[quote=@MissFortune]
[@Lord Santa] Thanks! I just wanted to make sure, is Budew an okay starter?
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Should be, because the way the GM said it, you could practically get away with anything except for legendaries if you justified it, so a shiny budew is pretty fitting.

As for logistically, I have no idea. I was never really into grass pokemon myself, truth be told. But I figure it's got good crowd control and solar beam's got good damage on it. That said, it'd probably be a bit squishy, but raw stats don't matter so much in the early game. I'd say it's a pretty solid choice for a starter though, because it's got some versatility, but crowd control might be a bit hard to train.