rapidash for being the nonstarter fire typeAlso that
Infernape
Staraptor
Luxray
Floatzel
Lucario
Garchomp
This is the most basic Sinnoh Team, easily. Togekiss wasn't in DP before post game.
honestly would take Dialga/Palkia over Garchomp
Infernape4/6 were exactly my team, with the last two replaced by Roserade and Hippowdon.
Staraptor
Luxray
Floatzel
Lucario
Garchomp
This is the most basic Sinnoh Team, easily. Togekiss wasn't in DP before post game.
having Garchomp on the other hand by E4 is something I definitely didn't do on a first run given where it was lol (maybe just a me thing but even while knowing where it was, it felt like it wasn't really meant to be accessed that early, so i just didn't till it was way below the rest of my team. early game dragon rage also just made it pretty scary to deal with tbh)Garchomp is available after the second gym in Platinum, so people are gonna go for it early if they can.
Garchomp is available after the second gym in Platinum, so people are gonna go for it early if they can.it's also in a hidden location though is what i mean. i was definitely a weirdo about this but it just felt like... you know. i was also the type of person to pick out turtwig as a starter most runs
no, I get what you mean, that's why Lucario (and Togekiss) are on my list. Most Kanto players pick up Snorlax and an Eeveelution, most Johto players use the Red Gyarados, most BW2 players end up using N's Zorua, most SwSh players end up using Toxtricity. I just think Garchomp, as the one pseudo who can be obtained early without grinding the game corner for 1 million years, gets a lot of play.perhap true, like i said i half expect most people to spot it well after leveling their team past it, but i guess there's always the inevitable daycare grind to compensate though, as that's what you've def implied for the eggmons you mentioned and i don't contest it since i totally did it myself... still, for me at least it still goes back to just it not feeling super right to use compared to "thing tied to event in game" and especially just "funny secret cave mon you're probably not meant to find out about till later on" but that places a lot of faith on people lol
in a way i kind of expected more people to say DrifblimI think there's a simple reason why most people don't use Drifblim: its movepool is rancid ass so you do low damage, on top of it struggling statwise in most areas. It's the same with GSC Sudowoodo and Shuckle (low level and low stats), GSC Togepi (Togetic is not enough of a reward to bother), and RSE/ORAS Kecleon and Castform (low stats, bad moves).
Starters, Krookodile, Chandelure? Maybe Stoutland?Damn it I had all 4 of them lol
I think there's a simple reason why most people don't use Drifblim: its movepool is rancid ass so you do low damage, on top of it struggling statwise in most areas. It's the same with GSC Sudowoodo and Shuckle (low level and low stats), GSC Togepi (Togetic is not enough of a reward to bother), and RSE/ORAS Kecleon and Castform (low stats, bad moves).eh, i mean i used it and i thought it was fine. stockpile/spit up/swallow was a unique playstyle that allowed for pretty big damage and quick access to ominous and shadow ball soon after so it could manage without all that setup was also nice. the biggest shortcoming with it for singleplayer was, and this is very valid, the fact that gen 4 healthbars took an eternity to tick down lol and it had low defenses
Gift and Overworld Encounters do often get used, but only if they're worth in the first place.