Which starter is the best for beating Gyms in each generation?

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I’ll do them by their first Forms:

Gen I: Blastoise(Blastiose can handle well: Brock, Koga(due to Ground Type TMs available such as Earthquake, Sabrina(due to Bite), Blaine and Giovanni due to super effective STAB, and Ice for Giovanni as well)

Gen 2: Totodile

Gen 3: Mudkip

Gen 4: Chimchar

Gen 5: Oshawott(Good with Elenas Zebstrika with Dig, good with Clay because of STAB, Good with Skyla because of Ice Moves, and the same is said for Drayden.)

Gen 6: Fennekin(Super Effective STABs on Viola’s Lead, Korrina’s team, Ramos’s Team, Clemont’s Team, and part of Valerie’s team, and Fire Stab on Wulfric.

Gen 7: Popplio(Good on the Olivia, Nanu, and Hapu Grand Trials, the Fire Trial and Dragon Trial, and if you overlevel it, potentially good with a Shadowball on the Mimikyu Trial. Good on all four E4s, with Shadow Ball for the Ghost Lady, also good on some of Kukui’s team members, such as Lycanrock and Braviary, as well as even the Decidueye with Acrobatics TM.)

Gen 8:Both: Sobble(Good on the Grass Gym, Fighting Gym, if Acrobatics is available,I’m not sure since I’ve never played, , Ghost Gym with Dark Moves, Fairy Gym, with Mud on most of ‘em,ss, the Rock Gym, some of the Dark Gym with Bug Moves, and the Dragon Gym, as well as Leo’s Charizard.)

Hopefully I did well on that, I’ve never played SWSH, so I’m not sure if I misput something(ie, having a TM before it was available.)

Sources: Serebii, trusting in the comments, a bit of Experience(I always pick Mudkip for Gen 3 games.) and the Starter Pages.

Gen 1 bulbasaurDoes well against the first 4 gyms and giovani. Does well against Bruno. There are much better water types than blastiose.Gen 2 cydiquillGood against 2d gym and is a power messI am not insultingGen 3 mudkipAmazing against the first four gymsGen 4 chimchar/ totadileCan do well against the first 2 gyms. It’s just much more helpful I mean hurtful thun turtwig. The reason for totadile is it gets ice fang way before 2 dragon bossesGen 5 tepigGood against the first 3 gyms and continues to dominate the game.Gen 6 FennikenGood against the 1st 3rd 4th and 8th gym

I’ll go with brief explanation:-1)For Gen 1 : It’s Blastoise although it has the least base stats but an improved movset can just kill the show,it will kill- Brock, Koga(with earthquake even though there are flying types as well but there are other moves like bite, and some ice type moves.),Sabrina(with bite.),Blaine(no reason required it’s a fire type gym.)and at last Giovanni with his Ground team. Elite four being neither easy nor tough but a tough time against champion.(That is the case with everyone.)

2)For Gen 2 : It’s Feraligatr(it’s not meganium for sure, Typhlosion even though having lots of advantages but will suffer against elite four and champions dragon team. Will have very bad time against kanto tour as it is identical to charizard, exeption will be for Third Kanto Gym)Feraligatr will be neutral for first gym, Second gym and third gym, Best Choice For fourth gym coz it can learn awesome dark type moves, Good for 5th Gym as it can learn earthquake, and earthquake is also handy for the sixth steel type gym, it will work for seventh gym as it can learn few steel type moves and fighting types as well.(if you play Heartgold or Soulsilver)Good for last gym as it can lear ice type moves along with dragon type moves and there moves wont be so effective on it. Tge elite four passes quickly and the same reason for champion with ice and dragon moves

3)For Gen 3 : It’s Sceptille, he is the second fastest starter and if mega evolved it is a beast so now everything depends on your moveset. it can overtake anyone with it’s speed it has to attack first everytime it has a great moveset as well. He will Kill the first gym, second gym(no advantage but no disadvantage as well)it will kill the third gym brutally(might face issues against magneton)it can learn earthquake so good against fourth gym as well because as I said it will move first so no point for the foe to attack after the earthquake. Gentle for fifth gym it will also get the sixth gym easily coz it can learn thunder punch accept altaria it is faster than scetile for some reason. it will kill the seventh and eight gym along with the elite four , yes also glacia coz it can learn fighting type moves and iron tail it can learn dragon type moves so it will be good against drake also and will kill champion wallace as well it will have a good game against steven storm with it’s earthquake. it will have a good type against may with earthquake.(It’s not blaziken as it will drifted at the first gym but if evolves it can learn double kick which is super effective but will make the second gym tough as it has only peck for advantage.advantage for fifth gym but will drift as sixth,seventh and eight gym and the champion and rival too.Swampert is great always but will drift at eight gym and and the elite four with the rival).

4)For Gen 4: It’s Torterra , it has a better moveset than sceptile but where it lags is speed and that’s where sceptile overtakes it. it is a beast with earthquake, It will kill the first Gym, Second gym with neutral battle, Third gym with Bite, Fourth gym with Earthquake, Fifth gym , Sixth gym with earthquake, and the last gym as well with eartquake, destroy elite four and champion, and rival has no match against it with earthquake. that’s why it is a beast with earthquake.

5)For Gen 5 : All starters are good but the worst is oshowatt because of it’s really really poop stats

6)For Gen 6 Fennikin is best for first four of gyms greninja is good for last four of gyms and chesnaut is good the elite four and the champion so it is neutral.

7)For Gen 7 and 8 : no comments as I haven’t played yet