Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX | Best Starters List & Quiz Guide

Read this Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX guide to learn more about the best starter Pokemon! Find out more about the list of starters, their moves, the quiz, & more!

Best Starter Pokemon To Choose

Pikachu

Pikachu is a strong starter Pokemon thanks to its electric typing. Pikachu will have an advantage against several of the enemies & bosses that you encounter since majority of them will have Flying types! Grass Knot also allows it to deal with Ground types, which it normal can't damage with Electric moves.

Pikachu Starting Moves

Fake Out	Electro Ball
Grass Knot	Iron Tail

Totodile

Totodile is a great Pokemon to choose as a starter since it has Ice Fang as a starter move. This move is not only strong against Flying-type Pokemon, but will also have the chance to freeze enemies, or make them flinch!

Totodile Starting Moves

Ice Fang	Metal Claw
Scratch	Water Gun

Skitty

Skitty's Cute Charm ability can give you an advantage since it has the chance to cause enemy Pokemon to become infatuated with you when they hit you with a contact move!

Skitty Starting Moves

Charge Beam	Echoed Voice
Fake Out	Grass Knot

Treecko

Treecko is a useful starter Pokemon thanks to its Dragon Breath move. Dragon Breath is a powerful move with little to no weaknesses however, you may need to complement Treecko with a different partner to cover its weakness against flying types!

Treecko Starting Moves

Absorb	Dragon Breath
Iron Tail	Quick Attack

Charmander

Having balanced stats & versatile movesets, the Charmander is a jack-of-all-trades in most story scenarios, aside from Fire-type & Water-type dungeon. After beating the game and evolving to Charizard, it becomes even more powerful attacker, even with added feature to Mega Evolve!

Charmander Starting Moves

Dragon Rage	Flame Burst
Bite	Scratch

Ultimately Depends On Your Preference

Your starter Pokemon will ultimately depend on your preference and how you want to play the game! Remember that you will also choose a partner Pokemon, so you can mix and match different team setups and strategies!

Best Partner Pokemon For Starters

Best Partner For Each Starter Pokemon Chart

Best Partner For Fire-type Starter Pokemon

Fire-type Starters
Charmander			Cyndaquil			Torchic			-
Best Partner Pokemon
Bulbasaur			Chikorita			Treecko			Pikachu
Mudkip			Squirtle			Totodile

Grass or Electric-types can easily take down Water Pokemon, one type that Fire Pokemon can be weak against. Grass Pokemon can also take down Ground Pokemon, another weakness of Fire-types.

Might Struggle In Mt. Blaze

At one point in the game you will go to a region heavy with fire-type Pokemon. During this point you might struggle if you only have a Fire and Grass type, so be careful. Consider a water type.

Best Partner For Water-type Starter Pokemon

Water-type Starters
Squirtle			Totodile			Mudkip			Psyduck
Best Partner Pokemon
Charmander			Cubone			Cyndaquil			Torchic

For the Water-type starters, it's best to have Ground and Fire Pokemon. Cubone can ward off Electric Pokemon while the Fire starters can easily bring down Grass Pokemon.

Best Partner For Grass-type Starter Pokemon

Grass-type Starters
Bulbasaur			Chikorita			Treecko			-
Best Partner Pokemon
Mudkip			Squirtle			Cubone			Pikachu

The best partner Pokemon for Grass-types is Mudkip, which can take down Fire with its Water moves. It can also learn Rock-type attacks to compensate for Grass Pokemon's weakness to Flying. Other viable Pokemon are Squirtle, Cubone, and Pikachu.

Best Partner For Normal-type Starter Pokemon

Normal-type Starters
Meowth			Eevee			Skitty			-
Best Partner Pokemon
Psyduck			Meowth			Eevee			Skitty

Since Normal-type Pokemon are weak to Fighting Pokemon, Psyduck can help fight against this weakness. Normal-types can learn a variety of moves and are very flexible, so they can be paired with any Pokemon you prefer. Other normal types work well, but you ultimately have a lot of freedom.

Best Partner For Pikachu Starter Pokemon

Pokemon			Best Partner Pokemon
Pikachu			Squirtle			Totodile			Bulbasaur

Pikachu is only weak to Ground-type Pokemon and this can easily be remedied by using Water or Grass Pokemon such as Squirtle, Totodile, or Bulbasaur.

Best Partner For Cubone Starter Pokemon

Pokemon			Best Partner Pokemon
Cubone			Pikachu			Charmander			Cyndaquil

Cubone has weaknesses to Grass, Ice, and Water. Use Fire Pokemon to combat against Grass-types and Electric Pokemon versus Water types.

Best Partner For Machop Starter Pokemon

Pokemon			Best Partner Pokemon
Machop			Pikachu			Skitty			-

Pikachu can easily take down Flying Pokemon, one of Machop's weaknesses. Skitty can learn Dark-type moves, covering for Machop's weakness to Psychic Pokemon.

Starter Pokemon List

All Starter Pokemon

Bulbasaur	Squirtle	Charmander
Chikorita	Totodile	Cyndaquil
Treecko	Mudkip	Torchic
Pikachu	Meowth	Psyduck
Machop	Eevee	Skitty
Cubone	-	-

Which Starter Pokemon Did You Choose?

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Starter Quiz & Answers

Choose Your Starter Pokemon From a Quiz

At the start of the game, you will be given a short quiz to help determine what Pokemon you will be playing as! It is recommended to answer the questions as honestly as you can in order to help the game pick the best starter for you!

Quiz Questions & Answers

Manually Choose Your Starter

If you do not get the Pokemon that you wanted after answering the quiz, you can opt to choose again! Instead of retaking the quiz, you can go ahead and directly pick a Pokemon from the list of starters!

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