Board 8 > Best Pokemon Generation by Type, DAY 9: Gen 3 Dragon vs. Gen 9 Fighting

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Inviso
04/23/24 1:24:17 PM
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I've done this style of poll contest once before, back in either Gen VII or Gen VIII, so why not try it again now? The rules are simple: each day, I'm going to post a poll for a given Pokemon typing, with each generation's roster of new Pokemon filling in that typing. You just need to look at what each generation had to offer, and select which generation you think brought the best new roster (for any reason; you could say that a single Pokemon was so good that it overwhelms everything else the generation spawned, or you could select a generation that may be more well-rounded that the one that created your personal favorite). At the end of the day, one generation will be crowned a champion (with potential tiebreakers if need be), and that generation will advance to a second round, where the eighteen winners, and fourteen strongest runner-ups will be sorted into a 32-entrant tournament to crown which generation produced the best overall roster of a single typing.

The tournament has now begun. The discussion topic is here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80744044 and the bracket is here: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=478370

Today's match sees one of the big three thirty-vote blowout victories from the preliminaries in Gen III's dragon roster, going big after two generations of Dragons being rare and limited. Meanwhile, they're facing off against a wild card (and one of Gen IX's only two entries in the field of 32) as Gen IX Fighting--my personal favorite generation for Fighting-types--looks to stay alive and prove it deserved to win the Fighting-types overall.

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KommunistKoala
04/23/24 1:30:09 PM
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easy choice for me, overrated pile of dragons in gen 3 and some pretty top tier fighting pokemon in 9

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GenesisSaga
04/23/24 2:16:24 PM
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easy choice for me, exquisite selection of dragons in gen 3 and some pretty low tier fighting pokemon in 9

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Sheep007
04/23/24 2:53:40 PM
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I will fulfil the prophecy and say that I think both are mediocre selections.

I voted for Fighting because Annihilape, Pawmot and the paradox mons are all solid, and the only one which sucks is Okidogi, compared to the excellent Flygon and Altaria, godawful Latis and meh everything else in Gen 3.

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mnk
04/23/24 3:21:01 PM
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KommunistKoala posted...
easy choice for me, overrated pile of dragons in gen 3 and some pretty top tier fighting pokemon in 9


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OrangeCrush980
04/23/24 3:53:13 PM
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Tough day. The Gen 3 dragons are iconic, and it's not a coincidence that all of the fully evolved ones that matter got a mega. But Gen 9's fighting roster is packed with amazing Pokemon with great type variety, so it's really really hard to ignore. I voted for Gen 9 Fighting since I feel like it has a strong case for being the objective best gen/type combo, but I wouldn't mind the dragons winning this.

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Bitto
04/23/24 4:42:35 PM
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I'm pretty sure dragons are my least favorite type.

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Espeon
04/24/24 5:56:05 AM
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Bump.

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mnk
04/24/24 1:32:59 PM
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This is such a disappointing result.

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Espeon
04/24/24 4:57:37 PM
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Still out for a little while longer.

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andylt
04/24/24 5:17:29 PM
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OrangeCrush980 posted...
The Gen 3 dragons are iconic, and it's not a coincidence that all of the fully evolved ones that matter got a mega.
Flygon is too good for megas
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UF8
04/24/24 6:47:29 PM
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as someone who really likes altaria i actually am still amazed it ever got a mega, especially while flygon didn't. the gap in their popularity is colossal. i felt it was in the running for the least popular fully evolved mon in gen 3, along with the likes of medicham, swalot, grumpig, masquerain and cradily (which i also like personally for the most part, but, y'know)
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