Best Pokemon Type by Generation, Day 1: BUG

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Board 8 » Best Pokemon Type by Generation, Day 1: BUG
I've done this style of poll contest once before, back in either Gen VII or Gen VIII, so why not try it again now? The rules are simple: each day, I'm going to post a poll for a given Pokemon typing, with each generation's roster of new Pokemon filling in that typing. You just need to look at what each generation had to offer, and select which generation you think brought the best new roster (for any reason; you could say that a single Pokemon was so good that it overwhelms everything else the generation spawned, or you could select a generation that may be more well-rounded that the one that created your personal favorite). At the end of the day, one generation will be crowned a champion (with potential tiebreakers if need be), and that generation will advance to a second round, where the eighteen winners, and fourteen strongest runner-ups will be sorted into a 32-entrant tournament to crown which generation produced the best overall roster of a single typing.

For today's contest, we're doing Bug-types. Very common in early routes, but also offering some very unique designs and combinations later in their respective games. Given Gen VI's limited roster, I have folder Mega Evolutions into their list, as those were, effectively, some of the new Pokemon created in lieu of brand new designs for Gen VI. I'll keep the same concept for later typings as well.)
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Inviso
it is pretty decisively gen V
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Had to go with Gen V for Volcarona, Escavalier, Durant, and Galvantula but honorable mentions to Gens 1, 2, 7, and 8
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It was between 1, 6 and 8 for me, but 1 has perhaps too much nostalgia wrapped up in it, and six was gonna coast too much on the Mega Evolutions.

5 is solid, but it just has TOO much going on, which means too many Pokemon I dislike.
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Gen V has the breadth of good ones, but Gen VII has more higher highs for me.
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5 is really strong, but I'm gonna go with 7. I used a Ribombee in one of my Alola playthroughs so it gets that boost, and all the other bug lines are pretty good too
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Yeah, it's V.

I'm pretty surprised how decent IV's line-up is, considering I'm really low on IV as a whole.
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Shame Drapion lost the bug type, as between it, Vespiquen, and Yanmega I would've voted for 4. As it stands, I instead went for gen 7 due to the only weak designs for me there being Dewpider and Grubbin.
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I had to go with Gen V. Galvantula, Escavalier, Genesect, Volcarona, and Durant are some amazing bugs. 1 & 2 are really good, and 4 has Vespiquen.
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Gen 5 is definitely the best for me, though 7, and even 8 mostly lands.
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Best by gen:
1: Venomoth
2: Heracross
3: Anorith
4: Yanmega
5: Volcarona
6: Vivillon
7: Pheromosa
8: Centiskorch
9: Slither Wing
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Bug is my favorite type in Gen 1 so had to vote for it. Contest definitely won't be a Gen 1 sweep for me though.
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Went 7

It's a great gen for bugs altogether but Buzzwole really cements it
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5 > 2 > 1 > 7 > 3 > 4 > 8 > 6 > 9

Gen 5 has Galvantula, Crustle, Scolipede, Volcarona, Escavalier, Leavanny, and Genesect, so it's not close. Gen 2 is carried solely by Scizor, Forretress, and Heracross (with a hint of Yanma because Yanmega, but she's Gen 4).
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Voted 3 but it's hard carried by Armaldo and Ninjask. Shedinja is cool too
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5 has Galvantula so I have to vote for it, but 7 is really, really close behind.
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I went for 7. Theyre all winners in that Gen.
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Vikavolt and Golisopod super cool, I used Ribombee on my playthrough of Sun, and I used both Vikavolt and Araquanid on a ROM hack. Went with Gen VII.
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gen 3 my beloved

gens 1 and 7 aren't actually that far off though (i don't actually like, like ultra beasts through, or golisopod). after that is probably gen 2. gen 5 would be high i suppose if i didn't have ptsd from dealing with like half of them. so many ones that gen that are just really damn annoying to take down)
5 because it has Al Gore and Kevin Durant
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Inviso
Gen V seems like the easy choice, but Gen VII and Gen VIII are both surprisingly great choices too.
It's not so impossible!
I'm glad VII is at least finishing 2nd.
Change is weird.
It's between 5 and 7.
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