Starter Poll 17: Steel

[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, seventeenth is Steel. There are seven options in this poll, none of which have good 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]

To start, I will dismiss Tinkatink since it feels more like a Fairy starter than a Steel starter, and I've already chosen that as one of my two candidates for Fairy, the other being Flabebe. None of these options have good evolution levels. I've already eliminated Pawniard in the Dark type section for its egregious evolution level of 52, and most of the others are better, but not good. Magnemite, Aron, Klink, and Honedge don't have their first evolution until the 30s, and then their second evolution is either in the 40s or uses a Stone. This leaves Beldum, which evolves at level 20 then level 45, which isn't great, but it's better than all of these other options. For the same reason I chose Bagon as the Dragon starter, I feel like you should be rewarded with a stronger final form. My second candidate will be Aron.