Name: Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, and Venusaur
Description: Like I said, Bulbasaur and its evolutionary line are grass dinosaurs. There is nothing more and nothing less to that. In terms of design, the Bulbasaur line is one of my personal favorites. Bulbasaur looks cute, Ivysaur looks cool, and Venusaur is a freaking beast. In terms of mythology, there really isn't any, and there isn't much to say regarding trivia. It's just a simple design that works very well.
Battle Style:
Generation 1: In this generation, Bulbasaur was one of the better grass Pokemon. It couldn't do much with its poison type, and it acted as kinda more of a hindrance, but that didn't stop this beast from being an amazing powerhouse. It had a base special stat of 100 and a base defense stat of 83. In this generation, it was not too easy to get rid of. Not to mention it would easily tear gyms apart, only being weak against the Saffron and the Cinnabar Gym. It also learns great support moves like Toxic, Sleep Powder, and Leech Seed. In terms of offense, there wasn't much that Venusaur could use to take advantage of its type except for Razor Leaf and Solarbeam, which took two turns to use, and no, Sunny Day didn't exist back then. Venusaur was really cool back in the day. So how did it hold up next generation?
Generation 2: Venusaur held up just as well if not better. The split between special attack and defense didn't help or hurt it. In fact, it stayed exactly the same. It learned a few more interesting moves, like Giga Drain, Synthesis, and it can get Skull Bash through breeding. Not to mention that it could now learn Sunny Day to take advantage of Solarbeam. Gold and Silver gave Venusaur quite a few gifts.
Generation 3: Wow, this Pokemon can learn a whole lot more better moves now, but before we get to that, let's focus on it's brand new ability. Overgrow boosts the power of grass moves when Venusaur has less than a third of its health left. While this isn't the best ability in the game by a long shot, it certainly doesn't hurt. Now we can talk about how many great new moves Venusaur can learn. Earthquake, Magical Leaf, Frenzy Plant, and it finally gets a STAB poison move, Sludge Bomb. Of course, this is before the physical/special split, but it's nice that Venusaur's secondary type is finally being recognized.It feels like each generation, Venusaur gets better and better.
Generation 4: And it just keeps on going. Now that the physical/special split is active, Venusaur can now take full advantage of its poison typing. Now Sludge bomb has become an even bigger deal than it was before. Venusaur doesn't learn any new and spectacular moves at this point, but it doesn't need to. Not much has changed, but a lot has changed at the same time. Does that make sense? Not really, but Venusaur has gotten better.
Generation 5: I feel like Venusaur is one of Game Freak's favorite Pokemon, considering that it just keeps getting better each generation. Venusaur was good in the sun before, but now, it is a powerhouse in the sun. Venusaur now has access to Chlorophyll, which doubles its speed in the sunlight. That combined with Solarbeam and Synthesis, makes Venusaur one of the best bulky sweepers in the game. It can also learn some cool new moves like Venoshock, which can be neat when combined with Toxic. Let's see if X and Y can bring on home Venusaur to make it the perfect fighting machine.
Generation 6: Well, it did get better, like usual. Let's start out with the elephant in the room: Mega Venusaur. With the Mega Evolution, Venusaur gets added bulk and a little more attack capability. I also gets the ability Thick Fat, in which Venusaur takes less damage from fire and ice attacks that it usually would. It also has gotten better in terms of being used in the weather. Now that Drought, which automatically sets up sun, can be used on more than just Groudon, it has become so much better. There isn't much else to say except, rock on, Venusaur.
Personal Experience: I have talked so positively about Bulbasaur and its evolutionary line so far, so did I personally have fun using these Pokemon? Well... truth be told, it isn't my personal favorite starter in the game. I have almost always gone for Squirtle when I play a Kanto Pokemon game for the first time. I have used Venusaur before, and it was pretty fun, but I personally get more of a thrill using Squirtle. That doesn't mean my experiences with Bulbasaur were negative, far from negative, but I'm personally not too much of a Bulbasaur person.
Overall Rating: Keep in mind that the final rating of this Pokemon is entirely my opinion. If you don't agree, that's fine. If you do agree, I'll honestly be surprised.
Anyways, I'd say that the Bulbasaur line is very fun to use. It has capabilities of many different strategies and possibilities. I may not have enjoyed it as much, but that doesn't make it any worse of a Pokemon. I have used it before and I do see myself using it more in the future.
8 Boulder Badges out of 10.
Thank you so much for reading and I'll see you next week for my review on the Mareep Line. Bye.
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