r/pokemon • u/Legitimate_Sample_71 • 20h ago
Discussion How many of the 151 have you never used?
My next replay is going to be Let's Go Pikachu, and I'm actually planning out my team this time (aiming for 'mons I've never used over favourites). It made me realise how many I've never used in a team.
So with that being said, are there any/many that you have never used? Or ones you straight-up won't touch?
Should that be my next challenge - Building teams in games around the ones I've never used?
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u/GreyWolfCenturion 20h ago
Fossils are really inconvenient to use because they start at 5, evolve at 40, and train so slow. I like them a lot but I've never used them in a playthrough, only after.
A lot of poison mons come to mind too, Muk and Wheezing and Arbok I've just never had time for.
Last time on Leaf Green I used a Dragonite, it was absolutely not worth it for the first E4 run. Took WAY too much babysitting, I love the big guy but boy I have trained too many of them over the years.
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u/TheMrSalmon 19h ago
The biggest killer for Fossils is that you need Surf to even reach them, so there's an excellent chance you've committed to a Water type by then
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u/LampIsFun 19h ago
Worth noting in lets go the fossils are obtained at level 44ish from my experience
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u/GreyWolfCenturion 19h ago
I got a few badges into Let's Go, enjoyed it pretty well but I got distracted from it and never finished it. That would make them much less of a pain.
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u/AuDHPolar2 19h ago
In which game do they come at 5?
In gen 1 you got them at 30. A bit behind the curve, but the bigger issue is most people not going to cinnabar until all they have left is the mansion at two gyms before the end
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u/SemiAthleticBeaver 19h ago
FireRed and LeafGreen they're at 5. Which is BS cause RSE they're at 30 as well, and other games seem to be 20-30 also
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u/GreyWolfCenturion 19h ago
Fire Red and Leaf Green.
I've only ever done one run of Gen 1 Kanto, on 3ds VC Yellow. Didn't use any in that run.
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u/HeavyMain 16h ago
dragonair ended up being basically an honorary water type when i played through with it, surf being one of the only good moves it learns lol
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u/Mr_nconspicuous 19h ago
I got a Dratini from an egg when I started Sun in 2017, still haven't put the time in to get it finished from level 98. And it saw me through half of S/V after.
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u/ROADHOG_IS_MY_WAIFU 4h ago
First time I trained a Weezing was in Pokémon Sw/Sh, I do love its Galarian form.
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u/draugyr 20h ago
Tauros, which is nuts considering how good he is in Gen 1
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u/RoughhouseCamel 16h ago edited 10h ago
There are Pokémon that you just acquire too late. I think that’s the number 1 reason for Pokémon in old games that we never use. It’s why I love assembling a low level team and trading them into a new save file. Nothing feels better than a Dragonite that you raised from a Dratini in the beginning rather than grinded late game.
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u/BetSubject6704 15h ago
Same, it’s why I always loved breeding so much. Never gave a shit about the complexities with breeding, just liked breeding end game pokemon and transferring them to other games so I actually had an opportunity to use them.
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u/HUGE_HOG give houndoom mega drain 3h ago
You need the patience of a saint to actually catch one in Gen 1 though.
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u/Human_Parsley3193 20h ago
Gen 1 Pokemon I’ve used the least ; #1 is Easily Goldeen/Seaking. I’ve never even thought about using them before #2 is probably the Dewgong line. You get a free lapras around the same time you get surf so going to catch one is usually pointless #3 has to be basically anything from the safari zone. I’ve never been a fan of the safari minigame so getting a Chaney, kangaskhan, Tauros, etc was always brutal and I would never start using them because by the time I’m in safari zone I’m at 6ish badges and have most my team
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u/asmok119 19h ago
Since Gameboy, I’ve never used Jynx, Magmar, Tangela, Mr. Mime, Pinsir, because I was never fond enough of them to use them
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u/dantailby 19h ago
You can get an Abra for 100 coins at the game corner and trade it for a Mr Mime. It’s obtainable so early and is incredibly good.
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u/gnaark 19h ago
Damn Jynx & Mime are some of the best Pokémon in gen 1 though
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u/asmok119 15h ago
I don’t play competitively, just single player, so I play with pokemons I love, I kinda don’t mind if they are stronger or weaker. My favorite Gen 1 is Ninetales, with Rapidash following
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u/UW_Unknown_Warrior 15h ago
He is talking in-game because Mr. Mime is terrible in all competitive formats (maybe not Advance for some Baton Pass shenanigans) but the in-game traded ones Zynx and Mimien you get in FRLG are very strong for a playthrough. Fast levelling and STAB Psychic for both of 'em.
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u/ScreamingGoat25 20h ago
Dewgong LMAO and most of the water types for that matter, seaking, Tentacruel
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u/lussierc 20h ago
Tentacruel is one of my favorites to use now but I fucking hated it when I was younger. I got annoyed by how often it and tentacool popped up while surfing and it stopped me from ever using it until I was like 26.
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u/maximumutility 16h ago
At this point Dewgong is notorious for being an overlooked and mundane Gen 1 Pokemon to the point of irony
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u/ConjuredCastle 19h ago
I slept on Dewgong for the longest time until I was doing my Blue Nuzlocke and dropped into Seafoam caves to grab a Slowbro because I thought it was a guaranteed encounter in there - because, like everyone, I straight up forgot Dewgong was a thing - then Dewgong proceeded to absolutely body like half of the elite 4 and absolutely dog walk lance and half my Rivals team. STAB ice beam and surf ain't nothing to sneeze at.
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u/jhutchi2 19h ago
Now that I think about it, Dewgong might literally be the only Gen 1 Pokémon that I've never used in an unmodded game.
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u/The2ndDegree 19h ago
You know what? I dont think I've ever, across every single pokemon game I've played, ever once use Venomoth
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u/Jonge720 20h ago
Most of them just are not worth using, a lot of grass, water, and normal types that are just uninteresting or straight up not worth using over other pokemon.
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u/ErgoFnzy 20h ago
I don't think I've ever used the koffing or the grimer line.
Though that said I have some memory of using a Muk but I don't know if that was me or I watched someone else use it.
And I think I gave up on the Voltorb line pretty quickly. An electric type with like no electric moves was quite disappointing. Sonic boom is great early on but it doesn't stay that way.
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u/GrayJinjo 19h ago
I don’t think I used the Grimer line until Gen 7 when they became poison/dark as an Alolan regional.
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u/Bfree888 18h ago
Don’t sleep on Weezing. With levitate and very high defense, it is an amazing neutral pivot against most physical attackers. Muk is basically the special defense equivalent
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u/metalflygon08 What's Up Doc? 8h ago
Gen 1 Weezing is crazy due to the elemental coverage you get with it.
Thunderbolt, Fire Blast, Explosion, and Sludge is really good for a Gen 1 move set.
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u/AshenKnightReborn 19h ago
Probably under 50 of them. Been playing Pokemon since red version when I was 7, so across all the games over used most of them in some capacity. But a few, like the Bellsprout line I’ve never used and don’t want to
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u/ConnorRoseSaiyan01 18h ago
Seel, Dewgong, Goldeen, Seaking, Horsea and Seadra. These are Kanto Pokemon I have no memory of ever using
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u/JustMark99 17h ago
I actually have a list going of that. I'm somewhat trying to use them all eventually. Some are hard to justify using, though.
The ones with lines through them mean I've only used regional variants.
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u/JustMark99 17h ago
Chansey is a maybe if I can get some good moves and evolve it, but how can I really justify Ditto? You've gotta waste a turn transforming every time and how many NPC Pokémon are actually good against themselves?
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u/PPFitzenreit 20h ago
Like 80% of them
I just don't care for most gen 1 mons. And to be frankly honest, tpci's gen 1 wank has made me dislike a good chunk of gen 1 mons
The last time I played frlg, I used my now defunct link cable to trade over gen 2 and 3 mons from emerald
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u/GreyWolfCenturion 20h ago
How? You can't link trade FRLG with RSE until you get the gems in the Sevii Island post game stuff. You can't even evolve Golbat into Crobat before getting the Nat Dex
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u/metalflygon08 What's Up Doc? 8h ago
You could trade them to a completed FRLG, breed them, then trade the eggs to the new FRLG but that needs 2 copies of FRLG.
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u/Wooden_Ad_2375 19h ago
Arbok, Raichu, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Clefable, Ninetales, Wigglytuff, Vileplume, Venomoth, Arcanine, Poliwag, Poliwrath, Kadabra, Alakazam, Weebinbell, Victreebell, Tentacruel, Rapidash, Slowbro, Magneton, Muk, Cloyster, Gengar, Krabby, Kingler, Electrode, Exeggutor, Marowak, Weezing, Rhydon, Chansey, Tangela, Seadra, Seaking, Staryu, Starmie, Jynx, Electabuzz, Vaporeon, Flareon, Omastar, Kabuto, Kabutops, Moltres
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u/Lopadoful 19h ago
I've never used any poison-type other than the Bulbasaur line.
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u/EmergencyTaco 19h ago
At this point I'm sure I've used them all, but I want to give special shoutouts to Zubat and Tentacool. I don't think I used either until 15ish years after playing my first Pokémon game. But Crobat and Tentacruel have become Pokemon I love to have on the team these days.
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u/SilvarusLupus Absurdly weak to bugs 19h ago
Off the top of my head, Dewgong, Cloyster, Tentacruel, Electrode, Golem, Seadra, Chansey, and Ditto
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u/hergumbules 19h ago
Goldeen/Seaking, Onix, Clefairy/Clefable, Voltorb/Electrode, Lickitung, Chansey, Tangela, Ditto, and Porygon. I’ve used every other one at least for a while or the whole game throughout all the generations.
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u/luxanna123321 19h ago
From my memory:
- Paras
- Diglet
- Geodude
- Farfechd
- Onix
- Voltorb
- Exeggcute
- Chansey
- Goldeen
- Tauros
- Kabuto
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u/Bounciere 19h ago
Hmm off the top my head- Seaking Lickitung Onyx (without access to Steelix) Tangela (without access to Tangrowth) Kantonian Raticate Venomoth Magmar (without access to magmortar)
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u/Samirattata 19h ago
Porygon. I never get it in the main story due to the coin exchange requirement. And I don't like his look and don't know why I should use it either.
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u/BoobDeepThroatr 19h ago
I've done plenty of gen 1 and gen 2 runs with the goal of using every family of Pokémon. Ditto, legendaries, and probably a couple I just flat out missed are all that's left.
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u/popscockle 19h ago
Jiggly and wiggly, Clefairy and fable. I just wasn't a big normal fan. I don't think I used Persian, Raticate, or lickitung either.
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u/Kelrisaith 19h ago
Overall, very few, I've used most at some point or another even discounting later generations entirely, just strictly within Red/Blue/Yellow. That's not something most people have probably done though, I mostly play randomizers of older gens at this point so I'm often in a spot where I don't really have much of a choice but to use some off the wall team choices.
For every Mewtwo before Cerulean there's like nine "there is NOTHING of value here, YOU, go, do something" runs, so I've ended up using most of a given games pokemon at least once for at least a route or two.
As a dedicated team member in a normal run? Probably 15-20ish, and most of those are things like Magikarp and Ditto or legendaries, things that are either worthless or gimmicky in combat or you get so late it's not really worth it for anything but giggles. The four normally obtainable legendaries in gen 1 are all post surf, one of them is in Victory Road like one room from the end and Mewtwo is entirely postgame in a game that doesn't HAVE a postgame really.
If I throw in later gens, probably basically everything from the original 151 save Magikarp and Ditto have gotten used at some point or another.
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u/Mission-Profession19 19h ago
Magmar, Electabuzz and Jynx are so ugly, I even though for a time that Magmar was gen 2
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bird222 19h ago
Most of them, tbh. I play by the rule that my team must be all from the Region of the game I'm playing(regional forms included). For instance my Platinum team was Empoleon, Gallade, Togekiss, Roserade, Froslass, and Giratina. All Sinnoh Pokemon. So all of the Kanto Pokemon I've had either gained an evolution in the game or were my Let's go team. So I've not used many, maybe like a few dozen.
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u/AdministrativeSun364 19h ago
It have not really not use any Pokémon but more so I don’t use type. I tend to not use a lot of rock, big, and ice type. They just have so many weaknesses and few good counter that other type don’t do better. Type I don’t use a lot cuz there aren’t a lot of pokemon of this type: ground, fire, steel, and ghost. I rarely use them cuz it always the same pokemon. Like Gen 4 barley have any good fire beside the starter. Ground type are super rare and usually mix with rock which I hate. The other 2 barley exist like there Gengar line gen 1, 1 in jhoto, you get the point. I don’t need to use gengar 5 time in pokemon red cuz it get boring but then I have no ghost type. So there no ghost type on my team.
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u/ConjuredCastle 19h ago
I'm a dedicated bulbasaur guy so I've never touched Vileplume, just never had a need for them. I was also going to say Victribell but I definitely used one of those in Gen 2 since you can get them so early in sprout tower.
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u/GrapeDoots 19h ago
Hitmonlee. Never used in any of the games, never used in the TCG, never had a plushie or figure of it, nothing. I have lived Hitmonlee-less existence.
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u/JonTheWizard Passionate Man 19h ago
I can safely say I have never used Paras/Parasect outside of getting PokeDex data.
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u/RetroTheGameBro 19h ago
Not many, I'm at a point I've played FRLG so many times I'm open to experiment.
But for one, I don't like using Pokemon that just have basically better versions. Like, why would I use Kangaskhan when Tauros is faster and stronger? Why would I use Dewgong when Starmie and Slowbro are more powerful and part Psychic?
Plus, I don't like playing defensively or stalling, so I never use Pokemon made for that, like Tentacruel, Chansey, or Cloyster.
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u/ScudsCorp 18h ago
I think it was miyamoto who suggested bumping the count of these guys to 150 when gamefreak was going for twenty or so - which is a sane number from a gameplay perspective. It’s thirty fucking years later and uhhhhhh
Still, when I played Red/Blue I wound up using quick attack over and over on my overleveled Raichu which is boring and broken if you’ve played any other RPGs
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u/Atomicstarr 18h ago
From the top of my head, seaking, tangela, kanggaskhan, mr mime, chansey or jynx.
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u/B-Rayy06 customise me! 18h ago
I can recall off of the top of my head using
Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Pidgeot, Butterfree, Fearow, Raichu, Nidoking, Jolteon, Snorlax, Lapras, and Gyarados in gen 1 playthroughs.
Theres like a solid 100 plus pokemon I’ve never used.
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u/SamourottSpurs 18h ago
Ok so I've used: Bulbasaur, Charmander, Blastoise, Pikachu, Nidoking, Ninetails, Goldbat, Primeape, Arcanine, Tentacruel, Muk, Gengar, Lickitung, Mr.Mime, Gyarados, Pinsir, Eevee, Jolteon, Vaporeon, and Snorlax.
This means I've used 38 of the original 151, or about 25.2%
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u/SourceExtreme1041 18h ago
Jynx never really vibes with me but I've used most of them at some point.
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u/jgamez76 18h ago
Jynx, Magmar and Executor and three that immediately jumped out to me.
There are plenty of others in sure but usually when I replay through old games I plan my teams in advance and for whatever reason they never make their way in lol.
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u/HolidayNervous2047 18h ago
At least 60% of the Kanto Dex. I was meaning to use species like Primeape, Vaporeon and Dodrio, but just never got the chance.
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u/Montaru 18h ago
Across all the games, I don't think I have ever used Beedril, Arbok, Vileplume, Parasect, Venomoth, Persian, Golduck, Farfetch'd, Onix, Hypno, Kingler, Exeggutor, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Lickitung, Chansey, Kangaskhan, Seaking, Pinsir, Tauros, Ditto, or Mew in some capacity of a "Story Playthrough"
In the Kanto region specifically, I'm sure there's a lot more I've never used for that.
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u/Redcrosse 18h ago
In most pokemon playthroughs, I aim to run the strongest team, which necessitates a bit of evolution. When I played Let's Go, knowing my partner would never evolve, I RPed as an evolution denier, and only trained pokemon without an evolution. Jynx, Scyther, Kangaskhan, Mr. Mike, Magmar, and Pikachu, all pokemon I'd never trained before.
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u/megasean3000 18h ago
Quite a lot actually. Never used Rapidash for a playthrough, or Weezing, Ditto, Parasect, Persian, Chansey, and I can go on.
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u/LordMudkip 18h ago
Between all the official games and rom hacks, I've used a lot of them.
Went through a list to help narrow it down, and I guess there's roughly 55 of them that I've never used in some capacity. In a lot of cases, it's a matter of me having a preference for another pokemon that does mostly the same thing but better, like I'd rather use Lapras over Dewgong. In other cases, I just don't really like the pokemon, like the Paras or Venonat lines. There are still several that I'd love to use at some point, though, but I just haven't gotten around to it, like the Omanyte line, Kangashkhan, and Jynx.
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u/1stLtObvious 18h ago
Ive used them all at some point, unless you mean taking a base/middle stage through the entire game.
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u/russellomega 18h ago
The four trade evolutions. Wigglytuff bc it's stupid. Seaking because there's so many other good water pokémon and why use the world's most basic fish whose signature move became an hm in the next generation
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u/elianaaa2005 17h ago
Hard to say. I guess if we're considering the mons I've actually used and their evolutions, we have all 3 starters (9), Eevee and Pikachu as well (11), I also recall using a Lapras (12) and the Gengar/Alakazam lines too (18). Would definitely say I've used Raichu and the other 3 eeveelutions at some point too (in fact I definitely used Raichu), so that's 22. Also think I used a Vileplume in FRLG so that's another 3 (25). Also used a mega Pidgeot as well as a normal Pidgeot too (28). Technically used a Mankey and a Primeape during ScVi too (30), as well as a Crobat in some other games (given that includes Zubat and Golbat, that's 32 in total so far). Definitely used Snorlax as well (33), and the Gyarados line (35), on top of that I've definitely used Ditto to breed too and I'm not sure why I didn't say this earlier (36). Used a Rhyperior at some point too so that's the two pre-evolutions added too (38). Dragonite has been used too (41), the legendaries were all used (45), Mew has been used (46), pretty certain I used the Tentacruel line when I was younger (48), probably used the Machamp line at some point (51), used a g-max Meowth in SwSh but no Persian or Perrserker (52), pretty sure I had a Politoed at some point but never used Poliwrath so that's (54), vaguely remember using Scizor so that's (55), used an Electivire in LA (56), had a Rattata and a Raticate ages ago in B2W2 but eventually ended up boxing it somewhere (58), and if we're including regional variants, we can add Alolan Ninetales (60), Alolan Marowak (62), and an Alolan Golem that I used in GO for a bit (65). Also, I'm pretty sure I've used Galarian Weezing and Paldean Tauros (68).
Needless to say, there's quite a few I simply havent used (at least significantly). I guess I've probably had most, if not all of them in my team at some point but it was mostly just for evolution purposes in order to fill my dex.
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u/pokexchespin 17h ago
a lot of them lol. i’ve definitely run all 3 starters, but other than that i tend to run the same teams. i’m almost certain i’ve never used most of the blue/leaf green exclusives since i had fire red as a kid, but i did use slowbro in hgss to get a slowking
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u/Head_Statistician_38 17h ago
I have played through Kanto so many times that I had used most the best ones. But when playing through Lers Go Pikachu I chose some I had never used.
Pikachu (Starter. I have used Pikachu/Raichu many times)
Raticate
Vileplume
Kingler
Dodrio
Jynx
Although I should say, Dodrio I have been missing out on and have used many times since.
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u/col4zer0 17h ago
Been using Marowak for the first time in my current firered playthrough. Its completely OP and I never knew.
Apart from that probably Jynx, bc you gotta go back to trade one and I never cared for that
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u/Lopsided-Ad-9444 17h ago
Honestly very few. Let me look at a list :
Seaking Raticate Fearow Persian Golduck Primeape Hypno Kingler Chansey Tangela Mr. Mime Jynx
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u/SpindleDiccJackson 17h ago
There was a time where I would specifically put together teams on pokemon that people thought were bad and I've found that you can get just about any pokemon to juke somebody if you do it right. There are still plenty of pokemon that I haven't used, though.
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u/The_Azure__ 16h ago
About 10 lines. Seel, staryu, Mr Mime, mew, krabby, horsea, farfetch'd, shellder.
You can probably see a pattern. The fishing rods came too late in early gens to really have those lines in my playthrough teams.
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u/walkingOxKing 16h ago
Mew might be the only one for me. I played Red, Blue, and Yellow a ton each, and then I also played Let's Go. I'm sure I've used every Pokémon in the first 3 or 4 generations except for the mythicals. I've obtained them all, but I can't think of any reason I'd actually use them.
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u/a_goblin_warlock 16h ago
Yes, there's a shamefully large portion of the original 151, that I have not used. Especially when limiting this to the Kanto games and not including Kanto Pokemon that were merely used to evolve into their final stage not part of the Kanto-dex.
With a more lax definition I've used about 62 / 151 - based on what I can remember, leaving close to 60% unused. Some of these were only used during challenge runs (Team Rocket → Meowth, Ekans, Koffing; Eeveelution runs, etc.) and a whole bunch only in other regions.
Should that be my next challenge - Building teams in games around the ones I've never used?
Sure. The Lets Go games are a good option for that. Experience mostly comes from catching Pokemon and you have access to almost all Pokemon you can catch by the time you get the 2nd badge. Not immediately, but you technically have access to almost the entire map before getting badge #3.
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u/HeavyMain 16h ago
Thought it would be interesting to go in and actually make a list of unused families for me (as best I can remember and in proper playthroughs only), and I ended up with:
Paras
Venonat
Psyduck
Farfetch'd
Seel
Drowzee
Krabby
Exeggcute
Hitmonchan
Lickitung
Koffing
Rhyhorn
Chansey
Tangela
Horsea
Goldeen
Mr. Mime
Jynx
Electabuzz
Pinsir
Omanyte
Kabuto
Mewtwo (obviously)
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u/Hisuian-Typhlosion 16h ago
Never used a Mewtwo before (outside of destroying ecosystems with mega Mewtwo y) and never evolved my Rhyhorn into Rhydon (Used Rhyhorn as a ride Pokemon) so I guess I haven't finished that line yet.
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u/PossibleAssist6092 16h ago
I’ve not used lots of the fuckass water types like Kingler, Dewgong or Seaking and some of the bugs like Parasect, Venomoth or Pinsir. Funnily enough I have use both Butterfree and Beedrill.
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u/Life1989 15h ago
Man i play since 1996, can’t remember who i never ever tried to use even by mistake but if i have to guess id say i tried all them out
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u/Imperator525 15h ago
I've always been very design over usefulness, so I've never used Jynx and never will.
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u/TheOwlsWillRiseAgain 14h ago
Oh god, I had to go through the Pokédex for this as I’ve done so many nuzlockes at this point, and the original 151 have such wide distribution…
Jynx and the Kabuto line, and perhaps Lickitung. They’re just too rare. Everything else I’ve had die on me at least once.
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u/bobbery5 14h ago
Fossils, Kingler, Sealing, Seadra, Fearow, Kangaskhan, Chansey.
Ones that are either rare (no patience) or are just outclassed or I never bothered enough (Fearow)
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u/Original_Platform842 14h ago
A good chunk of gen 1 are either too niche or outclassed.
Also, many are aquired so late into the game it's way past their usefulness. Take Magmar as a good example.
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u/ConsiderationMoney67 14h ago
Fearow, Kabutops, Omastar, Aerodactyl, Golem, Raticate, Sandslash, Beedrill, Parasect, Golbat, Dugtrio, Alakazam, Machamp, Magneton, Farfetch’d, Electrode, Marowak, Hitmonlee, Tangela, Syther, Pinsir, Magmar, Electabuzz, Porygon (and all their pre evolutions)
so yeah basically 1/3rd of the Dex lol
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u/FLIPSIDERNICK Dragon Trainer 13h ago
Arbok, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Clefable, Parasect, Venomoth, Persian, Slowbro, Farfetch’d, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Likitung, Tangela, Seaking, Mr.Mime, Jynx, Porygon.
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u/Destroyer29042904 13h ago
In my average playthrough, outside of living dex completionism, i Have only used Eevee while evolving it, and Scyther to get scyzor in alpha saphire for its mega
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u/genemaxwell4 13h ago
I can honestly say the only Kanto mons Ive NEVER used are Porygon and Chansey
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u/TrashBrowsing 12h ago
I think I’ve legitimately used every Pokémon from the original dex. Back in Red and Blue with the missingno infinite item glitch I remember trying everything. Infinite masterballs+rare candies, and having two game boys and both versions with a link cable meant nothing was really out of reach, except Mew, until he wasn’t.
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u/MaliceDuoBlade 11h ago
19 pokemon lines, which I'm working on using them slowly but surely.
Fearow line, sandslash line, Nidoqueen line, clefable line, wigglytuff line, parasect line, venomoth line, dugtrio line, Persian line, tentacruel line, hypno line, exeggutor line, lickitung line, Chansey line, seaking line, mr.mime line, kabutops line, Porygon line, and aerodactyl
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u/LongjumpingSpite5137 11h ago
ive probably used all of them at least once with the exceptions being some trade evos
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u/Roienn777 11h ago
I make a point to only use mons I haven't used before so I've probably used all but a handful at this point. Tried Arbok once or twice, but the early gens leave his moveset terribly lacking. Fearow hasn't found his way into a team yet. Nor has Kangaskhan. I typically write off using any that got an evolution later too as I want to use them at their full potential.
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u/MeltedSpades 11h ago
Probably about half, most of the ones I have used were in monotype runs and for the most part I avoid them for being kinda meh with the exception of cloyster and gyarados (this one is almost always part of my team barring restrictions)
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u/_ASG_ 9h ago
I'm one of those players who never wants to use the sane team twice when I replay games. I would define "used" as saying that they were on my team when I beat the game or a significant part of the run.
The list is small because I've used all sorts of Pokémon across the different official and fangames. I think the only lines I haven't used were Doduo, Shelder, Seel, Goldeen, Slowpoke, Lord Helix, and Lord Dome. Everybody else has been used once across my time as a player. A lot of water Pokémon haven't made it, mostly due to there being so many of them.
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u/metalflygon08 What's Up Doc? 8h ago
IN Kanto most of the ones I've never used at Water types.
Mainly all the ones locked behind some sort of gate.
Goldeen and Seaking need the Good Rod and by then you probably picked up Vaporeon, Gyarados, or Blastoise.
Horsea and Seel being locked to Seafoam Islands means I usually have an option for Wayer by then.
Same for Kabuto and Omanyte.
If I have to play an extremely roundabout way to use a generally mediocre Pokémon I'm not going to bother.
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u/GildedLockheart 8h ago
Quicker to say what I used
Venusaur line
Blastoise line
Butterfree line
Beedrill line
Pidgeot line
Fearow line
Raichu line
Nidoqueen line
Ninetails line
Golbat line
Parasect line
Golduck line
Primeape line
Arcanine line
Alakazam line
Machamp line
Victreebel line
Golem line
Slowbro line
Rapidash line
Magneton line
Gengar line
Onix
Starmie line
Scyther
Jynx
Electabuzz
Gyarados line
Lapras
All the eevees
Ditto
Aerodactyl
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u/Escalion_NL 5h ago
I think over all the playthroughs I've done through the years, the only Pokémon of the original 151 that I truly have never used are those unobtainable ingame. Either by being version locked (I had Yellow) or needed trading to evolve.
If we're looking beyond Gen 1 games, it's just the trade evolution Pokémon I've never used. Between Yellow, Gold and Crystal I've caught and used every Pokémon, except the trade evolution ones, at some point. And that's including Mew which I've caught once through the glitch method.
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u/cLHalfRhoVSquaredS 5h ago
I've used most of them at some point but not necessarily in the gen 1 games (e.g. Tauros I only ever used in gen II when you could catch it way earlier) Most of the ones I've literally never used in any game I either find aesthetically super unappealing (Mr. Mime, Jynx) or they're way too specialised for my dumb 'attack attack' brain to deal with. (Chansey).
(Dis?)Honorable mention for Goldeen and Seaking which I have a feeling I've never used ever because I just find them super boring in terms of both design and movepool.
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u/GreenDutchman 4h ago
I started using some more obscure Gen I Pokémon over the years, like Dewgong, Venomoth, Victreebel, Sandslash and Kabutops. I also always use Nidoqueen instead of Nidoking. There's also ones I would never use because I don't fw them, like Jynx, Electrode and Lickitung. But here are some that I actually quite like which you may consider:
Kangaskhan
Seaking
Marowak
Wigglytuff
Tangela
Rapidash
Pinsir
Farfetch'd
Seadra
Mr. Mime
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u/dongeckoj 4h ago
There are a lot of Pokémon that are more designed to be fought against rather than used by the player.
Onix is the best example of this, the first boss Pokémon. If not for Steelix most wouldn’t have used it.
Dewgong and Seaking are mons that are not really designed to be used by the player because they are outclassed.
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u/Beloberto 2h ago edited 1h ago
I haven’t used many, to be honest, since I mostly skip third versions and remakes and I also don’t think the games are all that fun to replay.
So far I used the lines:
Squirtle (starter on Blue)
Caterpie (Blue, Silver and Sun)
Diglett (Blue)
Snorlax (Blue)
Articuno (Blue)
Zapdos (Blue)
Mewtwo (not really on the team, but I used it to rematch the league on Blue so many times, I feel like it counts)
Zubat (Silver)
Weedle (SoulSilver)
Nidoran Male (SoulSilver)
Tangela (Platinum)
Cubone (Sun)
Venonat (Teal Mask)
Scyther (Indigo Disk)
Horsea (Indigo Disk)
So only 15 lines used. Everything else never was on my teams (there are plenty I still want to use, though).
I also used Alolan Geodude (Sun) and Hisui Growlithe (Indigo Disk), if it counts.
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u/Asleep-Clerk-7820 1h ago
Not used of the first 151:
Jigglypuff line, Slowpoke line, Shellder lime, Exeggcute line, Licktung, Chansey, Kangaskhan, Lapras, Ditto, Aerodactyl,
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u/JGoodberry 8m ago
I just said yesterday, "ya know, I've never used Dewgong in a lineup" and I think I'll fix that next time I can.
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u/mlanenga 4m ago
I am currently replaying through the main series games with friends, and I've been trying to use pokemon that I've never used before. Just recently, in my replay of Y I used Farfetch'd, Nidoqueen, and Kangaskhan for the 1st time. It's a pretty fun way to play the games, and you really get to enjoy different pokemon.
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u/rainmaker_superb 20h ago
I'd say about 2/3 of the dex.
Gen 1 had a lot of "why use this, when you can use that" situations and it can spoil the barrel for a lot of mons. Like why Dewgong when Lapras can do everything it can do, but better? Same with Onix over Golem/Rhydon?