Unpopular opinions

I always found the Treeko line to be boring until Mega Sceptile came out. And speaking of which, while I like Torchic, I never liked Blaziken either until Mega Blaziken made every single cosmetic change that was required. Still don't like using High Jump Kick, though. The Mudkip line I've always liked, though. I think Swampert's cool and there hasn't been a Water/Ground-type that I don't like yet.

Here's a new opinion: I prefer Megas to new Evolutions in general. Why? Well, there's a simple reason:
Eviolite.
Some Pokémon, if they were to be given a new Evolution would outshine their evolved forms when given an Eviolite. For example, look at Dunsparse. It has a fairly solid movepool (it learns Roost through level up!) and then there's it's base defenses: 100/70/65. With Eviolite, it would be a good defensive 'mon with a good chance of completely overshadowing it, like Dusclops does to Dusknoir. And while 70/65 attacking stats aren't great, but that bulk, combined with Serene Grace and a great movepool? Yeah, it likely would overshadow the poor evolution. A Mega, on the other hand, would get the attention and yet Dunsparce would still be used. It's win-win in this case.
 
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HelenTheHero said:
Here's something probably major.


I think Grovyle is one of the worst middle-stages. Of course it's still better than Sceptile, which is my least favorite final evolution besides Emboar.
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Falling into what Siggu said, I like Grovyle because of PMD2. In-game is is meh but PMD2 really gives Grovyle a chance to shine, and he has to be one of the best characters in that game.

Was gonna put a Grovyle quote here but I couldn't find it.

EDIT: Missed Vader's post...lol
I don't mind the Torchic line...except Combuskion. That thing looks very very bad.
 
I forgot Combusken. For good reason. Scratch off Grovyle, Combusken is the absolute worst middle stage.

I like this back sprite though.
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Sassy.
 
The problem is that middle stage Pokemon are the weird Pokemon in between. Base forms are cute, and final forms tend to be cuter/cool. The middle stages are just halfway between that and it looks weird, imo.
 
I personally liked monferno a lot because I'm biased as hell towards Infernape because it's just a really cool transitioning stage that's a bit more than just "bigger first form" like Charmeleon or something is. It does look like a mid-way point which is why I like it.
I also kinda like Bayleef's design.
 
I remember I got Chespin and didn't want to evolve it. Now I have a level 70 Chespin hanging around in my PC Box. xD

Chespin's evolutions aren't great in my opinion, but Chespin is adorable. I'm not making the same mistake in Alola, though. Not deciding who I'm choosing until I see the evolutions, but as of now I'm probably getting Litten due to my love for cats. Popplio looked ehh to me at first, but its starting to grow on me because of all the hate. Rowlet is cute, but overrated..
 
Sphealmaster said:
I remember I got Chespin and didn't want to evolve it. Now I have a level 70 Chespin hanging around in my PC Box. xD

Chespin's evolutions aren't great in my opinion, but Chespin is adorable. I'm not making the same mistake in Alola, though. Not deciding who I'm choosing until I see the evolutions, but as of now I'm probably getting Litten due to my love for cats. Popplio looked ehh to me at first, but its starting to grow on me because of all the hate. Rowlet is cute, but overrated..
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I completely agree. Chespin is my favorite first form out of the gen 6 starters, however I think chesnaught is straight ugly and quilladin is one of my least favorite Pokemon of all time.
 
I think that Quilava and Charmeleon, as well as Croconaw were pretty solid mid evos. I like the additional flame on his head, which will oddly move to his neck when he evolves again, but he's still cute like Cyndaquil.

Is that partially because Cyndaquil is the first Pokémon I ever actually owned (Charmander doesn't count, because that Red Version was a rental)? Maaaybee...

And Charmeleon and Croconaw are just cool looking reptiles (and Croconaw served well in Crystal Version, chomping down Ghost types!).
 
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Karxrida said:
I'm not understanding the Chesnaught hate recently. I thought most opinions on it were largely neutral.
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Really the problem for me is that chesnaught is so unlike his prior forms that he seems to not fit in. That and I just don't like his humanoid stance, ugly face, and shell that makes him look stiff. Quilladin is just a fat dumb ball to put it bluntly in my opinion. Then again, maybe disliking them is an unpopular opinion. They are one of my friends favorite starter lines.
 
WaffleTitan said:
Really the problem for me is that chesnaught is so unlike his prior forms that he seems to not fit in. That and I just don't like his humanoid stance, ugly face, and shell that makes him look stiff. Quilladin is just a fat dumb ball to put it bluntly in my opinion. Then again, maybe disliking them is an unpopular opinion. They are one of my friends favorite starter lines.
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It works for me because, like I said, Quilladin is rather like the Cocoon stages regional bugs like Weedle and Wurmple tend to have. It's very easy for me to see Chesnaught as the result of bursting out of the shell Quilladin is; you can see elements of that on it's body and especially in it's back.
At least it works with the idea of looking nothing like it's previous forms unlike Samurott...
 
WaffleTitan said:
Really the problem for me is that chesnaught is so unlike his prior forms that he seems to not fit in. That and I just don't like his humanoid stance, ugly face, and shell that makes him look stiff. Quilladin is just a fat dumb ball to put it bluntly in my opinion. Then again, maybe disliking them is an unpopular opinion. They are one of my friends favorite starter lines.
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It wouldn't be so bad if Chesnaught was predominately green and brown like the rest of the line, but it's almost entirely beige for some reason.
 
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