Chimchar piplup or turtwig?
Well, it's truly a matter of opinion. But, I'll tell you some facts and my opinion. Chimchar has a great advantage over many of the gyms. Plus, he evolves into a fight type, which helps overcome his weakness to water. Infernape (the evolved form) has the best attack, good special attack, and great speed. But, it has low defensive stats.
Turtwig, once it evolves, has great special attack and defensive stats. The things a great tank.
I'm not a huge fan of piplup, it evolves to be steel, which makes fire regularly effective against it.
So, if you want a good tank for your team, choose turtwig. If you wanna get though the games with the least difficulty, choose chimchar, and if you really like piplup, go with piplup. It's not real important which starter you choose, but how you build your team around it.
Mudkipz are so much better in my opinion
