Starter Poll 12: Ice

[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, twelfth is Ice. There are four options in this poll, all of which stink in terms of evolution levels.

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]

Much like the Ground type options, all of the Ice type options have late evolution levels. The earliest is Spheal at 32, but not again until 44. Swinub is next at 33, and Vanillite and Frigibax evolve at 35. For base stats, while Mamoswine (530) has good stats, Swinub (250) has low stats, and Piloswine (450) has high stats. Baxcalibur (600) is a Pseudo and thus super powerful. Spheal and Vanillite both have stages that get within or close to the target ranges, and Vanillite is pure Ice. However, Vanillite is in the Slow experience group. Seriously Unova, what's with all of these Pokemon, especially those in the Slow experience group, that both evolve late and are not that strong by the end? This is just unacceptable, as it makes them bad starters. Just make Swinub the Ice starter because it's the only one whose second evolution can occur in the 30s.