![]() ![]() Some might even argue it should have been called ‘Amaze-iken’. There’s a reason this Pokémon was a non-Legendary Uber – meaning it was banned in certain online circuits – for so long: it’s absolutely brilliant. ![]() It would repeatedly use Close Combat on every single customer for consuming its kind while becoming rapidly faster and scarier thanks to Speed Boost. That being said, Blaziken – yes, as in “blaze chicken” – would not, in fact, cook itself in KFC. Torchic, though? “Torch chicken.” Not particularly intimidating when you consider it would probably cook itself in Pokémon KFC. When we look at something like Charmander, the etymological basis of “charred” and “salamander” seems pretty cool. It’s a well-designed starter with an exceptional evolutionary line – as someone recently pointed out to me, you can call it ‘Butcher’ so that it becomes ‘Butcher of Blaziken’ when it grows up – but it’s also a whole lot less inspired than people seem to realise. It’s not just that it’s outshone by the other Gen 6 starters – it’s cursed to be perpetually embarrassed by its parents.Īnother Fire-type starter, Torchic’s introduction to Pokémon came with 2002’s Ruby & Sapphire. That’s what we mean when we say it’s easy to feel sorry for this ‘mon. It’s prudent to note that Gen 5 featured a Pokémon who was literally made of trash and, in actuality, was still somehow less trash than the Chespin evos. It’s certainly not particularly good, but the primary reason for it being listed as the worst starter in Pokémon history here is because its evolved forms, Quilladin and Chesnaught, are both pure, unadulterated trash. The weird thing is that Chespin itself isn’t even necessarily that bad. The poor Spiny Nut Pokémon never stood a chance. Pokemon smile version series#On top of being some vague form of unidentifiable, shelled rodent, it was introduced to the Pokémon series in X & Y, meaning it was burdened with the unfortunate circumstance of being unveiled to the world alongside the mischievous little frog that would eventually become Greninja. It’s easy to feel a bit sorry for Chespin. ![]()
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