If I had to make a top list?
1. Espeon -
Childhood memories. Getting Colosseum for the Gamecube with so much hype. Put the game in and got two Pokemon I never heard of: Espeon and Umbreon. I mainly played Ruby/Sapphire and I hadn't played Gold/Silver at the time. First Battle? I think Espeon's useless because it has no attacking moves but I decided that I might as well confuse the opponent. Wait, Confusion is an attack!? 1HKO!? But it's a cute cat, and cats are my favorite!
Tl;dr Nostalgia + Powerful + Being a cat
2. Jolteon -
I always liked Jolteon since I was a little kid. I th
