... and Typhlosion.

...and that soccer rabbit shitmon is there too I guess...

>>59199115
...and that skibidi toilet shitmon canonically weaker than its own baby I guess

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>stealth starterwar thread

everyone is trying to stand neutrally/symmetrically and then that fuckass lizard has to do its pose

>>59199115
...and Incineroar.

>>59199115
...and Charizard.

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>>59199115
Kinda hoping for a kino final evo for Browt on par with Sceptile

>>59199131
Stealth?

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>>59199115

>>59199115
Cinderace and Greninja MY HEROES

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>>59199115
reminder

>>59199115
...and meowscarada

>>59200004
Solid taste all around ngl the only one here I'd consider the weakest of their trio in terms of design would by Typhlosion but thats only because Decidueye and Samurott are that good

>>59200004
>contrarian picks
thanks for the reminder to not take /vp/ seriously

>>59199115
Feraligatr looks so ugly

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sorry I posted the wrong picture. Meant this one.

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>>59200038
>>contrarian picks
wrong
cope

>>59200038
Yeah liking grenigger is such a contrarian take

>>59200210
>cyndaquil and charmander at the top in votes, grookey at the bottom
contrarian picks right there (ignoring that this poll has types competing instead of gens)

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>>59200367
Totodile is 2nd place overall
Bulbasaur is 2nd place overall
Sobble and Grookey are virtually tied in votes

so nah

>>59199115
gamefreak should retcon gen 6 and onwards and start anew nothing of value would be lost

>>59201412
so far I only see you coping with nonsensical contrarian polls

so yes

No first partner Pokemon is a contrarian pick, none of them. They are designed to be pangaeacly well liked therefore they are all slop. Anticontrarians love to gobble down sloppy comfortable answers, and since there are 50 of them to every 1 actual thinking, feeling person, conformist garbage will continue to be the only access point into the Pokemon world we are given.
DO NOT LET THEM TAKE YOUR FIRST STEPS FOR YOU!
BOX YOUR FIRST PARTNER POKEMON, FREE MAN!

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>>59199115
The middle row are my heroes!

>>59200210
Blastoisebros... we really fell off hard huh? Why don't people love our pure water shitmon with a handful of 70bp pulse moves (breeding only)?

>>59201448
>first partner
opinion discarded

>>59201448
>first partner
Retardedly
> They are designed to be pangaeacly well liked therefore they are all slop
Retard, nearly every trio has one starter the devs want people to like while the other two are kneecaped to make the favorite look better,

>>59201485
But if you check the actual results from that reddit poll Blastoise has like twice as many fans as Venusaur
https://pastebin.com/rFq663H7
Bulbasaur hard carrying

>>59201459
>Delphox is the only one smart enough to use his tail for modesty
Lol

am i the only one who never uses the starter?

>>59201507
Hot take here: I think the blatant shill starter didn't happen until Gen 6 with Protean Ash-Greninja, Speedboost Mega Blaziken and Double Mega Charizard. Until then there wasn't any big shill pushes. Charizard was popular for normal reasons, Blaziken was popular for normal reasons and Infernape was popular for normal reasons. (the reason is DUDE FIRE COOL)

>>59201524
very incorrect, Blaziken got a hearty push before Gen 3 even came out and was specifically chosen as not only the only starter to do but was shown beating Ash's Charizard to really nail in the idea that it was the big new thing

>>59201553
Then why is Ash using a Sceptile?