Which would you pick? - Lemmy.World

Always go with the opossum.

Raccoons have higher attack, speed, intelligence, and health stats. Opossums do have better defense, but lack stamina and rely on their slight luck advantage.

Raccoons are the superior starter, they are the Charmander of the options.

So, the Raccoon will initially seem very good until the first gym where he gets 1-shot by Onyx? Oh. That doesn’t seem so good at all. I guess we should have chosen the Squirtle analogue.
Bulbasaur absolutely mauls the first 4 gyms, and there are plenty of water pokemon available at all stages of the game which are capable of trashing your rivals Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard.