Its best stat is in Speed, followed by Defense and Special Defense. All Starters tend to have pretty good stats, but depending on your own battle style will really determine which stats are best for you. Stats are arguably the most important aspect of a Pokémon because even if you have the best Type combination possible, low stats means the Pokémon is going to fall in battle quickly. Meanwhile Grass Pokémon are noticeably less common than Water Pokémon and Fire types are even rarer than those, so if you’re only planning to stick to a core team of Pokémon throughout the entire game and you’re one of those players that always uses their Starter, this is an often overlooked aspect to think about. For example, Water Pokémon are exceptionally common and so if you go with Oshawott, you’ll be basically choosing it over a ton of other Pokémon that you’ll encounter. As such, it’s important to see how easy it is to get a type in the wild. Sure you might want a team with Gyarados, Butterfree and Articuno because they all look cool to you, but a single Raichu can make quick work of them all. You’re probably not going to want to have more than one of the same types in your main team simply to prevent yourself from a tactical disadvantage. You might not think of this at first, but the Starter’s type is important in a different way. However, don’t just a Pokémon just on its type. Tepig is probably the worst defensively just due to all its weaknesses and how common those Pokémon and type attacks are. So which is better Type wise? Defensively the Oshawott family is in the early stages of the game based on what Pokémon you’ll encounter. This means defensively, Tepig is actually better in its first stage than in its final two evolutions, but a savvy player can make up for this with a good moveset and strategy. Psychic is still the most commonly used type in PvP battles and Water and Flying Pokémon are the most prevalent in the game. It loses the Rock weakness, but gains Psychic and Flying. However it now takes double damage from Flying, Ground, Psychic and Water attacks. Chaoboo and Emboar take half damage from Bug, Dark, Fire, Grass, Ice and Steel attacks, or it gains another defensive advantage. Once it evolves into Chaoboo, its weakness and strengths change dramatically. Ground and Water attacks are fairly common so this can be a problem for Tepig. In its first stage of evolution, Tepig is strong against Bug, Fire, Grass, Ice and Steel attacks but will take double damage against Ground, Rock and Water attacks.

However it is the third Pokémon in a row to become Fire/Fighting, so both you and your friends should be well prepared for this. Tepig is unique amongst this generation starters as it becomes the only dual type Pokémon. However, everyone and their dog has an Electric type Pokémon (or at least electric moves) in PvP battles, so keep that in mind depending on if you play against a lot of friends or not. Both Grass and Electric Pokémon are less common than several other types, which means Oshawott is in a good position in the main game. Oshawott and its evolutions are strong against Steel, Fire, Water and Ice attacks, but are weak against Grass and Electric. Because Water and Flying are the two most common Pokémon types you will encounter, this means the Snivy family is at both a strong advantage and disadvantage in parts of the game. This means is takes only half damage from Electric, Grass, Ground and Water type moves, but double damage from Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice and Poison attacks. Snivy, in all three of its forms is a pure Grass type Pokémon. The game plays like a multi-layered version of Rock/Paper/Scissors and a Pokémon’s type determines what other types it is both strong and weak against. If you are new to Pokémon, than you have to understand that a Pokémon’s type is important for both offensive and defensive reasons. Snivy and Oshawott only have a single type throughout all of their evolutions, while Tepig becomes a Fire/Fighting Dual type in its first evolution of Chaoboo and remains that way when it again evolves into Emboar. Snivy is a Grass type, Tepig is a Fire type and Oshawott is a Water type. The types for each starters should surprise no one. In this article, we’re going to be looking at the strengths, weaknesses and differences between the starter Pokémon in order to help you decide which one suits you the best. This time around your choices are Snivy, Tepig and Oshawott. As with all of the core RPGs in the Pokémon series, your main character is given a choice of three starting Pokémon – a Fire type, a Grass type and a Water type.

Pokemon unbound starters