Thread: Gen V: which starter did you choose and why is it superior to the other two?

Just like the tag line says, which starter did you choose and why is it superior to the other two?

I have played Pokémon since I had the dexterity to hold a controller, however it was not until recently that I have decided to play a more technical game. I am looking to breed and raise the strongest Pokémon I possibly can!

It all starts with the Pokémon you choose at the start. So, present your arguments. Snivy, Tepig, or Oshawott?

I started with Oshawott.
In games, imo, the more effective eay of building a team is by coverage (as Blue says before you battle him for the Champion title: "I've assembled teams that can defeat any pokemon" or something similar). That said, Snivy is discarded, his offensive movepool is really lame in terms of coverage (aerial ace, dragon tail and that´s all, aquatail comes in B2W2). But if you'd get a Contrary Snivy as starter, then it becomes a nice option. In white I trained a snivy, but it worried me how it could battle a limited number of opponents. Samurott gets ice beam, xscissor, grass knot and night slash.

Emboar is quite slow, Samurott is more balanced stat-wise. These are my reasons for picking the otter.

oshawott cos it can surf. Tbh i dislike all the unova starters.

I chose Oshawott. Snivy's evolution has no legs, and grass has a trillion weakness. Tepig looks, well really really fat...

Originally Posted by PiPie314

Tepig looks, well really really fat...

thats what turned me off too.

Snivy because it's a challenge. And it's fast.

But to be honest I just always end up going for the grass types.

I chose Oshawott, who is the best Unova starter because otters are one of the coolest, most awesome animals on the planet and I adore them. I thought the scalchop was a really original and clever idea, not to mention Samurott's mustache of glory.

Snivy, because it and its evolutions are beautiful. I don't think not having legs has to be a negative, it makes it unique! All though those little stubs that pass as hands make Serperior... Interesting...

It's not that I didn't like Oshawott, I chose it in Black 2, but my brother chose it. And we sort of have a thing where he, our friend and I tend to pick different starters.

I would have liked Tepig's family as well, but for some reason someone down at Nintendo decided "you know what would be a great idea! ANOTHER fire/fighting type starter!"

I appreciate your opinions, I am looking for a more..... scientific approach to this though. I plan on breeding and such using IVs and EVs so I was wondering on a more stat and evolution based scenario.

I got played with Gen 5...

When I first saw the starters, I despised Snivy for being girl-ish and Oshawott for its peculiar design. Tepig looked okay, I took Tepig.
Later on, I learned about the final forms... Damn, I said, I am going with Oshawott in Grey, Samurott rocks!

Except that BW2 came instead of Grey, and the trailer had a canon team of Emboar, Arcanine and Lucario... I had to go with Emboar again...

Now, I have all three because of trades, yet I prefer Oshawott the most, even though I got twice with Tepig...