Choose the opening you want to practice
The initial personality quiz suggests a starter; you can choose another. Use the roster below to open a partner reference, then check its starting attack and type matchups. A starter’s familiarity can matter more to a first attempt than its position on a tier list.
Compare with the same investment
Try a ranged opening and a close-range opening under a similar upgrade budget. Record whether your main difficulty is movement, clearing enemies or choosing cards. That observation makes the next partner choice more useful than picking solely by rarity. The roster uses the archived official starter flags; follow the live selection screen if it changes.
Starter roster
Bulbasaurgrass / poison
Charmanderfire
Squirtlewater
Psyduckwater
Slowpokewater / psychic
Chikoritagrass
Cyndaquilfire
Totodilewater
Treeckograss
Torchicfire
Mudkipwater
Turtwiggrass
Chimcharfire
Piplupwater
Snivygrass
Tepigfire
Oshawottwater
Chespingrass
Fennekinfire
Froakiewater
Rowletgrass / flying
Littenfire
Poppliowater
Grookeygrass
Scorbunnyfire
Sobblewater
Sprigatitograss
Fuecocofire
Quaxlywater