Which Johto starter is the best for Sun and Moon playthroughs?

Question

From the Island Scan.

Answer 1

I'll base my answer on Island Kahunas.

Typhlosion is not good against the 2nd and 4th Kahunas, so don't use it. It doesn't have any good fighting moves that can capitalize on its good special attack stat, except for focus blast. Plus, you're pretty much screwed if you miss or don't one shot. You can get solar beam, but you have to set up sun to make it really work, which means running specific Pokemon and surviving a switch in. Not very reliable.

Feraligatr has no weakness to the kahunas, and it hard counters the 2nd and 4th ones. However, you only get a good physical water move on Poni Island if you don't use breeding, so it is better to get a aqua jet Totodile from breeding, if you are okay with the grind. Go here(https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/feraligatr/moves/7#egg-move-parents) and scroll to the aqua jet section.(also please teach me how to link a URL in a word, I don't know how to do it currently)

Meganium is the best, in my opinion. It is reasonably tanky. Even as a Chikorita it gets good grass moves early on. It can also comfortably take a z-move from the rock and ground Kahunas, so it is a good defensive and offensive option.

Hope I helped!

Comments

I wouldn't say having nothing but Magical Leaf for STAB until Chikorita is fully evolved is a "good offensive option."

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oh I mean Meganium. Still, it is not a bad pick. After all, you have an alolan starter.

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If you look at the level up movesets for the three Johto starters, you will see that Meganium learns exclusively Grass and Normal type attacking moves, not a single coverage move, and it's TM learnset is also atrocious. Meganium is infamously not easy or fun to use in a playthrough. Typhlosion and Feraligatr learn many coverage moves through level up and TM, Typhlosion's TM learnset could be considered phenomenal

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sorry, I am not very good at pokemon. I just mostly guess

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Why do you answer if you don't know what you're talking about?

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I have to agree with Baron's point
Meganium is considered a defensive pokemon but it's absolutely bad in the offensive side. Sure, it can use Powder moves or toxic to give a disadvantage to the opponent but it's not enough. Raw Power is more important than Stall in casual pokemon plays.

Typhlosion and Feraligatr are superior in their own respective roles and they have a majority of moves that they can learn via TMs, considering also the fact that Fire and Water types are mandatory to be in somebody's team rather than a grass type

(no hate towards the grass typing, but I do believe that it's among the worst typings in the game, with Ice being another example)

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Should I convert this to a comment

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No. It answers the question, albeit poorly. Downvote it if you don't like it, but it breaks no rules.