>>58844435>BlazikenHe's pretty popular, but so are Sceptile and Swampert, this is not a gen where one starter is way more popular than the others, and you can get fire types relatively early in Hoenn, after the 3rd gym you can catch Slugma, Numel or Torkoal
>BreloomA pretty good Pokemon you can catch early, and a fighting type is always good because it's the only type super effective against Normal; however it doesn't actually get access to Fighting moves (or a Fighting stab) at level 23, while you can get a Makuhita from an in-game trade befor the 1st gym or from the Granite Cave right after.
>AggronI think a lot of people catch Aron in Granite Cave but end up replacing him through the course of the game because he needs a lot of EXP to level up and evolves at a quite high level. Most of your team will be fully-evolved before it even becomes a Lairon.
>FlygonMeta pick, people who know how good it is might catch one but otherwise you already have a decent team by the time you can catch one and it's unlikely to fulfill a need your current team can't cover.
>SharpedoA water Pokemon that you can only catch after you've used Surf. Nobody uses this.
>AbsolOnly becomes available at the 6th gym so nobody uses it except zoophiles and really chuuni kids.
The most common Pokemon in a Hoenn playthrough is actually Gardevoir for a lot of reasons:
1. Popular design
2. 5% spawn rate which "rare" and cool to own, but not so rare that it discourages people from catching it
3. Strong Pokemon in an uncommon-but-sought-after type
4. Evolves early
5. It's only competition in the first half of the game are Abra, who is popular but runs away AND is a trade evolution, or Spoink who only shows up right before the 4th gym and is unpopular
