Nexomon 1 best starter decisions?

[Sukotto82]

What are the best starter decisions for nexomon 1 (not 2 extinction).
I don't think what system you're on will make much difference but when I played on my phone I don't remember having a starter option and had vulazy as my starter.
I got past the first gym leader but my saves don't seem to be working on Mobile so I just bought it on XboxOne and first thing aside from graphics is that I get to choose a starter from 7 different monsters.

I'm really looking for what nexomon is hardest to find early game and/or be best for beating first major battles.

From my limited experience on Mobile wind seemed to be most effective against most early enemies including first gem so I'm looking for your feedback, suggestions and advice.
I do want to catch them all so if there is a starter that is drastically harder to find or catch then that would probably be an idea of what starter to choose but I don't want to ignore other important factors either.

What do you think?
Ideal/best starter nexomon in nexomon1?

[Fen_]

Vulazy is good but you might get it in the very first zone so not the best pick.
Earth is strong and stays strong throughout
Wind is strong but there are options for wind later on.
Water is fine and not available for a long time, decent choice.
Plant is strong but Berath can be captured right away and is ok despite a worse skillset.
Thunder is good, not available for quite sometime. It is a bit fragile early on however
Fire is ok, but can be gotten early on and later there are good alternatives.

[Sukotto82]

Thanks.
I now have 6 different elements all leveled to 10 so beat first guy pretty easily.

Just found a legendary luhava lvl 9 while looking for the second guy in mountain town.

Wondering if it's worth using a gold nexocube on it.
It's only level 9 and sounds like they spawn pretty often after you collect a bunch of different nexomon.

[Rayne]

Sprunk is really, really good quite frankly. On my first playthrough, I chose the kitty cat because... cat. I later captured a Sprunk and they both remained with me till the end of the game. Sprunk and its evolutions saved my ass Idk how many times! (And Luhava is just OP asf).