wook5676]

I agree and when people say one starter is the "worst" I don't agree also even though it may not be good in game and when people hate on the design I definitely disagree and I still love the starter matter how its design and gameplay os and I also love Empoleon

[@Mini5hrek]

Sarah Petriel true but Empoleon is still ugly

[@bellapatch5656]

Yafavakuec 123 We’ve gotta start the ‘giant penguin boi’ fan club

[@mochisol1209]

Yooo empoleon ain't ugly lemme join the club

[@vinewipper2755]

he forgot about some of the moves some starters can learn like with Empoleon he can learn moves such as peck for the grass gym and fighting gyms and some ice type moves for the champion along with earthquake and toxic and shadow claw being TMs it can learn.

[@neko-ikathemysteriousyo-ka1937]

"Every starter is going to struggle against Whitney" me: *laughs in poison powder*

[@jameszumwalt7338]

Rollout can still kill with being poisoned -_-

[@neko-ikathemysteriousyo-ka1937]

@@jameszumwalt7338 gets rid of the healing problem

[@Idkigcandyfloss]

Starter though

[@neko-ikathemysteriousyo-ka1937]

@@Idkigcandyfloss yep Meganium

[@veefold]

Ink Tails what about burning chances

[@FlamingSoul123]

Michael: And Infernape has more coverage than the other two starters. Me: And Infernape is the only good fire type in Sinnoh.

[@laxusstrauss5945]

in platinium there are flareon houndoum rapidash megmortar magcargo rotom and even heatran

[@FlamingSoul123]

simiabraz Frensh infernape Oh yeah, Platinum. I was thinking about the OG games

[@laxusstrauss5945]

@@FlamingSoul123 but even if they was present in OG games infernape still better with high speed and large movepool

[@sasha0601]

But those are ver exclusive or post game

[@souvikbose8583]

@@laxusstrauss5945 yeah but most starters are pretty much at the top of their type in each region anyway

[@GamersGains]

I only ever really picked Charmander over the 2 in Gen 1 not because of charizard (I was younger and not as introduced to love charizard as much as I do now) It was just that it felt more fun having a challenge and having to hunt as a kid I loved a good challenge in games (I still do to this day) I loved having to find a super rare Pikachu and having that as my raichu for the entire play through and it’s when I got emotionally attached to the forgotten Pokémon Mankey and Primeape (they beat Brock for me and half a misty for me which to me back then was a huge accomplishment)

[@timonobel615]

I have played through fire red twice and both times I picked charmander my first playthrough never made it past misty because I was playing on an emulator that could not save but I will say in gen 3 charmander gets metal claw at level 13 which just bodies Brock and this is reasonable to learn because I was just kind of running around and just got a charmeleon before Brock

[@Colaman112]

Alternative title: "How to activate easy mode in every pokémon game"

[@buggyboi88]

*cries in diamond and pearl*

[@Sazzyjo3]

For me scorbunny was hard mode

[@Mechaxthemaskedgamer]

Lmao

[@nategwright]

Except BW2. Then you literally click “easy mode”

[@pablofromthebackyardigans6120]

Nate Wright Wait, what??

[@SamSung-ki9xs]

Amatuer: chooses starter type advantage Legends: chooses starter due to coolness

[@Lucas-ek2uc]

Sam Sung so not Charizard

[@RachelR1978]

Either way I love cyndaquil

[@RachelR1978]

And mudkip

[@_C4RB0N_]

Yes I did this for sobble

[@Amiithyst]

I did this on a Bulbasaur

[@leuqram1]

I sometimes like the challenge choosing the “worst” starter.

[@guilhermefloresfeitosaguer4543]

Chikorita and Treecko. Done.

[@RandomPerson-fg1jf]

@@guilhermefloresfeitosaguer4543 Don't forget Charmander.

[@jayden.02]

@Random Person but it ha.s good desighn

[@LyarOnFire]

@@guilhermefloresfeitosaguer4543 you did not just say treecko...

[@guilhermefloresfeitosaguer4543]

I said in being good in the games

[@Tessaaahh]

Being a newly born Pokémon fan, I knew I chose right when I went with Scorbunny.

[@ChromaticEagle]

Welcome to the club

[@ZBroly118]

Just… stay away from… the simps

[@robertlaurie3957]

My two bros picked Grookey and I just thought the bunny was cute

[@primalrayquaza8740]

I did it hard on myself and chose rowlet, and did not evolve him, so I had a round boi my entire play through.

[@purplejuice906]

I luv round boy

[@mechaapple7552]

No Spheal can top Rowlett

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodno2364]

Spheal is circle boi

[@caritahearts2405]

The only was to play

[@goofygeo1033]

"The best kanto starter is bulbasour" Every 8 year old: say sike right now

[@user-bw9jo2iz5s]

As an 8 year old who choose bulbasaur this is weird #bulbasaur4life

[@MunchoGhen]

@@user-bw9jo2iz5s Fr everyone I knew chose either Charmander or squirtle, so this feels great

[@hypaavos3554]

My favourite kanto starter is bulbasaur

[@Error-gz3pp]

I love Bulbasaur more than Squirtle and Charmander

[@uteriel282]

the choice is bulbasaur or either vicrtreebel/vileplume. not taking bulbasaur would be stupid when the other 2 starters have a few other options available like lapras or magmar.

[@TWitWoW]

for gen 6, I always start with Froakie, catch a Fletchling to fill that fire type role (Peck handles grass & bug types until it evolves), then choose Bulbasaur for my Kanto starter.

[@ItsRevMed]

You legit just guessed half my team

[@roxanne4150]

Fr we use the same thing

[@prosto-random]

Well i picked chespin, also caught a fletching and then chosen a squirtle for perfect type triangle

[@tessab.6351]

Lol i guess im the only one picking greninja pick up a pourssge and choose charizard then lol

[@DRsakuragiii]

Bruh you literally guessed half my team till the rhyhorn part

[@everretwavince1843]

Butterfree with Confusion was also an option for gen 1 to beat Brock. With Gen 6, I remember back then they also handed Torchic with Speed Boost so that one was better than Charmander/Fennekin.

[@tectamk.thorne7837]

Choosing Bulbasaur also weakens blue’s final team, having 3 flying types, so getting an electrabuzz or Zapdos would do the trick Edit: Fixed my horrible spelling 4 months ago

[@andres5393]

electro buzz and zaptos- you mean electabuzz and zapdos?

[@Sayjirani_]

There is six fire types and 2 water types and 1 grass type

[@HomeCookinMTG]

Not to mention the abundance of water types, you'll pretty always have something to trump charizard.

[@krzysszwajnos5511]

@@andres5393 auto correct likes to change their names to those on my phone. So I’m assuming it’s the same on his end

[@emeraldjolteon1472]

if you choose bulbasaur,if you have an electric type in your team like raichu or jolteon who can learn good moves agaisnt psychic(shadow ball/bite/thief) you basically wall blue campions team.as charizard/pidgeot/gyrados are weak to electric,rhydon is weak agaisnt venusaur and exeggutor and alakazam are going 2 v 6

[@808max4]

Michael: Castle Cla.... Me:(The right side of the screen 6 times)

[@perrykv7312]

Thanks

[@jacobw1780]

Same

[@inainkycap]

During the sponsorship Michael: *shows footage* Me: isnt that basically clash of clans? Michael: Its much better than clash of clans Me: oh ok

[@jellyplayz8495]

Same

[@septo9447]

Same again

[@samayk100]

It isn’t though.

[@BrandonGarner-tl3js]

I agree with your choices for the best starter Pokemon in every main series games.

[@MahsaKaerra]

In Generation 8, Inteleon's moveset (through TMs) gives it moves super effective against the types that are super effective against it. So, with high speed and attack stats it can potentially take out anything that threatens it.

[@thetrashtrain3774]

Primarine Gaming Especially with its g-max form

[@AeroLeaf4]

Just make sure the attacks kill or your Inteleon might be dead, lowest endurance of the starters

[@eyesoftomorrows]

Inteleonis good at offensive but a hit could take it out, of a Pokémon is faster that’s why it doesn’t have the high ground.

[@veefold]

I mean it can learn air slash

[@wizzem7890]

@@eyesoftomorrows gun lizard is one of the fastest pokemon like, ever. Out speeding is usually not a problem. I'm speaking as a gun lizard user.

[@yok6886]

Me:*Sees video and realizes i gave the Best starters to my rivals* Me:İmma head out.

[@Yehe13]

Uh.... Hop is glad?

[@toehairyum]

*hugs my giant Meganium plushie* You'll always be my favorite starter, even if my playthroughs are twice as long

[@constructorthegamer5346]

@Why do things have to be this way? F E R A L I G A T R U S E S U R F

[@constructorthegamer5346]

@Why do things have to be this way? lol, F E R A L I G A T R U S E *E A R T H Q U A K E*

[@erinbeaud4556]

@Why do things have to be this way? what did you expect trying to fight him 💀

[@emeraldjolteon1472]

mr.stake

[@nln5544]

I like megamium

[@giobbo98]

"That's a lot of fire types" Gamefreak for some reason thought that making the fire type resist both fairy and steel AND having the most resistances out of any types besides steel would be balanced with grass and water

[@zulpi2103]

cyndaquil is great even because if you choose cyndaquil, Silver picks Totodile, which is weak to Ampharos, which almost everyone catches

[@hisnotsolonely2961]

Plus he got a SP attack boost in night Time.

[@stellarknight04]

I pick chikorita for Pryce and Chuck

[@zulpi2103]

@@stellarknight04 Ok, i see the point, but you can get a machamp and a fearow literally for free in those games, so you are able to get better counters.

[@ShinyShark006]

How can anyone use it? This region has some better Pokémon

[@youtubeisstupid1952]

@@ShinyShark006 cyndaquil is just cool

[@GoatNamedComet]

Micheal: Charizard is practically the worst starter. Everyone: *Lets pretend we didnt hear that...*

[@cursed_png6514]

true

[@SketchN3]

You mean gamefreak

[@Martin724K]

True there are still lots of dumb kids who's mad because he didn't pick Charizard when he literally explained why

[@GoatNamedComet]

@@Martin724K My pick is charizard but I’m not over here mad about it. I understand what Micheal is saying.

[@GoatNamedComet]

@傷齒龍147 Troodon147 Charmander Totodile Treecko Chimchar Snivy Fenikken Popplio Sobble

[@JM-vr1br]

“The best starter is... Mudkip!” *Flashback to Alpharad beating emerald with ONLY Mudkip. Yeah, I’m not surprised.😂

[@denbnha7416]

True

[@kirin1230]

I'll still pick Torchic every time.... Partially because Hoenn has basically no fire types.

[@katiapaivacamargo]

@@kirin1230 truth. Torthic Is the only FIRE pokémon in Hoenn

[@kirin1230]

@@katiapaivacamargo I mean, there is Slugma, Camarupt and Vulpix, but Vulpix is really late in game, and the other two are absolutely awful. At least in Sinnoh, Ponyta is found early and is decent.

[@sinistermosh]

Yep.

[@AnimeEmpire2023]

For the lets go section, you could've just said which version you should pick (lets go eevee or lets go pikachu) based on which starter fairs better in the game

[@Anton_001]

28:20 no it’s not 100% accurate it’s 90%

[@bendythedancingdemon2941]

That's correct.

[@foxtrap86flame]

Wrong, it's 95% accurate

[@securecontainpikachu6718]

@@foxtrap86flame 69%

[@ofmoosenmen]

@@foxtrap86flame this is readily available information. It's 90%.

[@securecontainpikachu6718]

@@waterycheesecake woosh

[@vanillamilkshake295]

MandJtv: these are the best starters for these pokemon games MysticUmbreon: Years of pokemon research wasted!

[@Matty6447]

He just gets the starter choices from eryzio though.

[@jamesfoster314]

Not

[@ArielAnemoiAsuraism]

@@Matty6447 he's the right one

[@brooksfeng2816]

No umbreon is definitely right like he said typhlosion is better than feraligator Mega Swampert is better than mega blaziken like no

[@brooksfeng2816]

Kirbys unite

[@Coolish453]

Me: sees bulbasaur Also me: alright someone finally respecting the bulb Michael: disses all my other favorite pokemon Again me: I'm okay, that's, that's fine...

[@mikeche1774]

Bro that was me

[@papisandbag8640]

My friend thinks you can just pull bulbasaur out of the ground

[@brendanstreecko7847]

Same

[@kaithebadlover1853]

@brendan Wait have I seen you before?

[@kaithebadlover1853]

Who was your fVorite starters?

[@kingdrakon2901]

Personally my first starter choices where bulbasaur, totodile, mudkip, turtwig, oshowatt, chespin, popplio, and grookey, so I think I did decently well

[@Bloodmistsupremacy]

Almost the same as me

[@gundampharmacist7348]

In Gen 2 specifically, Typhlosion also had the bonus of being able to learn Thunderpunch well before postgame - which, in Gen 2, worked off its MUCH better Special Attack stat. This makes things that Typhlosion would normally have a dicer time with (i.e. Pryce's Seel and Dewgong and Chuck's Poliwrath) are now bodied _by_ Typhlosion thanks to said high Special Attack and its good Speed, and it grants a super-effective matchup against Flying types - which is literally all of Lance's team. You could also be dumb kid like me and for some reason what to try teaching it DynamicPunch for a coin toss against Rock types.

[@hisnotsolonely2961]

Don't forget he got a bonus sp attack if you picked night time as your starting day

[@firefly9643]

Thunder punch Is not special attack (sorry if I'm wrong I don't remember the split)

[@jordanthejq12]

@@firefly9643 Pre-split, all Electric attacks were Special. The Split is Gen 4 onwards.

[@firefly9643]

@@jordanthejq12 oh alright

[@accentillia8116]

Lance has 3 dragonites lol which are not weak to electric

[@mr.piplup7]

"Emoplion is ugly" I took that personally

[@mr.piplup7]

@Quax Productions ouch

[@sazmaki3232]

Piplup the best

[@entimoreng]

same

[@entimoreng]

@Quax Productions hell no empoleon looks epic as hell

[@entimoreng]

@Quax Productions true but the middle evolution is always ugly except for wartortle

[@gamersisland3253]

Michael: The worst Sinnoh starter is Piplup. Mystic Umbreon: Hold my beer.

[@andrewbartlett4094]

PIPLUP IS THE BEST HE IS DUMB

[@gamersisland3253]

@Kaz Bondoc Well said, at least mine was a joke because Mystic thought Turtwig was the worst. Don't go out of your way to attack the creator.

[@gamersisland3253]

@Kaz Bondoc nice

[@strangesoul7949]

Andrew Bartlett bruh u have your own opinion he has his

[@CadDriftarus]

How dare they insult _my_ Pingu!

[@jdouble-l19978]

I'd rather just talk about which Kalos starter to pick only. Because quite a few players would just not use a Kanto starter in their team. But I would still say that Fennekin alone is the best choice since it's good against Viola (her Vivion, not Surskit), Korrina (if you can get Delphox beforehand), Ramos and Wulfric. And then it's strong against Wikstrom of the Elite Four.

[@Amelia4111]

DO NOT LEAVE OFF THE L'S IN VIVILLON!

[@arslaanpasha3334]

X and Y is so easy as exp share gives points to all pokemon. I had lvl 36 delphox at 3rd gym

[@AsIfItNeverWas]

*Laughs in the fact that I always choose the water starter* Edit: Please stop replying it's starting to get annoying

[@morgancarr129]

YES AHAHA WATER STARTERS ALL THE WAYYYYY

[@archietomlinson7535]

Grass starters all the way

[@EmmyBlubonic]

Same dude. Deadass feels like the water starters have the most personality. Or I just choose water starters because the first game I played (moon), I got Popplio.

[@g-vin0]

Same

[@vegito1208]

(sweaty rock and fire gym noises)

[@hubdub1130]

“And the best starter for Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon is Popplio.” Me: *Laughs in always choosing Popplio*

[@invaderzin1858]

I choose litten in sun and poppilo in ultra sun and moon

[@PristineMess0906]

My brother chose popplio the first time and he took to months to beat Lurantis and that scared me enough to choose Litten B)

[@Anto_07]

Bruce Sedillo how can it take months to beat a Pokémon game!?

[@PristineMess0906]

@@Anto_07 All he had was Popplio and he was stupid and though the male Salandit he had would evolve soon. It was level 27 before he realized his mistake reset the save and used Rowlet instead

[@jamarihernandez7117]

Invader Zin same

[@RafaelOliveira-bw4jz]

As pokemon crystal enthusiast, both totodile and cyndaquil have other advantages. In the goldenrod super mart, they sell fire, thunder and ice punch, quitava and typhlosion can learn thunder and fire punch (which is huge against water/flying types for him) and totodile, croconaw and feraligr can all learn learn ice punch which is huge against Claire and lance. He runs through those with surf/ice punch easily.

[@yorecf9641]

Mine didn't last time I tried. All water and ice moves are special in Gen 2 and Feraligatr has mediocre special attack and speed at best. There are better water types like Lapras who is stronger on the special side, significantly bulkier to compensate for its mediocre speed and has STAB Ice Beam while Typhlosion's only real fire competition is Magmar.

[@aarushgande3200]

@@yorecf9641 Bro you just don't understand that although fire type isn't that wide in the earlier gens that doesn't mean Feraligatr isn't good and that Typhlosion is way better. And bro he actually has a decent special and speed considering that HE IS INVESTED INTO BULK if that isn't clear to you, you are very dumb. Also, the ice type is not good for gen 2 considering the overwhelming about of firebreathers in this gen 2 and the overwhelming number of trainers with rock types. Just because Lapras is stronger on the special side doesn't mean he is better. Feraligatr especially with the water stab with his decent special attack stat surf hits hard and ice punch and bite can hit way harder. Also Lapras is bad for the steel and fighting gym and he might have a good ice coverage but really anything physical and its outta there. It has no good defense no good special defense they are pretty mediocre and the only thing that is good for it is its health. That doesn't mean it is better than Feraligatr. Also it isn't even worth it because it is such a specific location. You have to go to the Union Cave on Friday and a specific part? You could beat the game before you are able to get Lapras.

[@jtschmitz6334]

Crocon can learn bite, crunch and ice punch all 3 come in handy

[@cameronlapp9306]

It's worth noting that Fire type starters are also preferred because it's usually difficult to get more fire types, especially on early routes. It's often trivial to get alternate Water or Grass pokemon if you didn't pick them: they also have a lot of overlap against ground & rock cave pokemon so you can often use either equally. Fire types are also super effective against early bugs (where grass are weak against early bugs & flying).

[@cameronlapp9306]

I think the only non-starter fire type you can get before a first "gym" is Growlithe: you can get it route 2 in Alola, or first route (201) in Sinnoh if you specifically do dual-slot with FireRed.

[@yorecf9641]

@@cameronlapp9306 you can also get Growlithe before Falkner in Crystal, Ponyta before Roark in Sinnoh, Simisear before Cilan if you pick Snivy in BW1 and Growlithe or Vulpix as soon as you enter the Wild Area in Galar. Also, I wouldn’t say that fire types are always the best just because they’re rarer: some regions like Kanto and Hoenn are incredibly unfriendly to them so you’re better off just not using a fire type period.

[@richard35791]

Route 1 bird can kill grass and bug, no need for fire

[@HeavenhoundGiuseppe]

Kalos throws 3 at you before the first gym plus the Fennekin. Of course you only get another 3 or so plus the Charmander for the rest of the region, so it's still not many, just frontloaded.

[@bugcatcherjacky1334]

I usually end up picking the fire starter. Except for Scarlet/Violet. Meowscarada ftw

[@qualwinters8784]

I LOVE Empoleon's design! Guess everyone has their own preferences. 🕺🏻

[@acat3772]

A don't love empoleon design but it's good

[@dankdankeryetdanker2726]

The war penguin is cool.

[@orion6397]

Empoleon looks great. Prinplup though...

[@luissantiago5933]

I was expecting more when I played the game. To be fair I chose all 3 starters as I have a brother that has the opposite game and we always restart and trade until we have all 3 starters.

[@SM-be5dh]

@Matthew Hunter Prinplup is ok imo.

[@SirPlainview]

4:23 - We all know there’s no such thing as Pokémon who are good against Sabrina in Red and Blue.

[@findtheshuaibs3888]

i never played red or blue but i still agree with you because of the things about sabrina i've heard

[@SirPlainview]

@@findtheshuaibs3888 She was a NIGHTMARE.

[@sarahgallucci8550]

Jolteon with Pin Missle: *hello*

[@Polavianus]

I beat her with a snorlax On my first try

[@andrewharold2377]

there are and i can name six fully evolved ones

[@letlemon.]

We need more love for Venasaur and Blastoise because charazard is always the “favourite” and more popular

[@beamzzzhit7006]

Hell yea!

[@pacificpoke5606]

More love for Blastoise too

[@yasu4075]

I love all three starter

[@letlemon.]

And also it’s sometimes like the rarest card in the set are these Charazards 😒

[@Ast_45]

Facts

[@gamerdude3465]

Actually Totodile can solo the first 3 gyms in crystal due to rage, even Whitney, although not reliably due to flinches and metronome unluckiness. It may also be able to solo Morty due to learning bite but I haven't tested it. Cyndaquil probably comes out on top in the long run, just thought I'd mention this tidbit.

[@nugtohs5071]

"TORCHIC IS THE WORST HOENN STARTER!" JaidenAnimations would like to know your location

[@wynautandwobbuffet5694]

He hates jaiden

[@theovalgum8746]

@@wynautandwobbuffet5694 how and why

[@isadorakirmayr8876]

@@wynautandwobbuffet5694 wait, what? When did he say that?

[@sublimebouquetblaze9198]

@@wynautandwobbuffet5694 where did he say that?

[@sieiaijshdiwoakzbwyuqozp]

when bro

[@chandler2581]

"Every starter's gonna struggle against Whitney." **laughs in Croconaw with Rage**

[@eonshade6297]

*Smokescreen Quilava says hi*

[@sealdew5348]

I was surprised when i beat whitney in one round by using double kick lmao

[@chandler2581]

@@sealdew5348 Yeah that works too lol.

[@saccharay]

**laughs in selfdestruct geodude**

[@coreylineberry8557]

Fury Cutter with attack up for me.

[@ryuchama-san4986]

"You have to find a pikachu in viridian forest which is really rare" ... I found tons of pikachu grinding my Charmander to beat brock.... After the video I just realized that all my starter choices are the worst ones you could pick in almost every game

[@thehellohelper9707]

me too

[@chendror872]

For me most of the starters he chose are my favourites anyways😂

[@ivitsune10]

Yeah me too, and I think for the first gym leader I'm okay with charmander because he had steel move in lv.16 that can beat rock type pokemon

[@chendror872]

@@ivitsune10 he got it in the remakes the steel type wasn't a thing in gen 1

[@ivitsune10]

@@chendror872 Oh sorry, idk, I haven't played the blue and red, thanks for telling me

[@spicybananas5498]

For the Galar starters, I actually think that either Grookey is the best pick. It hangs on against the first two gyms while your team is still in development, and Corvisquire, a Pokemon that almost everyone uses, is enough to solo the grass gym by itself. Also, Marnie’s Morpeko which you have to battle before the fire gym takes quite some preparation to defeat, since you have little to no super effective coverage on it, so your starter (most likely your strongest Pokémon at that time) would be your best option, and Thwakey resists electric. As for the fire gym, you can catch a wild Drednaw in the mine after the water gym which crushes the fire gym. It’s already evolved, so you can use it temporarily for the gym and then box it without having to raise a Chewtle if you don’t plan on using it. Then from that point on, you’ll have a way stronger team and more options for team members.

[@anduisus6839]

KZbin: This video has no views. The video: has 10000 likes.

[@Hrwaii]

yea it says 10 views but theres 309 likes

[@AlanMissingno]

Likes load in faster than views. It's always been like this.

[@zwinterplayz2700]

Alan Nguyen no its views only count if u get past half the video

[@AlanMissingno]

@@zwinterplayz2700 yeah, I meant that views take time to load in, while likes can be added instantly

[@abrandnewpairofsocks]

It takes time

[@That_Letter_H]

Me: *knowing nothing about pokemon* Me: Bulbasaur looks cool, I choose him

[@ManofSex69]

Oyecomova 2.0 I like bulbasaur because charmander is the M E T A, and it’s a dual type so it learns both poison and grass moves

[@andrewhurst7550]

I did this on Pokémon shield with grookey

[@eljordinio7647]

People should defs give Bulbasaur more love cos the fan favorite Charizard unfortunately struggles with Kanto. Also in terms of Giovanni, Charizard is actually safe from ground type moves thanks to being part flying type, so unless his teams have any rock type moves, Charizard is still safe. Plus his part rock types can get destroyed if Charizard has Seismic Toss

[@slushybum]

I did this in gen 5 (b2w2) with tepig because it was cute

[@ryankoopa5666]

You've made a good choice

[@RioluGamer-fr2rk]

micheal: says scorbunny is the best starter in sword and shield, me over here finishing sword only using the sobble evolution line for more than half the gyms

[@SirBlackReeds]

He was using the typing as the metric for judgement.

[@Gupdoggy88]

Sobble squad

[@Rids07]

Ayyyyyy another wobbly boi

[@ellie8540]

Tom O you can also get a vulpix before the first gym- the wild area is so useful i stg

[@warrenorbe7329]

First time to choose Sobble, I realized that I hate the rival Scorbunny being defeated..

[@barrybend7189]

17:32 I picked Snivy because of looks but other than type I found Snivy gets massive speed and physical stats and with the right moveset could tie with tepig on gym and story survivability.

[@unitds27-delta]

I also picked Snivy for the looks, but also because I wanted to name it Snazzy. It's a snazzy lil snek:)

[@brnmrnx8985]

Actually Totodile's line can wipe Ecruteak's entire gym because: BITE.

[@len5630]

Yep. Only reason I went to the Pokemon Center in Ecruteak is to get Bite's PP back again

[@the-real-timmeh5190]

Year, plus he can also wipe out clair with ice punch/ice fang and is good against Poison types is you teach him earthquake. IMO totodile is the best starter in the remakes. Shame he cant learn ice punch There from tm in goldenrod

[@dimitrijames00001]

And blaziken easily beats magma with double kick

[@reddragonair3147]

I know it's not a starter, but this reminds me of how amazing Magmar is in the remakes because of its early access to Faint Attack (this is how it was originally spelled, and I far prefer this spelling). So with a high Attack and solid Speed, Magmar can dumpster Morty's gym.

[@dimitrijames00001]

@@reddragonair3147 this is a useless thing but if you wanna train ghost t yu pes for battle tower, or battle tree in black2 white2, you can go to route 1 and let out your lv 1 ghost with chip damage, or status damage move, such as toxic, will o wisp, ect. And you can level them from 1 to 40 in two battles

[@lependoe280]

“Fennekin and Bulbasaur!” Me, a Fennekin starter: Finally, Michael isn’t dissing that evo line!

[@user-nd6ws3vs2p]

Me, a Fennekin lover: WOOHOO!

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

Me, a Chespin starter: :(

[@Gillardo]

Go Fennekin!!!!

[@AuraStrikeAce]

Fellow Fennekin fans!

[@vibechecker5739]

And he isn’t dissing poppilo.

[@pizza.6674]

2:30 sqirtle:I can mega evolve Bulbasur:it's my time to shine

[@SugarSpice07]

Matpat and Austin: Arguing over Charmander vs Squirtle while completely ignoring Bulbasaur Mike: chuckles amusedly "Foolish Amateurs."

[@porcellaneousfankus3428]

Bulbasaur supremacy)

[@touhouplays7579]

Candice: MOOOMMM a trainer beat me with his fire monkey again!

[@cheesefart570]

🐒🔥 Candice: .·´¯`(>▂

[@echoesact3821]

This is why you return to monke.

[@dharanidd8059]

I laughed so hard after seeing this xD

[@jeffreygao3956]

Mom: Awww, don't fret my girl. You'll get plenty of wins in the future!

[@teddylockley]

‘MOOOMMM! Phineas and Ferb just went to the Distortion World to fight the devil’

[@ssfbob456]

I always just raised a butterfree when I picked Charmander, confusion at level 10 was broken in Gen 1

[@wills.1978]

so broken it gets you through like half the game on that alone butterfree carried me so much early on

[@bdiba4076]

Michael: chooses pokemon that have good types against early gyms Me: simply chooses the Cutest

[@bdiba4076]

Sorry if i misspelled

[@sandywolfr26]

I chose the Pokémon with the “rare type”. What I mean is that in gen 1, I choose charmander cuz fire was rare in gen 1. If you didn’t chose charmander, you won’t get a fire type til you was on the way to celedon. Yea. So I always chose fire til I learnt in gen 6, you get litleo. Still had fennekin but I was happy that finally there was a fire Pokémon during the early routes.

[@danie8944]

@@bdiba4076 lol same, I have standards 1. Has to be cute 2. Has to look depressed

[@bdiba4076]

@@danie8944 do you like sobble ?

[@danie8944]

@@bdiba4076 ya

[@TheArcadio-g6e]

Watching this years later, but I think Grookey is the best Gen 8 starter because it is good for the reasons you mentioned, but also forces your final rival to take the fire-type option giving his final team 2 fire types meaning that battle is a lot easier when you get there.

[@R33ma]

Mike: "Neither Typhlosion or Feraligatr are good against Clair!" Me: "Ummmm.... Feraligatr can learn the Ice Punch TM that I've had since Whitney... and it destroyed Clair."

[@Element-rb6ez]

Josef Yarema I’m guessing he didn’t account for TM moves for some of the starters

[@jonas.akajonas_9387]

yeah he didn’t account coverage moves which kinda sucks but would take way to long

[@salvadorsolis3094]

Even if you don't use the TM, Croconaw learns Ice Fang

[@komo2275]

Salvador Angel Solis not in gold and silver

[@heyitshellfire9153]

Josef Yarema yea he wasn’t counting tms, why do you think he never mentioned a single rn?

[@alisonhall9491]

28:30 For people who can’t spare 30 minutes. Have a great day 👍🏻

[@sergiog1732]

Thanks g saved 30 mins

[@alisonhall9491]

@@sergiog1732 np man

[@iamnotchip1280]

you the best

[@alejandromelecio]

Wtf why couldn't have seen this earlier

[@peazy9487]

THANK YOU

[@deloreseaddy9240]

That feeling when your favorite starter of all time is in Michael's "Best Starters" list... For me, that was Popplio

[@its_clover2]

Mudkip.

[@ghosttoadsarecute8755]

Bulbasaur

[@cadjr2003]

Mine is Squirtle. Didn’t make it in though...

[@veeraponglourvanij5461]

I like popplio

[@coconutproductions5056]

My favorite starter from every gen was almost all on this list! And I was so so so surprised to see fennekin here as it’s my favorite starter of all time but people seem to hate it QwQ

[@kazuya1844]

His points really much sense on all of them, this helps me a lot tbh and also made things clear especially for the fennekin-bulbasaur combo is better than the froakie-charmander combo, thanks Mikey for this guide, this really helps me on my Pokemon games❤️

[@Friechicken]

imo froakie-bulbasaur is the best combo cuz you can just catch fletchling route 1 and talonflame>both fire starters for gen 6

[@guidomista3570]

"You can beat any game with any starter" Chikorita: Doubt

[@maguc5906]

Gen 2/Johto is generally a lot easier as well

[@sparkarez]

I chose Chikorita and I still beat the game.

[@King-or6ll]

That's why you choose an actual pokemon.

[@Yourhomeboy_evan]

That’s why you don’t pick it!

[@zephyrash]

Chikorita is cute, and I'm sure alot of people have beaten the game with it.

[@ryanswenson4580]

Michael: calls Mudkip the best starter in hoenn instead of treecko Me: *Confused screaming*

[@Jt-bm7ym]

Dead meme bro

[@crystal_memes5363]

@@Jt-bm7ym confused screaming is actually a really active meme

[@goldmemberpb]

Mudkip being good against wattson is a godsend. I had treecko against him in emerald and it was a struggle. But Hoenn being mainly a water region with 2 water type leaders also makes treecko a good choice.

[@PTHMborgison]

Literally me

[@Just5omeGuy]

Ryan Swenson He was talking about competitively, not favourites

[@azelfdaboi5265]

"There's the fewest team options pre-gym 1" Wild Area: *Am I a joke to you*

[@Jt-bm7ym]

That's a dead meme bro

[@reallyspingebillboxpants]

@@Jt-bm7ym nah man

[@Jt-bm7ym]

@@reallyspingebillboxpants it kind of is

[@yourbelovedautumn]

@@Jt-bm7ym just because its dead doesn't mean it can't be enjoyed

[@autismandgaming4532]

plus if you didn't get scorbunny, you can get a sizzilipede & rolycoly on route 3.

[@Slime-yv5]

If you do Sobble, in Pokémon sword, you may have an advantage due to kabu being the first road block the rock gym is easy to do with water types. The fight with Leon when you go up against a Charizard Sobbles final form can easily clear it