Starter Poll 5: Fairy

[Greninja The Mario Karter]

If you haven't seen my post involving choosing a starter for every type, I would like to refresh you with some criteria I made, and the first criterion is mandatory. Here is the mandatory criterion. I'll be doing each of the eighteen types in poll form to see what everyone thinks.

• The Pokemon in question has to evolve twice (meaning it has to have a three stage evolutionary line), and it has to maintain its specified type throughout its entire line.

Here are the general targets that I hope to aim for.

1. I want Pokemon to get within or as close to starter base stat total ranges as possible. The ranges are 307-320 for base forms, 405-420 for middle forms, and 525-535 for final forms.
2. The Pokemon should ideally evolve via level up all the way through, and even more ideal, its first evolution should occur in the teens (level 10-19) while its second evolution should occur in the thirties (level 30 to 39). I will allow for non-level up evolutions, but I will try to avoid trade evolutions whenever possible.
3. I want to pick the Pokemon that looks and feels the most like a starter to me. I will allow for dual typed base forms if necessary, but I would prefer to avoid them if possible.

Going in alphabetical order, fifth is Fairy. There are eight options in this poll, and half of them use a friendship evolution while five of them use a stone evolution.

If you want to see my doc on this ordeal, click this link here.

Picking a Starter for Every Type Using Existing Pokemon

Picking a Starter for Every Type Using Existing Pokemon Criteria for Starter Pokemon Mandatory Criterion The Pokemon must evolve twice, meaning it has to have a three stage evolutionary line, and it must maintain its specified type throughout its entire line. General Targets I want Pokemon to get...

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[Greninja The Mario Karter]

I would like to eliminate Cleffa, Igglybuff, and Azurill because not only do they all use friendship, but they're all weaker than the target ranges (Clefairy is as weak as a base stage starter, and both Wigglytuff and Azumarill are as weak as middle stage starters), and two of them also use stones; while Togepi has solid base stat totals for its middle and final forms, it too uses friendship and a stone. I would also like to eliminate Ralts because while it evolves via level up all the way through (20 then 30) and Gardevoir (518) is close to the target range, Ralts (198) and Kirlia (278) are pitifully weak. Kirlia is weaker than a base stage starter. Also, Impidimp has bad evolution levels (32 then 42), so I won't really consider it here.

That leaves me with Flabebe and Tinkatink. Both are the most balanced all the way through, but if I had to choose one, I would go with Flabebe since it can evolve overall sooner than Tinkatink does. Also, while Tinkatuff has a better base stat total than Floette, both Flabebe and Florges have better base stat totals than Tinkatink and Tinkaton respectively. Also, Flabebe is pure Fairy while Tinkatink has a secondary Steel type.

Oh, and for this poll, you can choose two options.