#32: Suicune

Suicune is the nineteenth Pokémon you get to see in my list of favorite Pokémon, as it's at number 32 and I'm counting down from 50 to 1, but it's the second of only seven legendaries that have a spot in my list. And not without a reason. Suicune is actually a third of a trio of legendary Pokémon; Raikou and Entei are the other two. Suicune has more appeal to me, however, and that's because it's actually a beautiful Pokémon to see, as opposed to Entei and Raikou. Others may see it differently, but where I think Raikou and Entei are a little clumsy, I think Suicine is actually a very graceful Pokémon. Given its typing that would be logic, too: Suicine is a calm water-type, very in contrast to the restless electric- and fire-type of Raikou and Entei respectively. Maybe that's exactly why Suicune became the mascot in the followup of Gold and Silver; you had to chase it through the entire main game plus a part of the post-game parts in Kanto, until Cerulean City. With a little bad luck Suicune was the first legendary you could catch: Lugia was only available after getting the Silver Wing in Pewter City, Ho-oh was available only after catching the three legendary dogs (Suicune, Entei and Raikou) and Entei and Raikou were wandering around, making it very difficult to come across them. In battles you're better off with Entei and Raikou offensive-wise. Suicine has a good special attack stat and great defenses, but not a very diverse movepool, while Entei and Raikou hit much faster and harder than Suicune does. But this absolutely doesn't matter to me; Suicune is such a beautiful and graceful Pokémon to me that it easily outclasses Entei and Raikou.