>>32974152I tried making your list more accurate, going by popularity. There are a few things I didn't understand and/or found wrong with your list.
Third, what exactly did you mean by popularity? Did you mean notability? I mean, sure, more people in general KNOW about Typhlosion and probably like it, because more people in general know about the first two generations. But do those people count, considering that they probably don't know anything about the majority of other starters? Or does this popularity reflect the current fanbase, the people who know about all of these and would pick among them? Because depending on that, Pokemon like Typhlosion might end up in low or high tier.
Second, is it the popularity only of the final form, or are all three forms considered? Because that changes the results dramatically. Some Pokemon, like Piplup and Oshawott, are FAR more popular than their final forms. Far more popular than most final forms in general, actually. Even Bulbasaur is more popular than Venusaur. So depending on that, all of these Pokemon would end up higher.I didn't understand what you were going for, so for this, I went with only final forms.
Third, it's clear you didn't research enough. You're giving /vp/'s opinions too much weight. For example, ranking Feraligatr in Mid tier. It's great, everyone on /vp/ loves it, but overall, it's not very popular. It's almost Emboar tier unpopular. Just that unlike Emboar, it doesn't get a lot of hate. Because it doesn't get a lot of attention in general. Not many care about it enough to hate it. Similarly, Samurott is actually a pretty popular Pokemon outside of /vp/. The most popular starter of his generation, actually.
In case you're wondering, the sources I used are the recent polls as well as the usage stats from Reddit we got a while ago.
