I know there is the starter obviously but is anyone else a bit disappointed by the lack of fire types?
Pokémon Black/White
Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Mar 06, 2011
Pokémon Black and White are the fifth generation of Pokémon games for the Nintendo DS. Both introduce several new game play innovations to the series including a more complex battle system, fully-animated 3D models and environments, extensive online integration, and a refresh of the entire selection of Pokémon.
Lack of fire pokemon
There's a relative lack of fire types in every Pokemon gen. Bulbapedia lists Fire Type as the ninth most common elemental type out of 17.
Fire types are generally more of an end game type pokemon, well that's the way it has always seemed to me anyway.
Welcome to Pokemon. Fire Pokemon are awesome, but super rare for an elemental type (and even then good ones are even rarer, and almost entirely limited to starters and legendaries). Save us from the deluge of water pokemon (seriously, third gen almost broke me with how many of those damn things there were), but fire pokemon? NEVER.
I guess there's Victini, which would help if you didn't grab Tepig.
Black & White seem far better for this than any of the games since the originals (which only really had Vulpix or Growlith).
There's Litwick, Darumaka or Pansear all pretty early on.
i got my victini earlier :) problem solved i think.
Come to think of it this thread is pretty pointless.
After much re capping fire pokemon are rare as hell in all the games. Unless you pick the starter, but i wanted smugleaf :)
" smugleaf :) "Weird to see people are still calling them by their fake names.
I actually think that Black and White have a good mix of fire Pokemon in there.
Fire types are rare in every gen, which is why I usually pick the fire starter.
@Romination said:
" @IIChristian89II said:He'll only ever be Smugleaf to me. Nicknaming mine that." smugleaf :) "Weird to see people are still calling them by their fake names. "
Also, if I go fire (which I likely won't, I'll just trade for it), it'll be Pignition.
Either use Victini cause it's a legendary so will destroy most things early game, or Darumaka. My Darumaka has the most insane attack stat - it was like 10 higher when I caught it than the Pokemon I had more than 5 levels above it. Plus with its ability to get 1.5x damage for 0.8x accuracy it's a beast.
" @ajamafalous: I named my Tepig after a pig the family used to have. Because when you live in the suburbs, animals that farms slaughter make great pets. "The suburbs of where, exactly?
This is just another reason why Tepig is the only choice.
Not to mention that he completely smokes the 2nd and 3rd gyms.
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