Got Ultra Moon on Christmas Eve, I'm about to do Mallow's whoops, I meant Lana's trial. My team...
*Georgium the Brionne (M) - My starter! I picked Rowlet in Moon and Litten in Sun, so this one was a shoe-in. He's the powerhouse of the team, as starters tend to be; he has Water Gun for STAB, Disarming Voice for Fairy Coverage and eventual STAB, Icy Wind for coverage and because Ice is irresistible, and he used to know Aqua Jet for the priority, but I recently decided to replace it with Encore to help Peri (below) out...Name comes from "Georgium Sidus", a historical alternate name for the planet Uranus (which is my favorite)
*Mir the Grubbin (F) - First catch! One of the Pokemon I'd planned on using since before I got the game. She's actually surprisingly good in battle, even in her state of unevolved bugginess. She has Bug Bite, Mud Slap, Vice Grip, and she just learned Spark. She holds Normalium Z to use with Vice Grip - the attack is a bit underwhelming, but I just wanted to give it to somebody. Mud Slap is such an underrated move - I tend to use it either many times at the beginning of the battle to disable my opponent, or when I think Mir's about to faint as a last-ditch effort to make things easier for the next Pokemon I send in. She's named after the space station Mir, because Grubbin evolves into something resembling a vehicle.
*Aries the Crabrawler (F) - Another team member I planned in advance; I got her from the first berry pile I could! It's funny - as the battle began, I had a really strong intuition that it was going to be a female Crabrawler that came out, and she was! She has Bubble (haven't gotten anything to replace it yet), Leer, Pursuit (Dark coverage and a potentially useful effect) and Brick Break (replaced Rock Smash when I got the TM, and a very welcome replacement at that). She one-shotted the Totem Raticate! She's named after the constellation Aries, which is...not really relevant to the Pokemon, but I thought it sounded nice.
*Wow the Noibat (F) - This one was unexpected! I had no idea Noibat was even in UM until I encountered her in Verdant Cavern, and I just couldn't resist catching her - I love bats! Her moves are Screech, Supersonic, Bite and Wing Attack. She's even better at setup than Mir, being able to Confuse the opponent and lower their Defense, and of course she's my best counter for Grass and Bug Types. (EXCEPT CUTIEFLY, made that mistake once...>.>) Her name is a bit strange...it comes from the famous "Wow!" signal, because Noibat is all about audio stuff and her appearance was unexpected.
*Perihelion (Peri) the Smeargle (M) - I randomly encountered him, not knowing Smeargle were even in Alola; I've always wanted to use a Smeargle, and I'd already decided I was going to have a rotating team, so I caught him! I actually haven't used him in a battle yet - he still has one Sketch, because he outsped me during capture, and I want to save it for something good..."Perihelion" is the term for the point in a planet, asteroid or comet's orbit when it's closest to the sun; again, I just thought it sounded nice.
*Corona the Eevee (F) - Female Eevee, completely at random!! How could I resist? I just caught her yesterday, and I haven't had a chance to use her or look at her moves. I'm gonna evolve her into a Flareon, hence the nickname (the corona being the incredibly hot outer layer of the sun).
And I still haven't caught all the Pokemon I want yet...I first tried rotating teams a few games ago, and it doesn't seem like I can ever go back!
