Okay, I haven't played Pokemon since Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald.

>>30342280
Rowlet sucks
can't take hits, slow as balls and isn't very strong
even after it evolves its still useless though so it probably won't make much difference

>>30342280
if you don't evolve rowlett is will be a struggle to use it at all

you can always spam items and grind but that is going to make the game very tedious

you could always just get a muk, ribombee, and mudsdale and roll through everything with those while your rowlett hangs out tho

>>30342280
He will be weaker but do it, he's cute as.

Your other Pokemon will be able to cover for him too, anon.

Make sure you pat and feed rowlet a lot in the thing known as Pokemon refresh, after you unlock it. Once it reaches certain happiness it will dodge enemy attacks and stuff.

There's not a single reason whatsoever to keep any starter and much less to keep them unevolved

>>30342280
I made it through the game just fine without evolving my Torracat. You can get Eviolite (held item that doubles a Pokemon's defenses) fairly early in the game, before you get into your 30s.

Rowlet might be harder to keep alive than Torracat since it's a first stage Pokemon. Grass/Flying also has a lot of weaknesses too. If you're set on not evolving it, then go for it. It could be a fun challenge. The game is harder than XY but it's still not that difficult. I think you could do it as long as the rest of your team is decent.

>>30342280
I kept him unevolved until past level 40, mainly because i wanted moves faster, and used him for pretty much every fight.
You'll need to have him over-levelled to make it work out but you can do it comfortably enough for at least the first half of the game.

>>30342327
>salt: the post

Thanks for the replies.