PokeSurvivor Starters Tier List
Twelve generation starters, all unranked and waiting for your call. A starter board is really a question about the first ten minutes of a run: which pick carries a fresh save without needing a lucky upgrade, and which one only comes alive once the build is already online. Rank the version you actually play. Every entry starts in Unranked — drag or tap a tile to fill S through F, rename any row, then export the finished board as a PNG.
Bulbasaur
Charmander
Squirtle
Chikorita
Cyndaquil
Totodile
Treecko
Torchic
Mudkip
Turtwig
Chimchar
Piplup0 of 12 items ranked.
Board saved automatically in this browser. Original.
How this board is built: the 12 tiles are an editorial starting set, not an official roster and not a published ranking — every entry waits in Unranked until you place it. Item tiles are original pictograms or two-letter emblems drawn for this site rather than character artwork, film stills or club logos, so nothing here is licensed material reused from a rights holder. Tiers you set are your own judgement.
What's included in this PokeSurvivor Starters board
The board arrives with all 12 entries present as tiles and none of them assigned to a tier. That is deliberate: a template that opens with a finished ranking only invites you to agree or disagree with whoever made it, whereas an empty ladder makes you commit to an ordering of your own. Drag a tile onto a row, or on a phone tap the tile and then the tier you want. You can add rows for extra categories, rename the standard ones, and remove any entry you do not recognise — a list you can defend is more useful than a long one you cannot.
How to rank this PokeSurvivor Starters board
Split the decision into two passes. First rank on the opening alone — how quickly a starter clears the first wave, how forgiving its starting move is when you misjudge distance, and whether it needs a specific pickup to stop being fragile. Move those picks into your top rows. Then do a second pass for scaling: survivability once the screen fills up, mobility for dodging the denser patterns, and how well the starting move chains into common upgrades. If a pick wins phase one and loses phase two, put it in a middle tier and add a text tile noting the caveat. Do not average the two passes silently; a visible split is more useful to anyone reading your board.
Using the board without over-thinking it
Most people finish a board like this in a couple of minutes and then reorder the middle rows for another ten. That middle is where the honest disagreement lives, so do not rush it: place the obvious top three and the obvious bottom three first, then work inward. If two entries still feel identical, that is a real observation — say so in a row note or a text tile rather than inventing a difference. When the ordering settles, export the PNG so the arrangement is saved somewhere permanent, and copy the share link if you want someone else to argue with it.
Ranking criteria used here
- starting move
- first-run reliability
- mobility
- survivability
Before you share it
Put your criterion in the board title, so a reader knows whether they are looking at a favourites list or an analytical one. If the subject changes with patches, seasons or releases, add the date. And remember the share link carries tier names, colours and the tile order — uploaded photos stay on your device, so export a PNG when those matter.
All 12 items in this template
Back to the boardBulbasaurCharmanderSquirtleChikoritaCyndaquilTotodileTreeckoTorchicMudkipTurtwigChimcharPiplupPokeSurvivor Starters tier list FAQ
Which starter is best for a first run?
Whichever one you can pilot without thinking about its move. First-run reliability rewards a forgiving starting attack and decent movement more than raw damage, so the comfortable pick usually beats the theoretically strongest one.
Should I rank evolutions separately?
Yes, if you are judging peak strength. Add text tiles for the evolved forms and place them in their own rows, otherwise a pick that is weak early and dominant late gets a misleading single grade.
