60. Swampert
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Originally Nominated By: Raka_Putra
First Appeared in: Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
Gen 3 Ranking:12/20
Fun Fact:Swampert has the highest base stat total of all the starter evolutions.
I always end up picking the Water starters on my first playthrough, not because I like water more, but because I legitimately like the water starters more, not that Mudkip had much competition between a marshmallow peep and a grassy hillbilly. Swamper is, however, only my 4th favorite Water Starter (lowest being Feraligatr, who nobody nominated). It was a ton of fun rolling through Emerald with my starter being immune to electricity for once, but being 4x weak to your rival's starter absolutely sucks. Not to mention that it's design just doesn't live up to Blastoise, Empoleon, or Samurott at all. Another sort of "problem" with it is that I tend to have a problem liking type combos that try to be original, but have already been done before. I'm not a big fan of Quagsire, but Swampert kind of felt like "just another water/ground" type by the time I got around to using it. The fact that it's not just pure water hurts my opinion of it, which I don't like but I can't get past it. I mean, if Quagsire was universally hated and nobody ever used it, Swampert would have one of the coolest typings ever, but as it stands, he came out kind of bland.
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