What's the best Gen 1 Pokemon and why is it Starmie?

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finally a good thread

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I hate how 3d ruined him ):

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Best thread

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Best in terms of what? Mewtwo does everything Starmie does but better.

Best in personal comfort for nostalgia.

it's tauros but starmie is cooler and far more based
mewtwo isn't included because he's essentially a cheatcode

It doesn't even have a face, how can you tell?

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The most perfectly designed pokemon and with a kino backstory to boot

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It's so random that Starmie is just randomly a murderer in Gen I

>gets ludicrous coverage with Thunderbolt and Ice Beam, on top of Surf and Psychic
>great Special stat to go with this
>great speed stat
>therefore higher rate of criticals
>low HP, but it gets Recover to make up for this

Every time I play Stadium and I see the trainers with a Starmie, I always go "oh no, he has a Starmie". There's only a few others that get that honour in Gen I:

>Tauros
>Lapras
>Snorlax
>Zapdos
>Gengar
>Alakazam
>Jynx
>Electrode (maybe)

For the most part during early Nintendo cup tournament days in 99ish-2000 most teams were comprised of those mons, and actually most of the opponent's in round 2 stadium use teams based off the irl competitors

When are they going to introduce Starus already?

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Yeah but Slowbro became better than him after the Physical-Special split

Knowing how woke-tier gf staff are, they would probably name it Startheythem

Close, but not quite.

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>Bl*sturd

So the Orre thread got me playing Battle Revolution again with my faux G1 OU team, so of course I go to the Magma Colosseum because I like its gimmick and... oh dear this place is even more fire-and-dragon-centric than I remember. When 4 attacks Starmie isn't winning the battle itself Gengar and Tauros clean up whatever is left and overwhelm any would-be Starmie checks. Water/Ice/Electric (and Psychic in my case) just too good.

Also one of the more interesting cases of balancing a Pokemon in a single player context. Its stats are good but its level up moves are almost all support, making it a pain to work with earlier on and needing a lot of TM investment to get the most out of it.

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close, but that's not poliwhirl.

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based poli fan

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where are my regional starmie, GF?