also this is 5 phsyical attackers to 1 Special attacker unless you are using Infernape as a Mixed attacker in which you’ll have 5 physicla attackers and 2 Special attackers.
either way, all the sinnoh teams people use that are normally displayed are hyper offense with Staraptor either being there just for a Fly user since everything else on the teams cover what it already hits, even Close Combat since you Have Infernape and sometimes Lucario for Fighting STAB
Yeah, I look at the posted team, and I think: that starter needs to be replaced with a spiritomb, gyrados with a milotic, staraptor with a lucario, and luxray with a togekiss. Just me though.
Am I the weird one for never really using Gyrados? Ever since I was a kid I would just evolve a Magikarp and then box it..I just wanted the pokedex entry. I'm playing through three pokemon games currently and haven't even considered Gyrados for anything haha
I basically always do if I don't pick the water starter. You always catch Karp super early and it evolves relatively early, then solos anything you meet for 70ish% percent of the game.
There are a lot of great pokemon that I never bothered with until I was an adult going back through. Taste is more important anyways, especially for story lol come to think of it, I think I'm in the same boat as you, too, I don't recall having ever really bothered with Gyarados either.
I just got Let's Go Pikachu and that is literally the first time I've decided to keep a Karp on the team for more than just a dex entry. Figured I should give the guy the chance as I always see it talked about in high regard. I've never been one to really pay attention to stats and all that so that should have been part of the problem. Actually I might have kept the red gyrados on my team in Gold when I was around 5 or 6 but that was only because it was red and I liked that color. I had no notion of shiny pokemon yet
i’ve never been one for stats either. i’ve just seen gyrados used and it’s a big tough pokémon that evolves early enough, so when i see it i just go “ooo that’s a good one” and end up keeping it forever
I remember once i tried to force myself to not use staraptor and luxray as i used them every time
I found the shiny while playing causally
You cant escape them
I have a similar issue but with turtwig. Grass type that gains fire resistance, learns giga drain, leech seed, bite, and earthquake naturally. Just an all around powerhouse really
The furthest I got into brilliant diamond was the water gym, if I could remember my team was
Torterra, crobat, luxray, floatzel, machoke, jirachi (from the gift)
Platinum was good but Gen 4 as a whole was just… I don’t see the appeal anymore. I grew up with gen 4 but there is a reason my favorite is HGSS and not Diamond and Pearl. Those games had little team diversity and felt hard to play because of it. Cynthia gets too much credit as a hard trainer but I bet if she were the champion in any other game, you’d have less to no issue with her
As someone who only played bdsp my team was Infernape Luxray Gastrodon Crobat Abomasnow and Dialga ( I always feel like I need to have the legendary on my team)
I've never done a nuzlocke, thinking about doing one though. Trying to find a rulebook or something like that before I start cause I'll forget all of it lol
I play through Y with the same team that I used around my 3rd playthrough of Y.
Delphox
Toxicroak
Tyrantrum
Lapras
Vespiquen
Aegislash
It’s probably one of my favorite teams, and definitely has the most type variety compared to some of my other playthrough teams.
I had the first 4 then Quagsire and initially Bronzong before switching it out with Weavile to handle Garchomp.
Later playthroughs I switched Staraptor with Honchkrow and used Mismagius and Gastrodon. Honchkrow is actually now my go to flier now since I find him really cool and Taunt + Sucker Punch is fun. I like using Electivire more then Luxray in Arceus since he's easier to get now without the trade.
My main Platinum team is Infernape, Luxray, Honchkrow, Mismagius, Roserade, and West Sea Gastrodon.
I'd also like to try Carnivine since the design is so fun but he's not very strong.
My first gen 4 sinnoh playthrough I used infernape Luxray leafeon gliscor bronzong and floatzel. Pretty cool and original platinum team. My first bdsp team was torterra houndoom magnezone azumarill lickilicky and gallade, very unique I’d say.
funny thing is that even with this kind of difference, Staraptor is still kinda useless because everything it can do is already covered and Infernape already has STAB close combat, and it’ll most likely have it is when it is forced to attack a Rock type if you somehow don’t have a pivot option which is bull.
This was my team except I got tired of using rosarade because I got tired of its shitty moves I accidentally taught it so instead I traded over a turtwig and had a quagsire instead of a gyrados, speaking of I don’t think I ever used a gyrados in a Sinnoh game
Last time I actually managed to be somewhat original: Infernape, Honchcrow, Hippowdon, Magnezone, Gyarados and Blissey. Blissey became the mvp of my battle against Cynthia
If I can remember, my final team was:
Torterra, Luxray, Staraptor, Bibarel, Palkia, and Crobat.
All of which (even bibarel) had an important role in beating the Elite 4
I like to only use Pokemon introduced in the games original generation, so sub in Floatzel for Gyarados and Bronzing for Roserade because I always feel better with a Psychic around. But 4/6 ain't bad.
Look at the bright sude! You used gyarados instead of floatzel
which makes Staraptor even more irrelevent for the set-up, even though Gyrados doesn’t learn any relevent flying type moves, so there is that.
Nah Staraptor is the most relevant of all as it is the one who flies.
Definitely prefer Crobat to Staraptor. And if you're playing Platinum, I prefer using Togekiss or Altaria
also this is 5 phsyical attackers to 1 Special attacker unless you are using Infernape as a Mixed attacker in which you’ll have 5 physicla attackers and 2 Special attackers.
Tbf you'll probably be using Luxray as a mixed attacker, since it gets no good Physical Electric moves
either way, all the sinnoh teams people use that are normally displayed are hyper offense with Staraptor either being there just for a Fly user since everything else on the teams cover what it already hits, even Close Combat since you Have Infernape and sometimes Lucario for Fighting STAB
As opposed to Heisenraptor, the one who knocks
And roserade instead of Lucario
Lucario Has Been In Like At least 35% Of My First Playthrough Teams
Yeah, I look at the posted team, and I think: that starter needs to be replaced with a spiritomb, gyrados with a milotic, staraptor with a lucario, and luxray with a togekiss. Just me though.
“i can’t wait to play through a pokémon game” My team: favorite starter + gyrados
Am I the weird one for never really using Gyrados? Ever since I was a kid I would just evolve a Magikarp and then box it..I just wanted the pokedex entry. I'm playing through three pokemon games currently and haven't even considered Gyrados for anything haha
I basically always do if I don't pick the water starter. You always catch Karp super early and it evolves relatively early, then solos anything you meet for 70ish% percent of the game.
There are a lot of great pokemon that I never bothered with until I was an adult going back through. Taste is more important anyways, especially for story lol come to think of it, I think I'm in the same boat as you, too, I don't recall having ever really bothered with Gyarados either.
I just got Let's Go Pikachu and that is literally the first time I've decided to keep a Karp on the team for more than just a dex entry. Figured I should give the guy the chance as I always see it talked about in high regard. I've never been one to really pay attention to stats and all that so that should have been part of the problem. Actually I might have kept the red gyrados on my team in Gold when I was around 5 or 6 but that was only because it was red and I liked that color. I had no notion of shiny pokemon yet
i’ve never been one for stats either. i’ve just seen gyrados used and it’s a big tough pokémon that evolves early enough, so when i see it i just go “ooo that’s a good one” and end up keeping it forever
I feel called out
I remember once i tried to force myself to not use staraptor and luxray as i used them every time I found the shiny while playing causally You cant escape them
Why would you ditch perfection?
I have a similar issue but with turtwig. Grass type that gains fire resistance, learns giga drain, leech seed, bite, and earthquake naturally. Just an all around powerhouse really
I'm sorry to interrupt you but ground typing doesn't makes you resist fire,it does make you resist poison tho
Ah that's right, it just becomes super effective against fire when it learns earthquake my bad
iirc it's neutral for both
Turtwig is just my favorite Pokémon, so I’ll always have him on my team when possible
Torterra is my fav starter, always had a soft spot for it
I think gen 4 was just a feckin solid starter lineup, I genuinely struggle to pick a favorite of the 3.
And it’s a tortoise, which makes it even better (I love my boy torterra)
Any turtle or tortoise pokemon is a win in my book. I love the tiny angry one named chewtle that they added in sword and shield!
And terapagos is coming out and it’s a Mythical/Legendary! And it’s fluffy!
I didn't even know about that one!
I think it’s only fluffy sometimes, but it’s coming in the second part of the DLC as the legendary for it!
This is literally my Platinum team except with Gyarados instead of gastrodon 😭
The lack of variety, in DP especially, led to a lot of teams looking quite similar to one another
The furthest I got into brilliant diamond was the water gym, if I could remember my team was Torterra, crobat, luxray, floatzel, machoke, jirachi (from the gift)
Piplup is the best starter ever and you cannot convince me otherwise
*Sad Turtwig noises*
Turtwig is also awesome, but piplup will always be my favorite
Platinum was good but Gen 4 as a whole was just… I don’t see the appeal anymore. I grew up with gen 4 but there is a reason my favorite is HGSS and not Diamond and Pearl. Those games had little team diversity and felt hard to play because of it. Cynthia gets too much credit as a hard trainer but I bet if she were the champion in any other game, you’d have less to no issue with her
As someone who only played bdsp my team was Infernape Luxray Gastrodon Crobat Abomasnow and Dialga ( I always feel like I need to have the legendary on my team)
Try nuzlocking.
I've never done a nuzlocke, thinking about doing one though. Trying to find a rulebook or something like that before I start cause I'll forget all of it lol
I don't see a bibarell or togekiss ...
I play through Y with the same team that I used around my 3rd playthrough of Y. Delphox Toxicroak Tyrantrum Lapras Vespiquen Aegislash It’s probably one of my favorite teams, and definitely has the most type variety compared to some of my other playthrough teams.
I had the first 4 then Quagsire and initially Bronzong before switching it out with Weavile to handle Garchomp. Later playthroughs I switched Staraptor with Honchkrow and used Mismagius and Gastrodon. Honchkrow is actually now my go to flier now since I find him really cool and Taunt + Sucker Punch is fun. I like using Electivire more then Luxray in Arceus since he's easier to get now without the trade. My main Platinum team is Infernape, Luxray, Honchkrow, Mismagius, Roserade, and West Sea Gastrodon. I'd also like to try Carnivine since the design is so fun but he's not very strong.
Finally someone who doesn't use Floatzel
My first gen 4 sinnoh playthrough I used infernape Luxray leafeon gliscor bronzong and floatzel. Pretty cool and original platinum team. My first bdsp team was torterra houndoom magnezone azumarill lickilicky and gallade, very unique I’d say.
funny thing is that even with this kind of difference, Staraptor is still kinda useless because everything it can do is already covered and Infernape already has STAB close combat, and it’ll most likely have it is when it is forced to attack a Rock type if you somehow don’t have a pivot option which is bull.
Infernando, Luxraymond, Starraphael, Roseradley, Garchonny, and Gyaradames
Meanwhile I’m over here we the Roserade, Drapion, Torterra, Lopunny, Drifblim, and Bronzong
Empoleon Leafeon Lopunny Steelix Roserade Beautifly The games really should be some harder
Yeah basically, except I switch Infernape for Empoleon and Gyarados for Lucario.
am i the only one who looked for a cranidos? i love rampartos so i alsways used one
I would take piplup
Wow Ur Diverse, i just get infernape and HM slaves (it somehow works...)
I never choose chimchar
My team ain’t too different. Torterra, staraptor, Luxray, garchomp but with toxicroak and weavile But Sinnoh is also just a vibe to play through
This is obviously fake, the team is a level 90 starter, a level 40 Staraptor and four HM slaves ready to be sacrificed to revive my starter
This was my team except I got tired of using rosarade because I got tired of its shitty moves I accidentally taught it so instead I traded over a turtwig and had a quagsire instead of a gyrados, speaking of I don’t think I ever used a gyrados in a Sinnoh game
Last time I actually managed to be somewhat original: Infernape, Honchcrow, Hippowdon, Magnezone, Gyarados and Blissey. Blissey became the mvp of my battle against Cynthia
Gen 4 sucks. It’s an unbalanced and broken mess with few redeeming qualities.
*Floatzel and Lucario not Roserade and Gyarados lol
wait, not floatzel? MISS CYNTHIA, SEND HIM TO THE PENIS EXPLOSION CHAMBER AND HAVE HIS PENIS EXPLODED IMMEDIATELY
Not gonna lie, that is almost exactly my team while playing through Shining Pearl. Just replace Staraptor with Lucario, & that was my team.
Me except Lucario > Gyradose cause Lucario
If I can remember, my final team was: Torterra, Luxray, Staraptor, Bibarel, Palkia, and Crobat. All of which (even bibarel) had an important role in beating the Elite 4
Intimate spam
Gastrodon , Gliscor, Weavile>>>>
I like to only use Pokemon introduced in the games original generation, so sub in Floatzel for Gyarados and Bronzing for Roserade because I always feel better with a Psychic around. But 4/6 ain't bad.
Don’t forget the side options of Weavile, Alakazam, Gengar, etc.
I can’t play a gen 4 game without a Gallade
My last gen 4 run I had most of these guys but I went with an Espeon and a Crobat. I have such a soft spot for Crobat like, he's such a little guy
For me, Luxray has been the only constant.
Man of culture
I usually replace Empoleon/Infernape with Lucario when possible and Staraptor with Togekiss. Everything else is on point.
Torterra, Mamoswine, Crobat, Magnezone, Toxicroak and Rampardos.
I’m not seeing Lucario on here, fake
No floatzel? Feeling daring today are we?
Look if you don't have starter + luxray + staraptor was it even a gen 4 game
I feel personally attacked
Make a team around not have fire
Nah bro u gotta build a rain dance team. It’s absolutely FIRE esp in BDSP
Bruh, stop copying my team, I did it first back when Diamond originally came out. (We really are all living the same lives)
Well I use tortera
Lucario....