Do you have a theme or speciality?

Started by Bird Keeper January 31st, 2010 3:20 PM
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Male
Edmonds, WA
Seen April 2nd, 2010
Posted April 2nd, 2010
35 posts
13.3 Years
This is a big part of the game for me. Maybe I got the idea from the way the gym leaders and such operate, but a mismatched group of Pokes that have no unifying theme other than being strong is incredibly boring to me.

I love birds (obviously), so I tend to go with a bird theme. Here's my current Platinum lineup:

Empoleon (male)
Level: 100
HP: 334
Attack: 189
Defense: 237
Sp. Atk: 311
Sp. Def: 263
Speed: 181
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Modest
Held Item: Focus Sash
Moves: Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Grass Knot, Stealth Rock

Staraptor (male)
Level: 100
HP: 336
Attack: 331
Defense: 201
Sp. Atk: 124
Sp. Def: 161
Speed: 261
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant
Held Item: Choice Band
Moves: Return, Brave Bird, Close Combat, U-Turn

Noctowl (female)
Level: 100
HP: 366
Attack: 124
Defense: 161
Sp. Atk: 213
Sp. Def: 278
Speed: 201
Ability: Insomnia
Nature: Calm
Held Item: Light Clay
Moves: Night Shade, Hypnosis, Reflect, Roost

Zapdos
Level: 100
HP: 345
Attack: 195
Defense: 230
Sp. Atk: 311
Sp. Def: 241
Speed: 287
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Timid
Held Item: Life Orb
Moves: Lightning Bolt, Heat Wave, Hidden Power (Ice), Roost

Moltres:
Level: 100
HP: 345
Attack: 214
Defense: 240
Sp. Atk: 341
Sp. Def: 230
Speed: 240
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest
Held Item: Expert Belt
Moves: Flame Blast, Air Slash, Hidden Power (Fighting), Roost

Articuno:
Level: 100
HP: 346
Attack: 187
Defense: 261
Sp. Atk: 276
Sp. Def: 311
Speed: 231
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest
Held Item: Leftovers
Moves: Ice Beam, Fly, Toxic, Roost

Tell me about your theme teams!
My team: The Brave Birds

Pecky: Empoleon
Damar: Staraptor
Devil: Blaziken
Kenai: Swellow
Flashbeak: Zapdos
Flameclaw: Moltres

Excelsior!
Age 31
Seen August 31st, 2020
Posted May 11th, 2010
197 posts
14.2 Years
My teams are usually a mismatched bunch. I had a remarkably blue team in my Emerald game, though. xD; But that was a coincidence. I have looked at other colors, though, and I might try for a yellow or a green team in HG.

The only thing currently that I could argue links my team is nicknames. I like choosing a naming scheme and sticking to it (well, at least for the main team). My theme in Platinum was adding "a" to the end of the last syllable/couple letters of the Pokemon's name (when I got it, so my Rapidash is Taa and my Luxray is Nxa, for example). :>

oh that jerk! emil, set it on fire.

Timbjerr

T-o-X-i-C

Age 36
Female
Texas
Seen May 30th, 2022
Posted January 28th, 2016
7,415 posts
19.7 Years
In regular playthroughs, I usually just use the same old boring grass/water/fire/electric/flying/ground formula.

On challenge playthroughs and for fun, noncompetitive team builds, I like to make teams of poison, dark, ghost, and bug pokemon that kinda encompass a scary/deadly theme. :D
Age 32
Female
Under Lance's bed~
Seen September 1st, 2010
Posted March 1st, 2010
444 posts
14.8 Years
I have no theme, really (unless you want to say I have a theme of "My personal favorite Pokemon" 8D)

But... uh, I do have a pattern? I always use Haunter. Always. Always. ...Where available, at least, since you can't get a wild one in Sapphire.

-Taunter the Haunter
-(ゴースト Ghost)
-Team Wilhelm "Leader"
-Gas Pokémon
-5'03" & 0.2 lbs
-Lvl. 65
-And he talks?!
-"Hau hau! Why yes, your soul looks very delicious..."

BakingBluePotatoe

The Red Death Alchemist

Age 28
Female
Catatonia
Seen March 28th, 2016
Posted February 12th, 2016
2,279 posts
15.8 Years
I always seem to end up using Azzumarril.. Sapphire.. Emerald... Pearl..... probobly will wind up in Plat soon, and bringing mine from Pearl to HG,

Not in FR though, since there are none. Dx

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Potato Buddy

Age 34
Female
Seen April 21st, 2011
Posted June 20th, 2010
108 posts
13.3 Years
I also have an all-Drowzee team because I love tapirs so much. They're all named after real tapirs from my local zoos.
Because of you, my keyboard is covered in coffee.

I don't really have a scheme. I generally try and keep them all different types but I have a naming scheme. It started with naming my Raichu Lt. Surge then I ended up with CPL. Leaf, SgtFeather, etc...

Nashton

A Trainer Of Great Skill.

Age 32
Male
Jamaica
Seen December 7th, 2013
Posted December 7th, 2013
211 posts
15.4 Years
i like traing the more realisic pokemon
ex:cradlily is sea anemone
manectric is a jackal
arecanine is a dog
flygon is a dragonfly(it is in the bug breeding group)
bellasoom is a flower
nidoqueen is a rhinoceroses with cnidocytes
omastar is a Ammonite
swellow is a barn sawllow
gyardose is a sea serpent.
torkoal is a Galapagos tortious

all of those ive train hard! (doing torkoal right now)

but the ones like
nosepass and some others like that
i just stay away from
haha
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Age 28
Male
Unova
Seen September 9th, 2015
Posted May 17th, 2015
741 posts
14.3 Years
I generally end up with a mainly Fire and Dragon team, sometimes with a Gyrados in there. My stereotypical in-game team is:
-Charizard
-Typhlosion
-Rayquaza
-Dragonite
-Gyrados
-Entai/Arcanine/Houndoom/whatever the heck Fire type I happen to catch.
Age 32
Female
Finland
Seen July 29th, 2013
Posted February 10th, 2010
236 posts
14.8 Years
I once built up a bird team as well, in Emerald. I think I had
-Blaziken
-Pelipper (wasn't supposed to have one at first, but it could learn some useful Electric attacks)
-Golduck
-Skarmory
-Altaria
-Xatu
-Swellow (supported until I got the team together)
If I did one now I'd replace other Water type with Empoleon. I also considered Dodrio, but there wasn't enought room for one. It was a fun team to have. :3

Ontario, Canada
Seen December 15th, 2015
Posted October 10th, 2010
529 posts
13.5 Years
I usually go with my preferred Pokémon, NOT by how strong they are or anything. But when I DO have a theme in mind (by that, I mean when I've completed the game and have nothing else to do), I most often have a team with high Defense.
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Age 27
Male
Seen October 16th, 2010
Posted October 16th, 2010
279 posts
13.8 Years
Type wise I've got Ghost (Mismagius, Dusknoir, Spiritomb) and Water (Empoleon, Kingdra, Milotic, Gorebyss, Starmie) fever. Pokemon wise, it's a tie between charming Pokemon (Clefable, Lopunny, Milotic, Bellossom) and ambiguous Pokemon (Electrode, Weezing, Dusknoir, Magnezone, Starmie)
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Age 97
Shimoda City
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15.5 Years
My theme is to use my favorites. However, due to my cat fetish, you can place a safe bet that my team will have a feline Pokemon on it. I can't imagine using an entire team of cats for an actual play-through, though it might be fun to try it as a challenge run sometime.

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Age 32
Female
Pennsylvania, USA
Seen October 21st, 2016
Posted May 11th, 2016
66 posts
13.3 Years
My team would usually consist of a water/fire/flying/electric/grass/normal. I will pretty much use the same line-up all the time because I like to use variety. I don't think I'll be using a normal type anymore in my team. I have this new found dragon obsession lately so my team will definitely be water/fire/electric/grass/flying/dragon! Kick ass team :)
Female
Seen September 26th, 2010
Posted April 30th, 2010
37 posts
13.3 Years
I think I have Red-Syndrome as well, I always make the same teams with the same few types =__=
Usually I go through the game with one over-leveled Pokemon and only training/catching more after the Elite Four.
Otherwise I stick to Normal, Ice or Water types, but I've thought about making a Steel/Sandstorm team and Poison team.

Pekin

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Age 29
Male
Denmark
Seen 3 Weeks Ago
Posted July 25th, 2020
282 posts
14.2 Years
As I've become obsessed with the Ultimate Monotype Challenge, all my teams are now monotype teams. On Emerald, I have a mono-Grass team with Sceptile, Ludicolo, Tropius, Vileplume, Shiftry and Breloom, and on my Platinum I have Torterra, Leafeon, Abomasnow, Tangrowth, Roserade and Wormadam in its plant cloak.

I've already planned several mono-type teams for Electric, Normal, Poison, Ghost etc., but mainly in Emerald and Platinum, cos' I want to use my team at their Battle Frontiers. (Or whatever the Sinnoh thing is called - I don't remember. Haven't really played Platinum that much...)
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