So whip up a bowl of curry, grab some berries and take a look at these 24 Pokémon starters (excluding Pikachu and Eevee) ranked by a combination of their strength and popularity.
The immense popularity of the Charmander evolutionary line, combined with the impressive firepower of Charizard and Mega-Charizard, makes Charmander a fairly obvious choice as one the best Pokémon starters.
Even casual Pokémon fans can typically recall starter Pokémon from any of the first three or four generations of Pokémon, which means Mudkip is popular enough to earn its place as a top-tier starter Pokémon.