Starmie: The Mysterious Pokémon
Starmie is my second favorite pokemon, only to Breloom.
Starmie is one of the best and most useful pokemon in all of OU.
Lets take a look.
HISTORY
-Before-
Starmie was created as a Starfish Pokemon at Gamefreak.
Officially named "The Mysterious Pokemon"
-Gen 1-
Starmie was introduced in the first generation of pokemon, and it has always been OU.
In the first Gen, Starmie was used as a special sweeper alone.
The viable set for a first Gen starmie was Blizzard/Surf, Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt, and Recover.
Even in Gen 1 Starmie had a very versatile movepool, as it still has today.
It was one of the most fearsome OU pokemon.
-Gen 2-
In Gen 2, Starmie's role was changed.
With the introduction of Spikes, Spinners were now needed.
The dominant set was Surf, Spin, Recover, Reflect/Psychic?Thunder Wave
With the introduction of Items, Starmie could run Leftovers.
Starmie was easily one of the top 5 threats of G/S/C.
-Gen 3-
With the introduction of abilities, Natural Cure let Starmie be a status absorber.
So many options, 2 dominant sets.
BoltBeam given to Starmie for amazing coverage.
Still OU, and still a top tier threat, and still the best offensive Spinner.
-Gen 4-
Metagame changed completely.
New items, Choice, Life Orb.
Physical / Special split gave Starmie more coverage.
Still OU, still an amazing threat.
The Starmie you know today.
-Gen 5-
Starmie will have competition from Doryuuzu as offensive Spinner.
Psycho Shock will let Starmie hit special walls.
Boiling Water will help Starmie be a better utility.
I love Starmie. On every single one of my offensive teams, I have used Starmie. It always does it's job, whether its Spinning, Sweeping, or something in between. So this thread is to honor one of my favorite pokemon, Starmie; the Mysterious Pokémon.