favorite starter?

[Filthy Goon]

way back before this game was even on steam i started with the spirit wolf and loved him but decided since its finally out i would start a new game with a different starter, what is everyones favorite so far? that auto revive on the eagle sure is tempting despite his bad defense

[Ekallo]

I've only picked Toad so far but he feels super redundant since all the early monsters have similar elements.

[Athloner]

Frog

[dustin1280]

I like the bird, super high attack potential+auto shock+revive on death.

[Linguistically Inept]

i havent 'completed' a bird playthrough, but i enjoy the other three (also sure id enjoy 'endgame' bird too)... favourite is probably lion, but its close

[zyzz]

Do people use the starters in the later game? I picked Toad but I haven't really used him since level 7 or so.

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by zyzz:

Do people use the starters in the later game? I picked Toad but I haven't really used him since level 7 or so.

I used my bird up until end-game, he did end up getting replaced by a Blade Widow eventually though.

Since I have every variant monster in the game at this point I am experimenting with different ones to see if I like how they behave.

[Jay]

I picked the lion, because I love lions and fire. Definitely the ace of my team. I also really like the wolf and will probably choose it on my second playthrough.

[Drakhun]

The bird, I've only done one play through but I used it all game (not my default anymore, but stays in active rotation). Revive is amazing, and autoshock has great synergy with debuff spam with Mad Eye and the two-headed snake or the kirin, and it has the party-wide MP recharge skill

[阿夢EDDyume]

wolf/bird, wolf in term of looking cool, bird in term of combat, auto-shock is basically free side-kick to all monster against champion.

[Im Chubs]

Frog - Tank, Healing, Poison, Taunt

[Mystearen]

I haven't played with the Frog or Lion yet, but i love the Wolf and Bird so far. The Wolf has some crazy power if you focus on a crit build, the bleeds get awesome.(makes me wanna try it with the bat or orca), i haven't consider what to do with the bird yet though, (so far i'm just absently mindedly doing a crit build xD)

[8urnout]

I picked toad, but I replaced to Yowie directly.

[fab]

I chose Lion and he stayed in my team until the end of the game.

[Tchey]

Trailer shows the blue wolf, so i skip.
Lion sounds very normal, so i skip.
Bird looks like a quite ordinary phoenix, so i skip.
Toad is left, so Toad.

Level 12-14 now, i still use it from time to time, but mostly, not.

Toad feels boring, or not very needed, as many other monsters have similar skills.

If i have to restart (and i hope not as it's very linear beside exploration), i'd select the bird i think.

[Sdric]

Don't take the fire doggo. I recplaced him VERY quickly. His post-game form has some nice utility, but it's by far not powerfull enough to even be in the top 25.