Do you use a full party?

[Sheep]

Way back in the days of gens I-III, I used to use no more than two or three Pokémon on my team since it was quicker to level when you used a smaller team. What about you guys? Do you use a full party??

 

[IAmShaymin]

Normally I use a full party, though I might try to a smaller party if it's ever necessary.

 

[XNaut]

I used to use only 1 or 2 Pokemon and now recently I use a full party.

 

[Shrey2002]

I used only two Pokemon in Emerald (Blaziken and Raichu) when I was a kid and then Wallace's Whiscash destroyed me :-(
After that I started to train all 6 Pokemon in Fire red.

 

[Brendino]

Even when I was younger I tried to have a full party of Pokemon, even if 1-3 of them did the bulk of the work. I think the only time I used less than 6 on my first playthrough of a game was Alpha Sapphire, and I still used 5 Pokemon- I just never found a sixth I was happy with, so I went without one.

 

[adzpower]

I use a full team of six on most games, the exceptions to this are Gold/Silver/Crystal or HG/SS where I use about four or five, mainly becuse Johto is difficult to train a full team of six in.

 

[Zeostar]

I use all 6, occasionally I'll rotate things out.

The exception is sometimes in Rom Hacks, where grinding is nearly impossible with a full team of 6, even with a speed up button.

 

[icycatelf]

In Gens. 2-5, I usually only focus on raising two Pokémon (one prior to Exp. Share), but I still keep a full team. More than once have I beat a game with a Lv.5 Togepi on my team.

Post-game, ALWAYS six Pokémon. Gotta use as many favorites as possible!

 

[simone1234]

From pokemon Red/blue/Yellow till Sun& moon full party vs trainers, after that i tried new strategy to just use 1 vs 1 trainers/gyms/rivals etc.

 

[Avara]

For me it depends on the Pokemon available what kind of team I want to build! In the traditional games I always just go with my favourites, so I usually end up with 5 plus a HM slave haha. Recently played a ROM hack where I knew I'd be able to build a nice team of dragons fairly easily, but since there were so few dragon types available I ended up managing to power through the game with a party of 4.

 

[colours]

No, I don't have a full party until at least after I beat the Elite Four.

 

[CodeHelmet]

Typically I play Yellow with a full party but take the time to grind them. Having a smaller team though does make the game go faster since it means less time spent on grinding and more time on kicking Team Rocket's butt(and Blue's). Ill-advised to solo it with Pikachu but a team of three could do it: Pikachu, Sandslash and Starmie. Psychic is OP in Gen 1 don't ya know?

 

[alisaie]

the first time i played silver and the first time i played ruby my team consisted of my starter, the regional bird, and then for the elite four i threw together the "strongest" pokemon i had for back-up incase something happened to my started lol.

nowadays i normally have a full team, but it depends on the playthrough, the pokemon avaliable, and if i'm doing a challenge. there was one challenge that i went though the game with just four, and i believe there was one time i went through the game with five. i don't think i've done any with less than that, though, unless it was a solo run.

 

[Reyzadren]

I plan for a "full team" to face the Elite 4, but I only carry as much pokemon as possible according to its route availability.

 

[lilaë21]

Usually yes, but until (up to gen 5) the 7th/8th gym it's more like four Pokémon doing most of the job and the other two changing often and being used only occasionally.

 

[Count]

I used to always use full teams, but lately I've been taking a more minimalistic approach, thus using teams of 3 or 4. I actually like it a lot.

 

[Janp]

I use full team most of the time. I also usually rotate my team since Gen V. My goal is to use every single Pokémon one day, so 6+ Pokémon at time really helps.

 

[Mr. Slowpoke]

I like to use a full team cause I like to have all my basis covered. HM's, being able to take on any type of Pokémon. But I suppose limiting your party can make for an interesting challenge cause you have less to work wth when doing that.

 

[ShyRayq]

I always use 6 pokemon. No HM slaves because I don't really like to constantly have to access the PC. In recent playthroughs, I've gone and used up to 18 pokemon, which is just painful pre-Gen VI. 6 is just fine enough for me.

 

[Azuviin]

I've always used full party, there are so many Pokemon so I still can't decide who joins the team.