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>evolves the earliest in a game with a fucked level curve
>has Ice Punch in GSC and Ice Fang in HGSS
>gets Surf as early as Gym 5 while Typh-QUILAVA is lucky to have Flame Wheel at Gym 7
>cute tummy
>you don't NEED a fire type when the gift Fearow does everything you want but better
>you don't NEED a slow bulky grass type with no support moves
>you're going to want a water focused HM slave so even if you want Quagsire or Gyarados on your team it's good to have a Lv8 Totodile tagging along
Sorry but Feraligatr is the most optimal starter of choice.
