Have your opinions changed on a certain Pokemon?

I think a majority of people know that I used to hate on Ampharos. For a pretty petty reason too. That it looks like a kangaroo instead of a sheared sheep. After having it as my avatar for so long and drawing it more often, I've grown fond of the little yellow lighthouse.

 

When I started Moon, going in mostly blind (I only knew the starters, the legendaries, and the version exclusives as well as a few early/popular mon that people were leaking everywhere- such as the Alolan Vulpix/Ninetales, Togendamaru, and Pikipek) I considered Cutiefly a 'meh' Pokémon and only caught one for the Pokédex/to learn its typing. Near the end of the game I needed a final Pokémon and Toucannon wasn't sitting well with me for whatever reason. I was running out of ideas, and was starting to think about looking online for team ideas when I decided 'why the heck not' and tried the Cutiefly I caught way back at the beginning of the game and never touched. That Cutiefly became the Ribombee that ultimately won the Champion battle for me <3 Cutiefly/Ribombee are now a pair of Pokémon that I love and cherish~

 

I've always wanted a Noivern, so when I was finally able to get one in my X game, I was super excited. It really wasn't worth all the trouble I went through to train and evolve it, and even as a Noivern I was pretty disappointed. It only became viable because I threw a Choice Specs on it, and it didn't even have a hindering nature.

I also remember desperately wanting a Beautifly when I first played ORAS, so I was excited to catch a Wurmple and hopefully evolve it. Of course... it evolved into Cascoon instead of Silcoon, and then into Dustox, and I felt pretty disappointed. Thankfully, Dustox proved me wrong due to its surprising defenses, and its special attack wasn't half bad either. I ended up having a newfound respect for the poison moth.

 

There's been a few.

Genesect: I went from hating to loving this damn thing. When I first saw Genesect, I thought its design was kind of lame, and it quite honestly just reminded me of a reskinned Kabutops. The only thing that redeemed it for me was the movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened. If it wasn't for the fact that this thing could transform into a type of flying rover, how they were visually portrayed in the movie, or with their movements and battle technique, I'd probably still have the same opinion on it. I can now proudly say that it's easily one of my favorites. All because of something so simple!

Ho-Oh: Once again, I went from hating to loving. Between Lugia and Ho-Oh, Lugia was an easy favorite. Something about Ho-Oh's design used to strike me as odd and naked for some reason? It felt more flat than it did feathery and I hated it and its color scheme as a child. However, once I played through Heart Gold (after Soul Silver of course), its entrance cut scene just blew me away and I finally realized how truly colorful and beautiful this Pokémon was. Now, its appearance in the recent I Choose You! movie once again, unexpectedly impressed me with how majestic it was. While it might not be a newfound favorite of mine, I certainly adore it more than I did initially.

 

For me it is Beedrill.

I used to loathe it. Way too common, annoying, and mostly, weak. Then I was playing an X-wonderlocke and one of my first trades was a Weedle. I despaired but still took it along on the team. I found myself shoving it in the box, not wanting to have to trade it away after I won a Gym. I realized that slowly I was starting to like the Pokémon. He reached level 50 before I had to trade it away and I am still sad that I have. But I found a new respect for the original bee Pokémon.

 

I guess for me my opinions on Pokémon only tend to change when they're part of a duo or trio. Like I used to prefer Hitmonchan, but after a while I started to prefer Hitmonlee.

 

Maybe the only one that counts is Emolga. I don't like the majority of GenV Pokémon, but Emolga has kinda grown on me, primarily because of its cuteness.

 

I never really used Keldeo in the games, so it didn't appeal much to me. However, I used it on a Monotype Competitive team and was amazed by how good it actually is! It's moderately defensive with 91/90//90 bulk, really fast with 108 speed and a hard hitter with 129 special attack. What I like about it the most is the Calm Mind + Substitute combo, since it can set up substitute fast and start setting up with ease. Water and Fighting is great offensive and defensive typing as well. Overtime I really came to appreciate the little aqua pony.

 

I used to like Reshiram, buuuuut not so much anymore these days. ._.

 

I didn't hate any particular Pokémon, but there were a few that I didn't like either. Mudkip. When I first got Mudkip, I though, "ew this is my starter?" I felt like it was underwhelming for a while until it evolved into Swampert. Suddenly I was completely destroying my opponents with earthquake. Despite its lack luster looks, I grew to adore that water ground type and I even found Mudkips appearance kinda cute.

 

Long ago when I first started Pokémon X (I was a noob at this time) I took Fennekin, probably because I thought it was cute. Now I love Greninja so much more <3
Even longer ago, I took Torchic/Blaziken in AS because it was my favorite (prob ‘cause it looked cool). When I re-started it, I tried Treecko and now it’s my favorite Hoenn starter! Its last evolution had so much speed and power.
And, Slugma was just a meh Pokémon for me, but when I got it as my first full odds shiny (it that how you call it?), it became a little special.
Same thing for Goomy as I used it as "me" here.
And at the beginning, Ribombee was just a super cute Pokémon, but now that I’ve used it and seen how poserful it was, I love it even more! <3

 

Most of Gen V

I always thought Greninja was kind of weird, but after using it in Smash, it grew on me a lot and now it's one of my favorites.

 

Gen 5 seems to be a polarizing place. I mostly agree. Particularly I used to like Kyurem and dislike both of the other mascots, but a few years ago that turned entirely upside down for me: now I think Kyurem is needlessly angry-looking and doesn't really represent wuji, while the black and white Dragons have each held pretty significant places in any FF I've written since then, especially since they're such a good reflection of Dao.