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Muk


Boundaries-ALO-TBSOL

Muk is so cool in retrospect.


SyracuseNY22

Koga’s Muk spamming minimize was fucking infuriating as a little kid playing gold. Now, I do it because minimize and toxic is generally very effective


Ok-Package9273

Swift users are GOATed because of that alone.


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Pleasant_Dot_5405

came here for this. grimer too


ginsengrot

Wheezing too. Only being weak to ground and psychic, but levitating to null out ground is pretty neat.


Nice-Swing-9277

Plus it has the other ability neutralizing gas which gives it a niche in competitive. Even in formats with legends it has a small spot in certain teams


shiroxyaksha

Gen 1.


just-a-random-accnt

It is a gen 1 pokemon, the OP didn't state *in* gen one. They even said Magmar because of it evolution


OverIookHoteI

Yeah but it’s literally a poo gas mon. If you carry it around you would be inhaling poo gas.


M4LK0V1CH

Thank you! My favorite Pokemon!


TheMetaDex

Sandshrew/sandslash ground typing helps gyarados w/ electric immunity and their both great HM Mules.


Soronya

Sandslash was the first Pokémon I got to 100. Love them.


TheMetaDex

Honestly a really great mon. Even if I didn't use them for an HM Mule they had a great move pool as well. Also the little wave sandshrew gives you in Gen 3 as you encounter it is one of my favorite sprites in all of pokemon.


kingofmustard

A problem with them is they learn any ground type moves naturally in Gen 1, which isn’t the end of the world, it just means you can’t use the Dig and/or Earthquake TM’s for other members of your team.


TheMetaDex

That usually works out well cause I teach those moves to others since I use them as hm Mules.


potatoes1800

Sandshrew was the first pokemon I ever saw on a card and it was cool enough to get me into pokemon. Also this is second generation but sandshrews animation in pokemon Chrystal is amazing


MrChevyPower

Didn’t sandshew humble Pikachu early on in the show? That’s how I knew


potatoes1800

I think it was his squirtle


Ok-Package9273

There was a Sandshrew that beasted Pikachu too.


Conman1209

Honestly as someone who loves ground types great choice


amendersc

they are so cute! Sandslash was my first favorite pokemon (he has been dethroned by now but still)


IndicationFast2592

I love Abra and the gen 1 Abra sprite. Loved the thrill of finding one above cerulean city and getting lucky enough to catch one before it would teleport away. I also liked hunting for pikachu in viridian forest.


Fluffy_Ad7875

Maybe im Wrong but dosent abra Have 120 speciál Attack?


IndicationFast2592

Honestly I have no clue.


IndicationFast2592

Until it learns confusion it might as well be a magicarp :)


Divine_Entity_

Its basically a magikarp because it has nothing useful until it evolves, but atleast you can put some TMs on it and its good. (Depending on the game you may or may not have any worthwhile TMs for it before you can evolve it through shift training)


King_XDDD

105. Still more than Mew


Fudsterly

Dewgong. By the time you can usually get one, you already have a surfer and Lapras was more popular


fersure4

Plus Lapras is just handed to you in Kanto as well, which didn't help


BearsyBrandLemonade

Only issue with Lapras is that it is level 15 when you get it, which is very low for that point of the game, so you have to do quite a bit of grinding to get him to a useable level (but he is one of my favourites, so it's definitely worth it).


Divine_Entity_

That forced grind helps make sure you get some EVs on it, something kids probably don't know they should be doing.


sadgopher01

Krabby and Kingler! Love that line


Capital-Cheek-1491

Hell yeah


Stompert

Krabby is love, Krabby is life! He’s so cute in the serie, bubblemouthing away haha.


mangomaster3775

Porygon


StahlViridian

Best mon of all time!


KingOfMasters1000028

Porygon did nothing wrong. It was Pikachu’s fault. Pikachu triggered it!! 😭


danmiy12

Yep this, being relegated to the gambling area made polygon annoying to get. Polygon is a cool mon too, i remember though spending my first coins to get abra though cause catching the ones that tele away was annoying


Insan3Giraff3

Kingler. Genuinely a really good mon, even though it's basically just a crab.


ActivateGuacamole

its gigantamax form should have just been an evolution.


frostytrixx

tentacruel is, well, cool and doesn’t get nearly enough respect


Ben_Kenobi_

I always hated tenacruel because of how often them and tentacool would pop up when surfing, then when I got older and stats were more widely available, I realized, dang it's stats are solid, if maybe not distributed great, and it's defensive typing is pretty great.


Conman1209

Great choice


Vernal97

Vileplume 🌺


not_so_squad

Best gen 1 pokemon


Clean_Ad3953

Butterfree, when it gets the poison and sonic attacks it was kicking my butt 🤣


PizzaDlvBoy

I feel like butterfree gets a lot of love, idk if I can call it underrated.


SirCupcake_0

I guess you could when it comes to it's moveset, I've never really heard anything good about it's moveset till right now


PizzaDlvBoy

I know it has top cut Dallas regionals a couple times. Sleep spam is really strong. It's gmax was really good last gen too.


fareink6

Butterfree isn't underrated. In fact, quite the opposite. It used to be your first access to psychic (Confusion) and you could literally wreck your way through 70% of the game with that ability alone. It was SO overpowered early and mid game. Gen 1 had absolutely no idea on how to handle Psychic abilities. Butterfree was compulsory party member always.


Nomcookies678

Venonat


Trama-D

Venomoth was considered good back in the day.


Fluffy_Ad7875

Based opinion


AltXUser

Raichu. He's always behind the shadow of Pikachu. Rhydon. He's one of the earliest Pokemon created, its index number is 001 in the first generation, and its statue/sprite is all over the first game. Nidoking/Nidoqueen. One of the first Pokemons ever created, Nidorino is one of the first to appear in the first games, and the only Poison/Ground before Gen 9.


ButWereFriends

Pretty sure Rhydon and the Nido’s are very highly rated for gen 1.


riftrender

Well Nidoking. Not once have I chosen Nidoqueen over it.


[deleted]

I have a whole collection of graded raichu stuff. The goat.


FirefighterGlum2431

Gotta be nidoking. This dude can learn soo many tms is insane. I made a team in fire red using only them, but each dedicated to a certain typing. Fire, water, etc. Favorite pokemon but it was just kinda meh.


JoseHerrias

Raichu has the best design of any Pokémon in my opinion


Conman1209

Shoutout to raichu!


BigStan_93

Great choices!


Real-Cellist3171

Definitely Tangela and Mr. Mime


paulsammons3

I think Tangela might be the best answer imo. Every other answer so far has some other form, used competitively, or has a semi big part in the show.


Pantsgoblin196

Parasect gen 1 - Spore/Slash - Giga Drain - Leech Life - Dig You get it early (Mt Moon), beats Misty (grass), beats LT Surge (with dig TM given right before), beats Erika (bug), beats Koga (dig), Sabrina (bug), beats Blane (dig), beats Giovanni (grass and dig). His gen 1 spirte is one of the best, in my opinion, but I'm also biased because it is my favorite Pokemon


Trama-D

> beats Blane (dig) Talk about being overleveled...


mbanson

Fr, with that speed stat there is no way it's moving before any of Blaine's Pokemon without being massively overleveled and it dies from pretty much any Fire attack.


SquirtleBob164

I guess it can beat RB Ponyta and Rapidash since their only Fire move is the inaccurate Fire Spin (70% accuracy in Gen 1)


pdhle_bsdk

> leech life mfw 20 base power in gen 1 and 3


FlareGER

Giga Drain did not exist in Gen 1. The only available move alike was Mega Drain at 40 base power. Leech life also had 20 base power, rendering it useless. Slash was okay but questionable, as crit in Gen 1 was bugged (higher Speed = higher odds, parasect has low Speed) At least dig had 100 base power.


PappyBurd

Kabutops🗣️🗣️


YOwololoO

Arcanine will forever be the greatest Pokémon in my heart


SparlockTheGreat

Arcanine is the bestest pupper. Is very popular, though.


Conman1209

I love Arcanine bro. I love venusaur and Charizard equally with the slight edge going to Venusaur these past few years so if I were to use Venusaur on a gen 1 team Arcanine is a lock basically.


SparlockTheGreat

I have taken Charizard, Venusaur, and Arcanine to various tournaments. Most successfully with Megazard Y in Gen 6. Arcanine is a great Intimidate user. I've not managed to run a Dragonite Team, though I've been hearing good things about Terra Normal Extremespeed this gen. Edit: Thought this was the favorite Pokémon thread. I'm a huge Dragonite fan.


fareink6

Currently rocking him on Scarlet and he is such a TANK, and hits like a truck. Love him.


Iwantmypasswordback

Golduck


xsweetbriar

Idk much about competitive play or anything so maybe he's more popular than I think, but I never play a Gen 1 game without Sandslash. Love that lil guy!!! Also Wigglytuff: the anime always had a lot of Jigglypuff screentime & toys but never poor Wiggly. I feel like it's a lot like Pikachu & Raichu where the pre-evo gets all the attention.


shelvino

Arbok


Sad_Mobile7704

Yes!


Psyduckisnotaduck

Kingler is great, I was sad it wasn’t in this gen


Fluffy_Ad7875

Me too


Select_Dimension_956

The one pokemon I always insist on in my playthrough- Starmie. Toxic Recover Surf Psychic Call it a day.


dharmu

Cubone. Literally wears the skull of its Mom. Cubone is awesome and does not get enough appreciation.


csquared34

My favorite Pokémon of all time, Cubone rules


Frigid-Kev

Omanyte/Omastar


FortNightsAtPeelys

Twitch plays Pokémon disagrees


Mister_Cheff

All hail lord helix! https://preview.redd.it/mm86eoafjm6d1.jpeg?width=903&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b3a1e8e3c2bde663b193a287f2b548ccd43eada


Blazer1011p

I didn't know I needed this thanks


FortNightsAtPeelys

Electrode and muk Stan here


Bear_Warrior112

Scyther is underrated for sure. He’s my favorite across all generations and is on every team I could have in any game.


Lexicon444

Tentacool/tentacruel seem pretty underrated to me personally. The reason why I think so is because I don’t see a lot of love for them anytime I go on any Pokémon fan spaces. Plus the type combo balances out several weaknesses in a manner similar to bulbasaur’s type combo. The water type reduces the impact of ground type moves while the poison type reduces the effectiveness of the grass type. This basically means that electric and psychic type moves are pretty much the remaining super effective attacks in gen 1. Whether they actually are underrated? I’m clueless on that front.


Trama-D

Psychic was all over. Poison was shit, and anything associated with it was dragged along.


Lexicon444

Oh yeah. I forgot about that. I started with Pokemon Sapphire so the psychic type was long balanced by then. Even so, tentacruel is definitely underrated in later generations for sure.


Trama-D

Don't get me wrong. It's a very nice pokemon, and a *real* nuisance for surfers. I'm so glad they gave it mirror coat!


Square-Jackfruit420

I really like Areodactyl, used them as a tailwind setter with wide guard rockslide and dual wingbeat.


Existing365Chocolate

None of those are in Gen 1 except rockslide


Square-Jackfruit420

Yea this was from swsh vgc. They asked for gen 1 pokemon not gen 1 sets.


officefan6

easily staryu, awesome design, was one of misty's partner pokemon, appeared frequently in the anime yet barely anybody talks about him... poor guy :(


Purpledratini

Lickitung!


TheVioletLion

I love that little goober!


2DRescue

Dewgong hands down.


shelvino

GONGGGGGGGGGG


Fluffy_Ad7875

Thats the second person today do people really like him that much


darthshark9

Wigglytuff. Everyone I've ever talked to prefers Jigglypuff and I really don't know why. What's wrong with the pink moon bunny, huh?


Ben_from_IT

Tentacruel. Good move pool, good stats.


Greg428

Slowbro is one of my favorites but there's really not much fanfare about him.


Trama-D

Great competitive mon back in the day.


ThaBuffalord93

Weezing. Just...look at it.


Fluffy_Ad7875

Based


FronkYou

Farfetched just because I like them


YxngSsoul

Koffing/weezing. Great shiny, tanky, and hilarious to blow up in trainers’ faces


flavortown94

Marowak


hungryhograt

Adamant marowak with rock head and thick club, Evd into attack and speed running double edge goes hard


Kumptoffel

i like all of them tbh starmie flew under my radar for a long time, i didnt notice it had a 520 bst and had been meta for 5 generations ​ i think jynx is a solid one, it was so broken in gen 1 due to being psychic (which was even more broken in gen 1) and ice. combined with the fact its really fast and has a really high special attack its good against 3 of the elite 4 members and most of the champs team.


SpidermanBread

Jynx I did not know until a few months ago you can ice punch your way through kanto Edit: typo "know"


xsweetbriar

I think the problem with pretty much any ice pokemon is that they show up so late in the game. I bet collectively ice type would be more recognized if they were scattered in a bit earlier.


JoseHerrias

Nidoking, it was just such a beast, had a massive move pool and looks sick. When I had Pokémon Yellow, I couldn't get through Brock and ended up levelling a Nidoran instead, then Nidoking for the end game, he could sweep most of the E4 for me.


conzcious_eye

This


10wuebc

Nidoking is often used in speedruns in gen 1 because of the move sets and early evolution. They usually have a nidoking at the end of Mt moon!


weird_bomb_947

how old are you? anyways, dodrio


Fluffy_Ad7875

15


NarutoFan1995

lapras > gyarados


Fluffy_Ad7875

Nuh uh


LeratoNull

I'm with you, Kingler owns.


DeadEspeon

Kabutops got overshadowed by the hecvin lord helix memes


guitosc

Seel, to be honest i sometimes i even forget that they exist


BothropsAspee

parasect


Freedom1234526

Paras is my favourite bug type.


Bananawamajama

The Nidoran family is the ultimate pokemon. Interesting typing, 3 stage evolution, combination of level based and item based evolve methods, can function pretty well with either physical or special moves, gets bolt beam, spans from cute and adorable to badass and intimidating, and shows up in one of the first routes and is accessible to everyone.


Nintend0Geek

Raichu considering it’s pre-evolution is literally the mascot of the franchise, as well as that iconic episode against Lt. Surge would leave a bad first impression at first


StahlViridian

After Pokémon yellow being my first game & the anime it’s always been hard to evolve my pika. Its like the pokemon company wanted us to feel wrong doing it. That is until sun & moon that pancake loving Raichu is my boy.


Spardath01

Farfetched


Chilledkage

Tangela


No_Pain1037

Nintails, definitely Nintails.


myychair

Love the variety here. It pretty much proves that nearly every pokemon is appreciate lmao. Gen 1 was awesome


rosstoferwho

I genuinely think it's bulbasaur. Slept on as a starter at least. People were more hyped about the fire dragon and the water turtle. But bulbasaur was the best choice for at least the first 3 gyms in the game. Strong against rock. Super strong against water. And had a good defence against electric. And that little bulb is a cutie to start with and evolves into a big slob of a monster.....and that's fairly easy to relate to in my adult life 😩


Conman1209

150%. Imo a masterclass of a starter evo line


RubComplex7612

Dewgong. Its so cute but people don’t respect it because “its just a dugong”


AngelaBallesteros

Sandslash, theyre my favourite gen1 pokemon and i dont see so much love for them


whboer

Yeah I love sandslash and tbh in gen 1, he’s quite good. You can get a tm for swords dance early, and dig does 100 dmg still. You feed it 1 x speed, do 1 swords dance and you can pretty much sweep anyone with high crit chance slash and dig


malefiori

Tangela


Similar_Sandwich_708

Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan


TearFarmerLOLOL

Original color palette Jynx


craiiiggoesrawr

The only acceptable answer is Psyduck, I will die on this hill. I know Psyduck is a “favorite” Pokémon but I honestly don’t think that anyone loves that lil dude as much as me. Slowpoke is also up there


TheCorgiTamer

Persian with Slash in the OG games is OP


Wakattack00

I’mma say slowbro. Not sure how many used one growing up, but was usually a staple on my team


PwillyAlldilly

Please see flair for answer.


Fluffy_Ad7875

A fellow magmar enjoyer ?


PwillyAlldilly

Electabuzz and magmar are my boys forever


birdinbrain

Doduo, Venonat, and Seadra


DJFid

Kangaskhan is an HM whore so they get my vote as underrated


NaglTheBagel

Scyther for real, I liked him later too when he got false swipe so I could catch Pokemon easier


heel2014

Dugtrio, Thunderbadge hero.


conzcious_eye

He wasn’t underrated


Cmoneyisfunny

poliwhirl


LittleBumblebee214

Dewgong


Lucario-Mega

Muk is an awesome Pokemon on some stall teams, Glory To Big stall and SupaGmoney.


PjDisko

Tentacruel. Many hate it due to the abundance of tentacool but they have great stats.


garbagetrashboi95

Cloyster was always a favorite of mine!


CrownedMenace

Nidoran


fareink6

I loved Hitmonchan. The fact that he learned all types of punches made him very versatile. And I just loved to pick him up, even if it meant never collecting Hitmonlee.


nikross333

Scyther, one of the best pokemon ever


MystericWonder

Sandslash


LordRagnamon

Omanyte / Omastar


Diddinho

Games aside, Kingler, Primeape, Dodrio


maximiliam93

In my opinion there are a lot of most underrated Pokemon in Gen. At first I would say "Dewgong", but in my opinion "Arbok is also very underrated!


M3kara

Ponyta


Rare_Mushroom_4012

Parasect


Palandium

Kingler hes simpy the King


Gabario

I know the fanbase loves it, but I wish Cubone got more spotlight treatment from TPCi. When 151 rolled out I thought it was a shoe-in for an alt because it's a pretty beloved mon, but as the generations go on I feel like Cubone love has quieted down a bit. The Alolan Marawak was a fun gift. Eight years ago.


Stampbearpig

Fearow. Reliable attack and speed, and can sweep pretty well with drill peck. Carried my first Red nuzlocke.


KARURUKA2

Probably Pokémon banned from media outside of the games like Porygon & Kadabra.


LordCabbageBigDick

I'll go into bat for team Mankey/Primeape. In the games, you can catch a Mankey early on, which is helpful for the first gym, and you don't really encounter too many weaknesses until later on in the game. Definitely always an (unfairly) forgotten fighting type behind the Hitmon's and Machop line. In the show, just a cheeky character who loves wearing his owners hat... really can't fault him there either. An honourable mention to Victreebel, too. It's a bit harder to obtain, but it still remains one of my favourite originals, by character and design.


addemlit

Poliwrath or Victreebel.


g-jazz

Love the magmar hustle.


EDDiE_SP4GHETTi

For me I loved Victreebell. Toxic + Wrap was a sick combo for me


Aeceus

Marowak


RedditSoldier313

gigadonk


Faustphoria

Dewgong is a neat little guy


DunsparceAndDiglett

I want to say Jynx. It certainly has flaws, like its controversy and it's kind of weird to own a humanoid lady Pokemon. But Jynx stomps the rest of RBY/FrLg's (idk about Let's Go) campaign with only like Slowbro and maybe Magnemite as the worst match ups. Game mechanic-wise getting a Poliwhirl sucks, and you're gonna have to give up the Psychic tm.


comai1

Krabby/Kingler were my obsession a few years ago. I remember I spent like 20+ hours trying to shiny hunt one in let's go Eevee. I'd still love to own a shiny one of each one day


Rivetingcactus

Magmar doesn’t evolve in gen 1


Fluffy_Ad7875

I know but like He still hase a cool evolution


Fluffy_Ad7875

Or dosent he


hysbminingsucks

Zapdos is my guy, OU STAPLE since literally forever


Fluffy_Ad7875

Not gonna lie based opinion. Can you olso Tell mě your opinion on the other Two birds?


hysbminingsucks

I don’t think I’ve ever used Moltres due to how goofy he looks, anytime it’s available I’d rather use arcanine or h-arcanine and Articuno is pretty good now with snow so it’s not the worst of the trio anymore


my-finall-message

Charizard


Fluffy_Ad7875

Ehh what Pika💀


Conman1209

I want to say Vaporeon is kind of slept on in the shadow of jolteon. Vaporeon is personally my favorite eeveelution. But I know the eeveelutions are all fairly loved so I wouldn’t say slept on necessarily. I’d say porygon is a pretty cool pokemon even though I personally wouldn’t have it on my team irl


Conman1209

Actually shoutout to rhydon!!! Its unfairly in the shadow of golem I believe


Conman1209

I actually personally prefer rhydon as my gen 1 ground type it’s design is pretty dope


berrytwists

raichu or fearow?


Background-Forever59

I AM THE NUMBER ONE MOST UNDERRATED POKEMON IN GEN 1


amendersc

Odish is pure perfection Raichu should get more love, he is WAYYYY cooler than Pikachu Kabutops is probably the coolest fossil pokemon they ever made