Well lanturn is a great choice considering it has generally good defensive stats and attacking stats its ability volt absorb is very useful as well it can't learn many moves but it makes up for it in the long run. Starmie on the other hand is great with special attack and speed its hp can be its biggest weakness along with special defense but other than that Starmie can learn more moves than lanturn making up for its weaknesses. If i had to choose i would pick lanturn.
my chose lanturn
No Starmie is a very strong Pokemon while lapras isn't try asking for something better like a Kadabra.
lanturn is chinchou's final stage so its a no
yes but there weak against grass pokemon
no you cannot find starmie in fire red you can trade starmie from Pokemon leaf green
my chose lanturn
The Pokémon in Sapphire who have the Illuminate ability are Volbeat, Staryu/Starmie and Chinchou/Lanturn.
In Pokémon SoulSilver, Misty's party consists of Golduck, Quagsire, Lapras and Starmie however during the time you challenge her while she's in the Dojo in Saffron City then her party will consist of Lapras, Quagsire, Lanturn, Milotic, Starmie and Floatzel.
Roserade but it depends on your team...
No Starmie is a very strong Pokemon while lapras isn't try asking for something better like a Kadabra.
Evolve the Staryu into Starmie and that Pokemon would be better. If you just want a Pokemon to use for surfing then either will work, but both Starmie and Gyarados work well in a team as well.
chinchou evolves into lanturn at level 27
lanturn is chinchou's final stage so its a no
It evolves at lvl27 into lanturn.
Capture chinchou and then train it to level 36 it will evolve into a lanturn
yes but there weak against grass pokemon
No, Starmie don't evolve further.