>>27876841>picking water>when there's always better wild water pokemoGen 1 Kanto: Blastoise is the single best in-game mon in existence.
Gen 2: Feraligatr is the best in-game mon.
Gen 3: Mudkip is the best in-game mon.
Squirtle is still just as stupid good as in gen 1
Gen 4: Empoleon is the best in-game water mon, but is held back by the fact that Infernape is the best in-game mon period, and that Infernape has no decent replacement fire mon.
HGSS: Totodile is still the best in-game mon.
Gen 5:
BW: Oshawott is the best available in-game water mon. Tepig is technically a better starter, but Darumaka outclasses him over the game in general.
BW2: Oshawott is the second best in-game water mon(behind Azumarill).
The water mons are almost always a great pick, and almost always the single best mon of their type available.
Neither Fire nor Grass is as reliable in being the best of their type, and they are usually worse than the Water Starter in-game as well.