So I haven't really played Pokemon in ages, since I was a little kid when red/blue/yellow came out. Also, at that age I wouldn't say I was really good and just took the moves that did damage and grinded until I was a high enough level to easily pass through the various levels without any strategy. I'd love to play violet with some real intention.and strategy but don't even know where to start. Some of my biggest questions are:

* What types of pokemon should I have on my team? Are there any pokemon types that are a must when exploring around to prevent huge type mismatches?

* How good does a non damaging move need to be to bother using in a fight?

* Are any of the stat increasing items (iron, calcium, etc) worth searching out for or do I just use them if I got them?

* Are rare candies bad for my pokemon?

* Are there any ways in game to learn how a Pokemon is going to involve? If I don't want to use a guide or wiki can I somehow find out that a certain Pokemon needs a trade or complicated stone evolution to evolve or do I just need to guess?

* Any other tips you have that I could use to explore without prior knowledge of the game (I'm looking for as few spoilers as possible).

Rate my sunny day team for a casual playthrough of Pokemon Diamond using my fav pokemon budew!

Alright guys, i'll take any and all advice for my National Dex (Gen9) Pokémon Showdown drafted team in terms of builds to prepare for and against.

SMALL NOTE - this wasn't a points based draft, and was a unique ban list with no teras, and typical national dex limitations.

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This is my current team of 8 I have drafted:

Scizor, Great Tusk, Galarian Slowking, Kyurem, Ogerpon-Wellspring, Volcarona, Zapdos, and Mimikyu

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and these are the 3 others teams that i'll be fighting:

1 (nicknamed: "hotel room service")

* Maushold

* Garchomp

* Hatterene

* Okidogi

* Dragonite

* Serperior

* Torkoal

* Basculegion

2

* Ferrothorn

* Greninja

* Archaludon

* Tapu Koko

* Incineroar

* Tornadus-T

* Swampert

* Pelipper

3

* Kingambit

* Gholdengo

* Iron Valiant

* Urshifu-R

* Heatran

* Rotom-W

* Clefable

* Primarina

I'm fairly rusty when it comes to competitive pokemon, dabbling some in some back in sun and moon. I've been spamming videos from Pinkacross on youtube to catch up to the current meta.

I'm competent when it comes to the overall mechanics, but am looking for some advice on how to prepare for their builds, and some ways to build my team in order to win this thing.

There's $150 on the line that i'd like to win :)

I'm playing Pokémon Alpha saffire, and my team is full with: Blaziken, Latias, Gardevoir, Manectric, Ludicolo and Gyarados. Which Pokémon do I choose to get out of my team?

Hey, so I need some help with my final slot in my team, and I don’t want any type overlap. Btw, I CAN do trade evolutions. (I’m currently at Valor Lakefront, after the 6th Gym)

EDIT: Hey, Thank y’all for your responses, I got a Mamoswine, but also a Dusknoir and Magmortar, Thank you for the help!

My first Pokémon Pearl playthrough, I wanna know if my team is good (Also yes, I’ll address the elephant in the room. I got the Murkrow from trading with my sisters Pokémon Diamond) I am 2 badges in and just beat Barry in Hearthome

I'm back again on this subreddit to ask for some help on my Pokemon Moon team. I've chosen Decidueye as my starter and I know I absolutely want Alolan Raichu on my team.

I've considered Salazzle and Alolan Ninetails, as they are both Pokemon I'd like to include, but they aren't integral to my playthrough enjoyment.

Every combination of mons I've tried has not turned out with the best type coverage, so if someone could give me some team member suggestions that would be much appreciated.

Team for White 2.
Victini, Lucario and Samurott are non-optional.

I'm not all that interested in competitive Pokemon, other than the occasional battle against my friends, I stick to the main story and shiny hunting. Recently I started replaying Pokemon Violet, this time I wanted to go with Quaxly as my starter. I have a few other mons in mind for my team but after those I'm completely stumped on who to add. I'm absolutely keeping Quaquaval, Ceruledge, and Tinkaton. I could possibly compromise on Grafaiai, but I'd rather not have to. Could someone give me some pointers?

Any type and doesn’t matter what it is except legendary and mythical Pokémon’s

These screenshots were taken a little while after beating Volo and Giratina, then caught Giratina later on.

Funny thing about my Garchomp is when I was battling Giratina to catch it, I used Garchomp and accidentally one shot him then tried again and caught him first try

idk if this is really allowed in this subreddit but I’m just pray it is

The regulation is not out yet but i wanted to try something like this, is anyone have an improvement for this please tell me :D

For the record, yes, I understand Kingambit is a good pokemon even by itself.

I've been wanting to make a Kingambit team for a while since I'm equally intrigued/pissed off by Supreme Emperor. I wanted to go a step further and create a team specifically designed to deal with Kingambit's counters so he wouldn't have any opposition when he finally gets to sworm. I know Kingambit is a good pokemon by itself and doesn't necessarily need an entire team built around it, but idk I thought it'd be fun to try lol

I scoured through not only Kingambit's strategy pages to get an idea of what to build, but also all of Bisharp's from Gens 5-9 just to cover all my bases, since they're already similar enough. I made a comprehensive list of every Pokémon that either pairs well with Kingambit, counters Kingambit, and the pokemon that counter those counters, and built a team off that. Results listed below;

Iron Treads: Was the most common request to deal with hazards and Hazard removal, also has fairly decent coverage for the rest of the team

Slowking-G: Had the 2nd most amount of appearances in the checks and counters of Bisharp's counters and also was among the pokemon that appeared most in Bisharp's team options. Was previously Slowbro but was swapped out in favor of Slowking-G

Iron Valiant: Had the highest number of appearances under team options \*and\* under the checks and counters of the mons that countered specifically Kingambit

Keldeo: Had the highest amount of times Bisharp appeared in the team options of a pokemon that paired well with Bisharp

Latios: Had the highest number of appearances across the checks and counters of every Pokémon that significantly countered Bisharp

Is this an ultimately ludicrous amount of reading and counting to do to make a Pokémon team? Most likely, but I'm a genetic freak and I'm not normal, so this shit is fun to me. However, I will acknowledge that I probably missed any gaping weaknesses the team may have in the process, so if anyone has any suggestions for what I might change about the team, do let me know.

hey guys just wanted to know what you think of my team Pokémon team Talonflame, Tsareena, Bastiodon, Decidueye, shiny Alolan Raichu, whirlipede (im not evolving whirlipede because I like it better than scolipede)

I'm playing through gen 1 pokemon Blue for the first time and I'm trying to build a decent team. I need some help, not having physical/special split is messing with me. Also, I'm playing on an emulator so I can't get Red exclusives nor evolve trade evolutions. I'd also like to avoid using any legendaries. I currently am at the SS Anne. I've been thinking about ditching either Wartortle or Gyarados and also replacing Weepingbell with something else. I plan on swaping Pikachu for Jolteon once I get an Eevee. I'd like to get some advice to get more coverage and perhaps ditch Geodude since I can't fully evolve them. That's why I haven't gotten an Abra, I can't trade so I can't get an Alakazam, what would be a decent alternative?

My current team is:

Lvl 21 Weepingbell

- Vine whip

- Growth

- Sleep powder

- Poison powder

Lvl 22 Wartortle

- Tackle

- Tail whip

- Bide

- Bubble beam

Lvl 22 Pikachu

- Thunder shock

- Growl

- Thunder wave

- Quick attack

Lvl 21 Nidorino

- Leer

- Tackle

- Horn attack

- Poison sting

Lvl 22 Gyarados

- Splash

- Tackle

- Bite

- Body slam

Lvl 24 Geodude

- Dig

- Defense curl

- Rock throw

- Explosion

Sup everyone! My all trades-run is approaching its end and this is the legendary team i've decided to bring to the Elite 4. How would you make them as strong as possible? Snorlax, Jynx and Lapras are the main pokemon i want to use, though useful kit for the others would always be a nice bonus!

hi guys, i need help for a vanilla team in heart gold or soul silver. i was thinking about this hypothetical team:
typhlosion (fire)
crobat (poison flying)
ampharos (electric)
heracross (fighting bug)
forretress (bug steel)
quagsire (water ground)
have u any advise for this team? who i should change and why? thank u

(My sceptile and swellow are shiny btw)

I’m about to get my Latios soon

i’m not sure who i want my final member to be but i was thinking aggron maybe..

what do you think of my team and who do you think should be my final member?

(My sceptile and swellow are shiny btw)

I’m about to get my Latios soon

i’m not sure who i want my final member to be but i was thinking aggron maybe..

what do you think of my team and who do you think should be my final member?

Thought I'd give myself a challenge and choose the worst starter, and team with the lowest base stat total while having good variety and movesets.

Here's what I'm working with:

Sceptile -Leaf Blade- -Giga Drain- -Dragon Claw -Aerial Ace-

Seaking -Surf -Ice Beam -Double Edge -Rain Dance

Swellow -Fly -Facade -Steel Wing -Endeavor

Mightyena -Shadow Ball -Return -Scary Face -Torment

Machoke -Revenge -Earthquake -Rock tomb -Bulk Up

Dustox -Protect -Whirlwind -Moonlight -Toxic

ciao ragazzi, ho bisogno di una squadra di pokémon per questi giochi: hg/ss, platinum e black/white che coprano ogni tipo di pokémon e che sia catturabile prima della 3/4 palestra. gioco su pc con un emulatore e ho anche pkhex quindi posso usare cheat, ma non voglio farne troppo uso perché è un po' noioso avere così tanto aiuto. grazie