What types are in your optimal team?

[deoxys121]

We all build our teams differently. What are some types of Pokemon that you always have in your team? Also, what are some of the move types you make sure to have, as well?

With my team, I always make sure to have one Pokemon, no more and no less, of each of the following types:

Fire
Water
Grass
Electric
Flying

I also try to have as many dual-types as possible, and never repeat a type in my team. For my 6th slot, I include one more Pokemon whose type(s) are not already covered by the other 5. As far as moves go, I try to have as many different types of offensive moves as possible, and make sure every Pokemon gets STAB from at least one move.

 

[Hooh]

I always have Flying. Some types may differ as I always keep my starter, and use the mascot legend.

I try to branch out their movesets, covering weaknesses. An example would be an Earthquake using Ho-Oh I have on HG. My Articuno also uses Water Pulse and Rain Dance, crushing fire types, but I still want to get at least one STAB.

 

[Sydian]

Fire is a must have. If I can't have that, something that can at least learn Flamethrower will suffice.

 

[Lee Know]

I will always have a

Grass
Fire
Water
Electric
Psychic
Dark

and make sure at least one of them can Fly.

 

[miju-kun]

Water
Flying
Psychic [ever since I started liking it]

Anyway, Water covers Surf, Flying covers Fly and Psychic is just plain awesome.

 

[Rooke]

• Grass.
• Fire.
• Water.
• Dragon.
• Flying.
• Filler - usually Ice or Psychic.

Water and Flying for the obvious HMs.

 

[Hikamaru]

My team is structured like this...

I always have a Pokemon of these types.

Grass
Fire
Water
Flying
Electric
plus a filler Pokemon dependent on looks.

Most of the time, I didn't actually have a Fire-type but a Skuntank knowing Flamethrower.

In Platinum, I didn't use an Electric type but I have an Ambipom knowing Shock Wave.

 

[PlatinumDude]

I always have Water, Flying and Dragon in my team. I haven't excluded those types since I started playing the games.

 

[arcanineflames23]

Probably along the lines of
Fire
Flying
Rock
Electric
water
normal

 

[Amore]

Always Water. Often I end up with two, particularly in Hoenn and Unova.

Fire is another, because most of them are cool, same goes for Electric.

I like to have Dragons, but don't always (I've still never owned a Garchomp or Haxorus other than 'dex competion GTS trades), same with Dark, and often Grass.

 

[King Of The Blues]

I always have a Fire, Water, Ground and Flying type Pokemon. I prefer dual type of these Pokemon as it means they're more versatile and your open to more moves that will get a STAB.

The other types I use but that aren't a must have would be Grass, Electric, Ice and Normal.

Fire.
Water.
Ground.
Flying.
???
???

The other two types would be picked based on if I find a Pokemon I really like within that type.

 

[ISA56 2.0]

Most of the time, I'll have an Electric-type Pokemon in my team, but not even that is always the same. I like versatility, so here's normally how I base my team:

Step 1: Find a Pokemon I think would be a good center of my team.
Step 2: Find a Pokemon to cover above Pokemon's weaknesses.
Step 3: Find a Pokemon to cover above Pokemon's weaknesses.

Etcetera. Normally, if I have a Pokemon that has no weakness, I will find a Pokemon that works well with it (e.g. a Steel-type and Spiritomb; Close Combat is super effective against Steel-types, but is ineffective against Spiritomb, allowing Spiritomb to get a free hit in) and cover the weaknesses of that Pokemon.

 

[Almost Me]

I look for the strongest pokemon, but I almost always have at least 2 out of 3 of the following: Fighting, Ghost, Psychic, Dark.

So, of course, I have a Scrafty.

I also try to vary my types, optimally having no pokemon share a type, but sometimes that's impossible. I just have to have Tyranitar and Scrafty.

But in my optimal team?

Dark
Fighting
Rock
Fire
Grass/Water
Electric

 

[Arma]

Water is a type that's always on my team, as I tend to pick the Water starters the most. Most of the times they are the only pokemon able to learn Surf and Waterfall.

Ground, Fighting, Grass, Normal and Flying are also types I tend to pick often. Also, I have a habit of picking pokemon who are able to learn either Swords Dance or Nasty Plot.

I don't mind having to pokemon of the same type, but I do try to vary as much as I can.

My perfect team would probably look like this:

-Water
-Fighting
-Grass
-Normal/Flying
-Normal
-Depending on the second types of the other pokemon.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

Water, Ground, and Electric are the must-haves, and the Water-type must have Ice Beam. I usually like to have a Fire-type move, though not always a Fire-type Pokemon. I seem to always have a Normal-type (at least till 5th gen) because the resident cat Pokemon in each of the games before B/W was a Normal-type.

 

[Weewer]

When it comes to competitive the only type I NEED to have is a Water type.

As far as story mode goes I always seem to have a Water and Rock till very late in the game. Grass, Ground, and Flying seem to find their ways into my team as well.

 

[p3ndu1um]

Fire
Water
Electric
Flying
Rock
Fighting

 

[Kanis]

can we all agree that the Bug type sucks? and to a lesser extent poison and ice?

 

[Strdstwanderer]

Ice
Grass
Flying
Normal types are normally in my Teams

 

[Oryx]

I usually have at least a Water and a Flying, and almost never a Poison, Steel, or Bug. I try to get a Grass type as well, and then one random one to round out my condensed team for non-B/W games where experience is a rare commodity.