Do you change/rotate your team?

[Sheep]

Do you change your team and use different Pokémon as you go through the games, or stick with the same team? If you do cycle your team, how many Pokémon have/do you swap between?

 

[icycatelf]

I generally stick with the same team until the post-game (unless I find any Shinies along the way), then I swap in my "signature team."

I've been having a lot of trouble choosing only six Pokémon for that signature team though. Dunsparce, Wartortle, and Mothim are static, but I shuffle between Alolan Sandslash, Porygon2, Shedinja, Glaceon, Flareon, Froslass, and Lickitung for the other three. I want to settle on six (especially for trainer cards and art), but it's so hard! One minute I think I've got it, then I start doubting...

Over the past couple years, in previous-generation games, I've been hunting to fill my post-game teams with full-odds Shinies. Too bad I transferred over most of my past-gen. Shinies before I decided to do this... ><

 

[Fairy]

I try to make it a point to use / train every Pokémon in the game, so that requires a lot of team switching! I go into Pokémon games with the intention of learning about each new Pokémon, so I do plenty of team rotation. Usually post game I fall back into my monotype Fairies, though lol.

 

[Zeostar]

I usually get 5 team members, then can't decide what I want for the 6th, so it constantly get rotated for a while.

In the post game I will switch my team and I'm willing to grind. In White, I replaced something for a Deino which I then spent lots of time leveling into a Hydriegon.

 

[Sydian]

i used to be very rigid in what i wanted on my team. i planned every little thing, especially in older games where HMs are a thing or limited battles or a level curve that makes it harder to play catch up and such. in newer games, i've been more lenient with myself and i'll actually rotate a few party members until i find a party that just clicks for me. i did that in ultramoon. like i had no intention of using a politoed (even though it is a fave, it was just meant to be temp) but i got attached and no other water types were really vibin w me.

for older games though, i will still plan my every move lol. i kind of like that aspect, though. it's how i played even as a kid so even though that's more meticulous and less lighthearted, it...does make me feel like a kid again. there's no wrong way to go about your teams of course and i think both methods have their merits, it's just easier in some generations over others.

 

[skyluigi2]

I generally stick with the same ones throughout the game, but occassionally I'll come across a Pokémon I'd forgotten about and have to take one out of my team to make room for it. I used to plan which Pokémon I'd use, but haven't done that for a while.

 

[noa]

I always stick with my team until the end, unless something drastic happens like I fall in love with a Pokemon I hadn't considered before.

 

[alisaie]

when i'm playing a game for the first time with no team in mind i do some trial and error until i find the team i like. most games though i go in with an idea and i dn't change unless there's apokemon i end up liking a lot more than expected or something.

 

[Reyzadren]

No rotations, if possible, unless one of the pokemon turned out bad beyond expectations or some technical oversight that can only be known while being on a journey for the first time.

 

[Ivysaur]

Whenever I catch a Pokémon I like, I add it to my team. So I end up with 20-odd-strong teams in which I just rotate the members so they all have a similar level and the resulting 6-mon packs are as balanced as possible.

Takes hours but I enjoy it.

 

[Brendino]

While I don't really plan my teams out in advance, once I come across something that I want to use, it's more or less a fixture on my team for the rest of the game. There have been one or two times where I've had up to 8 Pokemon that I've been training towards the end of the game, but I'm more likely to focus on less than six rather than more.

 

[Crazy Primeape Lady]

Depends on whether or not I like the Pokémon I just caught. I liked Cubone but Lapras is good too and it could learn Blizzard.

 

[colours]

Uhhhh, I think I stick with the same team up until I beat the Elite Four, then after that I try to go for something different.

 

[LatiasSoulDew]

Usually I stick with a few Pokemons I wanted to use. Usually even less than 6 Pokemons. Because I don't want to do extra grinding as I go through the game.