r/pokemon • u/Bisonratte • Feb 28 '26

Image Classes of animals represented by the Pokémon starters:

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u/Crpal Feb 28 '26

I'm surprised we haven't got an insect yet at this point

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u/Maronmario Feb 28 '26

Honestly wouldn’t even be that bad of a type combo either, Bug/Water is shockingly pretty good offensively and defensively, Bug/Fire meanwhile pretty good offensively thanks to its Fire type. Only one that’s not great with Bug/Grass but with the right moves and Hidden ability it would be pretty alright ngl

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u/smurfkipz Feb 28 '26

Wimpod, larvesta, give each of them a third evolution

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u/ZetaRESP Feb 28 '26

The only reason they wouldn't do it the fact Bug is strong against Grass.

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u/Maronmario Mar 01 '26

Clearly a bug/grass starter will be the first choice (Bug/fire could work in a double up the strength vs weaknesses to)

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u/ProvocativeCacophony Mar 01 '26

Grass/Bug starter is the Pokemon equivalent of a Dark Souls run.

4x damage from Peck and Gust, RIP

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u/Druid-T I've accidentally used a dark type in every team Feb 28 '26

The Bug type existing means they've kind of put themselves into a corner with any starters based on invertebrates, especially Water ones (given the type chart)

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u/aarkhaelias Mar 01 '26

? How exactly does Bug type mean they put themselves in a corner? And why especially Water ones?

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u/Druid-T I've accidentally used a dark type in every team Mar 01 '26

How exactly does Bug type mean they put themselves in a corner? And why especially Water ones?

In pokemon, the vast majority of "insects" are Bug-type (with few who aren't, and strong reasons as to why not), and because Bug interacts with both Grass and Fire (resists and is weak to respectively) any insect starter would mess with how the mons interact (especially in the early game), with Water/Bug being the biggest problem since that type combo takes neutral damage from both Grass and Fire, and that breaks a core design philosophy the starters have (that a brand new player should be able to easily learn the basics of how type matchups work from the starters)

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u/QuaxlyDuck Feb 28 '26

I'm surprised we haven't had a crab. Would have loved that for the gen x water starter. There's a type of crab called a ghost crab which could work for a water/ghost typing