4th Gen Platinum 4 'mon team help

Okay I'm running into a bit of a problem here. I thought I could play the game well with only 4 main pok?mon, and carry 2 HM slaves at all times. But I can't seem to find pok?mon of the types I want - I'm kind of picky since I only have 4 slots, I want them to be strong enough against many enough types.

Right now the only real champs I have are Infernape and Gastrodon. I have been using Rotom a bit, and evolved a grass mon all the way to Roserade. I just don't think a grass type is the right fit on this small team, and to be honest I don't seem to know how to use Rotom well haha. It keeps dying :V

I'd love to get an Elekid (or a Raichu, but idk if that's available in Sinnoh?). I also really want a psychic type but haven't found any real good options yet! Bronzor, Medicham, Chingling... I'm thinking of at least getting my hands on one of the legendary elves before E4.

What electric or psychic species would you recommend? Should I go with something completely different to complement Infernape and Gastrodon?

For your information, I'm just taking on Galactic in Veilstone HQ, so I have a few badges left... I think. God I'm sloppy playing this ahhaha.

Raichu is very much available in Sinnoh. Get Espeon as Psychic type, it has very good SP.Atk.

Pikachu is available in Sinnoh in the Trophy Garden iirc. Elekid isn't available but Electabuzz is available on Route 222 but that's super late into the game. As for Psychic types, you could go for an Espeon and name it tokyodrift maybe even a Gallade or Gardevoir. Ralts is available on Route 208 and 209.

So I went for Azelf and Magnezone, apparently haha.

For a water/ground type, I pick Quagsire every time (that's if I don't have Swampert).

ChaddyCFC said:

For a water/ground type, I pick Quagsire every time (that's if I don't have Swampert).

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I really enjoy Gastrodon though. Plus, it's pink <3

Gastrodon is highly recommended, particularly when compared to Quagsire imo. I've used Gastrodon on a couple of occasions and it really can be a great asset to your team despite the double Grass weakness (which is its only weakness). I'd keep it on your team for the duration as your Water type.