What non-starter and non-legendary Pokémon have you mained?

[Pankratous]

In the mainline Pokémon games.

In Pokémon Yellow I used a Raticate as my main Pokémon. Hyper Fang, man.

In Silver I mained Tyranitar. Because it's cool as fuck.


The vast majority of the time my party is usually the starters and then legendaries, but on those occasions I branched out.

 

[just a slowpoke]

slowpoke <3

 

[King Alamat]

My first time playing Red as kid, I was struggling through Mt. Moon with my Lv. 16 Ivysaur, so I traded it away for a Lv. 30 Raticate. That little bastard never listened to me the entire game and it's one of my favorite gaming experiences ever.

 

[The Living Tribunal]

Gengar and Tyranitar.

 

[BDS]

People "main" a Pokemon? Like, other than just having a favorite?

 

[Pankratous]

People "main" a Pokemon? Like, other than just having a favorite?

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Yes, I generally use one Pokémon only and just overlevel it so it can kill anything.

 

[DrArchon]

You can't say that you mained Tyranitar in Silver when you get him at the ass-end of the story.

Unless someone traded a Larvitar to you I guess.

 

[Becks']

Snorlax and Gyarados. In Gen 1.

 

[Apollo]

That's a difficult question because I always try to use all 6 of my Pokémon as evenly as I can in each game. So I can't really name any of them as "mains".

 

[Mugman]

Dunno about "maining", but I definitely always go out of my way to get a Marill/Azumarill on my team whenever they're available. It was pretty pointless besides the cuteness factor up until X/Y, and then all of a sudden I was a god

 

[Wood Man]

Gengar in Pokken Tourney

 

[Rosebud]

I never "main"a Pokemon, I like to use many. But I used Growlithe/Arcanine a lot.

 

[DeckardWintermute]

Magneton/Magenzone, that Pokemon rules.

 

[WestEgg]

Dugtrio. The greatest of all Pokémon.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Gyarados is my signature Pokemon.

 

[KillstealWolf]

I always try to fit Milotic and Roserade on a team if I can.

 

[galv]

Luxray.

 

[PirateKingERA]

Gengar forever

 

[woodland]

I loved Wailord and Wailrein, gen III was great for water bros

 

[Ashlette]

Gen 1: Pidgeot. Its back sprite is just majestic.
Gen 2: Umbreon. What a tank.
Gen 3: Flygon. The MVP of dragon types in my heart.
Gen 4: Roserade. It can OHKO mostly everything with leaf storm.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

In Heart Gold I boxed my starter for fun, and mained a Geodude which grew into a Golem.

I think my team going into Azalea Town was Graveler, Gastly, and Growlithe, lol.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Scizor

Now and forever.

 

[Crayolan]

If you mean soloing the games with one overleveled pokemon, I don't do that. Always try to fill out a team of 6 fairly evenly leveled mons. The former approach tends to break the difficulty in these games.

 

[Stronginthearm]

Ampharos and Lanturn.

 

[ThereAreFourNaan]

The combo of Kadabra and Scyther, not because it was good, but because they look badass.

 

[Busaiku]

Whimsicott has been in every single one of my competitive teams in every format it was legal.
If Whimsicott was obtainable in the wild, it always joined my party as soon as it could ( I don't trade until I finish the story).

Whimsicott GX is gonna be the deck I play going forward until it rotates.

 

[Hentz]

ninetales, the GOAT

 

[banter]

Growlithe/Arcanine
Abra/Kadabra/Alakazam

 

[Grapezard]

I soloed HeartGold with a Butterfree for giggles, once.

 

[darthbob]

Nidoking was my GUY in Pokemon Blue and Yellow.

 

[Peebes]

There were so many Pokemon thrown at me in XY, that I threw my starter in the PC early on.

 

[Sleve McDichael]

Scizor would be the second addition to my team.
Blastoise would be the first.

 

[Deleted member 4034]

Not sure how you main a Tyranitar in Silver.

Can't say I've done this, my team is pretty balanced and everyone is fun to use.

 

[Alek]

I don't really think of it like that, but I remember that Psyduck was my first level 100 Pokemon. I was a big fan of having both Psychic, and Surf in the movepool.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Vaporeon is my favorite Pokemon, so that one.

 

[sorakirosaki]

i mainly used a bunch of legendaries through out gen 2/3 with like blaziken being one of the normal mons i used a lot.
from gen 4 onward tho i just used w/e and just tried to make balanced teams

 

[milkyway]

Hrm I don't "main" Pokemon because the whole point is having a team. If I listed all my team members I've used it'd be a long list. But for the sake of naming things, Charizard and Articuno were the first Pokemon I leveled to 100 (both in Pokemon Yellow, although Charizard originated from Red). Arcanine is a favorite I've used on many occasions as well as Kingdra and Ampharos.

 

[spartan112g]

Garchomp, Alolan Ninetails, Sylveon, and Jolteon have been my main in different versions before.

 

[Zyrox]

While I didn't "main" it per se as I did use my whole team, Aegislash in X/Y was definitely the MVP on my team and the Pokémon I ended up using the most. The A.I can't really deal with Aegislash's ability lol

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I have a real soft spot for Gengar and Steelix. They just look so god damn bitchin

 

[Darryl M R]

I try to keep Gengar and Espeon or Umbreon on my team. Outside of that I always have Pikachu and Charizard. Then I flex the 2 spots left.

 

[Deleted member 14377]

S Q U A D

 

[HangryJacks]

Machamp, Lapras and Arcanine

 

[kambaybolongo]

Magneton and Peliper in Emerald

 

[Deleted member 27921]

if they're available, Tangela and Farfetch'd always have top priority.

 

[Kenai]

Arcanine is in pretty much every single adventure team I can catch one in.

Also have soft spots for Umbreon, Hopip, Slowpoke, Murkrow and Dedenne so they are on my teams a lot

 

[Hidden One]

On my first play through of yellow when I was a kid I mained Pidgeot and trained nothing else lol.

 

[HTupolev]

People "main" a Pokemon? Like, other than just having a favorite?

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It can actually be a decent strat. A bit of overlevelling can be a huge deal in battle performance.

 

[lvl 99 Pixel]

mained? like a fighting game?
I guess in XY Sylveon was the highest level

It can actually be a decent strat. A bit of overlevelling can be a huge deal in battle performance.

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Feels more like avoiding strategy to me. Like in Red/Blue I just had this Mewtwo that beat most of the elite 4 solo and at the time it was fun, but now it just seems like a waste of a playthrough.

 

[Bitanator]

Ursaring using nothing but Thrash in Gold/Silver

Playing in an emulator turn the speed up and toss on some tunes and wreck shit.