Since I’ve already discussed Pokémon in that four hour Boochow Radio Podcast's Pokémon special episode, just telling everyone that I used to be a huge Pokémon fan as a kid, I think its about time to discuss about my favorite Pokémon in the franchise. I would have done a top 10 or a top dozen, but that isn’t enough for me because we have over 400 Pokémon up to date and there’s going to be even more in the upcoming Pokémon X & Y. So instead, I decided to choose a favorite for each Pokémon type. I am one of those players that used every one of those Pokémon types and never was a person that likes only one element.
So here in picking my favorites in this blog, I judge each
Pokémon on the following:
- Pokémon’s appeal: They have to have an original look to them. None of these unoriginal ideas where they pick an animal and mixed it with an element. Not only that they have to look like they’re nothing from this world, but also have to look either cute or threatening. Ugliness in a Pokémon is something I don’t fined good at all.
- Pokémon moves and abilities: They might look cool and awesome, but they also need to have a great moveset. Part of training and leveling up Pokémon is to not only make it evolve but develop it to learn better powers and attacks. Also they should learn great moves from TMs & HMs. Any Pokémon that can’t learn from my favorite TMs, HMs, and other great moves are a miss opportunity.
- Pokémon stats should be balanced: It’s not only looks that count, but also how can they handle a situation. I also am aware of each Pokémon HP, attack, defense, SP. Attack, SP. Defense, and speed which all adds up to what makes a Pokémon useful. I don’t like Pokémon that has too much power and less defense and vice versa, and also I dislike Pokémon that are very slow because I’m always eager to be the first one to make the move before my opponent does.
- Pokémon merchandise: Not only does the Pokémon should be great for the video games, but also they should be satisfying for the Pokémon fan in buying the toys, cards, and other merchandise outside of the video games. I should not only have a favorite from the games, but also the Pokémon should be appealing from the shows, toys, models, lunch box, backpacks, stickers, and so much more! Pokémon is a franchise that can market every character and make more than a profit so there should be no excuse not to have a Pokémon that doesn’t have it’s own merchandise.
Since I establish what I want to see in a Pokémon this is
the rule in this favorite list:
- Those four reason that I want to see in a Pokémon
- One Pokémon pick per type. Pokémon are allowed to have two different types (and there are so many Pokémon that’s two elements), but if one Pokémon made it in one of my favorite element, then I have to choose a different one in the same type category for another pick.
- Each element I’m counting down is in alphabetical order
- Only one pick from the evolution charts
- This is my list, not yours
Please keep in mind that all of these Pokémon in each type
are all based on my opinion so try not to bitch about it, instead just discuss
about it our forums here and tell us what are your favorite Pokémon in each type like I am.
I always wanted to discuss about Pokémon ever since I joined itstailtime.net just so I can discuss a lot of my childhood. Pokémon has been a big part of my
childhood and since then I’ve been on and off with the series for various
reasons I’ve mentioned in the Boochow Radio Podcast – Episode 35. So here it
is! My favorite Pokémon on each type!
Bug-type Pokémon has always been a struggle for me to love. It’s
not just because I really hate bugs in real life, but whenever I start a
Pokémon game, I’m surrounded by Bug type Pokémon, catch at least a few, evolved
them, and never used them again when I finally reached areas that have better
Pokémon to catch. I think my reason for not liking Bug-types is that I never had
any trouble battling opponents that also have bug Pokémon and it feels like
more of an exercise to take one out than having an actual battle. There are only a
very few that I find worth using time after time, but since I’m picking a
favorite from each type, for a favorite Bug Pokémon, I have to pick…
Scyther
Now I know a lot of you guys are asking what I think about
Scizor. Well, it’s a great evolution for Scyther, but I would choose Scyther
instead because Scizor had his blade hands for crab claws and when you take a
look at Scizor’s stats, it’s not that much of a significant improvement. Scizor’s speed decreased gratefully, so all of the amazing speed and attack that
Scyther has had is gone once you evolve it. I mean it worth hunting down a Scyther in Safari Zone, but
going to even a more of a struggle trying to trade in a Scyther with a Metal
Coat isn’t at all for me.
Honorable Mentions:
Scizor Shuckle Heracross
Dark-type Pokémon are a very important element because they made sure that Psychics are not so powerful; psychics are ineffective. It seemed as if they are so evil that they can’t be touched by spiritual beings (except for ghost & fighting). It’s so cool to find one and use such evil powers for one’s well-being. When you look at dark-types they are the most intimidating of the bunch and they’re not so nice. Many of them are diabolical, carnivorous, and even sneaky-looking. So many to pick so here’s my favorite…
Cacturne
Looking at a Cacturne has a wondrous yet intimidating feeling for me because
it’s a grass-type that isn’t using your traditional animal mixing with a plant,
in fact this is a plant being handled with some originality. What Cacturne
stands out as his own kind is that he’s one of the very few Pokémon that knows "Needle Arm." And it’s one of those Pokémon that only knows the better moves from
TMs but I can’t argue that it can learn Embargo, Sandstorm, Hyperbeam,
Solarbeam, and so much more!
Honorable Mentions:
Houndoom Bisharp
Zoroark Tyranitar
Dragons are among the most elusive and
powerful of all Pokémon and everyone are indeed obsessed to collect any Pokémon from that type. I always like to
see Dragon-types to be a mixture of fire, grass, water, and electricity mixed into one which
is unique to see them withstand such discipline. As much as I like Dragon type Pokémon, they’re very
difficult to train because they require more experience points than the other
Pokémon types, they evolve much later, and requirements higher levels to do
so. In almost every Pokémon game,
we always find and catch Dragon types in the later part of each game, they’re
very low on level, and to keep them up to date with your adventure they require
a lot of training. I can’t even describe how many of them were so hard to
evolve them to the ones I want in my team. Alright so here is my favorite
Dragon type Pokémon…
Flygon
I chose Flygon over all the Dragon-types because it is the easiest Dragon Pokémon to train and has the most satisfying results. Evolving a Dradini to a Dragonare to a Dragonite was very time consuming, but training from a Trapinch to a Vibrava, to a Flygon was very straightforward. Ironically, you might of think that Flygon is a dragon and flying type, but no, they’re dragon and ground-type, thanks to finding a Trapinch in a sandstorm. There’s no way I could ever predict that a Trapinch, as ugly and lazy as that Pokémon is will soon evolves to a wondrous and beautiful Dragon specie. In fact it’s the only ground-type Pokémon that can actually fly. Though it can’t learn Dragon Rage, it can learn so many other moves that are superior like Solar Beam, Incarcerate, Hyper Beam, Flamethrower, and so many more.
Flygon is my overall pick because they are the most magical
of the bunch and that’s something I can’t see in the newer Dragon-types. Many of the dragon-types look too
mechanical and less dragon-like. I
mean Zekrom, Kyurem, and Hydreigon are so hideous that I can’t see Pokémon to
have any originality anymore. Flygon was just a simplistic Pokémon to handle
that I wish that there were one like it in real life. It’s a neat and peaceful
creature ready to obey your every command and I love the appeal of Flygon all the way. I
had more battles won than lost with Flygon and she saved my battles multiple
times against the toughest Pokémon trainers/master and even against my friends
whenever we do battle.
Honorable Mentions
Dragonite Rayquaza Altaria
Electabuzz
What? You thought I was going to pick Pikachu? That little fart has been hogging up the spotlight for almost 2 decades and there’s nothing to enjoy anything from Pikachu anymore. Electabuzz on the other hand, he’s much more powerful than even a Raichu (Pikachu’s evolution). But it’s not about how powerful Electabuzz’s stats are, it’s how appealing he really is. I mean when you look at some of the other electric-type Pokémon without looking it up, there are some I can’t even tell that was even an electric Pokémon, but Electabuzz straight up not only looks like an electric-type, but also he looks unlike anything from this world. This alien-like specie is a freaking powerhouse when it comes to special moves like a ThunderPunch.
With his large
arms he can also be tutored to learn moves like a Fire Punch, Ice Punch, and
any kind of strong moves that requires fists. I mean, OMG I just love the fact
that Electabuzz is so extraordinary to handle with so many moves other than
thunder moves that we all expect from electric-types. I still wonder why this
is not a fighting-type as a second element so that Electabuzz doesn’t have to
learn fighting moves from raising it from an egg. And what I never expected
from Electabuzz is that it has tremendous speed and I thought that other
electric-types were faster, but I love being wrong to judge at times. Now before
you ask me what I think of the new evolution for Electabuzz, I think Electivire is
just plain hideous to look at. I mean how did the creators come from something
as awesome as Electabuzz to something that look like garbage sketch like
Electivire?
I’m glad that there’s not level requirement to make Electabuzz evolve, so I like to keep him just the way he is.
I’m glad that there’s not level requirement to make Electabuzz evolve, so I like to keep him just the way he is.
Honorable Mentions
Jolteon Zaptos
Luxray Raichu
Now this is a unique type because it’s not an element, it’s
a more powerful version of a normal type Pokémon that can crush rocks and take
out dark-types. They’re all about discipline, defense, strength, and even fury
prepared to unleash upon thy enemy! What’s a better pick than choosing…
Hitmonlee
This is probably the most original looking Pokémon I know of because it’s no creature I’ve ever seen, yet it’s so cool to look at because he is the master of kicking! That being said, any moves that require foot movement, Hitmonlee will be able to do it and probably KO any opponent. If you want to use fists choose Hitmonchan instead, but guess what he’s just an ordinary boxer.
What I like about Hitmonlee so much is because he’s so mysterious
and has that special touch that can say that I’m proud to grow up with the
franchise. This Pokémon was Asia’s favorite choice of fighting-type because
there’s “Lee” in the end which makes it so Asian. Hitmonlee highest quality is that back in the 1st
Generation, he was the only Pokémon that knows the deadly “Hi Jump Kick” which
is a move that risks everything; you hit you cause a lot of damage to your
opponent, you miss you damage with recoil (or landing) by loosing ½ your HP.
Now there are very few Pokémon than knows that move, but still is the one move
only the truest fighting Pokémon can apply and that’s why Hitmonlee is the man!
Honorable Mentions
Blazikin Hitmontop
Lucario
Everyone loves anything that burst out fire because its soul purpose is destruction and dominance. It's really hard to resist the mesmerizing feeling of such an element because we all wish to have such a glaring feeling of striking fire upon anything that we hate. Now this is going to be a controversial pick because when it
comes to fire-type Pokémon, it’s always been almost everyone’s personal favorite. I’m not here to judge everyone’s pick; I’m here to tell you what are my
favorites. And now here is my favorite fire-type…
Magmar
I understand that Charizard has a huge popularity in the Pokémon world, but after seeing how lackluster Ash’s Charizard is loafing around for too long and even ruining Ash’s chance to win the Pokémon League, I just lost my interest with Charizard. Magmar on the other hand, he just look completely badass. He has the fiery tail like Charizard, beak like a duck, spikes on its back, and a fiery-look of hair like a phoenix. I just love this alien-like specie. This demonic Pokémon just reminds me of the days of playing Diablo and I also love how this monster cries out the definition of fire once you look at him.
When I was a kid I didn’t think much of Magmar but when I
saw the anime series when Ash was fighting Blaine at the Fire gym, Magmar has
displayed one of the most chilling and intimidating entrances I’ve ever
witnessed in a cartoon show. He know some of the most useful fire moves and
also withstands some of the hardest opponents to face. This guy is a walking
volcano and if you don’t fear him you’ll get burned. Just like Electabuzz, I
always wonder how did they come up with creations like these. And just like
Electabuzz, on the later game they came up with a baby form and an evolution
and sadly Magmortar is just as hideous & unappealing as Electivire.
Why is that when they give an evolution to a Pokémon that doesn't have one from the previous generation, they have to mess it up so badly?
Honorable Mentions
Ninetails Charizard
Blazikin
What’s disappointing about Flying-types are that they’ve always
been a secondary element, there’s hardly a purely flying-type Pokémon (except for Tornadus) that
would have shown something interesting. Just look at the
Flying-type roster and see that it’s just a secondary type for any Pokémon with
wings and for that it just doesn’t add anything new on the table. Nevertheless,
in choosing a favorite Flying-type, I have to look at something that can not
only fly but also look like it can be used to ride on for transportation;
soaring up in the sky.
Lugia
There’s a bunch of Pokémon that are so magical and wonderous and Lugia one of them. This is “the” Pokémon that I want to soar up in the sky with (other than Flygon). For the longest time, I always believed that Lugia was so much better looking than any other psychic Pokémon from the first generation. I can understand that Lugia is way overpowered but this god-like Legendary Pokémon just cries out awesome. I mean when you look at his large-sized wings you just want to fly with this angel-like creature. I agree with everyone that Pokémon 2000 is so much better than Pokémon: The First Movie and its because of the magic Lugia has offered from that movie.
Lugia is just a powerhouse that knows some of the best
psychic attacks and the most useful flying moves. I’d always thought that catching Lugia before facing your
first Pokémon League in Silver version was very fair to the player, unlike how
we can only catch Mewtwo after you won the Pokémon League in Red/Blue. Sure
it’s a little unbalanced after collecting one of the hardest Pokémon to fight
in the rest of your battles, but that doesn’t mean that Lugia doesn’t have any
weaknesses in Silver/Gold (dark-type & electric).
Honorable Mentions
Flygon Articuno
Skarmory
To tell you the truth, I don’t see what’s the point of
having Ghost-types because they are both weak and strong against Psychic and
Dark-types. I don’t like the idea of putting Pokémon as wondering spirits that
doesn’t serve much of a purpose other than having no affect with normal-types
and vice versa. To me, there are my second least favorite types because the
number of them is very ugly and unappealing. But I have to be fair with every
Pokémon-type so for Ghost-type…
Gangar
After each many generations of Pokémon, there only have been very few Ghost-types introduced, but Gangar still remains as the king of the Ghost-types for me. He just has that sneaky gremlin look that doesn’t look much but has a lot of power in him. I’m very impressed with Gangar’s high and very well balanced status.
Even though I find many of the Ghost-moves to seem very
pathetic, at least using Gangar and ghost-moves does have some great use like
Confuse Ray, Nightshade, and addition of various Psychic moves from TMs. Heck,
he and Ninorino were the first Pokémon seen in the opening screen, which shows
his place in Pokémon history.
Leafeon
Yep, it’s time to choose an Eevee evolution so I finally chose my favorite one. All the Eevee evolutions are great, but evolving it to a Leafeon is not only the best Eevee evolution for me, but also the best grass-type Pokémon. There hasn’t been a Pokémon that has that elvish-look to them and I emplore Nintendo to come up with more of these Pokémon to look like elves for the grass-types instead of mixing a plant with an animal.
I love that Leafeon both does and
does not look like a Pokémon at the same time. She knows all sort of slashing abilities and some of
the best leaf attacks and does them well. What’s so special about Leafeon is that
she has not only amazing speed, but also a very great level of defense. I mean
if you allow Leafeon to wear a strong armor she can withstand against her
weaknesses like Fire. You know, a lot of Pokémon fans always asked each other,
what Pokémon do they want to keep out of their Pokéball and keep it around your
shoulders; like Ash and Pikachu. For me I would love to put Leafeon out of my
Pokéball and allow her to follow me.
Honorable Mentions
Cacturne Bulbasaur
Treeko Vileplume
I don’t really understand why the franchise has to
divide Ground and Rock as separate elements because I always see them as equal; the only difference is one is harder than the other, that’s it. Other than
that, Ground is extremely a useful element to me because they have no effect
from electric moves and many of their defenses are incredibly high. What better
Pokémon than picking…
Piloswine
I understand that I chose this Pokémon because I’m a huge fan of ice-types but I don’t think I’ll ever get the chance to describe how much I love this Pokémon if I don’t pick this as my favorite ground-type. Not only does Piloswine have an awesome learning curve of ice-moves but also is able to apply some of the most powerful ground moves ever! I can forgive Piloswine for having a very low amount of speed, but the rest of his stats from attack to defense helps the Pokémon to withstand its problems.
I really like that warm feeling that I get seeing Piloswine
because of how much fur they have.
Just looking at mammal just brings me great joy on how many battles I’ve
won with this animal. I mean,
there was numerous times when my other Pokémon couldn’t take down powerful
electric-types or dragon-types, Piloswine saved my ass from miserable failures.
I’ll always remember that without Piloswine I wouldn’t have finished the
Pokémon Leauge at Gold/Silver on my first play through as a child.
Honorable Mentions
Flygon Sandtrew
Diglette
Here we go! My favorite element of Pokémon! I can count how
many times I loved freezing my enemies using Ice-moves, taking down so many
dragon-types, and all of those victorious battles using the Ice power that almost everyone underestimates. I’m one of those people that prefer
cold weather instead of burning alive. It sucks that there aren’t that many
Ice-type Pokémon and why can’t we have more of them? To me, Ice-type Pokémon are the most underrated type because
as affective as they really are, there’s only 32 up to date and 20 ice-attacks. Gosh, it’s been over 7 generation of Ice-types and that’s all we got to date? Sigh,
oh well, with that being said, here’s my favorite Ice-type Pokémon and it’s in
ranking in my Top 3 for the longest time…
Articuno
Just say her name out loud, "Articuno" and you know how cool (no pun intended) this Pokémon really is. Her name is just one thing, but also her design. I always find it unabashedly appealing to look at this blue bird because she has that cool feeling that her feathers might just be cozy or she might actually be covered in frozen feathers! Not only that, she is just so peaceful looking as if there’s a lot of hope and joy just glancing at the wonders of this frosted phoenix.
And to top it all off, she just has the best ice-moves a
Pokémon fan can ask for! She ranges from the best ice-moves like Blizzard and
as well the best flying moves like Sky Attack & Hurricane! Articuno just
has very insane stats to go along with it. With all that being said, how can
this not be the best pick for an Ice-type for me? I’ve had so many victories
with this wondrous bird that it’s worth owning each playthrough. Remember all
the praise I gave to Lugia, well Articuno has more magic & a sense of awe
for me than does any flying or legendary Pokémon out there. I love this creature so much
that if there were an Articuno that really exist, I want to approach it
peacefully & hug it’s head for showing me that Pokémon, like this one, has
that delightful feeling for me.
Honorable Mentions
Piloswine Beartic
Glacion, Dewgong
Lapras
This is an average type for me because Normal-type doesn’t have a weakness (except for Fighting-type) nor does it have much of an
advantage over any other type. Just imagine everything that humans can do and it
will count as a Normal. This is a so-so category for me because you just have
too many cute Pokémon that over-saturated this roster of Pokémon, but at the same
time you don’t have too much to risk. They can learn all the different
move-types from other types of Pokémon and just balances out against its
opponents. So who better than to choose...
Furret
For the longest time I always like to compare Ash and Pikachu as to me and Furret (until I discovered Leafeon) because I really do like furry creatures and find Furret so powerful. I mean Furret is perhaps my pick for one of the cutest Pokémon because this rodent is 5’11 in length that makes her a good fur coat and she’s light enough to carry. Some say that Furret is a copy-and-paste Pokémon of Raticate but only cuter, but I assure you that Raticate, that fowl rat, has nothing on Furret.
If you take a look at Furret’s moves that she learns, it’s
all basic moves that an ordinary normal-type develops from, but that’s not what
makes a Furret so special. Furrets are possibly the best Pokémon that can learn
so many TM & HM moves from so many different elements out side of
normal-type; from Thunderbolt, Thunder, Shadow Ball, Flamethrower, Focus Blast,
Toxic, Blizzard, Ice Beam… and dude... Surf! Furret is just that Pokémon that
offers a lot of variety for her trainer. I remember I used to battle my friends
with a Furret and they thought it was a joke until I showed them what a Furret
could possibly do and they got slammed from this awesome beast. Furret is the
prime example of a Pokémon that you should not judge by its look, even though
she’s so gosh darn adorable!
Honorable Mentions
Snorlax Kangaskan
Uugh, this is just my least favorite Pokémon type ever! No
really, so many of these Pokémon from this type is just plain ugly and I
despise that there are too many Pokémon in this category, especially when it
comes to the secondary types. It’s way too hard to make me like a poison-type because the villains use them too much,
their only strategy is to poison your Pokémon, more than half of them are ugly
and unappealing, and getting poisoned is freaking annoying! Remember those days
when you don’t have an antidote and always had to walk to the Pokémon center to
heal your Pokémon until it drain their health with every step you take? It’s
never so hard to find a poison Pokémon because they’re everywhere and I just
hate that there’s so many of them and very little Ice-types. It’s just my
preference, but I’m most frustrated with Poison-type than any other. But since
I’m being fair in picking every Pokémon-type, I can’t make this an exception.
So in picking 1 I have to say…
Drapion
Honorable Mentions
Nidoking Venonat
Now here’s a type that fans either loves or hates; they love
it because it’s perhaps the coolest thing to have Pokémon with such amazing
powers & mystic-look on each of them or hates it because they are very
overpowered. I loved psychics
because they were poison’s biggest weakness, plus they were the only breeds
that offer god-like powers. But there can be only one that has displayed such
an out of body experience. Since I already chose Lugia as my favorite
flying-type I can’t choose him again because choosing the same favorite Pokémon
from a different type is against the rules. So here’s an alternative…
Starmie
Don’t underestimate Starmie because he’s just one of Misty’s signature Pokémon. First thing when I look at Starmie, I see an original and very cool design of a starfish made out of steel and jewelry and having five more ends than its previous evolution Staryu. You can’t tell if it’s happy, sad, angry, or any kind of emotions because Starmie just has a jewel located at the center used for its eyes and source of power. And speaking of power… oh man does Starmie have impressive stats that a lot of people never took notice. Starmie stats is a total of 520. Dude, not that many 3rd evolutions can reach that high, but it only takes a Staryu and a water stone to evolve it to a very powerful Pokémon.
Plus, he knows some of the most powerful moves available
just for him. Though he can learn
moves like a Hydro Pump & Cosmic Power, it’s one of those Pokémon you must
own because he was made for using some of the BEST TMs like Blizzard, Ice Beam,
Telekinesis, Psyshock, and even electric moves like Thunder and Thunderbolt. Who would expect that from a mysterious water & psychic-Pokémon could do an electric move? I wonder
why Pokémon the anime series never utilized Misty’s Starmie at its full
potential...
On the other hand, I have another Psychic-type that looks so
cool and original… as as well adorable.
Musharna
Just when you thought that Snorlax is the only sleepy Pokémon, Musharna looks so dreamy and adorable when it sleeps. It’s been a very long time since I smiled at the newer Pokémon design because she’s both cute and something not from this world. The Pokédex said that “with the mist from its forehead, it can create shapes of things from dreams it has eaten.” I’m a huge fan of dreams and never has there a Pokémon that made me reflect on dreams when just looking at it, using it, and even learn from it. Musharna just has a better move list, than Starmie/Staryu, when training it, plus has a more impressive learning curve of TMs! I mean this Pokémon is packed to learn the many of Psychic-moves that is what psychic-types are all about.
Sorry, Starmie but you’re more a water-type than a
psychic-type so Musharna wins this one! What’s so cool about Musharna is that
she’s probably sleeping and fighting at the same time and that makes one heck
of a deadly sleepwalker. Everything about Musharna is appealing to me and
that’s why I chose this Pokémon as my favorite in the Psychic-types, other than
Lugia of course. It’s that Pokémon that you want to snuggle and nap with
because it just has that warm feeling that I want to see in more Pokémon. But if you still judge Pokémon on looks, just try waking Musharna up...
Honorable Mentions
Lugia Starmie
Alakazam Mewtwo
Again, I don’t really understand why the franchise has to
divide Ground and Rock as separate elements because I always see them as equal, the only difference is one is harder than the other, that’s it. Other than that,
Rock are a mixed bag for me because no matter how powerful or how dangerous
they can be over another Pokémon, when they face their weakness they are just
doomed to die fast because water, grass, fighting, and steel can simply knock
them out cold. Sure, Rock-types were a struggle to beat in the beginning of
each game but after learning their weaknesses and catching better Pokémon, they
don’t stand a chance. The plus side of Rock-types is that they have high
defense because, duh, they’re rocks. When you play defensively in a battle
it actually works strategically. They’re deadly and they can be so intimidating
at times, but I have to choose one of the most unique of the bunch…
Shuckle
Yeah! Shuckle! Why not? Everybody misjudges Shuckle for being just a turtle in a rock as a shell but you need to look closer on what this Pokémon can do. He just has that snail like appearance a lot of people misjudge so quickly because he can be very utilized. What so unique about Shuckle is that he has the most INSANE stats I’ve ever seen from a singular Pokémon because it has at total of 505. It has an incredibly low attack, low special attack, small amount of HP, and it’s very slow, so how did this Pokémon reach a total of 505? Because Shuckle's has the highest defense and special defense I’ve ever seen from any Pokémon. This makes it a powerhouse tank that can take anything you throw at it.
Since it’s a bug-type, Shuckle can resist against fighting, fire &
grass-types so that way his rock side of types doesn’t simply die from a
fighter, it evens out. If you know how to use Shuckle right you will go a long
way with this beast. I used Shuckle against some of the strongest Pokémon and
only used him for elemental moves that don’t require direct attacks. I mean
it’s such a hard Pokémon to kill, even if it’s up against its weakness, you can
probably have the longest battle with this thing. I remember I used a Shuckle
against a Gyarados and it wouldn’t take my Shuckle down not even with Surf; it
was still standing for over 20 minutes and he managed to take
my opponents Gyarados down. I’m glad that Shuckle is not another rock that duel-type with
ground otherwise this Pokémon brings nothing new on the table.
Honorable Mentions
Kabutops Tyranitar
Corsola
I blame Steel-types for the lack of creativity we have in the
newer Pokémon because (since its introduction) there much more mechanical and
much less like organic-looking creatures that made it almost look like Power Rangers monsters. Heck, even Digimon
laughs at some of the ridiculous steel Pokémon that we have today. I really
want to love steel-types more because poison has no affect on them and they
have high defense like rock, but more than half of the steel-types doesn’t even
look like Pokémon anymore. On the other hand steel-types (for me) are a more sophisticated upgrade of rock and more solid side of ice. I do really like the purpose of Steel because they are poison-types biggest weakness and there are more than plenty that are actually appealing even though I did stated that the newer steel-types have been very unappealing. For me I like and dislike steel at the same time, but which one do I like the most?
Bisharp
It was a REALLY tough choice but I had to go with Bisharp as my overall choice of a steel-type. Yes I did complain that Steel-types today look way too mechanical to even look like a creature, but Bisharp to me is an exception because we're talking about a really sleek and cool slashing-looking Pokémon since the creation of Scyther. I agree that it does take too long to actually evolve a Pawniard to a Bisharp (level 52) but dammit this is perhaps the coolest Pokémon that Generation V had to offer.
This is a Pokémon was was created of it's high attack stats just so it can slice up it's target like apples. Also training this Pokémon to learn new moves is very different from all the other Pokémon I've trained because Bisharp was built for Dark and Steel attacks. Not to mention that it can learn an ass load of TM moves that all deals with slashing and cutting. Heck, he could probably make Scyther a run for its money for being the better slicing Pokémon. What I love most about Bisharp is that his design reminds me of a Mega Man Robot Master. I wonder why didn't Digimon come up with something as unique as this! Even though I have a problem with the Pokémon franchise's direction with making more mechanical like Pokémon, at least this is the one that makes sense to me.
This is a Pokémon was was created of it's high attack stats just so it can slice up it's target like apples. Also training this Pokémon to learn new moves is very different from all the other Pokémon I've trained because Bisharp was built for Dark and Steel attacks. Not to mention that it can learn an ass load of TM moves that all deals with slashing and cutting. Heck, he could probably make Scyther a run for its money for being the better slicing Pokémon. What I love most about Bisharp is that his design reminds me of a Mega Man Robot Master. I wonder why didn't Digimon come up with something as unique as this! Even though I have a problem with the Pokémon franchise's direction with making more mechanical like Pokémon, at least this is the one that makes sense to me.
Honorable Mentions
Steelix Skarmory
Lucario
They may not be my favorite Pokémon-type, but by golly I
live and breathe for these creatures of the water. There is abundance of water-types having over 100 different
Pokémon in that very element, just as marine and underwater inhabitants in real
life. They’re found anywhere that has a body of water. I love the fact that
there are just too many to love, but sadly there’s only one I’m allowed to
pick. Not only is this just my favorite water-type Pokémon, but for the longest
time (ever since I became a fan of Pokémon) this has been my favorite Pokémon
ever!
Golduck
You’re damn right! Golduck! I have had huge fond memories playing this Pokémon because he has to be some of the coolest duck character of all time. Yep, I’m putting him up there with the legends like Daffy, Donald, Scrooge McDuck, and Darkwing Duck, but there’s no point of comparing a magical duck specie to other fictional duck character outside of this franchise. I remember when I was taking a look at some friends’ Pokémon cards, after gazing at some artwork at the cards, there was no cooler card than the Golduck one! I mean look at this phenomenal artworks below!
One big reason why I’m still a huge fan of Misty of the
Pokémon anime series was because she had a Psyduck. Having Misty just nag at
her least favorite Pokémon was so amusing that it was worth seeing her so
miserable to own a Pokémon that just has constant headaches and doesn’t do much
of anything. But little did anyone know that Psyduck had psychic powers and I
who already knew that this Psyduck is about to one day evolve to my favorite
Pokémon! Well, it sure as hell took a hell of a long time to wait for him to
evolve to a Golduck and that only happened in the Orange Islands series. Even
though I don’t really like the Orange Islands as much, but I can say if there’s
anything great that came out from that season, it had to be the evolution to Golduck. Without a doubt, I can put that as one of my favorite episodes of the
Pokémon anime series.
I just really like the fact that this duck is blue, has a
ruby (smaller than Starmie’s) that looks like a third-eye that is the source of
its power, has a humanoid shape that isn’t too big nor is it too small, has
that wild spiky hair on it’s head, has claws on its fingers and toes, a long
tail like a lizard, and fins between its toes and fingers to swim fast. So A++ for its really cool and original
design! Golduck has total stats of
500 and all of this level of defense, attack, & speed are all equally
matched; making him a very balanced Pokémon. He is one of those Pokémon that
actually can learn some of the best attack the game has to offer (from both
leveling up and TMs) like Blizzard, Ice Beam, Giga Power, Hydro Pump, and a
huge learning stream of Psychic moves. Speaking of Psychic moves, I really love the fact that people are so quick to judge
because Golduck was never both a water & psychic-type, he’s always been a
pure water-type.
I kid you not that Golduck has been very useful for me and
I’m more than happy that almost every Pokémon game has included Golduck in our
adventures and allows us to put him in our team once we train him from a
Psyduck to it’s next step in evolution. I remember back in my childhood when
Pokémon was universally popular, there was this show-off in my school that has
defeated everybody in battle from our Gameboys series. Hell, that dude won that
Pokémon gameboy battle tournament in our own humiliating a teenager during a
final round. We all hated him because there was no one else that he loves than
himself and I especially despised him for picking on me for never beating him
in battle. It wasn’t until his last day before he moved out of South Korea that
he decided to give me a rematch and I fondly remember attaching a link-cable to
our gameboys and switched on to Gold and Silver. I forgot all of our Pokémon that we used, but I remembered that
he sent out his favorite and most powerful Pokémon who was a dark and fire type
and then I saved my favorite as best for last; Golduck. I remember he said to me, “You forgot
that psychic Pokémon are ineffective with dark.” but what a fool he was for forgetting that Golduck was a pure water-type. He used a crunch, one of the
most powerful dark attack and it didn’t say it was supper effective and my
Golduck didn’t loose it’s health down by half. And I had my chance to use my
Hydro Pump and guess what, it hit his Houndoom and it depleted his health all
the way to zero. Everyone who watched us jumped out of their seats and screamed
with joy that I defeated the most hated kid in our school on his last day. He
was in shock and it was perhaps one of the most joyful moments of my life in
humiliating one of my biggest bullies in school in a Pokémon game. Since then,
I’ve been the most popular kid throughout my final days of elementary school because of
that victory and it has been one of my biggest accomplishments in gaming bar-none! And it’s a special thanks to Golduck that made that happen. I cherish that
moment in life as one of my favorite pastimes and its one of the biggest
reasons why I’m still a huge fan of video games! If that’s not a good reason why Golduck is my most favorite
Pokémon ever (after everything that I said) then nothing will.
Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mentions
Blastoise Corsola
Starmie Lapris
Milotic Vaporeon
Why?! Oh, why?! Did anyone think we should have a fairy type? Just, why? We waited since 2000 when Gold and Silver introduced two new types
(Steel & Dark) and since then we waited over a decade for a new type just
to see when are we going to have anything new on the table, and now we have X
& Y coming up and Fairy type is the only thing they have in store for us
Pokémon fans. We could have had a light-type breed so that there’s a complete opposite
with dark-types and I waited for that for a long time! See what the effects are
when Bronies is the source of popularity? I mean their only advantage is going up
against Dragon-types. How can anyone imagine dragons being defeated by fairies?
I mean if anything can dominate dragons, it always has been Ice-types and we all know that there aren’t enough Ice to go around. Even worse, they’re making some of the past Pokémon into fairy-types. Well since X & Y hasn’t been released yet, I can’t make a judgment on any of these new Pokémon, so that leaves me picking a familiar old Pokémon that was (somehow) confirmed to be a fairy-type…
I mean if anything can dominate dragons, it always has been Ice-types and we all know that there aren’t enough Ice to go around. Even worse, they’re making some of the past Pokémon into fairy-types. Well since X & Y hasn’t been released yet, I can’t make a judgment on any of these new Pokémon, so that leaves me picking a familiar old Pokémon that was (somehow) confirmed to be a fairy-type…
Marill
There is no way I can see this little guy to be a “fairy” I will always and still see Marill as a water-type all the way. I always thought to myself that one day if Ash could let Pikachu go he could replace it with a Marill. In the later years, it was instead Misty how had to give away her Togepi when it evolved to a Togetic and replaced her for the baby version of Maril called Azurill, plus Tracy already had a Marill as well. It never had great stats nor did it had great moveset, but it’s level of cuteness is something that I couldn’t let go so far it is the only fairy-type that I care for!
_______________________________________________________________________________
So that’s all of my favorite Pokémon on each type. I sure
hope that you enjoyed these picks and hear me write about Pokémon because I’ve
been a long time (on and off) fan of the franchise. It’s because of these
Pokémon that still keeps me as a fan of this video game phenomenon. I really
wished that Pokémon was in real life so that I can spend the rest of my life
training these animals, go in a long journey to search for the ones I desire,
love each of them like a pet, meet more people and see their creatures that
they own, encounter owners of these creatures and battle them with my own, and
even accomplishing in being a master of using these creatures in beating the
best! If Pokémon were real, I would use the 6 of the following as a team:
It’s for this cherishing hobby, I still wish Pokémon
were real so that I too can have that adventure in real life. At least I’m
still happy that the games series is still going because we can see still act
as if these adventures are our own. I’ll be getting back into the series with X
& Y and I so can’t wait to see what happens next and how much longer will
this franchise can last.
So let us hear what you think of my picks and share us your
favorite Pokémon by each and every type right here!
