Do you keep your starter in your team?

[Hypno]

I do but I'm thinking about replacing it with my Charizard from LeafGreen (which is a starter too, but from a different game).

 

[PlatinumDawnFtw]

It just doesn't seem right to me to pick a starter pokemon then throw it into the PC and never use it.

 

[Shauna]

Yeah, I keep them on the team for the game. Then I wind up throwing it in the PC towards the end to use different pokes.

The exception to this rule is Torchic. I love torchic. And Blaziken, as well.

 

[msdmario]

I keep mine for the main storyline only. After the storyline is complete and the National Dex, I put it in my PC so I can make room for a competitive team.

 

[Zebra Thunderhead]

This is best suited for General Pokemon Gaming.

-MOVED-

 

[Spinosaurus]

I keep them but after the main story is complete i throw them in the PC.After that i make my own Real main team for the rest of the game.

 

[Darkjagwar]

I usually keep my starter whether it's the actual starter or a ditto-baby that I breed to perfection :P

 

[mikey]

I try to, and I usually do.

 

[alisaie]

I keep my starter. I never really battle with other people, so I even keep it on my team after the main storyline. xD; Exceptions would be for like... the Battle Tower or something.

 

[BenjiTheKid]

I always keep my starter. Always.

What's the point in having awesome starters to choose from if you don't keep them? xD

The exception to the rule MIGHT be Torchic... I dislike his evolutions so have thrown them in the PC a couple times.

 

[kissing. raindrops]

Starters get real annoying cause they're so repetitive. So no, I try to ditch them.

 

[Oxnite]

I have never ditched my starter once. Because I only play one game of each generation, I've never felt the 'repetitive-feeling,' whenever I start a new game.

 

[Alexithymia~]

I have never picked a starter and then not used it.
I always use my starter. I think it's a bit of a waste of a rare pokemon. You don't get another one like that in the game - exceptions obviously with trading etc. In my pearl team I had 3 starters. The empoleon from the game and two from other generations.

 

[icycatelf]

I used to, but I tend not to anymore. I'm mainly an ice-type trainer now and, guess what? There are no ice-type starters.

 

[Elaine]

It depends on the starter's stats. When I got Piplup as my starter in platinum, it had horrible stats so later on I replaced it with a Buizel as my replacement starter.

 

[dutchmuffin77]

i keep my starter through the entire game even after beating the
elite four because i use to help train my other weaker pokemon
through the use of an exp.share

 

[Reina]

I used to, but in Platinum this time around I didn't. I replaced my monferno with a Kadabra, who's now an Alakazam and the strongest in my team <3 So good choice on my part x3 I just hated it being Fire / fighting, so many weaknesses...

 

[Elite Champion]

i uasually keep mine but sometimes i like to focus on other stuff more than that

 

[Micro]

I do.
I don't why but, I just feel like my team isn't complete without my starter.

 

[Rubber Ducky]

Depends. Usually I do.

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