Grovyle always comes to mind for me.
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I meant ryhdon 
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Wartortle is way cooler than Blastoise and Squirtle
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Bold statement! Wartotle is one of the best but my favorite is Kadabra.
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Gyarados could technically be your favorite mid evolution since it does Mega Evolve
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Larvitar!
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Larvitar is a basic Pokemon though
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I like the way you think.
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Dragonair and Quilava are probably my top favorites of all middle evolutions
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Clefairy and Haunter are both conveniently middle evolutions, so my favorite Pokemon would also be my middle favorite
Picking outside those, Pidgeotto was always a favorite from the anime
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hey i’m trying to practice inclusiveness here
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Wartortle’s design I think is probably the best around.
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I’ve always loved Marill and Ivysaur. IMO, the design for Ivysaur is 10x better than Venusaur. And let me just add a middle-stage evolution I hate: Combusken. Good lord, Combusken is ugly.
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It really is, I stopped my torchic from evolving multiple times because I didn’t want him to be ugly
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Oh my goodness idk how I forgot Rhydon. Rhyperior is HIDEOUS. I don’t know how such an iconic Pokémon evolves into this horrifying hamburger patty abomination. Sinnoh is alright for the most part but they did our boy Rhydon completely wrong.
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Dragonair and Wartortle for me.
Also Metapod.
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Rhyperior should never have been born, although Rhydon appreciates the eviolite
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My favorite and in my opinion, the greatest designed middle evolution in pokemon would have to be Braxien from Generation 6. Delphox on the other hand was a bit poorly executed with the mage aspect compared to Braxien… I may be a little biased since it’s one of my favorite pokemon in general though; I believe a lot of people love Braxien over there in Japan as well!
Personal Favorite Braxien Card (XY Breakthrough, Kawayoo)
Serena’s Braxien in the anime:
-Steven
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This is always kind of a weird topic for me because most of my favorite “middle evolutions” are the ones that only became middle evolutions retroactively, like Chansey. To me there’s a pretty clear difference between something that was intentionally designed to be a middle evolution like Ivysaur and something that accidentally became one years after the fact like Electabuzz or Magmar.
Of the first group: Bayleef, Wartortle, Braixen
Of the second group: Chansey, Jigglypuff, Roselia
Togetic is kind of a gray area to me. It’s one of my favorite middle evolutions and while yes at one point it was a final evolution, it always felt like more was going to be done with the line. Togetic’s design and even its name (Japanese name Togechick i.e., not a fully grown bird) always had me waiting for an evolution, and then they gave us Togekiss.
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