Random Starter Pokémon Generator

About the Random Starter Pokémon Generator

Choosing a starter is the first big decision in every main-series Pokémon game, and one of the hardest. This generator makes the choice for you. It picks at random from all 27 starter Pokémon offered at the start of the main games, from Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle in Kanto to Sprigatito, Fuecoco and Quaxly in Paldea.

Use it to settle an argument, choose your partner for a new playthrough, or build a team made entirely of starters. Since every region has one Grass, one Fire and one Water starter, each pick also tells you which of the three types you're playing with this time.

The list is the standard trio from each generation's main games. Special cases, like Pikachu in Pokémon Yellow and the Pikachu or Eevee partners in Let's Go, aren't counted as starters here.

The Grass, Fire and Water Triangle

How to Use the Starter Pokémon Generator

• Pick your starter: Can't decide? Roll and commit to whatever you get. If it's from a different region, go for the starter of the same type in your game.
• All-starter team: Roll six times for a team of starters from across every region.
• Nuzlocke and challenge runs: Let chance decide your starter's type before a hard run begins.
• Trivia & quizzes: Name the result's region, final evolution or the rival who picks against it.
• Drawing prompts: Draw the starter's full evolution line, or redesign it as a different type.

Every starter has the same 1 in 27 chance on each roll, and each type has a 1 in 3 chance, just like choosing one of the three Poké Balls on the professor's table.

Starters by Type

Every Starter Pokémon by Region

Starter Final Evolutions

If you pick your starter yourself rather than rolling, a few things are worth weighing. The first Gyms in a region can make one starter's early game harder than the others. In Pokémon Red and Blue, for example, Brock's Rock-type Gym is much easier with Bulbasaur or Squirtle than with Charmander. Look at the final evolution too, since you'll spend most of the game with it. Its second type and stats matter more than how cute the first stage is. And if you plan to play with friends, picking different starters means you can trade for the other two later.

Every starter evolves twice. Many final evolutions gain a second type, which changes how they play later in the game. This is what each starter becomes:

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By generation

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