They can be dual-typed, but at least one of those has to match the type you choose. What type are you choosing, and what’s your team look like?
I would have to choose Bug-type, of course. Team composition would be Galvantula, Yanmega, Heracross, Centiskorch, Genesect, and Rabsca. As to why… I just like 'em, lol. I’m not much of a competitive player. What would your team/type be?
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Dark type. 100% just because I play by the rule of cool and my favourite Pokémon belong to that type. Not sure about the entire team, but Houndoom, Mightyena, and Umbreon would be there for sure.
Strong choices all around. Dark type is definitely in my top five, and I love Mightyena. I think it’s easy to sleep on, since you get access to Poochyena literally right out of the gate, but it’s a seriously tough Pokémon.
I would go with fairy types. My team would be Sylveon, Tinkaton, Gardevoir, Galarian Rapidash and Flutter Mane.
My reason for the team is that I really like the design of them and I just like them overall. They can also receive and deal a huge amounts of damage. Sylveon have almost exclusively managed to carry me through the games.
I’ve never had the chance to use Sylveon, but I’d love to! I’m a pretty big fan of Eevee and all its evolutions. Also, of all the types to build a team around “design aesthetic” Fairy is probably the most appropriate, lol!
Hmmm, I’ll try a real challenge for me:
- Snorlax
- Raticate
- Pidgeot
- Oranguru
- Lickilicky
- Smeargle
Snorlax is a massive self carry in every singleplayer game!
I think I sticked to only using Fire type when I played one of the recent games, if only because a lot of my favorite pokemon (Ninetales, Arcanine, Houndoom, Salazzle) were that type.
Getting the TM for Flamethrower late in the game was a massive power spike. Type coverage isn’t really an issue as well, because of sunny day + solarbeam.
I’d have to go either normal or water types. Idk who exactly for either, that’d be a tough choice. So many good ones!
I like grass types, I’d go
- Meowscarada for special coverage (protean is still really good)
- Gogoat for physical coverage (thing gets a few ground/rock moves)
- Leavanny for X-Scissor crits and Sticky Web
- Leafeon for Leaf Blade + Swords Dance sweeps (best eeveelution)
- Cradily for some serious bulk
- Lurantis for contrary shenanigans
Meowscarada is probably my favorite of the new starters.
I’m still more than a little disappointed that Lurantis isn’t a bug type. Praying mantises are my favorite IRL bugs, and bug type is my favorite pokemon type… And pink is my favorite color! 🥲 I mean, we have Scyther. But Lurantis…
That’s a killer team, though. And grass is a close second for favorite types, personally.
I love the design of meowscarada the best, but where the signature moves are concerned, torch song is miles ahead of the other starters and made me glad I picked the fire starter. I mean, it’s an already strong move that makes you considerably stronger each time you use it. After a couple of uses, you’ll sweep basically anything. Feels overpowered, honestly. Usually you only have a chance of raising an offensive stat or the attack is really weak (like power up punch).
See, I’m the worst about picking Pokémon team comp. I do… Pretty basic coverage in my teams, but I’ve never concerned myself much with squeezing out the most power I can from my team. Not that that’s a bad thing! I’m envious of people who do, lol. But I’m a “fashion over function” kinda guy so most of my 'mons end up getting picked mostly out of design aesthetic… 😅
I have removed overwhelmingly weak options from my teams in favor of stronger Pokémon, but for the most part… It’s like, “oooh, I like that! You’re on my team now,” lol.
Even with my bug team comp, Rabsca only made the cut over Ribombee because I like having a psychic type on my team. I’ve always had a psychic type on my team.
I was initially disappointed that Sprigatito stood up, but I actually fell in love with the design lol Lurantis is one of my favorite pokemon, I always thought it was weird that it was pure grass type
I was, too. I saw Meowscarada and it was like, “ugh, ANOTHER bipedal final stage starter?” But… It grew on me. I like it even more than Fuecoco and co., and that was going to be my first pick for starter at the start of the new gen. I STILL have not played the game… 😅
But when I do get around to finally buying it, Sprigatito will be my bff.
Hmm, it’s hard to pick a single type. I do love my steel types (channeling my inner Steven), but I also adore water types. Let’s just pick steel.
- Lucario is a super easy pick. He’s a beast and fan favorite.
- Metagross is one of my favorites ever since I first got one in Sapphire. Plus pseudolegendary, so he’s essential.
- I really love Aegislash. The design and typing are both fantastic.
- Tinkaton was a favourite in Violet and it’s design is so cool. It’s honestly not very strong, but I’d bring it along for fun.
- Violet’s brutal raids also made me fall in love with Kingambit. I only used him for raids, but damn was he cool.
- Because I also love water types, gotta have that Empoleon. It’s a classic design, anyway.
Possible replacements:
- Gholdengo could be swapped for Aegislash. Give me some more balance for physical vs special and his ability is top tier. I don’t care for his design though.
- Ground is my nemesis. I probably should have a flier or levitator. I’d probably opt for swapping tink with corviknight. I love the design of corviknight and the lore makes it a hilarious pick to swap.
