Pokemon Team

King Wooper wrote:

Advice: Don't train only your starter. =P

I once completed a game using only my starter and it was eeeasy. =P

King Wooper wrote:

Zangoose @ Life Orb / Silk Scarf

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

Moves:

~ Return
~ Close Combat
~ Quick Attack / Shadow Claw / Fire Punch
~ Swords Dance

Nature: Jolly
Role: Standard Swords Dancer.

I'm training this one (silk scarf and shadow claw) and it rules.
I'm thinking about using focus sash, though.

Note: I merged your posts. Double-posting is not allowed.

Silk Scarf for more power on Return. Life Orb for more power on everything. =P

I've (almost) always trained only my starter, but now I've discovered it's more fun raising a whole team. =D

I think Exp. Share is a godsend. I've got three badges.

I double-posted? I didn't even notice.
I'll be more careful.

Anyway, I'm raising this team now:

Uxie
Modest nature
Psychic (For STAB and taking advantage of modest nature)
Thunderbolt (to combat steels except steelix)
Amnesia (for when I try to capture azelf again)
Yawn (for steelix so I can wear it down with psychic)

Gallade
Docile nature (it took me so long to breed this one that I'm not complaining.)
Swords dance (for things I can't OHKO otherwise)
Psycho cut (STAB, advantage against other fighting types, plus coverage against toxicroak)
Leaf blade (I'll replace it with close combat)
Night slash (I looks so cool! Also advantage against ghosts and psychics.)

Uxie and gallade can defeat almost anything except steels. (Two more levels... grr...) Ghost types give them trouble, but are knocked out by psychic moves (gengar) or night slash (others). Sableye and spriritomb are difficult, but clefable is their worst enemy. I nearly scream when I see a clefable.

Empoleon
Calm nature
Ice beam (one word: torterra)
Peck (for the REALLY weak opponents - will be replaced with drill peck)
surf
grass knot (an all-around awesome move for things weak to it.)

My starter.

Misdreavus
Bold nature (brings back memories)
Psybeam
Shadow ball
Payback (for special walls)
Pain split (helps in double battles, plus good against blissey and friends.)

This one took 26 Pokéballs to capture. It was harder than Palkia!

Empoleon and misdreavus are not to be underestimated. Their only problem is surf in double battles. I suppose misdreavus could steal some of empoleon's hit points.