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Rengoku November 15th, 2019 7:48 AM

What is your current team?
 
Hoho, as always, I'll be making one of this thread again!
I am currently just done with my second gym.
I'll be keeping them in spoiler tag in case people needs to avoid spoilers!

Spoiler:

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/817.png
Drizzile ♀
Level 26
Holding Mystic Water
- Water Gun
- Water Pulse
- Tearful Look
- Sucker Punch

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/822.png
Corvisquire ♂
Level 26
- Peck
- Pluck
- Swift
- Power Trip

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/838.png
Carkol ♂
Level 24
- Rock Polish
- Smack Down
- Flame Charge
- Ancient Power

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/835.png
Yamper ♀
Level 23
- Bite
- Swift
- Spark
- Nuzzle

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/848.png
Toxel ♂
Level 19
- Flail
- Acid
- Growl
- Nuzzle

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/828.png
Thievul ♀
Level 24
- Thief
- Snarl
- Assurance
- Nasty Plot

Yamper and Thievul may or may not stay on my team.

Sheep November 15th, 2019 8:24 AM

Scorbunny and Wooloo! Have not yet caught the rest of my team yet. But soon!!

thedestinedblade November 15th, 2019 6:07 PM

Just made it past the first gym. It's Drizzile, Thievul, Sizzlipede (took awhile thanks to that !% encounter rate), and Applin. I know I want Toxel, but the last spot I'm still undecided on.

Roaring Moon November 15th, 2019 7:50 PM

Just beat the fourth gym. Currently have Raboot, Corvisquire, Drednaw, Centiskorch, Toxtricity, and Impidimp on my team.

EC November 15th, 2019 8:43 PM

Current team after beating the first gym:

Drizzile
Corvisquire
Dottler
Thievul
Eldegoss
Carkol

Drizzile, Corvisquire, and Carkol are permanent. The others less so.

Rengoku November 15th, 2019 10:51 PM

Update!

Spoiler:

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/818.png
Inteleon ♀
Level 35
Holding Mystic Water
- U-Turn
- Snipe Shot
- Water Gun
- Water Pulse

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/822.png
Corvisquire ♂
Level 35
Holding Leftovers
- Pluck
- Swift
- Drill Peck
- Power Trip

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/849.png
Toxtricity ♂
Level 31
- Acid
- Spark
- Poison Jab
- Wild Charge

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/851.png
Centiskorch ♂
Level 31
- Bite
- Scald
- Bug Bite
- Flame Wheel

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/857.png
Hattrem ♀
Level 32
- Psybeam
- Heal Pulse
- Dazzling Gleam
- Disarming Voice

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/836.png
Boltund ♀
Level 30
- Bite
- Swift
- Spark
- Nuzzle

Boltund will be staying for as long as I don't have my 6th member but the others are 95% confirmed to stay on the team now.
I've done the first 3 gyms only, just reached the next town.

Quote:

Originally Posted by thedestinedblade (Post 10088169)
Just made it past the first gym. It's Drizzile, Thievul, Sizzlipede (took awhile thanks to that !% encounter rate), and Applin. I know I want Toxel, but the last spot I'm still undecided on.

Oh, you can 100% find one Sizzlipede in the challenge for the Fire gym so I left mine to that!
Where did you get the Applin?

Lee Know November 16th, 2019 1:01 AM

I've made the conscious decision to rotate Pokémon in and out according to the gyms (playing Sword) while I wait for the opportunity to use the daycare to breed for my optimal team. Luckily, my Scorbunny came out Jolly with 31 IVs in Attack, so I didn't need to reset for him at all. Post Milo's gym, my team currently looks like this:

- Lv. 22 Raboot
- Lv. 20 Stunky
- Lv. 19 Vanillite
- Lv. 21 Yamper
- Lv. 22 Corvisquire
- Lv. 19 Zigzagoon

Raicheot November 16th, 2019 3:44 AM

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Squad so far

Attachment 89774

icycatelf November 16th, 2019 10:01 AM

Nuzleaf, Flygon, Intelleon, Persian, Manectric, and Snom. Hoping to evolve Snom tonight.

Snivi November 16th, 2019 10:55 AM

Drizzle
Vulpix
Meowth
Eevee
Hoothoot
Rookidee

Nah November 16th, 2019 12:52 PM

I'm not quite at the town with the first gym yet, and right now it's Drizzile and Corvisquire. With a bunch of other stuff in the remaining slots but I'm probably not gonna keep most of them long-term. Want to eventually get Galarian Ponyta and Snom on the team, but we'll see when those come along. Nevermind that I have no idea what I want in the last 2 spots.

TheMightyShore November 16th, 2019 3:38 PM

Right now I have Cinderace, Toxtricity, Eldegoss, Clefairy, Drednaw, and Linoone.

Zeiro November 16th, 2019 5:31 PM

Right now I have Drilbur, Arrokuda, Corvisquire, Thwackey, Scraggy and Dottler. Eventually I plan on replacing Corvi, Scraggy and Dottler with Toxtricity and Impidimp. Not sure what I want my third to be yet. Maybe I'll keep Scraggy.

Rengoku November 17th, 2019 9:09 AM

Done with the post game, though I've not attempted the rematch in the Challenge Cup, and here is my final team for Sword:

https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/818.png
Inteleon ♀
Level 67
Holding Mystic Water
- U-Turn
- Snipe Shot
- Hydro Pump
- Breaking Swipe

https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/823.png
Corvisquire ♂
Level 68
Holding Leftovers
- Drill Peck
- Brave Bird
- Body Press
- Steel Wing

https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/849.png
Toxtricity Amped Form ♂
Level 67
Holding King's Rock
- Toxic
- Spark
- Overdrive
- Poison Jab

https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/851.png
Centiskorch ♂
Level 68
Holding Silver Powder
- Lunge
- Crunch
- Fire Lash
- Flame Wheel

https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/858.png
Hatterene ♀
Level 65
Holding Pixie Plate
- Psychic
- Psybeam
- Calm Mind
- Dazzling Gleam

https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/844.png
Sandaconda ♂
Level 67
Holding Soft Sand
- Bulldoze
- Rock Tomb
- Earthquake
- Brutal Swing

bobandbill November 17th, 2019 9:44 AM

Early on (still in wild area), it's:

- Scorbunny
- Lombre
- Rookidee
- Nickit
- Yamper
- Wooloo

Probably going to be training more than 6 again and rotating.

mikey November 17th, 2019 4:51 PM

Thwackey Level 32
Thievul Level 32
Appletun Level 31
Corvisquire Level 31
Silicobra Level 31
Carkol Level 31

LilyGardy November 17th, 2019 5:26 PM

My team in Shield (Currently have 5 badges):

James the Hasty Inteleon (Level 44)
Charlotte the Naive Tsareena (Level 45)
Mild Female Appletun (Level 41)
Amanda the Gentle Vullaby (Level 41)
Aliyah the Careful Copperajah (Level 42)
Esme the Naughty Galarian Rapidash (Level 44)

lillipup03 November 17th, 2019 5:55 PM

After saying for months I wasn’t gonna buy SwSh... I impulse bought Sword on Day 1 lol

But you know what? I’m glad I did. I’ve really enjoyed wasting a weekend playing video games playing through the region!

I also decided to use only new Pokemon in my first playthrough, which isn’t something I normally do.

My team:
Spoiler:

Diddy the Rillaboom
Level 55
Brick Break
Drum Beating
Knock Off
Taunt

Blaise the Corviknight
Level 57
Drill Peck
Steel Wing
U-turn
Hone Claws

Sheldon the Drednaw
Level 55
Liquidation
Rock Slide
Jaw Lock
Smart Strike

Daisy the Boltund
Level 60
Thunder Fang
Nuzzle
Crunch
Play Rough

Ellie the Copperajah
Level 57
Iron Head
Bulldoze
Play Rough
Brick Break

Mothra the Frosmoth
Level 58
Aurora Beam
Bug Buzz
Icicle Spear
Icy Wind

(yes I know Mothra’s moveset is terrible... he didn’t evolve until level 57 and it’s the last thing I’m gonna work on before the Champion Cup)

Sheep November 17th, 2019 7:57 PM

Right now (can't remember exact levels) I've got Cinderace, Boltund, Eldegoss, Drednaw, and Hatenna! Once I get Galarian Ponyta the team will be complete. \o/

Simply Dunsparce November 17th, 2019 9:09 PM

Current team:

Melvin the Rillaboom
Knock Off
Brick Break
Drum Beating
Wood Hammer

Nicholas the Thievul
Quick Attack
Snarl
Nasty Plot
Shadow Ball

Elizabeth the Bolthund
Dig
Spark
Nuzzle
Crunch

Topaz the Coalossal
Dig
Flame Charge
Heat Crash
Rockslide

Desmond the Barraskewda
Aqua Jet
Dive
Crunch
Brick Break

Anston the Sandaconda
Headbutt
Glare
Dig
Rock Blast

Raicheot November 17th, 2019 10:04 PM

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Just started exploring the wild place before the first gym



I had my squad planned out and half way there but I'm surprise trading and may have to change the squad up a bit

Azuviin November 18th, 2019 12:56 AM

I've got Cinderace, Boltund, Corviknight, Eldegoss, Galarian Rapidash and Dubwool. Tbh not the best range in terms of types because I have no water type and seriously struggled with Raihan, though it may just be because I'm a tad underleveled. Galarian Rapidash took a while to become useful, she didn't really have a solid Fairy type move till lv49. Dubwool is meh, I basically only chose him because he was adorable af as Wooloo though hopefully he proves me wrong in the league. Absolutely love Boltund and Corviknight.

Fairy November 18th, 2019 3:34 AM

I’m basically still on Route 2 and have filled two boxes already. ._.

I rotate them out and use them all. Everything’s lv.15 or higher.

SilverCrown November 18th, 2019 5:08 AM

Just finished the story. Loved every moment of it. Can't wait to get into breeding and endgame content.

Vikavolt
Cinderace
Jellicent
Excadrill
Noivern
Toxapex

Loved this team so much.

The ShyLarvitar November 18th, 2019 6:07 AM

Right now it's:

Corviknight
Cinderace
Toxtricity
Grapploct
Avalug
Theivul

But some good contributors to my team have been Drednaw & Centiskortch and I'm still on the search for my Galar Corsola 😍

Rengoku November 18th, 2019 8:50 AM

Just finally started on my Shield, I have not gotten to the first Gym but I guess team is looking up:

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/811.png
Thwackey ♂
Level 21
Holding Miracle Seed
- Scratch
- Razor Leaf
- Double Hit
- Branch Poke

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/833.png
Chewtle ♂
Level 20
Holding Leftovers
- Bite
- Tackle
- Protect
- Water Gun

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/263-g.png
Zigzagoon ♂
Level 17
- Lick
- Swift
- Snarl
- Baby-Doll Eyes

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/837.png
Rolycoly ♂
Level 14
- Tackle
- Rock Blast
- Rapid Spin
- Smack Down

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/280.png
Ralts ♀
Level 19
- Psybeam
- Confusion
- Draining Kiss
- Disarming Voice

https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/831.png
Wooloo ♀
Level 16
- Tackle
- Copycat
- Double Kick
- Defense Curl

I'll be removing Ralts and Wooloo once I get more desired teammates, as I don't plan to use non-Galar Pokemon and I don't like Wooloo's evolution.

Fritz November 19th, 2019 1:35 AM

I'm currently rotating between 8 different Pokémon:

Elgyem Level 33
Centiskorch Level 33
Hitmonlee Level 34
Drednaw Level 34
Coalossal Level 34
Drapion Level 40

Gastrodon Level 38
Abomasnow Level 40

I might add an Electric type to my team at some point. I have a Boltund and a Joltik but neither of them have particulalry ideal Natures. Not sure when you get the Nature-changing items.

FeraligatrMaster November 19th, 2019 3:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Bowser (Post 10089621)
I'm currently rotating between 8 different Pokémon:

Elgyem Level 33
Centiskorch Level 33
Hitmonlee Level 34
Drednaw Level 34
Coalossal Level 34
Drapion Level 40

Gastrodon Level 38
Abomasnow Level 40

I might add an Electric type to my team at some point. I have a Boltund and a Joltik but neither of them have particulalry ideal Natures. Not sure when you get the Nature-changing items.

How about Toxtricity?
Spoiler:
You can get a Toxel as a gift in the Daycare center on Route 5. Its evolution looks different depending on its nature. You could soft reset for a desirable nature, if you're comfortable with doing that.

Fritz November 19th, 2019 4:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FeraligatrMaster (Post 10089636)
How about Toxtricity?
Spoiler:
You can get a Toxel as a gift in the Daycare center on Route 5. Its evolution looks different depending on its nature. You could soft reset for a desirable nature, if you're comfortable with doing that.

I saw a Toxel in the Wild Area ealier, although I have added a Heliolisk to my team since I last posted.

FeraligatrMaster November 19th, 2019 4:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Bowser (Post 10089652)
I saw a Toxel in the Wild Area ealier, although I have added a Heliolisk to my team since I last posted.

Okay, do you mind telling what your current team is?

Fritz November 19th, 2019 4:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FeraligatrMaster (Post 10089653)
Okay, do you mind telling what your current team is?

Elgyem Level 36
Hitmonlee Level 37
Coalossal Level 37
Centiskorch Level 37
Abomasnow Level 40
Drapion Level 41

Gastrodon Level 38
Drednaw Level 36
Heliolisk Level 44

I used EXP Candies on Helioptile until it learned Thunder, and I taught it Rain Dance with a TM

Bravechief117 November 19th, 2019 5:34 AM

I only get a little game time in at a time so I'm not very far into it. My team in shield at the moment is:
Raboot 20
Corvisquire 20
Growlith 18
Yamper 17
Zigzaggoon 14
Chewtle 19

I have far less time in Sword, my team is:
Grookie 8
Rookidee 7
Skwovet 7

Sheep November 19th, 2019 6:39 AM

more changes, this may be my final team \o/

Cinderace
Toxitricity
Snom
Galarian Rapidash
Drednaw
Hatterene

Dubwool just wasn't the best stats-wise, so I sadly had to let her go. ;_;

Marnie November 19th, 2019 6:54 AM

Here's my current team :


Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheep (Post 10089687)
Dubwool just wasn't the best stats-wise, so I sadly had to let her go. ;_;

Apparently someone already finished the game using only a Wooloo !!!

_pheebee November 19th, 2019 10:41 AM

Currently its:

Golurk (Dullahan)
Theivul (Varion)
Quagsire (Yodie)
Hattrena(?) (Nora)
Dubwool (Bo)

And one open slot, and I'm very open to suggestions~!

itsEddieXD November 19th, 2019 10:46 AM

So, I completed my run, and at the moment, my team consists of:

Rillaboom
Arcanine
Zamazenta
Toxtricity
Glaceon
Corviknight

BUT! Some of the Pokemon that helped me through were Pikachu, Meowth, and Appletun.

MoonPony November 19th, 2019 6:33 PM

My Current Team as of right now....

1. Cinderace: Fire Type named him Ares.... One of the coolest pokemon. Now Level 39.
2. Mudsdale: Ground Type named him Nino.... One of the strongest Pokemon I have. Now Level 38
3. Ponyta: Psychic Type named her Amalthea.... One of my newest and proudest one! Now Level 35
4. Noibat: Flying and Dragon Type named Dracula.... I wanted a cool dragon type and one of my favorites. Now Level 34
5. Boltund: Electric Type named Yellow..... Love this Pokemon. Now Level 38.
6. Thievul: Dark Type name Foxy..... I love foxes and dark types. Now Level 37.

I decided to stray away from having typical grass and water type. I was planning on it but decided to go this root. This team is probably the strongest team I ever had. Ponyta I have to level up and my plain is to go back to the Wild Area and do some battles with harder pokemon.

Raicheot November 19th, 2019 10:00 PM

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Still in the wild area before the first gym and my squad is a bit different than I originally planned but I'm not 100% sure Growlithe will be a full time squad member, depends on what I get wonder trade, its been good to me so far

MoonPony November 20th, 2019 7:05 AM

My Ponyta just evolved into a rapidash. This is awesome! Love my team right now.

Superfox November 20th, 2019 9:57 AM

Inteleon
Grimmsnarl
Corviknight
Appletun
Centiskorch
Toxtricity

Sheep November 20th, 2019 7:56 PM

Snom evolved! \o/ So now I have Frosmoth, Cinderace, Toxitricity, Galarian Rapidash, Drednaw, and Hatterene. Seems like this will be my final team against the champion.

If I do another playthrough, I definitely want to try out Sirfetch’d, Impidimp, Rolycoly, and perhaps Galarian Stunfisk out. Will have to add to breeding project at least.

ShyRayq November 20th, 2019 10:29 PM

My team is:

Rillaboom (Maverick)
Centiskorch (Briggs)
Cramorant (Tidus)
Dracozolt (Quwadorian)
Grapploct (Pentacle)
Stonjourner (Hengrik)

Most of my team members were rare or late game, so I only really had a full team after the 7th gym.
I also just realised my team is composed of physical attackers. Thankfully, there aren't that many physical walls in the game.

faf November 20th, 2019 11:42 PM

Spoiler: found a used copy of sword and here is my current team towards 6th badge
Inteleon (Drak)
Corviknight (Elysium Bird)
Centiscorch (Flamepede)
Obstagoon (Wolfy!?)
Toxtricity [Amped] (Jowler)
Eldegoss (PLANTIX?!)

Team is late 30s/40 range. This game is okay, Dynamax is a feature.

Lee Know November 21st, 2019 2:11 AM

My current team is:

Cinderace
Corviknight
Toxtricity
Obstagoon
Hatterene
Frosmoth

I'm looking to replace Frosmoth as soon as I can get my hands on a Dreepy and evolve it, but that's going to be a struggle in and of itself.

thedestinedblade November 21st, 2019 8:49 PM

I finished the game with:

Inteleon
Falinks
Runerigus
Toxtricity (Low Key Form)
Appletun
Centriskorch

Falinks is officially one of my favorite pokemon.

TheeWizard November 22nd, 2019 1:59 AM

I just beat the third gym.
My Current team

Dreadnaw - quickly becoming one of my favourite pokemon
Carkol
Corvisquire
Toxtricity (Low Key Form)
Thwackey

I have been enjoying this game, I just wish there was a little more challenge. My teams is over levelled and I haven't had to do any sort of grinding.

volt5 November 24th, 2019 6:12 AM

Gigalith
Aegislash
Garbodor
Seismitoad
Galarian Darmanitan
Coalossal

LilyGardy November 25th, 2019 12:36 AM

I defeated the Champion with the following team

Tsareena (Charlotte)
Galarian Rapidash (Esme)
Intelleon (James)
Mandibuzz (Amanda)
Copperajah (Aliyah)
Appletun.

They were all levelled around level 65. Tsareena was the star of my playthrough.

My current team:

Tsareena (Charlotte)
Intelleon (James)
Roserade (Vega) - Caught in a 5 star Max Raid
Galarian Rapidash (Esme)
Mandibuzz (Amanda)
Gigantimax Appletun (Anastasia) - Caught in a 5 star max raid.

All levelled around level 72.

The Best there was November 25th, 2019 2:00 AM

Arcanine Lv72
Eternatus Lv63
Pikachu Lv67
Corviknight Lv63
Grimmsnarl Lv67
Charmeleon Lv43 (new addition)

Sandslash Fan November 25th, 2019 8:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheep (Post 10090596)
If I do another playthrough, I definitely want to try out Sirfetch’d, Impidimp, Rolycoly, and perhaps Galarian Stunfisk out. Will have to add to breeding project at least.

I can vouch for Sirfetch'd and Rolycoly. Sirfetch'd (with Leek) does big damage, and the final evolution of Rolycoly is a big tank that hits hard with Heat Crash and Heavy Slam.

PokeTrekkie92 November 25th, 2019 9:11 AM

Sword

Inteleon Lv.64
Thievul Lv.65
Swoobat Lv.61
Sirfetch'd Lv.64
Toxtricity Lv.65
Darmanitan Lv.59


Shield

Cinderace Lv.73
Boltund Lv.70
Bewear Lv.67
Togetic Lv.71
Kommo-o Lv.61 (Got it with code)
Rapidash Lv.65

Raicheot November 25th, 2019 11:59 AM

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Still in the wild area before the first gym

This has been a weird game for me usually I'll have my team sorted early and just grind out for the rest of the game with the same team. I've changed my team 3 or 4 times already but I think I've got my final squad bar Drogon my Dreepy, he will be replaced by Gengar when my squad gets to Lv 30 Mark


Nah November 25th, 2019 2:20 PM

gonna challenge Leon tomorrow or the day after, team right now is:

Inteleon @ Mystic Water
-U-Turn
-Snipe Shot
-Water Pulse
-Sucker Punch

Corviknight @ Shell Bell
-Brave Birb
-Taunt
-Steel Wing
-Hone Claws

Toxtricity @ I should probably put a real item on this
-Thunder Wave
-Not when I shift into maximum Overdrive!
-Toxic
-Acid Spray

Frosmoth @ Wise Glasses
-Ice Beam
-Quiver Dance
-Icy Wind
-Bug Buzz

Galarian Rapidash @Ass Vest
-Psycho Cut
-Psychic
-Smart Strike
-Dazzling Gleam

Mean Sky Plesiosaur That Just Needs Someone To Love It And That Person Will Be Me @ pending item
-Cross Poison
-Dragon Pulse
-Flamethrower
-I'ma chargin mah lazor

Raicheot November 28th, 2019 12:42 PM

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Just entering the first Galar Mine still no badge yet

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kodking194 November 28th, 2019 7:39 PM

i have a few teams, i like to use a variety of mons each day, RN i have

G max shiny charizard (found in raid)
shiny boltund (found in raid)
shiny rillaboom ( got as starter)
shiny sir fetched (found in wild)
zamazenta (sheild pokemon)
eternatis

btw it i caught most of the shinies just by playing the game. this is probably my best team so far.

Sothis November 28th, 2019 8:39 PM

I just started today so I have

Sylvain the Scorbunny
Dimitri the Rookiedee
Annette the Yamper

I need a grass type and a water type still

edit: they've grown

sylvain the cinderace
dimitri the corviknight
annette the boltund
mercedes the eldegoss
flayn the gyarados

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ November 29th, 2019 2:55 AM

Cinderace Lv91
Corviknight Lv91
Jolteon Lv91
Persian Lv91
Cloyster Lv91
Flygon Lv91

About halfway through the postgame stuff. Probably don't need levels this high but better safe than sorry.

NikolaP November 29th, 2019 12:54 PM

Just cleared the second gym, I've got:

Drizzile at level 28
Corvisquire at level 26
Growlithe at level 24
Linoone at level 24
Toxel at level 24
Applin at level 18 (placeholder, still waiting for an apple)

I've been rotating a little with my still non-core members Applin, Linoone and Toxel (she's still pretty weak); I have a level 23 Machop at the ready.

Come to think of it, I could really do with a usable Grass type. I'll find one I like and raise it to level 20-something.

ShyRayq December 1st, 2019 3:24 AM

After playing Sword, I recently completed Shield with the following team:

Cinderace (Scarlett, I managed to get a female somehow)
Barraskewda (Oswald)
Toxtricity-LowKey (Nina)
Grimmsnarl (Deviluke, references here)
Polteageist (Limoges, a teacup brand)
Copperajah (Zunesha, more references)

Overall, a pretty well balanced team, I actually have some special attackers here.
Only real complaint is that Barraskewda kept being a bit under-levelled since its in the Slow Experience Group.

Brendino December 1st, 2019 9:00 PM

Just finished up my sixth Gym, and my team right now is:

Bexley (Cinderace Lv. 44)
Harrow (Corviknight Lv. 44)
Hackney (Grimmsnarl Lv. 44)
Barnet (Butterfree Lv. 43)
Poole (Crawdaunt Lv. 42)
Wirral (Hatterene Lv. 42)

Still not 100% sold on my team, and I could realistically see myself replacing any of them but Cinderace before the final stages of the game. Butterfree and Corviknight have both been around since the beginning of my game though, so they'll probably end up sticking around.

Bay December 1st, 2019 11:16 PM

In the middle of the Champion Cup! My team right now

Connery- Inteleon, Lv 62 (named after classic James Bond actor Sean Connery)
Ingrid- Corviknight, Lv 61 (first Pokemon named after Fire Emblem 3 Houses character)
Roark- Colossal, Lv 62 (gym leader from D/P/Pt)
Dedue- Shifty, Lv 62 (second 3 Houses character)
Mercedes- Alcremie Lv 61 (third 3 Houses character)
Caleb- Centiskorch, Lv 63 (wizard character from DnD liveshow Critical Role)

They're all pretty solid in terms of movesets and such, except for Mercedes where I only have one attacking move for her and the rest being status ones. She's still fun through lol.

Winter December 1st, 2019 11:18 PM

Just reached Circhester!

Blu | Inteleon | 45
Circe | Hattrem | 41
Corvus | Corviknight | 44
Hundstrom | Boltund | 46
Bandit | Thievul | 46
Trostani | Eldegoss | 44

starseed galaxy auticorn December 2nd, 2019 9:07 AM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKzBbK1U0AAaKno?format=jpg&name=small

Boltund
Stunky
Raboot
Steenee
Tranquill
Quagsire

I love my current team. <3 I'm very proud of it atm! Here's to not having to restart my entire game

NikolaP December 2nd, 2019 10:58 AM

Update:

Heading for Circhester, my team is now (now with genders and natures):

Inteleon, level 44, male, Serious (holding Mystic Water)
Arcanine, level 41, male, Quiet (holding Amulet Coin)
Corviknight, level 42, male, Bold
Obstagoon, level 42, male, Timid
Toxtricity (Amped Form), level 41, female, Hasty
Rillabom, level 41, female, also Hasty

Yes, someone had kindly surprise traded me a Grookey, just as I was thinking about my Grass team member on Saturday! He was nicknamed in Japanese though, and I really wanted a female, so I used my way too high-level surprise traded Ditto to make a few eggs. The first one came out female, and she's been brought up to speed and made a regular, all before the Motostoke Gym! The Exp. Candies were really useful for that.

I do really like Grookey and its evolutions and was tempted to pick one as my starter way back, so I'm all satisfied now.

Incidentally, the second half of my team totally looks like a band.😄

the sloth December 2nd, 2019 3:27 PM

Haven't touched the game really since I beat the main game, don't know if I'll go through the effort of doing post-game, but here's my final team from my first proper playthrough of the game, in order of when I caught each.

Inteleon (M), Lv. 62, Mystic Water (Torrent)
Froslass (F), Lv. 62, Wise Glasses (Snow Cloak)
Tsareena (F), Lv. 62, Muscle Band (Queenly Majesty)
Coalossal (F), Lv. 62, Rocky Helmet (Steam Engine)
Perrserker (M), Lv. 61, Metal Coat (Battle Armor)
Dracozolt (-), Lv. 63, Leftovers (Volt Absorb)

It's worth noting I let myself get leaked before the game came out, as at first I wasn't planning on buying the game but eventually caved since I wanted to give it a proper playthrough before passing criticism. As such, I planned out my team before jumping into the game.

I love Sobble, but really wasn't feeling its evolutions at all. Using Inteleon had me come around a little, but evolution-wise, I still think Cinderace is the best. Was mostly the pivot of the team, equipped with Sucker Punch for priority kills, Snipe Shot for solid damage, Soak for set-ups and U-Turn for switching into someone else easily. Often comboed Soak into Tsareena's Trop Kick on bulkier foes that Tsareena could take a hit from if she couldn't outspeed.

Froslass and Tsareena I had to get by using date manipulations in the Wild Area to find/catch. If nothing else, I can commend this game for actually letting me get an Ice-type early game, even if it still gates most of the new Ice types I wanted to try to late game, by the time I already finished my team. Had to go through a couple encounters to get a female Snorunt, and a few more to get a Bounsweet with Oblivious, which becomes Queenly Majesty once fully evolved.

Froslass was my special-based glass (or ice) cannon, able to deal good special damage with some coverage. Equipped with Psychic, Frost Breath, Shadow Ball, and Will-O-Wisp. Shadow Ball was Hex, but she got that move from leveling up during the championship fight. Oops.

Tsareena was the opposite, physical based instead of special, and still somewhat of a glass cannon but not as vulnerable as Froslass. She ran Trop Kick, Zen Headbutt, High Jump Kick, and Draining Kiss. Queenly Majesty was also great for snuffing priority moves, which happened more times than I thought it would.

Put Rolycoly onto the team because A) I rarely use Rock-types, B) I don't have to trade to fully evolve this one, thankfully, and C) Rock/Fire's a unique typing, and I needed the Fire type slot filled after I decided to stick with Sobble instead of Scorbunny. Had Body Press, Heat Crash, Tar Shot, and Stealth Rock. Proved to be the most bulky member of the team, surprisingly, was even decently fast without the Steam Engine boost. Had the most flexible role, as I could send it in as a lead with Stealth Rock or as a physical bulkster that took hits and hit them right back, whether with one of its two crushing moves or by setting up with Tar Shot into Heat Crash.

Found out you can get Galarian Meowth pretty early, right before the first badge, and I really like Regional Forms, so I decided to pick it up and get Perrserker. His usefulness kinda petered out by the end game when things were getting stronger/faster, but was still reliable through and through. His learnset could've been better, though. Early game I was using either Hone Claws, Iron Head, or Pay Day for cherrytapping, while by the end I was just always using Heavy Slam for STAB or SE damage.

And then Dracozolt, probably the one I spent the most time just trying to get. Drake Fossil is in Shield natively, but the Bird Fossil isn't as easy to get. Spent 30 minutes grinding Max Raid Dens and Rotom Rally to get watts to burn with the Digging Duo until I got it after twenty something digs, yeesh. Not the best Electric type or the best Dragon type, but was a solid member of my team. Ran with Brutal Swing, Discharge (Bolt Beak now, but only got it during the championship), Earth Power, and Breaking Swipe. Not gonna lie, they didn't really have much of a role on my team... I often just pulled them out to get experience, since it seems their leveling curve is slower than the rest of my teams, and my OCD hates when every member of my team isn't the same level.

Might revisit the game again someday, for no other reason than to just try more Pokemon I didn't the first time around that I wanted to.

PreciousLeaf December 2nd, 2019 4:22 PM

Charizard
Shiny Charizard
Pikachu
Clefable
Centiscorch
Eternatus

For right now we want Venusaur and Blastoise really bad

fordjon88 December 3rd, 2019 4:21 AM

Just beat the postgame:
Corviknight Lv. 71
Coalossal Lv. 72
Rillaboom Lv. 71
Stunktank Lv. 71
Grimmsnarl Lv. 73
Zamazenta Lv. 73

EC December 3rd, 2019 7:46 AM

I just started a second playthrough last night. Picked Grookey as my starter, and caught a Chewtle on Route 3.

Raicheot December 3rd, 2019 8:17 AM

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Iceshadow3317 December 5th, 2019 12:12 PM

So I had trouble coming up with a single team with just new pokemon in the games, mainly because they were so late or were useless until they evolved. I still rotated though.

I just beat the League so...

For Semi Finals and Finals:
Gardeviour
Tsareena
Scorbunny
Aegislash
Grapploct
Drakloak (Which evolved during Raihan's final battle)

Champion Match and Current:
Gardeviour
Tsareena
Scorbunny
Aegislash
Gallade
Dragpult

In rotation:
Grapploct
Corviknight
Hatterene
Vanilluxe

LeCanard December 6th, 2019 11:08 AM

it's Drizzile for me

Sydian December 7th, 2019 9:12 PM

my team is hilarious bc it's like all these punk ass lookin pokemon and then. alcremie. lol she's the lead singer of the punk band don't @ me. but anyway my team is cinderace, corviknight, toxtricity, alcremie, grimmsnarl, and obstagoon.

cvpiid December 8th, 2019 10:10 AM

Rillaboom, Corviknight, Centiskorch, Drednaw, Skuntank, and Obstagoon!

Lugiasarah December 15th, 2019 8:39 PM

My team right now is
Rookidee (Nevermore)
Galarian Zigzagoon (Stardust)
Chewtle (Munchy)
Sizzlepede (Briggs from Lethal Weapons)
Still got to catch
Digglet (Dian), and Pumkaboo (Umbra/Umber acceleratin according off male or female)

Vulpix December 18th, 2019 12:48 PM

Current team:
Sylveon
Galarian Rapidash
Charizard or Ninetales
Milotic
Tsareena
Flygon

I switch out as well with Toxtricity, Grimmsnarl and Zamazenta.

Raicheot December 18th, 2019 2:40 PM

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Rengoku December 20th, 2019 12:07 AM

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I switched up my team quite a bit.

EmTheGhost December 24th, 2019 8:44 PM

Just got Shield!!

Hlyyov the Sobble (M) (His name is "Sobble" in Atbash, because he's gonna be a spy. c: I guess it's pronounced...hil-ee-ov? Or more like heel-ee-ov, depending on your accent? I call him Hill for short.)
Fenris the Yamper (F)

I also caught a Zigzagoon (F), named Beth - I've heard that going into the Wild Area really screws up your levels, so I've decided to catch some Pokemon specifically for the Wild Area apart from my main team. I really like the Galarian Zigzagoon line, and a bodyguard (eventually) seems like a pretty good candidate to accompany me through the perilous wilderness, thematically speaking, so...

Palamon December 30th, 2019 12:27 PM

My team in Sword right now is, (too lazy to list their nicknames rn)

Raboot
Thievul
Scraggy
Hatenna.

Right now, I'm in Hammerlocke after beating the third gym, and I'm a very slow teambuilder. I'm gonna be catching a Sinistea at some point, so for now, this is my team until I find one. I'll just make whatever my sixth Pokemon.

Miss Wendighost January 1st, 2020 7:36 PM

Ignis (Latin for Fire) (Raboom)

Valkyrie (Corvisquire)

Rogue (Thievul)

Donna (Drednaw)

Teddy (Bewear)

Doggo (Boltund)

Bellsprout January 1st, 2020 7:54 PM

My final team is

Obstagoon
Corviknight
Kingler
Weezing
Pincurchin
Falinks

litterbugkid January 2nd, 2020 8:26 AM

Just beat the second gym, my current team is:
Drilbur
Timburr
Raichu
Snover
Thievul
Corvisquire

EmTheGhost January 3rd, 2020 4:06 AM

I finally have the 6 Pokemon I want to take to the championship (evolutions notwithstanding)!

Hlyyov the Inteleon (M)
Fenris the Yamper (F)
Clover the Milcery (F)
Agley the Dracozolt
Quoth the Corviknight (M)
Bonnie the Galarian Ponyta (F)

Raicheot January 4th, 2020 7:59 AM

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Uecil January 4th, 2020 8:48 AM

Ninetales.
Pikachu
Copperajah
Dragapult
Inteleon
Corviknight

Took until the 8th challenge to realise what Pokémon I wanted on my team.

CF1994 February 5th, 2020 5:56 AM

Currently on Route 10 searching for the elusive Stonjourner.

Here’s my current team, which I also used to beat Leon the first time, btw.

1. Desiree the Dragapult
Moves: Dragon Darts, Phantom Force, U-turn, Thunder Wave.

2. Dojo the Gyarados
Moves: Waterfall, Ice Fang, Bite, Dragon Dance.

3. MustacheGirl the Centiskorch
Moves: Fire Lash, Leech Life, Bite, Coil.

4. Baloo the Pangoro
Moves: Hammer Arm, Crunch, Rock Slide, Revenge.

5. Tetra the Tsareena
Moves: Trop Kick, Low Kick, U-turn, Rapid Spin.

6. Sucy the Hatterene
Moves: Psychic, Dazzling Gleam, Aromatherapy, Magic Powder.

You could say, Dynamaxing gave Pangoro more than just the bare necessities for setting up and then obliterating Leon’s entire time like a boss. I used Dragapult and then Gyarados to handle his speeding G-Max Charizard.

I sometimes bring in Galactus the Eternatus to handle Max Raid Battles. Really wish there weren’t so many high-Star Raids, even if my team’s levels are nearly in the 80’s, as randomly generated NPCs are just bad and constantly die within one or two hits.

EmTheGhost February 8th, 2020 8:03 PM

I'm about to hop get on the train to Wyndon; here's my final team, with the movesets adjusted as I want them. Spoilered for length:

Spoiler:
Hlyyov the Inteleon (M)
Name origin: "Sobble" in an Atbash cipher, because he's a spy 😤 It's more pronounceable than you'd think - "HILL-yov".
Holding Wise Glasses
Ice Beam
Shadow Ball
Snipe Shot
Sucker Punch

My beloved starter! I have several TRs for Scald, but am I replacing his signature move? NOPE *Finger guns*

Fenris the Yamper (F)
Name origin: giant god-killing wolf from Norse mythology, OR terrifying CGI beast based on said myth from Thor: Ragnarok - in either case, it inordinately amuses me to call a tiny corgi this.
Holding Eviolite
Thunderbolt
Volt Switch
Nuzzle
Snarl

The first Pokemon I caught - I like to pretend I had her from the beginning, like Hop did his Wooloo. Yamper is my favorite gen 8 Pokemon, and no matter how inconvenient it becomes, I'm never evolving her! Her moveset is basically "paralyze you, lower your special attack and peace out when I've had enough (with one actual attack to keep you on your toes)".

Clover the Alcremie (F) (Caramel Swirl, Heart Sweet)
Name origin: I was planning on evolving her with the Clover Sweet, but I never managed to get one, and I decided it was better as irony anyway. Also works as a pun on Cloverfield, because of Dynamax.
Holding Leftovers
Dazzling Gleam
Energy Ball
Tri Attack
Acid Armor

My bulky special-attacker, but more importantly, the Pokemon who I spun lovingly into her own unique form. <3 I love Alcremie so much. One of my best memories in the game was narrowly taking down Opal's Gigantamax Alcremie with her, regular Dynamaxed. Take that, unnecessarily rare mechanic!!

Agley the Dracozolt
Name origin: Scottish word meaning awry or askew (as in the quote, "the best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley") - yep, that pretty much describes the Galar fossils. Also, it sounds a little like "ugly", but shhh.
Holding King's Rock
Ancient Power
Wild Charge
Flamethrower
Dragon Claw

It took me...48,725 watts, 21 Fossilized Fish, 7 Fossilized Dinos, 19 other Fossilized Drakes and countless random treasure items including 109 unfittingly-named Rare Bones to get one Fossilized Bird from the Digging Duo to make this guy. And it was all worth it. I am weak for that big, toothy, glad-to-be-alive-again dino smile, dangit. (On a more negative note, whyyy doesn't Dracozolt learn Bolt Beak until level 63; I just wanna have some fun with its signature move during the storyline without overleveling to the point where challenge is non-existent!!!)

Bonnie the Galarian Rapidash (F)
Name origin: Scottish word meaning "beautiful"
Holding Scope Lens
Agility
Psycho Cut
Megahorn
High Horsepower

I like Galarian Ponyta better than Rapidash, and originally I only evolved her because I didn't want to have two unevolved Pokemon on the team, but I'm glad I decided to because Rapidash has actually grown on me a lot after using one in-game!! (I love the wavy, vaguely messy texture of its fur in the model - it looks like my hair when it was long, haha.) I'd like to have Swords Dance on her, but I don't have the TR, so whatever.

Quoth the Corviknight (M)
Name Origin: Corviknight is a raven...so, if my other Pokemon were "Fenris the Corgi", "Hlyyov the chameleon", etc., then he would be...
Holding Iapapa Berry (yes, he has the right nature)
Iron Head
Body Press
Bulk Up
Brave Bird

I caught him as a Corviknight already, after seeing him flying in the wild area a few times - he was too strong to catch the first time, but as soon as I got the necessary gym badge, I flew on out there and scooped him up. I like to imagine that he was the Corviknight who was flying me around this entire time, and just decided to join my team at that point. I'm really looking forward to using him with this moveset; it seems pretty powerful.

Leafsfan February 12th, 2020 8:50 AM

Haven't posted in a while but just got Sword and am loving it so far, so I figured what better time to start posting again than now. My current team, one that I don't foresee making any changes to, is:

Sobble lv.22 (with Everstone, don't plan on evolving it at all)
Dreepy lv.21
Sizzlipede lv.20
Corvisquire lv.20
Grubbin lv.19
Ferroseed lv.19

I think this team may go down as my favourite team ever when everything is all said and done, especially because I've only completed one gym badge, and had all but Ferroseed before completing the first. I love the idea of playing through the game with the same six Pokemon instead of adding some here and there and making constant changes.

icycatelf February 12th, 2020 1:49 PM

Made a new file so I could change my card/uniform number and beat the game yesterday with this team:

Centiskorch lv63
Claydol lv65
Alcremie lv61
Eldegoss lv59
Corviknight lv58
Cinderace lv58 (I wanted to replace this one with Arctozolt, but I couldn't get a Fossilized Bird)

Now that Pokémon Home is here, my team looks like this:

Sh. Wartortle lv100
Sh. Leafeon lv100
Sh. Frosmoth lv100 (from my first file)
Sh. Shedinja lv100
Sh. Froslass lv100

Now I need to Shiny-hunt a sixth member (leaning toward Meowstic-M or Sneasel).

Iceshadow3317 February 14th, 2020 3:30 AM

With Pokemon Home being here, my team has changed drastically. I current don't have a real team because I am busy organizing and stuff, which is a pain. And so many of my pokemon I transferred have a TM not in the game, so I have to change all of those. But for now...

Shiny Gardevoir
Shiny Tyranitar
Shiny Melmetal
Cinderace
Decidueye
Goodra

Have a good amount of Shiny Hunting to do. But trying to finish the Pokedex as well.

Fritz February 19th, 2020 5:57 AM

On my current save file, my team is:

Scorbunny
Vanillite
Skwovet
Dottler
Yamper
Wooper

I'm currently in the Wild Area and will probably do some more Raid Battles before heading to Motostoke. I will probably replace Wooper with something else, perhaps another Water type.

FeraligatrMaster February 25th, 2020 2:31 PM

Before I defeat Leon, here's my final team:
https://projectpokemon.org/images/normal-sprite/inteleon.gif https://projectpokemon.org/images/normal-sprite/corviknight.gif https://projectpokemon.org/images/normal-sprite/centiskorch.gif https://projectpokemon.org/images/normal-sprite/toxtricity-low-key.gif https://projectpokemon.org/images/normal-sprite/grimmsnarl.gif https://projectpokemon.org/images/normal-sprite/grapploct.gif

Nidoking 77 February 25th, 2020 2:53 PM

Cinderace, Boltund, Perrserker, Arctovish.

I always keep my runs to 4 Pokemon.

Fritz February 25th, 2020 3:56 PM

I've been spending some time doing Raid Battles and I've changed my team up a bit. My team are all around Level 26.

Gyarados
Goomy
Raboot
Vanillite
Boltund
Dottler

Might be a bit overlevelled right now, so I'll probably focus on progressing through the story for now, probably until I have 3 Badges.

ladyblackbird17 February 25th, 2020 4:53 PM

This is, for the most part, the team I brought to fight Leon (however my Hatterene was switched out with a Glaceon because it was too underlevelled and I didn't train up my Yamper until after the battle so I had used a Galvantula.)

Rillaboom
Name: Morris (named after Stephen Morris, drummer of Joy Division)

Centiskorch
Name: Volvagia (named after the fire dragon from the Legend of Zelda)

Barraskewda
Name: Torpedo (named after, well, torpedos)

Dragapult
Name: Kamikaze (honestly it just sounded cool and fitting for a dragapult)

Boltund
Name: Hermes (named after the greek god Hermes who was also speedy)

Hatterene
Name: Minerva (named after Minerva McGonagall from Harry Potter

Leafsfan February 25th, 2020 8:44 PM

My team I just became champion with (each level 67ish), which also happens to be my favourite team that I've ever used:

Charizard
Vikavolt
Mamoswine
Lucario
Togekiss
Malamar

Fritz February 27th, 2020 1:06 PM

Changed my team around a bit after catching a Squirtle in the Raid Battle with the new temporary event. Also evolved my Dottler.

Wartortle
Raboot
Vanillite
Goomy
Boltund
Orbeetle

Also, in case anyone didn't know already, the Kanto Starters can drop Orbs when you beat them in the current Raid Battle events. I managed to get a Life Orb and a Flame Orb (or whatever its called) earlier.

Ninetales March 1st, 2020 12:06 PM

My current team (about to go for my first gym challenge):

Beckham
Raboot (Male)
Lv. 24
Moves: Flame Charge, Agility, Quick Attack, Double Kick

Ludwig
Corvisquire (Male)
Lv. 24
Moves: Taunt, Pluck, Hone Claws, Power Trip

Rosalie
Roselia (Female)
Lv. 23
Moves: Growth, Absorb, Swift, Stun Spore

Fritz March 1st, 2020 1:46 PM

My team is considerably different from the last one I posted. I currently have 3 Badges and have been doing a lot of Raid Battles to try and get some good items from the Kanto Starter raids. I have all the orbs now but I've yet to catch a Bulbasaur. Might be a bit overlevelled now:

Charizard Lv. 39
Dugtrio Lv. 39
Galvantula Lv. 39
Hattrem Lv. 40
Vanillish Lv. 40
Cinderace Lv. 40

At least made it a bit harder for myself by having two Fire Types on my team. One being a Physical Attacker and another being a Special Attacker.

phaserwolf March 1st, 2020 4:29 PM

Just got shield a few days ago. Finished the first gym with:
Scorch the Raboot
Rebel the Galarian Zigzagoon
Chess the Corvisquire and
Thundogga the Yamper

In my box are Wild Thing the Galarian Meowth, Chubs the Skwovet and Zórò the Nickit


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