Thread 58596534

Now that the Switch 1 era of Pokemon is coming to a close, what are your thoughts on the new starters and starter forms that were introduced?

Typhlosion is the only good design there.

>>58596534 (OP)
Skibbidigatr is the only terrible design there

>>58596534 (OP)
How would you save inteleon?

>>58596770
Give it an actual ability and signature move that isn't slop

>>58596770
Delete it from the series

>>58596534 (OP)

>rillaboom
Fantastic
>dynamax
retarded
>Cinderace
conspet mon that doesn't make sense in nature
>dynbamax
retarded
>intelion
same as cinderace, but not as bad.
>dynamax
I get the idea, but It's still dumb

>kick boxing owl
cool
>fire ghost weasel
cool
>samurott, but evil
retarded

>paldea
cool, cool, lame
>Kalos megas
based, fantastic designs. Mega Greninja being the worst mega design because his base design is so good.

>ZA megas
cool, cool, lmao

>>58596770
Make Snipe Shot boost crit rate like Focus Energy. Won't make it amazing but it will at least have something.

>>58596534 (OP)
I only like Cinderace/GMax Cinderace

>>58596534 (OP)
>Inteleon
>duck
>toilet gator
Water starters are the big losers here

>>58596813
pretty top tier taste, anon

>>58596534 (OP)
I hate gen 8 starters and their forms. Hisuian starters all have nice, thematically fitting designs, overall great. Paldea starters are alright. A welcome addition after gen 8 failure. ZA, megas are meh. Only meganium is "good" emboar is good enough for emboar.
>Kalos
Winners of the generation. Beautiful crafted megas and demonstrates that their base designs was alright. Probably one of my favorite starter trios now

>>58596941
Rillaboom is the gen 8 loser
Emboar is the ZA loser

>>58596770
Make Snipe Shot a guaranteed crit move. That’s it. If the other two can have brainless “just click the button” signature moves, so can Inteleon in the same generation Dracovish exists in.
252+ SpA Choice Specs Sniper Tera Water Inteleon Snipe Shot vs. 4 HP / 252+ SpD Blissey in Rain on a critical hit: 552-651 (84.6 - 99.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

>>58596534 (OP)
Pretty decent all things considered, I was truly worried that Yaoihands the Lizard™ would drag everything down. However the one true shitter is, CinderFLOP!

>>58596813
>Evil Samurai
>Retarded
Okay fake fan

>>58596534 (OP)
the rape fanfics really did not help that typhlosion design, it looks even more like a rapist.

>>58596941
True, but H-Samurott is pretty great

>>58596534 (OP)
Interesting that you're thinking gen10 won't be released for SW1.
Like hell TPCi will let go of that 154M userbase, get ready for one last (buggy and unstable) ride.

>>58598719
Game Freak never wanted typhlosion to have fans in the first place. Its sole purpose was to make CHARIZARD look better, but against all reason it got a fanbase. They made H.Typhlosion to ruin typhlosion but were too stupid to realize that a badger Yokai that leads a night parade of 100 demons is actually cool. So it had the opposite effect. when Typhlosionfans were actually happy about the ONE time game freak gave them anything, game freak’s replaced its ability with the regional form Frisk in the one and only open sheet generation to make it a shitmon. But when against all reason it managed be good in Reg H, Game Freak rolled out the big guns and
wrote essentially the worst kind of blood libel against the entire typhlosion line and let it leak and basically the entire world swallowed its
You can’t make this shit up. Never has a company been so angry that people like one of their products

>>58598804
>They made H.Typhlosion to ruin typhlosion
Then why the ghostly badger that helps ghost to go to the afterlife is a better idea than generic ass cartoon animal with fire slapped on it?

>>58598819
> Then why the ghostly badger that helps ghost to go to the afterlife
Game freak is legit stupid enough to think that’s a bad thing.
These are the same people who’s idea of shilling Feraligatr is to make it a toilet and call it’s bite weaker than its own baby. They legit have brain worms
>generic ass cartoon animal with fire slapped on it?
Go back

>>58596770
Intelleon is simply a boring design competitively. Fast water type special attacker is all it has. That'd probably be cool in gen 4 and 5, but compared to changing your type after different moves and swapping hazards or set up a field condition that allies can make use of too and gives you strong priority, it's nothing. It'd need to be designed from the ground up. Lots of damage if it uses focus energy isn't nearly as interesting of an idea.

>>58598736
Anon we already know that Gen 10 is Switch 2 exclusive because of the teraleak

>>58598893
To add, I don't mind it being lower tiered. I think Hisuian Decidueye is a vastly better starter design than it, despite it being PU instead of PUBL. Fighting move that is powerful with 0 draw backs? That's already fairly cool and rare. Scrappy to prevent Intimidate and Ghost type switch ins? Very unique. A whole bunch of bullshit added effects? Wonderful. It's in currently in a meta where Virizion (a pokemon with the same typing) and Alolan Decidueye (a pokemon that takes up the same species slot) are pretty well used as well as a plethora of other Fighting and Grass types being higher tier. Hisuian Decidueye is over kill with it's move and ability while being low tier, but in places where it is viable, it cannot be said to be uninteresting. Hisuian Decidueye is a shitmon starter done right. Intelleon is an utter failure. I say this as someone who loves Unovan Samurott, so I know the pain.

>>58598929
The owl’s stats hold it back.

u forgot these

>>58598840
>Go back
Make me

Kalos Starters were always good, and the Megas are a well deserved upgrade.
Hisui Starters have a great aesthetic to match the world of the game. But after the teraleaks I can't look at this Typhlosion the same way again...Ruined forever.
Galar Starters are ok as sports mascots I guess.
Paldea might be bottom of the barrel. They just don't stand out now with every starter Pokemon getting some special power up nowadays. And Quaxly was so unpopular, kids just pick up a Gyarados instead. Absolutely dire.

>>58596534 (OP)
>Rilaboom
Main body without the drum: cool
In-game mode with the drum: shit
>Gigantamax Rilaboom
nice
>Cinderace
Ok.
>Gigantamax Cinderace
Nice
>Inteleon
No
>Gigantamax Inteleon
No
>Hisuian Decidueye
Nice. Much better than the original
>Hisuian Typhlosion
Nice. As good as the original, but I personally like it more
>Hisuian Samurott
Nice. Slightly better than the original
>Meowscarada
Nice, but not my kind of design personally.
>Skeledirge
Great. Best starter of the Switch era
>Quaquaval
No
>Mega Chesnaught
Nice. Much better than the original
>Mega Delphox
No
>Mega Greninja
Ok. Boring, but harmless
>Mega Meganium
Nice
>Mega Emboar
Nice
>Mega Feraligatr
No!!!

>>58596534 (OP)
>>58599106
>Rilaboom
Main body without the drum: cool
In-game mode with the drum: shit
>Gigantamax Rilaboom
nice
>Cinderace
Ok.
>Gigantamax Cinderace
Nice
>Inteleon
No
>Gigantamax Inteleon
No
>Gigantamax Venusaur
Cool
>Gigantamax Charizard
Cool
>Gigantamax Blastoise
Cool
>Hisuian Decidueye
Nice. Much better than the original
>Hisuian Typhlosion
Nice. As good as the original, but I personally like it more
>Hisuian Samurott
Nice. Slightly better than the original
>Meowscarada
Nice, but not my kind of design personally.
>Skeledirge
Great. Best starter of the Switch era
>Quaquaval
No
>Mega Chesnaught
Nice. Much better than the original
>Mega Delphox
No
>Mega Greninja
Ok. Boring, but harmless
>Mega Meganium
Nice
>Mega Emboar
Nice
>Mega Feraligatr
No!!!

>>58596534 (OP)
Not a single good design

>>58596534 (OP)
>Hisui
One of the most aesthetic starters in the series. Look like ancient folklore creatures
>Galar
One of the ugliest starters in the series. They belong in a cereal box cover

Neutral on the rest