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Wolffang292 July 31st, 2010 2:41 PM

Do you wait till the game is over to create your official team?
 

Pretty simple question.

Do you create your planned team during the game or after you've beaten the league?


Timbjerr July 31st, 2010 2:51 PM

I actually plan out my in-game team using the same basic process one would use to build a competitive team...just without caring about EVs and natures too much...even a Sassy Crobat can be used on an ingame team with no troubles. I just make sure all my ingame pokemon are male so they can more easily pass their attacks down to their children that do eventually get EV trained and become a long-term member of my wifi team. XD

Agent Clank July 31st, 2010 3:07 PM

I always create my team after the game is over.
so that I have more time to roam about and train My Pokemon.

myrrhman July 31st, 2010 4:09 PM

Neither, I create my teams before I start playing. Honestly, I've beaten Pokemon so much that I find it more fun to come up with the teams and then try to get them.

mal'akh July 31st, 2010 4:54 PM

I work on them during the game. Natures, sometimes IVs, and of course some moves. But it's a lot easier to do it AFTER I beat the game.

Enigma July 31st, 2010 5:13 PM

Occasionally, although I mostly like to do it afterwards. :3

♠ceofsp♠des July 31st, 2010 6:27 PM

Nope, I don't even think of teams, I just throwdown my current favorite pokemon into whatever fits.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ July 31st, 2010 6:33 PM

I'll typically create my official team by breeding after I'm done playing through it, so I can use the breeding process to get egg moves and better IV's for my main team.

But I'll put a lot of thought even into my in-game team that I'll use to beat the game.

Silhouette August 1st, 2010 2:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myrrhman (Post 6023187)
Neither, I create my teams before I start playing. Honestly, I've beaten Pokemon so much that I find it more fun to come up with the teams and then try to get them.

This, to be honest. I try to come up with balanced teams and even movesets before I even start the game. :O

Sometimes I make it up as I go. But I never make my team after the E4 (unless it's a new addition or for EV training).

Aether★ August 1st, 2010 2:11 PM

I made my official team after beating Leaf Green and Emerald once. Now it owns Battle frontier without much problem.

Sydian August 1st, 2010 2:13 PM

I very rarely make my official team after beating the game. I've only done that one time, and it was only because my official team was only 4 Pokemon as opposed to the normal 6. But my official team is always my "beat the E4" team. That's the game for me, haha. I don't care too much for stuff after the E4.

myrrhman August 1st, 2010 2:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silhouette (Post 6026297)
This, to be honest. I try to come up with balanced teams and even movesets before I even start the game. :O

Sometimes I make it up as I go. But I never make my team after the E4 (unless it's a new addition or for EV training).

To be honest, nowadays, I only play Pokemon when I'm doing a Challenge. So it sort of takes moveset planning to work well. Pokemon just isn't much of a challenge for me anymore.

Father-nature August 1st, 2010 4:09 PM

When i start to think about it, yes i think i actually do that. I win the pokemon league
then i start looking for the pokemon i want with movesets and stats etc.

La Foudre August 1st, 2010 5:00 PM

Quite the opposite. I plan what Pokemon I'm going to use throughout the game before I even start it. I keep the same team throughout the whole game, and I never get rid of the starter.

Powerflare August 1st, 2010 5:04 PM

Simple for me. My regular teams differ from my competitive teams. For instance, I would never use the strategies I use in competitive battles in regular play, and if I use those strategies for regular play on Wi-Fi, I'd get owned. I build my regular (offline, non-competitive) teams as I go through the game, and after its over, I build my competitive teams.

Coukie August 1st, 2010 7:13 PM

I plan the team out in terms of deciding who I will use competitively and what-not, but I don't actually begin to build the team until after I've beaten the Elite Four. It just opens up any EV locations I might not have had earlier on in the game.

Itstoppedatumbreon August 2nd, 2010 3:36 PM

i build my competative team after i beat the league, and its completly different to my regular team.
Except for yellow, where my team was the same in game to battling my brother

Eliminator Jr. August 2nd, 2010 11:38 PM

I usually just make a balanced team out of the Pokémon that I can catch in-game until I beat the Elite Four. When I have the full range of Pokémon available to me (ie. the National Dex) I'll start up a proper team with the right EVs and IVs and all that jazz (not that it makes much of a difference, I'm hopeless when it comes to strategy anyway).

Charizard★ August 5th, 2010 7:05 AM

Yup, it gives me a wider range of Pokemon to choose from then.

Ho-Oh August 5th, 2010 7:15 AM

I actually planned to have a certain team in HG and I forgot to use ~most~ besides Ampharos and Typhlosion which were like obvious. In B/W, I'll probably want a team of Koromori, the Swan, Chiramii, Shimama, Caterpie Clone and Wooguru, but then again, I most likely will use whatever I see is strongest. :(

In other words... no, I just have a team of Pokemon built up throughout gameplay and then grind their levels so they're stronger than they really should be, idk.

Faten August 5th, 2010 12:30 PM

I think about the team during the course of the main storyline and catch the Pokemon I want, but I don't actually get my final party until I beat the game. Everything for me needs to be EV trained to be used in my official team, and EV training from the start is a bad choice, so I wait until I beat my game. Hell, I went through all of SoulSilver, plus Kanto's Gyms, with a Butterfree! xD

c3rad August 7th, 2010 7:04 PM

I usually build a team before I start, to sort of get a general idea. Then I'll look up some movesets and sort of make my own.

Then I actually start my game and work with my team along the way. I do often make changes along the way to fit the needs of the rest of my team, but I still concentrate on making a team before the E4 because that's the main goal of my adventure.

Styxx August 7th, 2010 7:16 PM

I usually grab a certain six female pokemon to work with through the game, then use them as a basis to start breeding my post-E4 team for IVs and any egg moves I may want. No point in training your official team from the beginning, you can't exactly EV train while going through the plot.

So, sort of. I have a team in mind from the start, but I don't get the final, official pokemon until after the game's finished.

Astinus August 7th, 2010 9:03 PM

I always wait until after I beat the game before getting to work on my competitive team. That way, I know where Pokemon are for EV training purposes, have full access to breeding/trading, and have the money necessary for various items I might need. It's just easier for me.

Ninja Caterpie August 8th, 2010 12:34 AM

If I know the Pokemon that'll be in the game, I'll plan my in-game team before the game, like I did for HG. I planned all the moves and even recaught a few things to get decent natures.

For Black/White, though, I'll just catch the coolest thing I see and have fun with it. ;3


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