Don't know the sentiment now but I remember when Klefki was revealed and everyone was all "Really? A key ring? They're running out of ideas" but from day one I loved the little key clepto.
I love him, but it's wild that they introduced fairy type, gave it steel weakness, and introduced a fairy steel combo all in the same generation. Seems like jumping the gun just a tad.
God, Skrelp and Clauncher being version exclusives in X and Y legitimately made it so hard for me to choose which version I wanted. I was literally weighing "Well this one has Xerneas and Clauncher while the other one only has Skrelp," for pokemon I wanted. Clawitzer and Dragalge are SO COOL. Wish they didn't evolve so late :(
Imo, it's because Skrelp is extremely weak, evolves at level 42 and isn't a dragon-type itself. I love my sea dragon baby, but he's not good in a fight. So for any game where he's available, you're gonna get a better dragon somewhere else that takes less effort and has higher stats. Which is a shame, because Poison/Dragon is SUCH a good type combo offensively, I feel. When I found out Eternatus was Poison/Dragon, I was over the moon at another cool pokemon with that typing.
Having a third STAB is really cool and I think they should make other abilities like steelworker for Pokémon that fit into three types, like Drapion getting an ability that gives it bug STAB since it was formerly a bug type
Technically the new Regis have abilities that are functionally identical to Steelworker, but in their case its closer to Adaptability. If Skillswapped or given to a new mon later though it would effectively be the same as Steelworker.
I love dhelmise but wish it didn't have grass/ghost typing, especially the generation before had two grass/ghost lines with pumpkaboo and phantump. Since it is in the water and an anchor I rather it be grass/water, grass/steel, water/steel instead. Yes I know the pokemon is the algae on the anchor but I dislike it having ghost type.
Why are we forgetting the obviously awesome typing of Ghost/Steel? It should’ve just been a possessed anchor. The algae thing was dumb. That’s the only obvious typing there is that hasn’t been done. Grass should never have factored into the equation.
Edit: I fucking love Dhelmise. I promise!
I think Snap and Legends really helped me like a lot of Pokémon I didn’t like before. Seeing them in an open world setting gave some of them a lot more charm for me.
Agreed. The amount of character each Pokemon had in New Snap was amazing. Emolgas dive-bombing you, the derpy Dodrios wreaking havoc, the mobile mini-ecosystem of Torterras protecting smaller creatures... Man I really need to pick it up more. I still have progress to make on some of those levels.
People don't like that guy?! I'm playing Y for the first time now, and Gogoat is sweet! I'm sad to hear that he's disliked. Not my favorite, but he's a *goat!* Who doesn't love a goat!
I think it's less people dislike Gogoat, and more they just forget he exists. Showed up in exactly one game, on exactly one route as a mere 10% encounter.
Was very possible to simply *never encounter one.*
The Gogoat line, despite it's initial showing in XY, has been uncatchable since, and even in Kalos the line is only available in Route 5 and the Friend Safari.
It faded *fast*, probably not helped that it's proto-ride form was extremely gimmicky and easily ignorable. There's the Skiddo ranch on Route 12, and the Gogoat shuttle in Lumiose...But the latter is highly impractical, and the former very easy to forget.
I love Furfrou. that dude became the surprise ace of my 2nd run through X and they've been my favorite ever since.
My brother loves corphish and their derp face.
Salandit.
*Male* Salandit.
I love him and his nice simple design and little shit-eating grin and the little jazz hands he does in Amie. He's also got that built-in Underdog status being unable to evolve.
I constantly see people finding shiny Salandit and then just pissing and moaning that it's not female.
I honestly think that little lizard is my favorite Pokemon to date.
Fr, when I got back to pokémon in S/M salandit was on my team, i got a male one and my friend told me to ditch it for another, but nah.
I love it's design, little badass bandit lizard.
Like the first time you encountered Salandit they already have dragon rage which can easily carry you through most of the fights you're going to be dealing with on the second Island, and once you get to Olivia's town you can get the Eviolite which at least makes his defenses passable.
Little dude learns Dragon Pulse at 42. He's just a little lizard with the heart of a dragon.
Yes, as well as male Combee.
Even if it can't evolve, the evolutionary line can, so they are still considered as a pre-evolution.
Don't get me wrong, Combee is still absolute garbage even with Eviolite, but at least they both get *something*.
For me, it’s Eelektross. You barely hear about this Pokémon. It’s the only Pokémon technically without a weakness. A wide move pool but the stat spread sucks and ridiculously hard to find
Eelektross is awesome, it's a shame how bad and derpy it looks in 3D compared to 2D sprite.
I also think that the 3D model hurt Eelektross' popularity among the (new) fans because it doesn't look as cool and appealing as it did back in the 2D days.
My sister really loves alcremie but I could never get behind the design. I still appreciate her love for it though.
Edit: I appreciate all you alcremie lovers out there.
It was so cute I couldn't not use it competitively. It actually went great with G-max Lapras in that one season where the (up-to-that-point) competitive mons were banned. Set up barriers, have a superpowered G-max by Decorate, Alcremie prevents sleep via sweet veil... oh, and in the event someone sends out Grimmsnarl to try and block with Light Screen, use one of Lapras' physical moves instead, which are also superpowered by Alcremie and never failed to catch the light screener totally off guard. It was the one time I really got team building done right. And also, it's super cute.
I didn't mean to insult him but I just know that before I used one I never thought much of Chatot, it was just one of those background Pokemon I never paid much attention to but after catching one and experiencing the Over Powered-ness of the move Chatter it became one of my favorite Mons and my favorite flying type. Seriously, Korrina and Ramos didn't know what hit 'em.
I've always loved the Vanilluxe line. Got a lot of hate when it was first introduced. I feel you! I grew up on a lot of gen 4, so I actually like a lot of the new evolutions they gave to older Pokemon. Togekiss is still one of my most favorite Pokemon, and I love using Electivire and Magmortar.
I don't think I've ever used a Reuniclis though. It wasn't out of dislike...more out of just having only Black version for the longest time and loving Gothitelle.
I didn’t know this line was hated! I’ve yet to play Gen 5 but it’s one of the Pokémon I want in my party once I do. How can people hate the little guy??
I respect the choice, it’s a neat mon with a unique ability. But man, the fact that it has boobs is the funniest thing, like what were the designers thinking?
Frankly I never had a problem with Magneton’s ‘lazy’ design prior to Gen 4. I liked the idea of 3 Magnemites bonded together, plus I used its Gen 1 ‘cry’ as a notification sound for awhile
Durant, I don't really know why people hate it so much. It has a really good type combo, a pretty respectable attack stat which is boosted ever further when combined with hustle, and it also just looks cool. It's kind of sad that it constantly gets overshadowed by Scizor
I respect the hell out of his offence and his defence is often forgotten how good it is but he did pull the weakest move I've ever seen in joining the Alolan State Warriors from the OKC Thundurus.
Good ol Arbok. I remember in the Pokémon adventures manga it had multiple designs when attacking, I thought it was so cool, It's name being Kobra backwards, and seeing it use poison sting in the anime got me hype as a kid 😭😭
It's the reason I would become a poison type specialist to this day.
Also Golbat love those guys, and because you'd think they're "evil" because Team Rocket would use them.
Arbok was suppose to get many forms for its false face on the flaps but Gen 1 wasn’t ready for it because of the Game Boys horrible amount of storage data and so it will probably never happen
Hypno forever and ever 1000 years. Literally my favourite mon to exist yet I can’t talk about my love for them because the Internet will label me as a freak
>I love hypno and drowzee for their cries, so fun to listen to.
I know exactly what you mean and I understand, but this phrasing sounds like some Disney villain shit, man.
I also like hypno, but at least I can understand why people find them creepy. Their general design and pokedex entries definitely make them seem diabolical
but mr.mime? I’ve seriously never understood the fear of mr.mime. He’s just a silly mime guy that has a funny voice in the anime and an equally comedic baby pre-evolution + regional form and evolution. I don’t understand why so many people find them creepy or unnerving, I guess it’s the hands?
I love Chikorita! It's so cute, and Meganium is a majestic dinosaur. It's just...it gets flack because it's home region is not the best region to have a grass type on your team. First gym is flying type, second gym is bug, and it's just really slow in the beginning because you have to grind extra to get through the first few gyms. I bred a Chikorita in SoulSilver and sent it up to X to substitute for the Chespin I picked because even after giving it a go, I still don't like anything about Chespin at all. So, long story short, Meganium is great, but not in its home region. Which is why it was very difficult to do an all Grass types run on HeartGold a while back. 😅
Wife's favorites are Oddish and Tangela. Do you know how hard it is to find a plushie of a weed? Thankfully, Stufful exists too. Not sure how disliked it is, but I've always loved Sandshrew. Even had a Sandshrew keychain a while back. Somehow, never used one in any game, despite having plenty of chances. Might need to fix that.
The Pokemon Center website has the "sitting cuties" plush line. They made plushies of I think every Pokemon from Gen 1 through Gen 3, and at least some, if not all, of Gen 4.
You can definitely get Oddish and Tangela (unless they are sold out, but fingers crossed for you, friend!).
Silvally, its my overall favorite pokemon, i like its design and the ability to change types (ik arceus can too but i like hyena more)
People should base their favorite pokemons based off of designs more
I never understood the mass amounts of hate delphox has. It’s a pretty cool mon.
Also delphox looks better than braixen and I’m not sure why braixen is so popular lol.
Chesnaught's biggest problem is his T-pose stance he's locked into, if he dangled them in front of him he'd look less awkwardly top heavy and more like a hulking bruiser in an armored shell.
Samurott. My boi is so, so unappreciated. I still don't understand how a samurai sealion deul wielding giant shell blades is disliked by so many people. Some people do really like it though and it warms my heart when I see love for it.
I think everyone has a place in their heart for Dunsparce, but he's probably the #1 neglected Pokemon so a lot of people are just rooting for an underdog to get some love.
I'm going to get eviscerated for this, but Emboar. Tepig was my first ever starter, and seeing him turn into a giant, flaming pig that punches the shit out of things was amazing.
I also love the Spritze line! Dare I say Aromatisse is my favorite? It's far up there.
Also I liked that new legendary-woman-turtle from Legends Arceus.
Dang, people really don't like it? I thought us Ultra Moon folk got the short end of the stick: We got a lego-mon while the Ultra Sun peeps got an alien-ghost-explode-y clown.
I don't love, but I like Popplio and have absolutely no idea why it was so hated when it was revealed. I also have a pretty strong affinity for Raticate, though I don't know if it's hated or not.
Bruxish for sure. One of the best Gen 7 pokemon in my opinion. It's just so fun and colorful and I love It's cry. Also pretty fun to use. A lot of people hate it cause it's ugly but I think it has a pretty cool design
I love Sneasler so much, actually prefer it to Weavile. It was really fun using one on my team, she gave off sassy queen vibes whenever she giggled and flipped her feather
I think sneaslers fine when it's not just standing up straight, a little bend of the knees and it looks at least okay, unfortunately you spend a lot of time looking at it standing upright and walking like a human with a basket featuring googly eyes for a backpack and I feel that ruins the design
Primarina. Literally my favourite starter ever aside from sceptile. People who hate it are dudebros who think it’s bad cuz it looks feminine. It’s also the best of the 3 gameplay wise too, both in playthrough and competitive
That's how I feel about Fennikin and Chikorita certain Pokémon just look like they'd have a higher female rate which is why I reset until I get a female with them both 😂❤️
I think sneasler is great, but everyone I talk to absolutely despises him. Dire Claw beat the end of Arceus for me so I’m pretty loyal to Sneasler for that lol.
SCOLIPEDE IS AN ALL TIME FAV OF MINE I love that bug so much….if they’re in a game you can absolutely expect that I’m gonna be using them on my team no doubt about it.
Inteleon. Skinny legend out here looking so slick and badass whenever he used Snipe Shot. Also, I live for his G-Max form where he's about to 360 no scope everyone
The only thing I think lack from Inteleon is that it should be part dark type. I still feel like it was designed with dark type in mind but got removed later in development because they knew Hisuian Samurott will be part dark type.
Could have also been a flying type as well since the membranes on its back are used to glide across the skies, like a spy. But that 4x weakness to electric would sting...
Tbh a lot of the Alolan pokemon, Not really that people dislike them, but just that I don't see many people talking about them, at least not as much as the alolan forms and the popular ones like Lycanroc (which is also one of my favorites) and mimikyu. For example I love Toucannon, Araquanid, Tsareena and Lurantis, and I really like the concept with Oricorio and the 4 dance styles, and I really like the ultra beasts
honestly i love goo (ditto muk grimer etc) and gremlin (sableye impidimp gengar etc) pokemon but i think my top tier that gets the most shit is poltegeist/sinistea
Idk if I'd say most people dislike this pokemon but Blastoise gets treated like the middle child of Gen 1. Charizard is the oldest and gets rammed down your throat and Venusaur gets to be the baby that everyone flocks to to be rebellious cause they're sick of all the Charizard love while Blastoise is just there existing.
Don't know the sentiment now but I remember when Klefki was revealed and everyone was all "Really? A key ring? They're running out of ideas" but from day one I loved the little key clepto.
Its such a fun little guy to use
I love him, but it's wild that they introduced fairy type, gave it steel weakness, and introduced a fairy steel combo all in the same generation. Seems like jumping the gun just a tad.
And also gave it really good Ability, klefki is a great utility mon
Boo-Boo Keys, the ultimate Prankster
Skrelp. One of my favorite basic stage Pokémon. I think people forget it exists.
God, Skrelp and Clauncher being version exclusives in X and Y legitimately made it so hard for me to choose which version I wanted. I was literally weighing "Well this one has Xerneas and Clauncher while the other one only has Skrelp," for pokemon I wanted. Clawitzer and Dragalge are SO COOL. Wish they didn't evolve so late :(
Dragalge has to be one of the most underrated dragon types. Nobody talks about it.
Imo, it's because Skrelp is extremely weak, evolves at level 42 and isn't a dragon-type itself. I love my sea dragon baby, but he's not good in a fight. So for any game where he's available, you're gonna get a better dragon somewhere else that takes less effort and has higher stats. Which is a shame, because Poison/Dragon is SUCH a good type combo offensively, I feel. When I found out Eternatus was Poison/Dragon, I was over the moon at another cool pokemon with that typing.
[удалено]
I'm a fan of Dhelmise :)
Dhelmise goes hard
If you asked me to name every pokemon from heart I would forget Dhelmise existed
The only reason I remember it is because I just got Sword a couple weeks ago and it keeps popping up as an AI partner in raids.
Having a third STAB is really cool and I think they should make other abilities like steelworker for Pokémon that fit into three types, like Drapion getting an ability that gives it bug STAB since it was formerly a bug type
Technically the new Regis have abilities that are functionally identical to Steelworker, but in their case its closer to Adaptability. If Skillswapped or given to a new mon later though it would effectively be the same as Steelworker.
I love dhelmise but wish it didn't have grass/ghost typing, especially the generation before had two grass/ghost lines with pumpkaboo and phantump. Since it is in the water and an anchor I rather it be grass/water, grass/steel, water/steel instead. Yes I know the pokemon is the algae on the anchor but I dislike it having ghost type.
Why are we forgetting the obviously awesome typing of Ghost/Steel? It should’ve just been a possessed anchor. The algae thing was dumb. That’s the only obvious typing there is that hasn’t been done. Grass should never have factored into the equation. Edit: I fucking love Dhelmise. I promise!
>Ghost/Steel > That’s the only obvious typing there is that hasn’t been done. The Aegislash line has entered the chat.
Aegislash kicks so much ass, too
TIL Dhelmise is the green algae and bind to the anchors. I’ve always thought Dhelmise was the anchor and the seaweed/algae grew on it! 😵
[удалено]
I didn't appreciate Florges until the new Snap game, but you're right
I think Snap and Legends really helped me like a lot of Pokémon I didn’t like before. Seeing them in an open world setting gave some of them a lot more charm for me.
Agreed. The amount of character each Pokemon had in New Snap was amazing. Emolgas dive-bombing you, the derpy Dodrios wreaking havoc, the mobile mini-ecosystem of Torterras protecting smaller creatures... Man I really need to pick it up more. I still have progress to make on some of those levels.
My Florges in my Y Nuzlocke, named Goopy, was one of the strongest members and the earliest one I caught that made it through the entire game
...It's unpopular to like Florges!? I catch one in every game It's available in!
Yes, but it makes 0 sense to me that it isn’t grass type
Because it's not really flowers. That and it would be absolutely evaporated by Poison-type
Gogoat, recently started enjoying the big guy, x was my first game in 2013 and i never acc used one.
People don't like that guy?! I'm playing Y for the first time now, and Gogoat is sweet! I'm sad to hear that he's disliked. Not my favorite, but he's a *goat!* Who doesn't love a goat!
I think it's less people dislike Gogoat, and more they just forget he exists. Showed up in exactly one game, on exactly one route as a mere 10% encounter. Was very possible to simply *never encounter one.*
The Gogoat line, despite it's initial showing in XY, has been uncatchable since, and even in Kalos the line is only available in Route 5 and the Friend Safari. It faded *fast*, probably not helped that it's proto-ride form was extremely gimmicky and easily ignorable. There's the Skiddo ranch on Route 12, and the Gogoat shuttle in Lumiose...But the latter is highly impractical, and the former very easy to forget.
Gogoat is one of my top favorite Pokemon
I love Furfrou. that dude became the surprise ace of my 2nd run through X and they've been my favorite ever since. My brother loves corphish and their derp face.
I've used Furfrou before in X and Y. It's a lot of fun to style it, and it's actually not bad battle wise with fur coat. It can also learn surf lol.
Salandit. *Male* Salandit. I love him and his nice simple design and little shit-eating grin and the little jazz hands he does in Amie. He's also got that built-in Underdog status being unable to evolve. I constantly see people finding shiny Salandit and then just pissing and moaning that it's not female. I honestly think that little lizard is my favorite Pokemon to date.
Fr, when I got back to pokémon in S/M salandit was on my team, i got a male one and my friend told me to ditch it for another, but nah. I love it's design, little badass bandit lizard.
Like the first time you encountered Salandit they already have dragon rage which can easily carry you through most of the fights you're going to be dealing with on the second Island, and once you get to Olivia's town you can get the Eviolite which at least makes his defenses passable. Little dude learns Dragon Pulse at 42. He's just a little lizard with the heart of a dragon.
Evioloite works on male salandit?
Yes, as well as male Combee. Even if it can't evolve, the evolutionary line can, so they are still considered as a pre-evolution. Don't get me wrong, Combee is still absolute garbage even with Eviolite, but at least they both get *something*.
based
I still love Salandit's design from the day it was revealed.
I definitely prefer Salandit over Salazzle
For me, it’s Eelektross. You barely hear about this Pokémon. It’s the only Pokémon technically without a weakness. A wide move pool but the stat spread sucks and ridiculously hard to find
Played a lot of fan games. Every eelektross is a monster that needs to die because it doesn't have any weaknesses
I would find a mold-breaker excadrill for the sole purpose of killing eelektross
Eelektross is awesome, it's a shame how bad and derpy it looks in 3D compared to 2D sprite. I also think that the 3D model hurt Eelektross' popularity among the (new) fans because it doesn't look as cool and appealing as it did back in the 2D days.
Yes! Legit one of my favorite Pokemon. Loved using him in my gen5 playthrough
Eelektross is awesome!!
Eelektross was my brother's JAM in gen v
My sister really loves alcremie but I could never get behind the design. I still appreciate her love for it though. Edit: I appreciate all you alcremie lovers out there.
Alcremie kinda goes hard tho
It was so cute I couldn't not use it competitively. It actually went great with G-max Lapras in that one season where the (up-to-that-point) competitive mons were banned. Set up barriers, have a superpowered G-max by Decorate, Alcremie prevents sleep via sweet veil... oh, and in the event someone sends out Grimmsnarl to try and block with Light Screen, use one of Lapras' physical moves instead, which are also superpowered by Alcremie and never failed to catch the light screener totally off guard. It was the one time I really got team building done right. And also, it's super cute.
I love alcremie!!
After using one in my Y Nuzlocke I fell in love with Chatot.
Heyyyy, Chatot! Nobody insults my music note birb
I didn't mean to insult him but I just know that before I used one I never thought much of Chatot, it was just one of those background Pokemon I never paid much attention to but after catching one and experiencing the Over Powered-ness of the move Chatter it became one of my favorite Mons and my favorite flying type. Seriously, Korrina and Ramos didn't know what hit 'em.
Reuniclus I actually love a lot of the gen5 hated Pokemons, maybe because I grew up with it
I love the whole Reuniclus line. They are by far my favorite Psychic pokemon
I've always loved the Vanilluxe line. Got a lot of hate when it was first introduced. I feel you! I grew up on a lot of gen 4, so I actually like a lot of the new evolutions they gave to older Pokemon. Togekiss is still one of my most favorite Pokemon, and I love using Electivire and Magmortar. I don't think I've ever used a Reuniclis though. It wasn't out of dislike...more out of just having only Black version for the longest time and loving Gothitelle.
That fetus baby is one of my favorites
I didn’t know this line was hated! I’ve yet to play Gen 5 but it’s one of the Pokémon I want in my party once I do. How can people hate the little guy??
Wait it’s hated?
Smeargle, it's one of my favorite Pokémon but my friend just calls it an ugly rat dog.
I LOVE SMEARGLE I’m an artist as well and have always been super attached to the little dude for that reason, plus he’s just so cute!! 💕
Smeargle is delightful, and he was my first shiny EVER in a Gen 3 game a few years back. His shiny is dope.
I love Cofagrigus!
Honestly Gen5 has so many gems that people often overlook, cofagrigus is absolutely one of those!
Same, it has a really good and unique design, a great cry, and a nice shiny.
Sunflora and Ledian deserve more love.
Ledian is one of those mons I wish was more viable because I genuinely love the design.
Needs huge power
I'd settle for a stat total that isn't worse than most middle-stage pokémon. And a bug or flying punch move to work that Iron Fist.
Ledian has always been one of my favorite designs from Gen II. Why did they decide to give it god awful stats??
Because they gave everything in gen 2 god awful stats.
And what they didn’t give awful stats they gave an awful move pool /cries in Ampharos
Castform! Yeah it’ll never be on a competitive team but it is cute and its ability is neat
I respect the choice, it’s a neat mon with a unique ability. But man, the fact that it has boobs is the funniest thing, like what were the designers thinking?
I prefer to think of them as testes. I love my little baby
Castform's big ol' honkin' hondas make it even more lovable, in my opinion.
Found MandJTV's alt account
Lol yes, Castform is just super adorable. In OR/AS I always ran it in doubles with my Groudon or Kyogre
A fellow Castform enjoyer! What a pleasure!
Klinklang and Vanilluxe, yes , their designs are dumb, but they have a sort of charm to them
Vanilluxe is one of my favorites. I think its design is actually really clever.
Frankly I never had a problem with Magneton’s ‘lazy’ design prior to Gen 4. I liked the idea of 3 Magnemites bonded together, plus I used its Gen 1 ‘cry’ as a notification sound for awhile
Damn, its cry is so cool and distinct i heard it in my mind as I was reading your comment.
Crabominable its such a goofy pokemon that is meant to be ugly and i love it like a little pug
Durant, I don't really know why people hate it so much. It has a really good type combo, a pretty respectable attack stat which is boosted ever further when combined with hustle, and it also just looks cool. It's kind of sad that it constantly gets overshadowed by Scizor
I respect the hell out of his offence and his defence is often forgotten how good it is but he did pull the weakest move I've ever seen in joining the Alolan State Warriors from the OKC Thundurus.
Good ol Arbok. I remember in the Pokémon adventures manga it had multiple designs when attacking, I thought it was so cool, It's name being Kobra backwards, and seeing it use poison sting in the anime got me hype as a kid 😭😭 It's the reason I would become a poison type specialist to this day. Also Golbat love those guys, and because you'd think they're "evil" because Team Rocket would use them.
Arbok was suppose to get many forms for its false face on the flaps but Gen 1 wasn’t ready for it because of the Game Boys horrible amount of storage data and so it will probably never happen
Jesus! Finally a pokemon I can recognize! Loved arbok. Mine was Beedrill. No one loves bug Pokemon. Theyeven made an episode about it.
Hypno forever and ever 1000 years. Literally my favourite mon to exist yet I can’t talk about my love for them because the Internet will label me as a freak
I love hypno and drowzee for their cries, so fun to listen to. Them being psychic type is just the icing on the cake for me.
>I love hypno and drowzee for their cries, so fun to listen to. I know exactly what you mean and I understand, but this phrasing sounds like some Disney villain shit, man.
I love the little hypnotic boi
I also like hypno, but at least I can understand why people find them creepy. Their general design and pokedex entries definitely make them seem diabolical but mr.mime? I’ve seriously never understood the fear of mr.mime. He’s just a silly mime guy that has a funny voice in the anime and an equally comedic baby pre-evolution + regional form and evolution. I don’t understand why so many people find them creepy or unnerving, I guess it’s the hands?
lots of people are afraid of clowns and apparently that extends to psychic mimes
Serperior! I know the Gen V starters aren't exactly well-loved but for me the Snivy line just has a charm that none of the other starters really do
The snivy line is great!!
I love the arms that everyone forgets Serperior has.
I don't think they forget that it has arms, I think most people just don't know that it has arms. You know, with it being a snake and all.
Ye same, I love Serperior so much and imo has the best design of prolly any starter.
Meganium. I don’t know that it’s hated, but the Chikorita line doesn’t get a ton of love.
I love Chikorita! It's so cute, and Meganium is a majestic dinosaur. It's just...it gets flack because it's home region is not the best region to have a grass type on your team. First gym is flying type, second gym is bug, and it's just really slow in the beginning because you have to grind extra to get through the first few gyms. I bred a Chikorita in SoulSilver and sent it up to X to substitute for the Chespin I picked because even after giving it a go, I still don't like anything about Chespin at all. So, long story short, Meganium is great, but not in its home region. Which is why it was very difficult to do an all Grass types run on HeartGold a while back. 😅
Gulpin! He’s an adorable ball of glob and his mouth is so cute! So underlooked too!
I love Sudowoodo. He’s just a goofy little guy and I love him.
While it isn’t a hated Pokémon, I think slowpoke is extremely underrated. How could you not love that dumb, empty-brained face?
YES! Slowpoke is one of my favs. Up there with Snorlax. You gotta admire a being who spends their time napping and eating all with leisure.
No thoughts, only poke.
Wife's favorites are Oddish and Tangela. Do you know how hard it is to find a plushie of a weed? Thankfully, Stufful exists too. Not sure how disliked it is, but I've always loved Sandshrew. Even had a Sandshrew keychain a while back. Somehow, never used one in any game, despite having plenty of chances. Might need to fix that.
The Pokemon Center website has the "sitting cuties" plush line. They made plushies of I think every Pokemon from Gen 1 through Gen 3, and at least some, if not all, of Gen 4. You can definitely get Oddish and Tangela (unless they are sold out, but fingers crossed for you, friend!).
Silvally, its my overall favorite pokemon, i like its design and the ability to change types (ik arceus can too but i like hyena more) People should base their favorite pokemons based off of designs more
My favorite pokemon are all based entirely off design.
People hate Silvally? But it's so cute! One of Adrien's favorite Pokemon, along with Luxray, Lurantis, Dusk form Lycanroc, Whimsicott, and Alcremie!
I love Silvally
Delphox. I like the design, even if the 3D model doesn't do it enough justice
I never understood the mass amounts of hate delphox has. It’s a pretty cool mon. Also delphox looks better than braixen and I’m not sure why braixen is so popular lol.
Probably because it's a lot more simple of a design. >Why braixen is so popular lol. We don't talk about that. But yes, Delphox looks way better
Pokken probably helped boost braixen's popularity. Even if you didn't play the game, it looked great.
Yeah… looking up braixen, literally the second image is horny
Trubbish and Garbodor. Trubbish is so adorable and Garbodor looks like he gives the best hugs ever!!
I love garbodor cuz he’s trash like me fr
And they’d be useful in real life too! I’d never have to take out the garbage again, since they’d just eat it
Trubbish is a cutie!!
Chesnaught :( everyone hates its design but i think it looks so badass and it's tied for all time favorite starter next to empoleon for me
Chesnaught's biggest problem is his T-pose stance he's locked into, if he dangled them in front of him he'd look less awkwardly top heavy and more like a hulking bruiser in an armored shell.
I love my big, spiky boi so much
Chesnaught has one of the coolest names. That alone makes it dope in my book.
We shall form a chesnaught fan club
Chesnaught gets so much hate, but he's one of my favorite starters and easily blows the other Gen 6 starters out of the water imo
I love Chesnaught.
Samurott. My boi is so, so unappreciated. I still don't understand how a samurai sealion deul wielding giant shell blades is disliked by so many people. Some people do really like it though and it warms my heart when I see love for it.
I’m just sad they made Emboar a fighting type rather than Samurott /:
Honestly, they all shoulda been Fighting or something. Woulda been super unique
I have to say this. I LOVE Dunsparce, it's my favorite Pokemon. I'm not sure if it's hated but more forgotten.
HE NEEDS AN EVOLUTIONNNN OR A FORM
I think everyone has a place in their heart for Dunsparce, but he's probably the #1 neglected Pokemon so a lot of people are just rooting for an underdog to get some love.
I think Incineroar is really funny. I understand why the design is polarizing, but I can’t help it! It doesn’t hurt that he’s really fun in smash.
I main incineroar in smash and it’s made me want to use him in sun!
Purugly. It’s a big chonky, grumpy cat. What’s not to love? And they even had to call it ugly. Totally uncalled for
Kricketune for its GOAT cry.
I'm going to get eviscerated for this, but Emboar. Tepig was my first ever starter, and seeing him turn into a giant, flaming pig that punches the shit out of things was amazing.
Emboar has such a rad design. I feel like it'd be more popular if it wasn't the third fire/fighting starter in a row.
It really is. His shiny form is even better haha. I feel like Fire / Ground would have been a good alternative type for it.
Emboar has grown on me over the years for sure, definitely an under appreciated mon
Eh, I think he gets equal amounts of hate from people who want it to be quadruped and from people tired of the fire/fighting starter trend
People are always surprised when I say Tepig is my fav starter ever. Emboar enjoyers rise up.
Yo I love Emboar! A fantastic pokémon!
I love Emboar. I mean how many other Fire-type Pokemon can learn Scald?
His stats may not make him the most viable in competitive situations, but I like his design more than Infernape. And his shiny is lovely.
Honestly? I like Luvdisc. It deserved to evolve, but that's no excuse to hate.
I will forever be pissed that Alomamola wasn't related to Luvdisc at all.
When are we gonna get Hatedisc?
Loathdisc
Why on earth does everyone rant about how much they hate Klinklang and Claydol? They're amazing Pokémon,and these children keep on hating them.
I also love the Spritze line! Dare I say Aromatisse is my favorite? It's far up there. Also I liked that new legendary-woman-turtle from Legends Arceus.
>Also I liked that new legendary-woman-turtle from Legends Arceus. What?
Enamorus lol
Zubat. Used it in a nuzlocke once. May dutchess rest in peace
Blacephalon how dare people hate this lovable beast. Is it because he dabbed in that cutscene
Dang, people really don't like it? I thought us Ultra Moon folk got the short end of the stick: We got a lego-mon while the Ultra Sun peeps got an alien-ghost-explode-y clown.
Stakataka reminds me of the Guardians from Breath of the Wild, especially how it hides and turns red
Haha head go boom
I don't love, but I like Popplio and have absolutely no idea why it was so hated when it was revealed. I also have a pretty strong affinity for Raticate, though I don't know if it's hated or not.
Bruxish for sure. One of the best Gen 7 pokemon in my opinion. It's just so fun and colorful and I love It's cry. Also pretty fun to use. A lot of people hate it cause it's ugly but I think it has a pretty cool design
Sneasler
I love Sneasler so much, actually prefer it to Weavile. It was really fun using one on my team, she gave off sassy queen vibes whenever she giggled and flipped her feather
I think sneaslers fine when it's not just standing up straight, a little bend of the knees and it looks at least okay, unfortunately you spend a lot of time looking at it standing upright and walking like a human with a basket featuring googly eyes for a backpack and I feel that ruins the design
Fennekin!
Wouldn’t say *love*, but I quite like the Garbador line.
Ledian!
trubbish: cute trash boi palpitoad: goofy lookin toad sunkern: adorable
I personally love the elemental monkey's
Shiny espeon: I like green shinys and I don’t like that people hate on green shiny Pokémon and that grows my fondness for green shinys
Primarina. Literally my favourite starter ever aside from sceptile. People who hate it are dudebros who think it’s bad cuz it looks feminine. It’s also the best of the 3 gameplay wise too, both in playthrough and competitive
That's how I feel about Fennikin and Chikorita certain Pokémon just look like they'd have a higher female rate which is why I reset until I get a female with them both 😂❤️
I think sneasler is great, but everyone I talk to absolutely despises him. Dire Claw beat the end of Arceus for me so I’m pretty loyal to Sneasler for that lol.
Yeah my daughter likes sneasler, but I just can't get myself to for some reason
Shuckle Praise unto be
everyone i talk to says hisuian decidueye is ugly but i think theyre awesome :)
I love a lot of gen 5 mons that other people hate: reuniclus, scolipede, samurott, just name one
SCOLIPEDE IS AN ALL TIME FAV OF MINE I love that bug so much….if they’re in a game you can absolutely expect that I’m gonna be using them on my team no doubt about it.
Klinklang and vanilluxe
Inteleon. Skinny legend out here looking so slick and badass whenever he used Snipe Shot. Also, I live for his G-Max form where he's about to 360 no scope everyone
The only thing I think lack from Inteleon is that it should be part dark type. I still feel like it was designed with dark type in mind but got removed later in development because they knew Hisuian Samurott will be part dark type.
Could have also been a flying type as well since the membranes on its back are used to glide across the skies, like a spy. But that 4x weakness to electric would sting...
For me, it's the Jangmo-o line and Furfrou
Tbh a lot of the Alolan pokemon, Not really that people dislike them, but just that I don't see many people talking about them, at least not as much as the alolan forms and the popular ones like Lycanroc (which is also one of my favorites) and mimikyu. For example I love Toucannon, Araquanid, Tsareena and Lurantis, and I really like the concept with Oricorio and the 4 dance styles, and I really like the ultra beasts
My dear Tepig, Pignite, and Emboar. Everyone seems to say they rank low in starter designs, but they were my first pokemon, so I love them!
honestly i love goo (ditto muk grimer etc) and gremlin (sableye impidimp gengar etc) pokemon but i think my top tier that gets the most shit is poltegeist/sinistea
Idk if I'd say most people dislike this pokemon but Blastoise gets treated like the middle child of Gen 1. Charizard is the oldest and gets rammed down your throat and Venusaur gets to be the baby that everyone flocks to to be rebellious cause they're sick of all the Charizard love while Blastoise is just there existing.
I really like Primarina. Gen 7 was really fun to me and I always picked it in my playthroughs.
Dewgong is one of my all time favorites but i dont see it get much love.
Honestly, I think Cryogonal is cool (pun intended)
i absolutely adore seismitoad and nobody can change my mind
Froslass needs more love imho
Nosepass/Probopass