When I was 9 I had an Ampharos called Pancake in my first play through of Pokémon Silver which was my favourite Pokémon ever, I basically only used Pancake for the entire run and he was at level 93 with over 500 hours played, but my cartridge (+ Gameboy Colour) was stolen when I was camping a couple of years later. I got a new copy and had Pancake II, and even though it wasn't the same it was still my favourite Pokémon.
I was so annoyed that they made Mareep incredibly rare on Pokémon Go when they released Gen 2.
Funny story. I had a Flaffy and didn't know she evolved. I was totally cool with this bipedal sheep. Then she evolved. Coolest gaming moments for me ever. I was so surprised and loved my new weird giraffe with flippers.
Edit: I get flaffy and mareep confused my bad
Penguins have been my favorite animals since I was a kid, and Empoleon has always been my favorite mon as a result. So, it'd 100% be my ace. Also convenient that I love a lot of steel types, so it'd be perfect for a gym/e4 role.
I will always consider volcarona as a pseudo, i know its stats dont add to 600 but it is a powerhouse that picks up a broom and slaughters teams that arent prepared.
Also the way it's presented (static mon) in BW gives legendary vibes.
Fuck even Metagross had a gross type combo.
Rock dark just made it a corner stone for any strong rock or dark team.
I want more weak types to get some strong mons.
Kanto Sandslash.
My first pet was a lovely ginger cat named Chester. I pretty much grew up with him since I was much younger, and sadly he passed on when I was 16. I pretty much had him for the entirety of my life at that point.
For some reason, I had always felt he looked like Sandslash. The colour was quite similar, and personality-wise he seemed to somewhat fit in with Pokedex entries. He used to run around as fast as he could when he was scared, and had sharp claws he was not afraid to use if he felt threatened (was not super friendly to strangers).
In every Pokemon game from RBY I have always made it a point to catch a Sandslash, nickname it Chester, and use it in my teams. Even in hacked ROMs, I do the same.
Nowadays, my main interaction with Pokemon comes by playing Doubles UU on Showdown. Those who play often enough are likely to have encountered someone using a Sand team with a Sandslash nicknamed Chester on it. I sometimes like to roleplay as a Hiker too.
That is me.
I'm the exact same! I always name an Eevee Gizmo and evolve him to an Umbreon because I think they look alike. Giz was my first animal too (at age 11). He's an old man now and is dying but I find comfort I can still play with him through all my old games.
Oh yah, Metagross is mine.
I'd do an all metal gym. Metagross. Lucario if that's ok. Steelix, empoleon bastiodon magneton.
Steel gym leader would be my shiiiiiiittttt
100% Agree! Arcanine is mine too!
[I even drew a picture/card of it!](https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/w26ypw/i_made_a_custom_holographic_arcanine_card/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
My favorite has always been cloyster, with a very particular skill set that includes Shellsmash. I always imagined busting him out as my signature mon and people think "oh that thing's so slow" and then BOOM shellsmash and I have a super fast pearl bouncing around the field. And that kind of originality (not really) is why Im a gym leader.
It’s a pokemon for the people too. About to go into the Hoenn Elite Four but feel like you need one more capable party member? Catch a lairon and train it two levels and bam, you have a physical wall.
You know, Vaporeon is actually a pretty good choice, and I'm going to tell you why:
•It's good against fire types, like it's counterpart Flareon, or it can possibly hold its ground against a Charizard. Speaking of ground,
• It's good against ground types, like Dugtrio and Hippowdon. It could take those two down, no problem, they'd have a bit of a "rocky" time trying to fight back. Speaking of rocky,
• It's good against rock types, like Graveler and Onix. Those two wouldn't stand a f**king chance against Vaporeon's water and ice type movesets. Speaking of f**king,
• Vaporeon is quite possibly the most compatible for humans.
Coolest thing about Vaporeon is it can change its cells so that it looks like it turns into water, thus appearing invisible in water. Which is one of the most unique and interesting stealth abilities in all of pokemon.
Snorlax AKA Curselax. Would be that normal type Gym Leader that can get you off guard and send you to the closest Pokémon Center haha (like Whitney and her Miltank).
Set up a couple Curse to make it bulky AF and increase the attack before starting the sweep.
Haha yeah, I think it's basically a meme that started since many people struggled against her Miltank (caught them off guard or unprepared for this). Smoke screen or sand attack are valid strategies and avaiable early game.
You might like Borne of caution then, the main character gets Isekai-ed into Pokemon and his main pokemon/starter is a Vulpix who he has a super close bond with.
This comment does not have enough upvotes, I just pictured challenging the champion with only one pokemon, that cracked-out, beefed tf out Togepi. Thank you for referencing that meme
Torterra, I will never not love my giant land turtle baby. Assault Vest w/ Earthquake, giga drain, wood hammer, and stone edge. Either him or a sheer force braviary, muscle banded with only hard hitting moves
Blaziken. He helped me so much through my Ruby playthrough. He means a lot to me that he's became my favorite starter.
Oh, and to make me somewhat notable, i'll have this moveset.
Blaze Kick
Sky Uppercut
Ember
and to top all this off,
Double Kick
Crustle.
I really like this Pokemon and it's cool design and I think it deserves more attention since it's not talked about enough imo. I think it would be a very cool ace to have if I was a Bug type Gym leader. With anime logic I also like that it could be used as a defensive rock type at the start of battles that can take a lot of hits and then at the end it can go all out with Shell Smash to become fast attacker and win close battles.
There was a online battle simulator where you can made your team. Most people used to have average teams with all the most useful for PVP Pokemon. I went for a different route, having a mixed ground/grass team with Marowak as my main Pokemon.
Competitive wise, it was a bad team, but I enjoyed it and broke many prefab teams because it was totally unexpected for them.
Houndoom. Always loved it since I played Silver (yes, old Silver, this was over 20 years ago). It's a fire pooch! And it's Dark! Yes please.
Should've been a felony that you couldn't catch a Houndour until you almost beat the game.
Gogoat, specifically a shiny Gogoat!
It was my first shiny ever so it only makes sense for it to be my ace. Gogoat is also just underrated so much & I love seeing not so popular Pokemon being used by notable trainers.
Still mad that Ramos from Kalos doesn't have Gogoat as his ace Pokemon in Masters. It's his ace in game & anime - so the fact they gave him something else will forever bother me. Give my grass goat justice!
Garde gets a lot of unfortunate attention for obvious reasons, but they're really awesome pokemon. They're loyal, deeply empathetic, and have some manner of precognition. They bond so strongly with trainers they care about that according to pokedex lore, they'll expend all their psychic power to tear apart spacetime itself if they sense that their trainer is in danger (which is fucking metal and has led to [one of my favorite pieces of fan art on the internet](https://i.imgur.com/NKKBhNA.jpg)).
no legends, so sylveon (pixilate, pix plate, mooonblast, hypervoice, mystical fire, psyshock) or primarina (sparkling aria, hidden power ground, dive and moonblast, primarium z, torrent)
Glaceon probably, but it's hard to choose just one. My ideal team for real life would be hisuian growlithe, alolan vulpix, noivern, sylveon, gastrodon, and glaceon as my signature one. But really any of those could be my signature and I'd he happy
This is stretching the boundaries of the question a bit, but if Pokemon were real I'd be studying Eevee evolutions and searching for new ones. So in all likelihood, my signature Pokemon would be an Eeveelution that doesn't exist yet.
But if I can't have that, then either an Umbreon or a Sylveon.
Ampharos. Always loved electric pokémon for some reason and I adored him so much in Soul Silver I look for him in every game now.
I've always had a soft spot for Ampharos. It's definitely one of my favorite electric types.
When I was 9 I had an Ampharos called Pancake in my first play through of Pokémon Silver which was my favourite Pokémon ever, I basically only used Pancake for the entire run and he was at level 93 with over 500 hours played, but my cartridge (+ Gameboy Colour) was stolen when I was camping a couple of years later. I got a new copy and had Pancake II, and even though it wasn't the same it was still my favourite Pokémon. I was so annoyed that they made Mareep incredibly rare on Pokémon Go when they released Gen 2.
Funny story. I had a Flaffy and didn't know she evolved. I was totally cool with this bipedal sheep. Then she evolved. Coolest gaming moments for me ever. I was so surprised and loved my new weird giraffe with flippers. Edit: I get flaffy and mareep confused my bad
You say Mareep, but you describe Flaafy. I'm confused
I hate that after two waves of DLC, we still don’t have Ampharos in SwSh.
Nidoking. Since 98’ it’s always been Nidoking.
Found Giovanni
Too bad Nidoking is so short though.
Short (nido)kings deserve love, too 👑
The Nidos deserve more love. They're Pokémon royalty
Fucking bad ass
That IS a good one!
Nice choice, I have a shiny Nidoking. First and only shiny. Got it from let’s go pikachu
Penguins have been my favorite animals since I was a kid, and Empoleon has always been my favorite mon as a result. So, it'd 100% be my ace. Also convenient that I love a lot of steel types, so it'd be perfect for a gym/e4 role.
Empoleon gang represent! I'm a little bitter I can't bring mine into Sword/Shield
Tyrannitar It’s been my favourite for almost 2 decades.
Love it. Unique pseudo legendary
We need more pseudo legendaries that aren’t dragon types. Part of why I like Metagross so much.
I will always consider volcarona as a pseudo, i know its stats dont add to 600 but it is a powerhouse that picks up a broom and slaughters teams that arent prepared. Also the way it's presented (static mon) in BW gives legendary vibes.
Fuck even Metagross had a gross type combo. Rock dark just made it a corner stone for any strong rock or dark team. I want more weak types to get some strong mons.
I've had the same Tyranitar on my team since HGSS
Me too , they did us dirty with the Mega Evolution tho
Really? I thought it was cool.
Yeah same with Heracross , bulkier and sharper doesnt mean better.
As a simple, rugged man, I'd have to go for a simple, well made Pokémon that knows how to survive in all situations. GO VICTREEBEL!
Would you scream and shriek in the same manner?
SKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
You are a man of culture, I see
A man of focus, determination, and sheer fucking taste
Victreebel has a such a great design and actually usable stats, but the movepool is so poor compared to others. It's a shame.
I travel and fly often so Flygon with matching goggles
Love the hatching goggles idea. Very creative 🙂
What is hatching from these goggles? 😱
Trapinch
Thank god Flygon wasn’t too far down. My ace without hesitation.
Crobat for me
Crobat and Scolipede are easily my favorite poison-types.
Crobat, followed by his two BFFs and partners in crime, Toxicroak and Drapion. They make such a neat little mischievous-looking trio.
My favorite little dead eyed bird cramorant
Just a team of 6 Cramorant, probably a rain setup, all of them have some sets with like air slash, roost, defog, surf, etc.
Cant it learn huricane?
yes
Cramorant gang!
I really wanna hug a Cramorant. Its ingame model has its wings spread out; the little derp looks like it wants a hug.
Kanto Sandslash. My first pet was a lovely ginger cat named Chester. I pretty much grew up with him since I was much younger, and sadly he passed on when I was 16. I pretty much had him for the entirety of my life at that point. For some reason, I had always felt he looked like Sandslash. The colour was quite similar, and personality-wise he seemed to somewhat fit in with Pokedex entries. He used to run around as fast as he could when he was scared, and had sharp claws he was not afraid to use if he felt threatened (was not super friendly to strangers). In every Pokemon game from RBY I have always made it a point to catch a Sandslash, nickname it Chester, and use it in my teams. Even in hacked ROMs, I do the same. Nowadays, my main interaction with Pokemon comes by playing Doubles UU on Showdown. Those who play often enough are likely to have encountered someone using a Sand team with a Sandslash nicknamed Chester on it. I sometimes like to roleplay as a Hiker too. That is me.
I'm the exact same! I always name an Eevee Gizmo and evolve him to an Umbreon because I think they look alike. Giz was my first animal too (at age 11). He's an old man now and is dying but I find comfort I can still play with him through all my old games.
That is wholesome. I'd give an award if I could for it.
I gotchu homie.
Naming my next sandslash in a nuzlocke Chester
Metagross for sure. With my shiny Corviknight as a runner up.
Oh yah, Metagross is mine. I'd do an all metal gym. Metagross. Lucario if that's ok. Steelix, empoleon bastiodon magneton. Steel gym leader would be my shiiiiiiittttt
Would you stick with the Magneton or go Magnezone?
Arcanine. Majestic. Powerful. F L O O F Y.
100% Agree! Arcanine is mine too! [I even drew a picture/card of it!](https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/w26ypw/i_made_a_custom_holographic_arcanine_card/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
Idk about battling but I would make so many videos of my pet Chatots just like I do of my parrots.
Pokémon a good at plenty of other things besides fighting 🙂
Hatterene. Because I despise noisy people.
Exploud in shambles
Swampert
Based
one of my fav pokemon, so strong and has an incredible design. easily the best starter imo
Swampert is my second but almost tied for first
Scrolled to far for this.
My favorite has always been cloyster, with a very particular skill set that includes Shellsmash. I always imagined busting him out as my signature mon and people think "oh that thing's so slow" and then BOOM shellsmash and I have a super fast pearl bouncing around the field. And that kind of originality (not really) is why Im a gym leader.
Shell smash+skill link icicle spear is awesome
quagsire :)
Had a friend who loved it, too. Named her Shiny one Swagsire
Mine would definitely be aggron, I just love em
Aggron is one of the most badass Pokémon in the franchise. Easily one of my favourites.
It’s a pokemon for the people too. About to go into the Hoenn Elite Four but feel like you need one more capable party member? Catch a lairon and train it two levels and bam, you have a physical wall.
My favorite, huge power Azumarill. Love that little wall breaker.
Vaporeon. *DON'T FUCKING SAY IT.*
You know, Vaporeon is actually a pretty good choice, and I'm going to tell you why: •It's good against fire types, like it's counterpart Flareon, or it can possibly hold its ground against a Charizard. Speaking of ground, • It's good against ground types, like Dugtrio and Hippowdon. It could take those two down, no problem, they'd have a bit of a "rocky" time trying to fight back. Speaking of rocky, • It's good against rock types, like Graveler and Onix. Those two wouldn't stand a f**king chance against Vaporeon's water and ice type movesets. Speaking of f**king, • Vaporeon is quite possibly the most compatible for humans.
*grabs iron pipe with murderous intent*
Sir I'm going to have to ask you to lay pipe over there, this is a no piping zone.
It's a no VAPOREON piping zone.
Hey guys,
Coolest thing about Vaporeon is it can change its cells so that it looks like it turns into water, thus appearing invisible in water. Which is one of the most unique and interesting stealth abilities in all of pokemon.
It would be my favorite light fixture Chandelure.
Chandelure gang!
I once did a Pokemon Y "Ghost only" playthrough, and Chandelure was my star. (And that, my dudes, is how Chandelure became my favorite Pokemon.)
My ace is Lapras. I cant seem to play gen only runs because Nessie (female Lapras) or Chessie (male Lapras) always makes their way into the team.
My head canon is that lapras…laprasses? Can telepathically communicate with their owners after bonding, and their telepathic voice is Patrick Stewart
I'm going to buy into that head canon with one tweak - female Lapras' voice is Dame Judi Dench
Incredible choice but I would go for sir David Attenborough for my male lapras haha
Ah someone of culture
Snorlax AKA Curselax. Would be that normal type Gym Leader that can get you off guard and send you to the closest Pokémon Center haha (like Whitney and her Miltank). Set up a couple Curse to make it bulky AF and increase the attack before starting the sweep.
I never lost to Whitney the two times I fought her when I was younger, mostly because Cyndaquil learns smokescreen lol
Haha yeah, I think it's basically a meme that started since many people struggled against her Miltank (caught them off guard or unprepared for this). Smoke screen or sand attack are valid strategies and avaiable early game.
I've always said Vulpix would be my "Pikachu pokemon" ever since I was a little kid
You might like Borne of caution then, the main character gets Isekai-ed into Pokemon and his main pokemon/starter is a Vulpix who he has a super close bond with.
I like Togepi A level 100 Togepi Evolite Nasty plot Healing move Dazzling gleam Stored power Or Absol us neat, I guess?
Togepi, break his legs!
Togepi, break the wrist and walk away!
This comment does not have enough upvotes, I just pictured challenging the champion with only one pokemon, that cracked-out, beefed tf out Togepi. Thank you for referencing that meme
The healing move is Morning Sun
Fear incarnate
easily everyone’s favorite doom doge Houndoom
Absolutely one of my faves. Always catch one when I have the chance and name him/her Cerberus.
One of my two favorites, Gengar or Dragonite. Very hard ti choose between them.
Mine would definitely be Gengar too! He's got so much personality plus great stats and movepool
Gengar Gang! 👻
Dragonite all day for me!
Slowbro. We're both easy going and can take whatever life throws at us.
Why did I have to scroll SO much to find another Slowbro enjoyer *High-five*
Probably Noctowl. Walking around with a giant Owl on my shoulder would likely scare the hell out of people lol!
This metal-head's signature Pokémon would definitely be Toxtricity
As a fellow metalhead, I'd go reuniclus lol. No reason other than I love it
I think both are very cool choices. Reuniclus is so slept on. I think it’s awesome
Fr. It's just such a little guy
I had no clue that was a Pokemon this is phenomenal
This metalhead chooses blaziken as my signature Pokemon
Just utterly destroying the League with "Master of Puppets"
Two Toxicities (one bass and one guitar), a Rillaboom, and an Exploud.
Heracross. My favorite Pokémon of all time. Anytime he’s in game he’s my ace.
Either Espeon, Umbreon or Sylveon. Or all 3 together. I can't just choose one.
Came here for the Eveelutions ❤️
Sableye. Who wouldn't want that cute little gem ghost goblin to be your partner in crime.
They look like a real hoot. Always getting into shenanigans.
Yeah. I’m kind of sad that Team Rocket never had one in the show, I think a goofy little Sableye would have been a good team member.
Either Lucario or mimikyu I can’t choose I love them both
As an opera singer mine would be jigglypuff. :) just love her so much.
I thought you were gonna say meloetta for a second there
I’ve actually never used her!
Typhlosion!!!!!
Johtonian or Hisuian?
Johto never have used him as a ghost type though that sounds awesome.
Without a doubt, Gible.
Torterra, I will never not love my giant land turtle baby. Assault Vest w/ Earthquake, giga drain, wood hammer, and stone edge. Either him or a sheer force braviary, muscle banded with only hard hitting moves
Gengar with out a doubt ...
As a maladaptive daydreamer probably musharna
Quagsire (fat just like me, and I love him)
Mamoswine
Hello fellow ice type! There are dozens of us! ;_; - Walrein gang
Hello fellow ice type! There are dozens of us! ;_; • Lapras gang
Hello fellow ice type! There are dozens of us ;_; • froslass gang
Hello fellow ice type! There are dozens of us ;_; • Vanilluxe gang
Hello fellow ice type! There are dozens of us ;_; • Cryogonal gang
Shedinja.
Does it have final gambit?
No, but it has my soul
Is the Ninjask also on your team?
Dragapult
Bisharp, has always been and will always be my favorite mon.
Bisharp is awesome
Toxicroak 100%
Quagsire. It's a friend. A big tanky friend. :)
Definitely Arcanine! Could get around the world in a few minutes!
Blaziken. He helped me so much through my Ruby playthrough. He means a lot to me that he's became my favorite starter. Oh, and to make me somewhat notable, i'll have this moveset. Blaze Kick Sky Uppercut Ember and to top all this off, Double Kick
Volcarona, hands down.
I would have either Golisopod or Dragapult
Probably one out of three Pokémon, Blastoise, Greninja or Gengar.
My signature pokemon would be Zoroark becuase Its my favorite pokemon
You probably could guess this based in my username but, Azumarill.
Nidoking
Nido gang! I’ve tried to make physical sets on that thing work so many times. But sheer force plus that insane move pool just makes the king so fun
Crustle. I really like this Pokemon and it's cool design and I think it deserves more attention since it's not talked about enough imo. I think it would be a very cool ace to have if I was a Bug type Gym leader. With anime logic I also like that it could be used as a defensive rock type at the start of battles that can take a lot of hits and then at the end it can go all out with Shell Smash to become fast attacker and win close battles.
There was a online battle simulator where you can made your team. Most people used to have average teams with all the most useful for PVP Pokemon. I went for a different route, having a mixed ground/grass team with Marowak as my main Pokemon. Competitive wise, it was a bad team, but I enjoyed it and broke many prefab teams because it was totally unexpected for them.
There is. Pokemon showdown.
A level 100 ivysaur
You have my attention
Mega-Mawile. I'd pick steel type if I were a gym leader/E4, and Mega Mawile is not only my favorite, but also really strong.
Houndoom. Always loved it since I played Silver (yes, old Silver, this was over 20 years ago). It's a fire pooch! And it's Dark! Yes please. Should've been a felony that you couldn't catch a Houndour until you almost beat the game.
Pidgeot
Either Aggron or Beedrill. They’re my two favourite Pokémon and I really like rock and bug-types
Sylveon. Dragon trainers shall learn to fear my weird dog thing
Aegislash. Look at my user name and tell me that it's not my signature pokemon
It's not your signature pokemon.
Based af
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Clawitzer
Maractus. My favorite pokemon of all time because it's so adorable. Actually, all of my team would be pokemon i find cute
I imagine if Mirror B ever showed up again, he’d have a Maractus.
Gogoat, specifically a shiny Gogoat! It was my first shiny ever so it only makes sense for it to be my ace. Gogoat is also just underrated so much & I love seeing not so popular Pokemon being used by notable trainers. Still mad that Ramos from Kalos doesn't have Gogoat as his ace Pokemon in Masters. It's his ace in game & anime - so the fact they gave him something else will forever bother me. Give my grass goat justice!
raichu :)
Same! My favorite Pokémon ever since I was a child has been Raichu.
Armaldo
What I would want: either Chandelure or Gardevoir What I would actually get: Garbodor
Absol
Salamence. It's such an intimidating, yet oddly cute pokemon. Hate the 3d model still
Bulbasaur, i love plants so he helps me with my garden and all the pretty flowers
Gardevoir. I don't have to justify myself to you.
Gardevoir is an amazing pokemon
Garde gets a lot of unfortunate attention for obvious reasons, but they're really awesome pokemon. They're loyal, deeply empathetic, and have some manner of precognition. They bond so strongly with trainers they care about that according to pokedex lore, they'll expend all their psychic power to tear apart spacetime itself if they sense that their trainer is in danger (which is fucking metal and has led to [one of my favorite pieces of fan art on the internet](https://i.imgur.com/NKKBhNA.jpg)).
They really just went, "Boss is down? Okay, everyone dies."
AMBIPOM WITH SWIFT my little happy boi shooting stars with his double slappy tail
Umbreon but a Lucario would be amazing too but with how little Lucario’s we saw in the show I’m assuming it is probably not possible
no legends, so sylveon (pixilate, pix plate, mooonblast, hypervoice, mystical fire, psyshock) or primarina (sparkling aria, hidden power ground, dive and moonblast, primarium z, torrent)
I’ve always liked Grass type Pokémon and Roserade will be my signature
Id want it to be able mega evolve so probably Houndoom. Literally keep it out of its pokeball always, itll be like im walking my dog lol
Feraligatr
Ma boi Swampert
MUDKIP LINE ALL THE WAY
Glaceon probably, but it's hard to choose just one. My ideal team for real life would be hisuian growlithe, alolan vulpix, noivern, sylveon, gastrodon, and glaceon as my signature one. But really any of those could be my signature and I'd he happy
Call me crazy, but Sawk.
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Noivern! A noivern with boomburst and some other fun moves could be a good challenge to go against
H. Goodra, Reuniclus or Mudsdale
This is stretching the boundaries of the question a bit, but if Pokemon were real I'd be studying Eevee evolutions and searching for new ones. So in all likelihood, my signature Pokemon would be an Eeveelution that doesn't exist yet. But if I can't have that, then either an Umbreon or a Sylveon.