What is your favourite trio of starters?

I'm probably really biased because my favorite gen is gen 2, and it's the first gen I ever started with. I think they're super cute (although Chikorita is probably my least favorite out of the trio). I'm not one of those players that chooses Pokémon on stats though lol. I choose based on if I like their appearance or not.

 

Gen 7 would be my least favorite due to only liking one full evo line (Rowlet), 2 of an evo line (Litten), and not at all liking the third one (Popplio)

anyways my favorite would have to be Gen 3, the Mudkip and Torchic lines are awesome and while not a huge fan of Treecko it still is a cool line
Every Gen has at least 2 good starters imo but Gen 3 stands out the most in my mind (and is also probably helped by nostalgia due to Emerald being my first Pokémon game)

same!

 

2, 3, and 7 are the best.

 

Gen 2 and gen 4 are good ones for me, I like the starters in there. But I gotta give it to gen 3 on this, I always have trouble deciding between those starters, I don’t have a clear favorite and I don’t have one I dislike more than the others. They’re the most solid ones for me.

 

I voted for Gen 3. Easily has my most favorite Pokémon in Treecko, Torchic and MUDKIP!

 

Gen V for me. I love all the base forms a ton, and the final evolutions are really cool (although Emboar loses a bit of its flare for being the third god damn Fire/Fighting starter in a row). I mean, Samurott is one of my favorite Pokémon ever.

Gen III is a very close second though. I love the Treeco and Torchic lines (Blaziken is also one of my all-time favs), and while I didn't use to like Mudkip's evolutions very much, they have grown on me over the years and that just solidified when I decided to one him in my recent nuzlocke.

 

While every generation has good starters, most also have bad ones. Chikorita is enough to kick Gen 2 out for me, and same with Quilladin and Torterra. I love the Gen 5 starters' base forms, but they lose because Tepig's evolutions are a huge disappointment. Gen 7 has good ones, but Popplio is kind of underwhelming for me, while it's evolved forms are the opposite extreme. Gen 1 has great ones, and I love Bulbasaur a lot, but Venusaur is very ugly, and Charizard is overhyped. Gen 3 wins for me because every starter in all of its forms is great, each for different reasons, and feel unique while still being relatively simple. Except the megas, those are awesome because of their complexity and unique uses.

 

I'd have to say gen 2 because that's the only generation where I actually like ALL of the starters, and I legitimately have a hard time deciding which one to pick. I also like each of the evolutionary stages of all of the gen 2 starters and wouldn't mind not evolving them or only evolving them once. Generally I'm not a fan of the water starters, but the Totodile line is easily my favorite of the water starters. Primarina is pretty cool, although I'm not a fan of the pre-evolutions.

 

Gen two has a special place in my heart despite me starting my Pokémon journey with gen one. Chikorita is special to me ;w; <3
I do really really like the past two gen's starters though! I dunno if that's just because I started watching the anime again with gen six though!

 

My own personal favorites from least to greatest:

• Gen II: Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile: I feel they're both bland design-wise and gameplay wise. At the time they were introduced, I feel that everyone preferred the Gen I starters. Only one I really touched in Crystal and HGSS was Cyndaquil and I still found it to be difficult at time to use.
  
• Gen V: Snivy, Tepig and Oshawott: Same thing as above, but I did like the base forms. Emboar and Samurott turned out to be disappointments simply because the former was another fire-fighting (although I do understand why it is so since the three fire fighting evos represent different styles of martial arts) and the latter was just a slightly slower Feraligatr with minute differences. Same typing and all. I'm also wondering how in the world Emboar is faster than Incineroar?
  
• Gen IV: Turtwig, Chimchar and Piplup: I actually enjoyed using these guys, Torterra and Empoleon (fav final starter typing) had a nice mixture of offense and defense. I was again disappointed but understanding of Infernape.
• Gen VI: Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie: Typings...awesome...design...awesome. I guess the only reason it's not my favorite was because I feel that Mega Evolution of the Gen I starters overshadowed it. I love the "warrior" theme of the final evolutions going from a knight, witch/mage and ninja.
  
• Gen I: Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle: You were pretty much the coolest trainer in town if you had all three of these Pokémon in your roster. I've used them extensively and their designs are fantastic even compared to today's.
• Gen VII: Rowlet, Litten and Popplio: My second favorite trio. Each one is really cool and vastly different from one another. Kinda wish they were a little faster. Decidueye has 70 base speed compared to Incineroar and Primarina's 60.
• Gen III: Treecko, Torchic and Mudkip: My personal favorite. It excites me more that they had gotten Mega Evolutions. I feel like they had more of an in-tune design compared to nature, fitting right in to Hoenn's warmer climate as opposed to something else like seeing a fire monkey in the cold Sinnoh region.

 

I love gen 3 with gen 1 coming up close behind mostly because I like treeko and torchic and for gen 1 I love charmander. Both gens have the majority of my Pokémon memories and that isn't going to change anytime soon.

 

Am I the only person here who likes the Kalos starters? The theme of fighter-mage-thief, finally giving us a (non-legendary) Fire-Psychic, and generally satisfying aesthetics and tactics all around? Every other generation there's at least one full evo that I dislike in some aspect, such that if I had a random starter chosen for me there'd be between a 33% and 100% chance (I'm looking at you, Sinnoh) I'd be disappointed with what I got, but Kalos I'd be happy with any starter. It even provided my first case of liking the Grass starter most of the trio ever.

 

I ultimately voted Gen I because of Charizard being my favorite, but Gen III is really close.

 

Its a tie between gen III and gen IV. I loved Turtwig and piplup for what they evolve into. I even love Infernape for its fighting abilities. Gen III is amazing because its gen III. One of the few times when I can say that all of the starters look cute(especially Mudkip). All three evolve into such great Pokémon and each hold a special place in my heart.

 

Gen VII has the best designed starters and I haven't been impressed with such a starter revelation ever since Gen IV.

 

Easily Gen 3 if only because Torchic is my favorite starter. I have a tattoo of him for a reason.

 

My Favourite Will Be Gen 5/Gen 7.

Althought My First Generation Starter I Play Is Generation 2(I Forget Which Starter),But Generation 5 And Generation 7 Catch My Attention.But Generation 5 Keep My Passion For Pokémon Going With Amazing Storyline-In Addtion,I Also Chosen Snivy As My Starter Since I Watched The Playthough And Manage To Play The Game For A Period Through ROM Files.

BUt My Game Are Removed From The App-So,I Going To Restart All Over Again If I Can WIth New Better Name.(I Maybe Replace 'Geronimo' With 'Cassini' As My Snivy's Name And Change My Trainer Name-'Geroniny' Is Way Too Long For Generation 5 Trainer Naming...)