[Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl] BDSP teammates!

[Iceshadow3317]

Now that I have gotten my pokemon I want, my team is starting to come together and near its possible final form. All Pokemon are around 33 to 36.

Empoleon
Electivire
Lopunny
Stuntank
Togetic (Will evolve when I get the stone)
Piloswine (Has Ancient Power)

I think I will end up replacing Stuntank with possibly Crogunk, but I am not sure yet. And I might replace my Lopunny, but currently I don't know what to get. I really need a grass type or at least a pokemon that can learn grass attacks. I would have went with a Roserade, but I need the Shiny Stone for Togetic. So I might got with Abomasnow.

Ok so I finally have a plan for my endgame team and I have to say, it is probably my favorite team I have ever made, even though I don't really care about the game as a whole.

Empoleon Lv 48
Togekiss Lv 48
Mamoswine Lv 45
Electivire Lv 45
Snover Lv 36 (Has Lucky Egg to train up)
Lopunny Lv 47

While Lopunny is still in my team currently, I am currently looking for a Male Ralts to get a Gallade since I just got a Dawn Stone. If I cannot find a male though, I am just gonna go with Gardevoir.

 

[Figment]

I tried to use Pokemon I haven't used before on my Shining Pearl playthrough, so here's my team

Torterra
Drapion
Togekiss
Bibarrel (Not as a HM Slave btw but as an actual teammate)
Magmortar (It was such a pain getting the magmarizer)
Bronzong

 

[Ron94]

thinking who to put at the 6th spot

 

[Hermione Granger]

This is my final team, they have done me well with gym leaders and looking forward to take on the e4 with this team.

 

[ReKoil]

Sovereign the Empoleon, level 36.
Maleficent the Mismagius, level 36.
Handshake the Ambipom, level 36.
Yoga the Meditite, level 36.
TheDon the Hippowdon, level 36.

Final slot will be Snover whenever I get my hands on one....

 

[EmTheGhost]

Just got it yesterday & started playing today!! My teammates are Topia the Turtwig (mainly from "Topiary", partially from "Poketopia" from Battle Revolution, because it's another gen 4 game and for some reason I associate Torterra a lot with it?) and Deeleelee the Kricketot (...yeah), both girls because I soft-reset for Turtwig.

I'm not sure if I'm gonna keep Kricketune on my final team, but I at least hope it'll work out ;w;

 

[Sheep]

Just got it yesterday & started playing today!! My teammates are Topia the Turtwig (mainly from "Topiary", partially from "Poketopia" from Battle Revolution, because it's another gen 4 game and for some reason I associate Torterra a lot with it?) and Deeleelee the Kricketot (...yeah), both girls because I soft-reset for Turtwig.

I'm not sure if I'm gonna keep Kricketune on my final team, but I at least hope it'll work out ;w;

Cute team!! ❤️

Honestly Kricketune is so underrated, it would be cool to to try using it for as long as possible if you're interested, especially since it got a stat buff since it was first introduced. I'm using Mothim and it is definitely hard since it's weaker than other things, but still fun.

 

[Area915]

Just joined this thread… glad there's other hardcore fans out here I just had to look 😂 I'm currently post Elite 4 trying to catch new Pokémon in the underground and going through round 2 with the gym leaders… this game is amazing

 

[EmTheGhost]

Cute team!! ❤️

Honestly Kricketune is so underrated, it would be cool to to try using it for as long as possible if you're interested, especially since it got a stat buff since it was first introduced. I'm using Mothim and it is definitely hard since it's weaker than other things, but still fun.

Shortly after I saw this post, she singlehandedly took down Mars' Purugly 😅😳

I'm now in Eterna Forest, and my team has grown:
Topia the Grotle (F)
(Topiary/Poketopia)
Ball Seal: Purple flowers
Deeleelee the Kricketune (F)
(whoooooop)
Ball Seal: Musical note
Linus the Buneary (M)
(Honestly just a random name that I thought was weirdly funny on a Buneary/Lopunny, but it DOES mean "flax-colored" and Lopunny has that blond hair)
Ball Seal: Black hearts and smoke puffs, because - one of my favorite obscure Pokemon facts - Buneary is a creature overflowing with hatred
Caspian the MANAPHY ☆_☆ I'm so excited
(From the Caspian Sea, and serendipitously there's also a literary character called "Prince Caspian" while Manaphy is called "the prince of the sea"
Ball Seal: Bubbles in the middle, surrounded by the seals from each of the other party members - because he's a baby and they're all his family 🥺

 

[JDragon921]

(Yes, I got a shiny Shinx randomly on my SP playthrough)

Pretty much used an updated version of my old team, which is just what I did for a recent Platinum run. My old team is trash because I was little and didn't know how to play. I actually had a Machoke instead of a Machamp and either a Lucario or a Togetic instead of a Roserade.

Planned on doing a 2nd playthrough with different mons at least, so this is my 2nd completed file's team. I have teams for the other 2 starters on the next runs I do.
| Infernape | Honchkrow | Gastrodon | Mamoswine/Weavile | Electivire | Bronzong |

I wanted my teams for this game to be only from Sinnoh or have an evolution from Sinnoh(So Gligar/Gliscor would be allowed because Gliscor is gen 4, even though Gligar is gen 2).

Empoleon team gonna be -
| Empoleon | Drifblim/Togekiss(Some gen 4 Flying-type ig) | Misdreavus | Toxicroak | Chimecho/Magmortar | Mamoswine |
Torterra team gonna be -
| Torterra | Mantine/Honchkrow/Vespiquen | Dusknoir/Floatzel/Spiritomb | Lucario/Gallade/Ambipom | Magnezone/Electivire | Drapion/Weavile/Bronzong |

Overall happy with what I put together because it has the types and roles that I want for my usual teams. They have a lot of substitutes though, so I'll need to figure out what I actually do on my 3rd and 4th run.

 

[Palamon]

I just started.

My Turtwig, Carmen Dei is level 12, I believe.
He knows Razor Leaf, Withdraw, Lefage, and Growth.

I also have an Abra in the box I threw a Pokeball at to see if it would actually catch it, but don't intend to use it.

 

[Palamon]

I now have a Psyduck, named Ampulla, a Murkrow named Nocturna, and a Meditite named Leo Minor. The last two Pokemon I'm planning on catching are a (female) Snorunt and a Sneasel.

 

[Nah]

Beat Cynthia last night, my team ended up being Garchomp, Mismagius, Bastiodon, Torterra, Dustox, and Luxray.

 

[JDragon921]

Oh! Also, it actually is my very first game around the Sinnoh region.

Good luck then. They really wanted it to be like the og Diamond and Pearl, so there's a level spike at the end of the game. They also made the E4 and Champion even harder than the original. The rest of the game should be pretty nice. There are some problems across the whole game, but it's a ton of fun. Hope you're able to enjoy this game, even if the dex is only slightly better than OG DP

 

[ReKoil]

Sovereign the Empoleon, level 55.
Maleficent the Mismagius, level 55.
Handshake the Ambipom, level 55.
Yoga the Medicham, level 55.
TheDon the Hippowdon, level 54.
Snow White the Abomasnow, level 45.

 

[gimmepie]

6/8 gyms done and my current team is

Infernape, Staraptor, Gastrodon, Machoke, Magneton and Absol all in the early 40s. I'm not sure if this will be my final team, especially with a Riolu egg on the horizon, but I'm enjoying it plenty. Aside from Infernape and Staraptor, I've not actually used these Pokemon much before now. Machoke is falling off a bit now though, so I'll have to evolve it soon.

 

[TaterKoch]

Currently I just beat the 7th gym and am waiting to go further until I can breed the Lucario I want and catch the Gible I want to evolve into Garchomp.
I currently use:
-Infernape
-Blissey
-Roserade
-Gyarados
-Lucario
And Garchomp will be my 6th party Pokemon once I find the right one!

 

[Aslan]

My team that I used to enter the Hall of Fame the first time was Empoleon, Honchkrow, Scizor, Pachirisu, Houndoom and Mamoswine. I had all of my team by shortly after the 2nd gym. I didn't plan any members except knowing I wanted to use Empoleon and Houndoom who were both used on my Platinum file. The rest I was pleasantly surprised to run into, in places such as the Grand Underground. :D

I had Luxray up until about the 4th gym but swapped it out for Pachirisu because I wanted to try something different. It was too cute not to use. I liked using my team and I still use them for postgame content!

For post-game, I know I want to change around my team a lot eventually but I wanted to make sure they're EV trained and have decent IVs. I haven't got around to trying breeding yet so the only set member I'm raising right now is an Arcanine bred by my friend. I'm thinking also of using Jolteon, Aerodactyl and Milotic so far. Very undecided on who the last 2 in my team should be.