Starter Pokémon

	Gameplay Notice Due to the lack of evolutionary stones, you cannot evolve any of the starter Pokémon as of episode 1

Phoenix Rising gives the player a choice of one of three Starter Pokémon at the beginning. They are given to the player by Professor Lotus's assistant, Tim. The player has the choice between three Pokémon: the Grass-type Petilil, the Water-type Staryu, and the Fire-type Growlithe.

Each one of these Pokémon evolve via stone, highlighting the emphasis on choice-based game-play in Phoenix Rising, and can mega evolve.

Evolutions

Unevolved Petilil  Grass

→

First evolution Lilligant  Grass

Lilliganite Mega Evolution →

Mega evolution Mega Lilligant  Grass  Flying

Unevolved Staryu  Water

→

First evolution Starmie  Water  Psychic

Starmieite Mega Evolution →

Mega evolution Mega Starmie  Water  Ghost

Unevolved Growlithe  Fire

→

First evolution Arcanine  Fire

Arcaninite Mega Evolution →

Mega evolution Mega Arcanine  Fire  Dragon

Comparison of Base Stats

First Stage

Pokémon	Petilil	Staryu	Growlithe
HP	55	40	55
Attack	35	45	70
Defense	60	55	45
Sp. Attack	80	70	70
Sp. Defense	70	65	40
Speed	40	85	60
Total	340	360	340

Second Stage

Pokémon	File:002.png Lilligant	File:004.png Starmie	File:006.png Arcanine
HP	80	60	90
Attack	60	75	110
Defense	85	85	80
Sp. Attack	120	110	90
Sp. Defense	95	85	80
Speed	90	115	90
Total	530	530	540

Between Their Canon Stats

These Pokémons' stats have been altered slightly in order for them to fit better as starters. The following is a comparison between their 'canon' stats and their altered stats.

Petilil Line

Pokémon	Petilil (canon)	Petilil
HP	45	55
Attack	35	35
Defense	50	60
Sp. Attack	70	80
Sp. Defense	50	70
Speed	30	40
Total	280	340

Pokémon	File:002.png Lilligant (canon)	File:002.png Lilligant
HP	70	80
Attack	60	60
Defense	75	85
Sp. Attack	110	120
Sp. Defense	75	95
Speed	90	90
Total	480	530

Staryu Line

Pokémon	Staryu (canon)	Staryu
HP	30	40
Attack	45	45
Defense	55	55
Sp. Attack	70	70
Sp. Defense	55	65
Speed	85	85
Total	340	360

Pokémon	File:004.png Starmie (canon)	File:004.png Starmie
HP	60	60
Attack	75	75
Defense	85	85
Sp. Attack	100	110
Sp. Defense	85	85
Speed	115	115
Total	520	530

Growlithe Line

Pokémon	Growlithe (canon)	Growlithe
HP	55	55
Attack	70	70
Defense	45	45
Sp. Attack	70	70
Sp. Defense	50	40
Speed	60	60
Total	350	340

Pokémon	File:006.png Arcanine (canon)	File:006.png Arcanine
HP	90	90
Attack	110	110
Defense	80	80
Sp. Attack	100	90
Sp. Defense	80	80
Speed	95	90
Total	555	540

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