

, "While grooming itself, it builds up fur inside its stomach. The Hisuian version's typing adds two more weaknesses- Ghost and Dark type. Weakness: Normal Typholosion is weak to Water, Ground, and Rock-type moves. Cyndaquil also serves as the Fire-type starter for Pokemon Legends: Arceus, ultimately evolving into the Hisuian version of Typhlosion that is a Fire/Ghost-type Cyndaquil also receives the added benefit of being a starter in some of the more popular games in the series, which in turn makes it a more popular choice as a starter. He is a large firey beast, not quite as large as Feraligatr, but is still an intimidating size.Ĭyndaquil also nails the transition from adorable to menacing without making any leaps in logic like some other fire starters. His final evolution also has one of the best names of any Pokemon, Typhlosion. Cydaquil is based on porcupines? Unclear, but the little fireball is pretty cool. The Johto region has one of the better trios of starters and Cyndaquil is a top-tier starter. Though usually curled into a ball due to its timid disposition, it harbors tremendous firepower." So, it can only be taken down by using Electric, Rock, and Water based moves. Weakness: Due to Charizard being a Flying-type, Ground-type attacks are useless against it. The salamander is also the only animal that the fire starters are based on that makes some sense, but even relating the salamander to fire is a stretch in logic, though still a solid attempt all the same. It is bizarre that he isn't actually Dragon-type (the X mega evolution is a bandage over a never-healing wound), but, instead Fire/Flying, he is pretty awesome all the same.

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Its final evolution of Charizard is one of the most popular and most recognizable Pokemon because everybody loves a fire-breathing dragon. The salamander-turned-dragon (but not actually a dragon but sometimes a dragon) Charmander is the forefather of the Fire-type starters. When it rains, steam is said to spout from the tip of its tail." Weakness: Tepig and its evolutions are weak to Ground, Water, Flying, and Psychic type attacks Unfortunately, for Pokemon Black and Black 2, White and White 2, all three starter options are extremely lackluster. Tepig and its evolutions are boring and pretty uninteresting compared to all the other fire starters.ĭespite all this, you might still pick Tepig as your starter in the Unova region because the other two options are just as lame. As nearly half of the fire starters, Emboar is a Fire/fighting Pokemon because that's just what fire starters should be according to Game Freak. Beyond that, the evolutions just lead to swole firey pigs that punch stuff. Pigs are many things, but animals related to fire are not one of them. The Unova region does not have very good starter Pokemon, including the fire pig, Tepig. , "It can deftly dodge its foe's attacks while shooting fireballs from its nose. The release of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet also means that players get an opportunity to look at fresh starters, including a brand-new Fire starter. These are early days, so the numbers will increase even more once they fix the issues. Despite the ungodly amount of glitches and other issues present, the game has managed to shatter all the previous sales records, making it a commercial success. In November 2022, Game Freak finally dropped the much-awaited Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. In 2018, the developers released Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! It was followed by the release of Pokemon Sword and Shield in 2019 and then Legends Arceus in early 2022. Updated November 28, 2022, by Suzail Ahmad: In the last few years, Game Freak has constantly released new Pokemon games. Over the course of eight generations, Pokemonhas given young trainers the option to select from an impressive collection of Fire-types, but which one is the best? RELATED: The Best Mainline Pokemon Games (According To Metacritic)įire Pokemon, as a whole, are incredibly popular, and the starters share in that popularity. They could be ranked and compared based on straight numbers and stats, most people pick their starters off gut feelings. While there have been many iterations of Fire-type starters (and not many type combos), some are clearly better than others. For every hot-headed new Pokemon trainer, there is an equally hot-headed Fire-type starter to join them on their journey.
