LogFAQs > #979617513

Gen II (I don't care very much for the Wooper line, I think the Swinub line is missing its best member, and I think the Larvitar line is missing ITS best member. Donphan can't save this, especially when it got a glow-up in Gen IX.)

Gen IX (Great Tusk is the only Pokemon in this group that I really and truly LOVE...and that's unfortunate.)

Gen IV (This has Garchomp and Gible, and Mamoswine. I have a higher opinion of Rhyperior than most, but that trio at the start of the list is ROUGH for my favoritism.)

Gen VIII (It sucks that the central figure of this generation is SO basic, because I like Runerigus and Ursaluna, and G-Stunfisk is superior to the original. It's just hard to give a pass to Silicobra and Sandaconda though, and I'm not THAT inspired by the stuff I like here.)

Gen III (Flygon boosts this generation heavily, and Camerupt/Numel/Vibrava help...but I can't deny that the Barboach and Baltoy lines are MASSIVE disappointments, and Nincada is especially bad on top of them.)

Gen VI (There's really nothing BAD here, but it's hard to heap praise on a roster that has a single legendary and half of an evolution line as the only need Ground-types that aren't megas.)

Gen VII (Nothing bad, but nothing amazing either. Just a trio of solid, average lines.)

Gen V (Excadrill's line and Krookodile's line are both SUPER solid, and Golurk's line isn't terrible. Sure, Stunfisk andthe Palpitoad duo are bad, but the good are able to reasonably outweigh the bad here.)

Gen I (I hate to be a genwunner whenever I do it...but this has so many quality Pokemon, and that early collection of the Sandshrew line, plus Nidoqueen/Nidoking is solid as hell. Throw in Cubone/Marowak, the cuteness of Diglett/Dugtrio, and the trio of Rock-types, and it's hard to beat Gen I here.)