User blog:Jmcdavid/Thoughts on the Alolan Starters

Okay, I'm going to sum up what I think of the Alolan Starter Pokemon, with their final evolutions revealed.

First up, Incineroar. I'm glad it's type is Fire-Dark, but its design brings back bad memories of Generations 3 through 5, where they always had the Fire Starter get Fighting as its secondary type. And its Signature Move, Darkest Lariat, is basically its own version of Sacred Sword.

Next up, Decidueye. Who would have thought the Grass-Flying owl would become an archer who swapped the Flying type for Ghost? And its Signature Move, Spirit Shackle, seems like it could be extremely useful in a competitive metagame. Yeah, something tells me that one's going to see a lot of use.

Finally, Cure Mermaid...I mean, Primarina. It certainly looks spectacular, and even when I just knew about its starter form, I already liked it. My only real gripe is that its Signature Move, Sparkling Aria, seems like it would be useless outside of Double Battles...but in that setting, it would probably see a fair bit of use using that move to heal Fighting Types if they get hit by a burn that would cut their Attack in half if they don't have Guts for their ability.

So those are my thoughts on the three Starter Pokemon for the new generation. What do you guys think of them?