The Best COMPETITIVE Starter Pokemon in Every Generation

Starter Pokemon usually kick butt in the main game, but how do they fare on the competitive side of things?
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(0:00): Kanto
(2:26): Johto
(3:36): Hoenn
(4:44): Sinnoh
(6:21): Unova
(7:32): Kalos
(8:20): Alola
(9:28): Galar
(10:33): Paldea

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

HAPPY JPR FRIDAY Who if your favorite starter to use competitively? I really enjoy using Infernape, he punches a lot lol

[@GoinGreninja]

Mine has to be Skeledirge, surprisingly enough. His defensive profile, with both Unaware and Torch Song is just too amazing to just flat out ignore and he can certainly punch above his station. While he's a great fighter in UU, it can still do fairly well in OU with enough planning and Ubers without much effort either.

[@robertlupa8273]

That was a really entertaining video, both in terms of visuals, information and jokes. Good job, JPR (and TheGoldminor, his editor)!

[@TheShadow1347]

None of them, I don't play competitive.

[@shenhue7041]

Sadly i have to say Charizard xD But im a gen 1 kid ....

[@ucheajulu1276]

For me Cinderace and Meowscarada. Big move go boom

[@Palasid11]

Absolutely fascinating seeing the history of these pokemon. Shame poor gen 2 lags far behind their peers though.

[@inspectorspinda]

not fair for my beloved typhlosion. was my first ever pokemone and even when it gets love it's still bad

[@naganut9718]

​@@inspectorspindait isn't bad, just outclassed

[@christiancinnabars1402]

@inspectorspinda H-Typlosion could have gotten a ton of small buffs compared to what it has now. It's Attack should have been lowered instead of HP and especially Speed. Infernal Parade should have been slightly stronger than Hex rather than slightly weaker. Yeah that makes it just straight up better than Hex, but Hex has an infinitely wider distribution so it's whatever - if Last Respects and Rage Fist can exist, then another situationally 140+ bp Ghost type signature move can also exist. Frisk is extremely niche in Singles, and literally has no use in current VGC, so a different standard Ghost type ability like Insomnia, Cursed Body, or even Pressure would have been better for it.

[@alexanderj.athanail3817]

I used to run a max HP and Atk assault vest feraligatr back in Gen 6. He was a perfect check for half of OU because he could take almost any super effective hit and either 1-shot or bring low and Aqua Jet almost all of the really scary sweepers.

[@beaky8138]

This video undersells Feraligatr. Dragon Dance + Sheer Force + mono-water makes Feraligatr a much better Gyarados offensively. Gyarados has more presence in VGC though thanks to Intimidate. Either way it's a genuinely good Pokémon and blows the other two out of the water.

[@radlee13]

Flower Trick not only hits hard but it also hits through defense boosts making it a great way to deal with dondozos that ruled the early gen 9 meta

[@PkmnTrainerEmerald]

You missed a very important victory for empoleon. It does have a world championship win in vgc 2009! Wolfe also got top 8 with emboar and samurott also made top 4 in 2011. Chesnaught got top 16 in 2014 vgc worlds the highest of the kalos starters(the kanto starters with their megas got higher placements throughout that year too in the various age divisions) My favorite starter competitive has got to be venu, incin,charizard,and meowscarada!

[@skeetermania3202]

Wolfe also won the Virginia Regionals in 2011. He used Emboar for most of that year.

[@grimphantom99insaneenderma85]

I'm Happy to see my boy chesnaught get some love 💚

[@grimphantom99insaneenderma85]

I hate that a lot of these starters get looked down upon, I think every starter is great with enough training and time. 😊💙💚❤️

[@eminences6764]

Will be interesting to see if Torterra or Empoleon see any decent usage with their buffs.

[@GoinGreninja]

As far as people can see, Empoleon is holding on decently well in OU so far and in Doubles, is better because of it having Competitive and Intimidate as an ability is fairly common to see in Doubles. But Torterra likely won't survive OU for long. Even with the amazing move of Shell Smash, it's still too fragile to do anything truly worthwhile. But in UU or so, it may definitely have a shot because of the relatively lower power level.

[@lordpyron3934]

@@GoinGreninja Agreed, Torterra won’t stay in OU but it will certainly be powerful in either UU or RU.

[@grunkleg.3110]

​@@lordpyron3934Torterra's already dropped

[@Endershock1678]

I've seen a lot of Enpoleon in VGC in recent tournaments, and with how prevalent intimidate is (some teams in the Beast coast Safari were often using 2 intimidate users per team of 4), I can see it and Milotic having a decent presence, even in spite of Ogerpon.

[@conansglasses2645]

nah Torterra dropped to UU and it honestly it might drop even further to RU ( where it will be good imo ) considering that half of OU also dropped this month . Empoleon is still in OU but it's literally hanging on by a thread , i think it barely made the cutoff at around 5% ( for a pokemon to drop it needs to have less than 4.52% usage ) and most of that usage was probably pure New Toy syndrome and it will very likely drop to UU next month where i think it will stay

[@Metaknighttheloneswordsman]

I love Blaziken ❤️

[@daxterkiddo]

Our favorite Cockmon

[@ShadwehUmbrea]

I prefer to call him "Blazing Chicken", myself.

[@Endershock1678]

I'm surprised you didn't consider Mega Charizard Y when talking about Zard. Sure, it's still not enough to overturn Venasaur, but it's definitely worth mentioning as it's two forms saw a ton of usage in both Singles and Doubles, with Mega Charizard Y being a major player in VGC.

[@chainsawhavoc]

if megas came back gen8/gen9 surprisingly blastoise would probably take the spot as top dog lol. mega blastoise is uber in 8/9 nat dex

[@conansglasses2645]

mega zard Y was def the best kanto starter in gen 6 and 7 singles , in VGC however zard and venusaur ironically had around the same usage because their abilities complement eachother as Zard Y sets up the sun and Venusaur puts the opponent to sleep with Chlorophyl sleep powder + no charge 120bp stab Solar Beam tho megas don't exist anymore and you also have to take into account the 20+ years these pokemon existed in competetive , Zard was phenomenal in 4 years while Venusaur was phenomenal in 24 years

[@Endershock1678]

@@conansglasses2645 I know, I'm just saying it's worth mentioning.

[@brain_tonic]

He did mention zard Y, in like 1 sentence.

[@PixelPikmin]

I love Samurott 😍 I’m happy that it had some relevance in competitive.

[@masonmcmahon512]

Same. Sharpness is such a gift.

[@AuraDivinity]

@@masonmcmahon512Ceaseless Edge is the real reason it sees comp play. Sharpness certifies it as a OU threat

[@Asm0d3u5]

Serperior and Skeledirge are my favorite starters! And they're both SO fun to play with in competitive~

[@castform7]

11:32 Never thought I'd see the day where Overgrow could actually be very useful.

[@linhdt506]

It's because of spore and rage powder. Protean got nerfed in gen 9 and can make Meowscarada lost its grass typing.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@linhdt506Also using Flower Trick with Protean means you’re no longer immune to Prankster.

[@usinklee8673]

Greninja was so good that JPR forgot to even mention Chesnaught and Delphox at all

[@brain_tonic]

He said their names in 1 sentence

[@matthewfitzpatrick2225]

Empoleon had no VGC coverage that’s true, but in 2008 it did win at Worlds so it’s not entirely absent compared to Infernape

[@MasterAbeer101]

Fridays wouldn't be the same without a good JPR video. My favourite starter to use competitively is definitely Mega Swampert cause I love me some rain teams. Honourable mention goes to Greninja with pre Protean/Battle Bond nerf.

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Swampert is a super fun mon to mess around with, def a favorite

[@SchmergDergen]

That gen V sprite of Venusaur looks so good. I hope Game Freak goes back to sprites for a gen to give us super clean sprites that they can likely make run better on whatever hardware.

[@Kubosarutobi]

He mentions the only pokemon being able to wall blaziken are giratina and lugia. Life orb swords dance blaziken does nearly 81 to 96% to standerd sets Giratina with Flare blitz in the sun. Lugia gets roasted after stealth rock. Giratina and lugia can only wall it with rain or when sun isn't active or theres no stealth rock. It does 76.2 to 89.9% to lugia after stealth rock. Which is a guarantee KO if your wondering. Conext Giratina in its Orgin form has base 150 HP 100 defense and is resistance Fire. The only Giratina form that walls blaziken is Alerted form. +2 Flare blitz in the sun only does 30 to 35.5% a 3 hit KO. Yes i did the calculations with the most common and standard sets and evs which is the the great wall sets.

[@robertlupa8273]

Thank you for some corrections. Very much appreciated. ☺👍

[@Kubosarutobi]

@@robertlupa8273 your welcome glad to help😁

[@gengstar09]

He said check, not wall (counter). Giratina/Lugia can come in on the SD and live to Phaze out. If they were counters, they'd be able to switch in on any attack.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@gengstar09Semantics…

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

So glad my favorite Pokemon, Serperior, is good. Contrary is one of my favorite abilities because of it

[@byakko6]

Except for Sceptile all the starters I really like got first place which makes me very happy. Infernape was close and will probably fall behind in the grand scheme due to ScarVi giving it only a friendly handshake while the other two get big bags of cash but this "victory" is enough for me.

[@nintendolife25]

I’m so glad that most of my favorite starters (Venusaur, Greninja, Infernape) are the most viable in competitive play.

[@brain_tonic]

Probably cause you like mons that are good.

[@AnotherLuckyStar]

I am amazed you have not run out of JPR-Avatar entrance ideas for your videos yet. Love it :D

[@machodgdon]

My boy Torterra bout to be shining in the competitive scene

[@robertlupa8273]

1:05 I know PU is supposed to sound like the "ew disgusting" sound people make, but I like the idea (that I've seen somewhere before) that it means "Practically Useless".

[@tobiasfioranelli9108]

empoleon is a vgc world champ!! it was 2009 i think that put it on top of infernape, great work with the video and amazing topic! always waiting from argentina to see the weekly uploads

[@turtlenator6249]

Will say at least Blastoise one in the 2022 Worlds Junior division.

[@jonahdengler3858]

Contrary can still backfire on you if your opponent uses moves like Swagger or Flatter. Believe me, it has happened to me and my rental Malamar in the Battle Agency. I know they’re “not too popular” moves, but it happens a lot in competitive tournaments and facilities.

[@thevideo-beast122]

I’m no competitive Pokémon player, but I did wonder how good a full team of starters would be.

[@GoinGreninja]

Depending on which ones are chosen, pretty decent.

[@robertlupa8273]

Give them all (or a few of them) the Pledge moves while you're at it. It's not often you get to use em.

[@GumCow]

You should totally update this when all starters become available.

[@Leaf_VT]

The Discord sound at the start of the video made me panic check if I was in a Discord call jesus christ

[@buchinyan1019]

Just wanted to point out that the sole reason that empoleon was in OU at the time was new toy syndrome since it got roost and competitive (and also that it had a semi decent matchup against gliscor but like that ran earthquake so not really) while infernape was a former gen 4 staple. Also serperior has seen a decent amount of use in doubles and is a threat if left alone

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

Empoleon has been much better than Infernape on gens 5-7. Empoleon was a fantastic replacement for the Swift Swim Pokemon in the rain meta, and then became one of the most reliable Defog users in the game.

[@Zactoshi]

GRENINJAAAAAAAA!!!

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

wow I did NOT see this coming

[@GoinGreninja]

Obviously, I'm a Greninja fan too. And so far, it's doing pretty nice in competitive and it's still great at tearing up playthroughs.

[@robertlupa8273]

Oh hey it's Zac. Hi Zac!

[@SERMareep2007]

Greninja is overrated.

[@sxewhil]

as a vgc player, I love when you dabble in competitive content

[@crawdaddy2004]

I honestly don’t understand why anyone would prefer singles to doubles battles.

[@Gspoink]

​@@crawdaddy2004It's just more fun for me. That's basically the entire reason. The playstyle allow you to be more comfortable with defensive plays, and I myself prefer sitting and enjoying the game this way than making reads continuosly like in vgc game.

[@Endershock1678]

I've played both, and while VGC is way more fun, it's also heccka stressful IMO. Constant reads, all sorts of outs, even choosing the leads is hard as heck. Sometimes, you just wanna chill. Granted, when I do that, I don't play singles, I just play Stardew Valley, but hey, some people chill with Pokemon

[@DylanIsChillin08]

The fact that Tony the Tiger got buffed this gen is ridiculous, he was doing just fine in gen 8 but they just HAD to give him helping hand and knock off.

[@Facebones2391]

If I were playing competitively I would be inclined to use my unaware skeledirge. If it can make Quaqsire worth using it can certainly make chonky boi good

[@josephcirrincone9596]

As an Emboar fan I really hope it gets something when it comes into gen 9

[@GoinGreninja]

It'd be hilarious if it still was able to learn Scald. He likely will, but still.

[@Endershock1678]

Give it intimidate. Make it a physical attacker that can actually scare Incineroar.

[@danielspain2883]

All the dark type starters won 🥇

[@rockowlgamer631]

There will come a day when Meganium will have justice, it might not be now or in the near future, but mark my words. It will have justice.

[@goGothitaLOL]

As a Torterra stan, if not the upcoming DLC (which we don’t know yet) I suppose you’ll get your chance…….another day

[@rockowlgamer631]

Glad Torterra is getting some love.@@goGothitaLOL

[@TheOnlyGBeast]

Great video!

[@cherrypepsicola7813]

God the regal snake will soon again wreak havoc in a few months going to get gen 6 and gen 7 OU war flashbacks soon

[@colecronin7660]

Funny thing is that meowscarada most of the time does not even use protean. It uses overgrow. This is because it’s so frail that it often holds the focus sash, meaning it is often on 1 HP. The added versatility of protean does not really matter because it just wants to use flower trick most of the time and not much else. So overgrow helps that while protean does not.

[@pepeelghetto1231]

Something worth noting is that in the mega zards era, Charizard was FAR better than venusaur, mainly in VGC, but also in singles. Venusaur was the better option in gen 8 when It comes to VGC tho, and I do agree with Him being the more consistent of the two.

[@ucheajulu1276]

Cinderace and Meowscarade: Big move go Boom

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Bashya-mo with Speed Boost is so cool. Booster should have gotten that Hidden Ability, and the Nitro Charge move to be a take of the Pokémon's name.

[@GoinGreninja]

Using the Japanese names may definitely confuse folks. Why not use the names people know a lot?

[@robertlupa8273]

@@GoinGreninja 'Cause they wanted to confuse people?

[@GoinGreninja]

@@robertlupa8273 That is possible, yeah. But my god is it annoying! Intentional or not.

[@ericriley1985]

​@GoinGreninja It's dumb because Speed Boost isn't called "Speed Boost" in Japanese: its "kasoku" (accelerate). The language inconsistency means it wouldn't fit with "Booster" (Flareon).

[@Thund3rDrag0n12]

Why're you typing in English but using the Japanese names?

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Having 5 Zigzaguma is only used in Ruby and Sapphire since rare items from Pickup only depend on the level since later in Emerald.

[@SoulXCross.]

Bro... Empoleon won VGC worlds one year. Infernape never won worlds.

[@tktyga77]

If only the Johto starters (not just H Typhlosion) got some form of justice, especially Meganium (which is not only the worst Johto starter, but the worst starter to ever perform competitively). Fortunately, H Typhlosion could work quite well with its dual STAB alongside Focus Blast & maybe Grass Tera Blast

[@CheshireTheMaid]

A JPR video, and on my birthday? Sweet

[@ruonai.4195]

Just wanna say, skeledirge is the best in singles by far, it’s unironically one of the best mons in ubers despite not belonging to the tier, it sits on koraidon, it sits on arceus, it sits on zacian, it’s just too good defensively while being an attacking Pokemon at the same time

[@rpjoca4644]

5:52 wdym Empoleon non existent in vgc, it won worlds once

[@Keng04T]

“Goofy looking cabbage frog” 😂😂😂

[@Pterokid1]

What video? 10:57 has chuggaaconroy posted a scarvi vid? Or is it from Twitter or somewhere else

[@FlygonkingVGC]

Empoleon won the 2009 world championships how is it not good in vgc

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Sa-naito with Synchro and any neutral Nature is the best leading Pokémon to hunt for the best starting Nature. Ralts can evolve to Kirlia to Sa-naito by leveling up.

[@pokemonracer5540]

Can’t wait for Indigo Disk.

[@pauldurst3901]

Please do a video like this but with competitive legendaries/mythical (:

[@crawdaddy2004]

Incineroar is bananas good…

[@EmperorHelix]

Sceptile will always be my favorite. The first Grass Dragon in the series. Getting Lightningrod and Unburden was strange though.

[@sevendeadlysquids404]

Can’t wait to watch a 12 minute video about how busted Meganium is!

[@kanauso3706]

Love the content.

[@I_Am_Bowi]

Can you do this video for legendary trios?

[@stevebazin127]

Protean + life orb greninja was my ace for years

[@pepeelghetto1231]

Grass type dominance baby 😎

[@ImyIsStillHere]

I just like Inteleon. He doesn't need bulk. Its fun to use

[@andrewandreski2659]

Blaziken is my boi 🥰

[@user-sb4jm1od7t]

He's our best boy🥰

[@Elite4koga]

3:53 im goated i know

[@romez6742]

Anyone else notice the discord call and kingdom hearts pause menu sounds?

[@ironmuro]

5:24 Yeeeeah Empoleon wasn't surviving the higher tiers in Gen 5 with a weakness to Fighting... It's kinda why it is still kinda my least favorite Water Starter to this day. He has good typing, but a low special defense and is week to Fighting and Ground. Those are just hard to get behind a lot of the time for me.

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Bulbasure is the nerd

[@miikaroos3809]

Just today I had a Link Battle where my Battle Bond Greninja swept through five of my opponent's Pokémon until his own Life Orb and poison damage took him out. He was simply too strong and fast for the opposing team. Protean may suck now, but I honestly don't see why some people think that Battle Bond is ruined. So what if Greninja can't switch anymore, if it can take out even one or two opponents after the BB boost, it's usually worth it.

[@et34t34fdf]

I would say though, in gen 2 specifically, Meganium is actually the best starter competitively, out of the Jotho starters.

[@matthewesposito6973]

Even though I don’t play competitive I still doubt this so interesting

[@Scorpion15731]

I wonder if that’s why we got like 3 more fire/ fight starters. They were trying to make one better than blaziken.

[@a_cup_of_joe540]

RAAAAAAAHHHH FERALIGATR SWEEP!!!!!!🐊🐊🐊

[@Chtsht23]

Dude the Discord chirp at the beginning threw me off.

[@goGothitaLOL]

Same

[@Allen-qs2xr]

7:21 Is that a Gallade using Wide Guard in a singles battle???

[@profesoroca2591]

I think Typhlosion with Eruption has had better history that Feraligatr

[@treyjay9560]

Me, personally, while I do like basketball shoes and sneakers (not enough to call myself a sneaker head), I can’t bring myself to justify spending more than $200 CAD on a pair of shoes; I would only spend that much on a pair if I *REALLY* wanted them, but that’s rarely ever the case.

[@chinatown3567]

charizards been annoying in gen 9 as well with torkoal in doubles.

[@Endershock1678]

Why would you use Charizard over Chi Yu?

[@baalfgames5318]

I ❤ Beefysaur.

[@localnekonia6830]

Bro did you forget blastoise got shell smash and then got banned for it??

[@gavinaaric]

Did not watch but hopefully Charzaird Y or maybe X is on Gen 6

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

HE’S NOT A FROG 🐸 🐸🐸🐸

[@robertlupa8273]

Venusaur is very much a froggers poggers

[@GoinGreninja]

You're correct. Venusaur is a type of toad.

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

@@GoinGreninja yes that’s what I meant

[@AHomelessShoe]

Man, meganium needs a nee regional form.

[@terractus9972]

Not mentioning zard’s gen6/7 vgc appearances is a crime

[@DylanSwag42]

Why'd they have to nerf my first starter Inteleon 😔 Doubling up on Crit Chance with Focus Energy and Snipe Shot was so good

[@D461Sage]

Sceptile is nowhere near 4 time in a row OU swampert. Edit: with a significant role in Gen 9 OU

[@denryuu3]

Interesting to see your perspective. I don't do competitive battling, but I do a lot of raids in Gen 9. The Kalos starters in particular I see very differently (I'm not disputing what you are saying, just coming from a raid side of things) - but Chesnaught is amazing as it can belly drum, it is grass/fighting, it can use drain punch, it can finish with wood hammer or close combat after it teras (if it even needs to). Not good for every situation, but just the one I need sometimes. My Delphox is set up to use mystical fire and light screen, as well as nasty plot (or sometimes skill swap) and blast burn for once she teras. She has a clear amulet, which helps with her witch theme as well as allowing her to avoid debuffs and tons of damage (a handful of raid bosses try to slow you down so they can flinch you or some other similar strat, if they can't slow you down they will still keep trying to with a rare chance of actually attacking, don't tell the devs). She is situationally extremely good, with her special defense support. She can survive against a lot of special attackers that are strong against her (I used her as much as I could against the event Hydreigons and Hatterenes before the Mewtwo raid, notably using dark pulse and earth power). You could even do a psychic build, mine is all fire. Greninja I do not use, he dies too quickly and protean doesn't really offer that huge of an advantage with his moveset when you can choose someone else better at whatever he's trying to do. Also protean only works once in gen 9, sadly. I'm not saying he can't make it through a raid, but I would not pick him tbh. I have seen a lot that have not made it through a raid. It is hard to salvage things when your timer is constantly getting drained by a Greninja dying each turn, it turns into a race sometimes. I doubt most people look at it the raid-focused way I do so I thought I'd share, thanks for the informative video!

[@terryliliana]

2 gens straight where the grass starter is actually viable and stronk? Wow.

[@felixrivera6546]

Greninja is my favorite

[@That0therG]

Feel a bit cheated that we didn't discuss anything lower than bdsp, I undsmerstand that most wouldn't care but it makes the smtitle feel.a bit clikbaity

[@omarbrito8094]

Gen 3 charizard in singles was good

[@resurrection7480]

Its funny how in the modern day mega blastoise is the most superior out of all the kanto megas due to it getting shell smash,now its in national dex ubers chilling with mega blaziken

[@skeetermania3202]

Not relevant for standard metas, so pretty moot outside of fun side trivia.

[@resurrection7480]

@@skeetermania3202 but megas existed tody,thats where they would've been and nat dex is official,its not some,its legit,they even have tier changes every month and they just released ru lately too,its a well respected and well considered meta

[@machspeed20]

Me hping sceptile gets a torterra level buff (its not happening, im on copium).

[@goGothitaLOL]

As a Torterra stan, if not the upcoming DLC (which we don’t know yet) I suppose you’ll get your chance…….another day

[@GoinGreninja]

Doesn't it already do pretty good with a Terrain Seed gotten from a Terrain Setter while having the ability Unburden to double up speed and become a fast bolt?

[@machspeed20]

@GoinGreninja it's a pokemon that is clearly built and designed to be a physical attacker with special attacking stats, the only reason its a special attacker is because moves like leafblade and dragon claw were special attacks back in gen 3. The special movepool is absolutely garbage, and gamfreak refuses to do anything about it, no calm mind, no nasty plot, no earth power or thunderbolt, just realiant on focus blast (i despise focus blast). Terrain seed doesn't do much when its special attack is mediocre with no decent boasting moves to back it up. pokemon should either boast give it some boasting moves for the special side or, at the very least, swap its physical and special attack. Then, sceptile can become a great force with access to the funny swords dance scale shot (white herb makes it funnier). That will never happen though so just give it calm mind or something.

[@GoinGreninja]

@@machspeed20 That is true. Its stats really don't flow with its movepool. So hopefully when it comes back in The Indigo Disk, it at least learns one good set-up move and a coverage move. That in itself could help it a fair bit.

[@RhyperiorRanger]

Using Kingdom Hearts sfx I see 👀

[@bluuangel004]

Agree with everything except Kanto. Mega Zard X / Y > Mega Venusaur. Bottom tier at Singles? You kidding me? It was on a lot of teams. Same with GMax Zard.

[@1musamune]

Fool Chuck Norris wqould have Magikarp as his starter and then beat the E-4 with a team of Magikar, not because he caught 6 magikarp but because he roundhouse kicked his starter and it broke into six fully grown Magikarp.

[@pepeelghetto1231]

... Empoleon won a world championship in VGC xd

[@kirbydude667]

Poor Meganium.

[@Icassin]

they did my boy inteleon dirty in gen 8 :( ig the ability is fitting to the design but other starters in gen 8 got way better ones

[@gummygamer396]

Blastoise is KING

[@Farza2005]

Tbh if middle east comaptitve pokemon did not take off and is played casualy here