Why Lillipup is the BEST Starter in Black/White

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[ackoladeTV]

just to clarify, stoutland weighs less than emboar, so you save like a full second every time you send out a pokemon by using stoutland! pretty cool stuff

[Butterfly]

“for some reason?” lol its a good animation it brings oomph to sprites

[christianturner]

Not to mention Tackle was buffed to 50 base power in gen 5. STAB tackle is SO good early game with Lillipup

[trevorkroon]

Currently doing a nuzlocke (black2, but still applies), and the lillipup line also has surprisingly high stats. You get return and the silks carg very early. Stab silk scarf return hits ridiculously hard for such an early game setup. My stoutland has been carrying the nuzlocke since I caught it back in flocessy ranch

[joshuakorynta]

Everytime I see a Lillipup in a game, I almost always catch it. Those dogs are extremely versatile in my playthroughs. Especially considering Stoutland's wide movepool and access to unorthodox moves like Rain Dance and Thunder.

[jokersruby]

Back in middle school, I asked one of my friends to take my game to his house so he could get me to the Victini encounter because I didn't have internet at home. He got me to the encounter but he took my Oshawott so I pretty much treated Stoutland as my starter and it actually worked out pretty well.

[spangly]

Finally someone who appreciates Lillipup. Its just a cute and innocent good boy.

[Flossman]

He can also learn Surf, Cut and Strength. On top of that his base attack and special are pretty ok

[hinkage]

"Weird mechanic"
"For some reason"
It's pretty obvious why they added it, and not at all weird.

[Radnick]

"For some reason..." eh? Really helps when considering Low Kick, Grass Knot, Sky Drop, Heat Crash, Heavy Slam, etc.

[snowcloud]

I concur on this. During a nuzlocked run, Cilan wiped out everyone on my team but my Lilipup- and the thing he used to one shot most of my team WAS a rabid Lilipup. Those pups are *monsters*.

[lvlHive]

I ditch my starter for Swaddle, i only need a friend.

[anerrorhasoccurred]

The Lillipup line is probably my favourite dog Pokémon bc of how absurdly versatile and tanky it is. Plus, like, just look at them 😍

[LegendStormcrow]

Lillipup was always the best in that gen. It's why every gym leader had it

[oblivionnexus]

The fact that Speed runners use a Normal type in a game with a Fighting Elite 4 Member is hilarious. Imagine, being one of the 4 strongest trainers in the region, and this 10 year old speed demon blazes into your room, ignores everything you say, And just tosses a pokemon weak to your pokemon out, and proceeds to murder your mons with it

[Kyush]

reminds me of the time me and my friends discovered back in gen 3 that zigzagoon learns headbutt at lvl 9 so we ditched the starters in the early game

[wisesolm]

when i was younger, on my friends first playthrough of pokemon white the first wild pokemon he encountered was a shiny lillipup... bro had the most pristine run of the game of all time

[TheTrueJevil]

Speed runners: *ditches their starters in order to save a split second each battle*

Me: *choosing Snivy every time* I just think he's neat.

[ProfessorTakatoPalm]

Lillipup was my first caught Pokémon in Unova. Ah good times. I can’t wait for BW Remakes.

[G-Shroom-The-Mushroom]

im never speedrunning my favorite game if i can't use samurott