Ranking all 3 Starters in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet!

Ranking all Starter Pokémon in Scarlet & Violet! Note that this video contains spoilers up to but not including the champion fight and post game.

[DarkKnight-qd]

I really hope one day we finally get a Pokémon game that’s so massive that you can literally choose any starter you want from any and every single Pokémon generation. Plus you can find and catch any Pokémon in the world known to man. I really miss the Generations 1-5 Pokémon, especially 1-3 because that’s my childhood and what I remember the best.

[trevhart]

I really love the 3 choice with these starters

-Slow but Strong Tank
-All around Heavy Hitter
-Fast and Versatile Sweeper

I hope more Starters get choices like these

[Ravii]

One thing I really like about Skeledirge's Torch Song is how smoothly it pairs with overheat, you can start a battle by casting 2 TS to kill the first mon, and then have a +2 Overheat that can oneshot almost anything even if when resisted, and you go back down to regular sp. atk, you can rinse and repeat.

[ProfPoke]

That's actually a really good point about the game having other options to fire pokemons. What I also realized is that the 3 storylines were probably implement to give each of the starter a chance to shine. It's even hinted at in the game (Fuecoco - Victory Roads, Quaxly - Starfall Street, & Sprigatito - Path of Legends)

[thejlew]

The ranking is spot on, I am going with Meowscarada cause I want to use the other ghost types in the game and I need to show grass starters some love after so long of neglect.

[robbyv]

Honestly I like the insight you provided. It kept the spoilers to a minimum. I haven’t played the games as of yet but if I had to rank the starters as to viability on my end game, I would go Grass, Water, Fire. Like you said the fire type stater is easily replaceable while the grass type not so much. The duel typing of grass/dark meshes well with the typing I typically use for a competitive build and while water types are my usual go to starter it is hard to deny the usefulness of that grass/dark overt water/fighting. I do feel bad that our fire/ghost boi falls off a bit, but as you said he is a very good starter I just can’t get over the fact he’s easily replaceable.

[andersgalterudhgda]

I really like how you analyze them all individualy and points out what they’re good at and what they are not so good at! My favourite of the three has to be quaxly😃

[herculesballz]

On my first playthrough I chose Fuecoco. His signature move Torch Song constantly raising his special attack is just too insane and made him a killing machine as well in higher level den raids. On my second I chose meowscarada and I do agree him and Fuecoco's evolution are tied for first place since meowscarada not only has an amazing signature move but also has a kick ass moveset which is why I have quaxley last. Never really found much use for him.

[danielhodson]

I like Meowscarada's design so much that I don't even care that it's bipedal, I knew that going with Sprigatito was a good choice

[silb]

I love how thorough your evaluation is! I personally always pick the starter who’s role is hard to replace (infernape in Sinnoh or Blaziken in Emerald), therefore I’d pick the grass 1 :)

[Mwazon]

When I heard Meowscarada had a move that always critical hit and doesn't check accuracy, I knew it would be good. (Well done pokemon for a great grass type starter that's a cat!)

[nat]

I typically opt for fire types in pokemon, but this time I went with Sprigatito just bc I liked the look. I ended up being blown away by the time it evolved into Meowscarada between using flower trick and being so fast it could avoid most of the attacks coming to it. Grass type isn’t the best, but tbh it encouraged me to go out and catch more Pokémon to cover all my bases. In the past I only used very few Pokémon beyond my fire type starter.

[anarchyfairy]

You're ranking is spot on honestly 🤩 Meowscarada is definitely the best of the three and the other two a team could go with or without and I feel like it wouldn't make too much of a difference

[GeoGhost]

I personally agree with the tie, however I do prefer Fuecoco because of Torch Song and it’s build alone. I also love the fact that this is one of the first quadrupedal starter we’ve gotten in a while. And I mean a WHILE. I like the other two, but sometimes too humanoid can really change my opinion. For that, I’m choosing Fuecoco as my starter!

[chrisgropp]

I really like the Fuecoco. Ranking was spot on and I like the final evolutions typing.

[phantomslay]

I absolutely love Meowscarada. It might actually have one of my favorite designs of all time in Pokemon

[kiefer]

Very insightful, I definitely feel more confident about all of the starters usefulness now as they all appear to be solid pokemon

[jalinbulding]

I loved that you went so into detail into the ranking and saying both pros and cons it really wasn't 1sided . Coming from a pokemon fan since I was little. I want to give this game a try so bad but been tight financially lately hopefully I can win n try out the game! Well love the video keep it up!!! 💯

[cowmeatius]

Meowscarada is an example of bipedalism done right (looking at you Incineroar) and I was immediately sold when I saw it's mask and carnival performer design. Do not regret my choice one bit. Grass-Dark is a great offensive combo and it has a ton of coverage (also the most broken grass type move in the series lol). It's hard to find a mon in either version that can replace Meowscarada

[badkoba]

Your ranking and explanation on each starter was very helpful on picking which starter I am going to choose