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>Charizard
>Worst starter
Yeah, Charizard is pretty bad compared ot the fully evolved forms, but if you take the entire line into account and how useful they are in-game (the way pokemon is meant to be played) you get a vastly different picture.
Charmander and Charmeleon are pretty beastly, beastly enough that they can wreck Brock even with a type disadvantage. Unless you're a moron and use rage every turn or something not much can stand in their way.
Tepig's line, on the other hand, is almost totally shit. They are only barely better than Pansear and Simisear, and those are supposed to be shitty replacements starter to fill out your team. And don't get me started on Tepig's abysmal level-up moves. For most of the game your main STAB is flame charge, which has the same Base Power as fucking Tackle. Sure, it learns Flamethrower, but it has terrible Special Attack. Not to mention the line is slow with no bulk, meaning they'll get killed by stuff that has no right to be beating them, like Clay's Excadrill (you're supposed to beat Steel with Fire, you damn pig, you can't even do that right!)
Tepig in Black Version is the only time I ever boxed my starter (replaced by Litwick/Lampent/Chandelure, which were much better and learned actual useful moves) and I've been playing since 1999. Tepig is the worst fire starter, hands down.
