Chimchar has a place in my heart as my first starter but my friend for some reason traded a lvl 28 staravia for his lvl 15 prinplup in pokemon platinum .
Gen 1 : bulbasaur
Gen 2 : totodile
Gen 3 : torchic
Gen 4 : chimchar
Gen 5 : Tepig
Gen 6 : grass one looks cool .
Fire types beat the game for me in pokemon ruby
Blaziken , magmortar ( trade ) , ninetails ( trade ) , torkoal , charizard ( trade ) and groudon ( not fire type but all fire moves )