Mixed Team or Regional Team?

[Alfieri]

I made a thread about this long ago but figured I'd see some new opinions.

When you play through a Pokemon game, do you have a mix of older Pokemon with the Pokemon of the region you're playing in? Do you make a team just using Pokemon of the region you're playing in?

 

[Otamajakushi]

When I'm playing the game for the first time, I'll try to use Pokemon native to that region, usually what I can find along the journey or by event. After that, I generally will use a mixed team for subsequent playthoughs and they are generally themed in some way.

 

[DraconianWing]

Same with Otama. I limit myself to regional Pokemon because it helps in getting myself acquainted to the region. Post-game is when I branch out, because that way I have a better diversity of movesets when getting into online competitive.

 

[VisualJae]

Mixed if I can help it. I'm all for diversity.

 

[Sopheria]

Same same, just like Otamajakushi said, on the first playthrough I stick with Pokemon from the region. If I do a later playthrough, I normally make a team of my favorites, which generally span several different regional dexes.

 

[Emboar]

I generally like using non-regional Pokes when first playing through a new generation since i have no clue what the new mons are like in battle.

 

[Hikamaru]

I tend to go for mixed-gen teams, because if there's a fave of mine in the game I'll use it whenever I get the chance to.

 

[Ace Trainer 188]

I go with anything that's available in the game, I don't really care about having a team in a gen where I must have mons introduced in said gen. Sometimes, I might not like the mons introduced in the grn, or I just want to grab a team with decent mons.

 

[pkmin3033]

I try to go with a regional team the first time so that I can test out some of the new Pokemon, but it really does depend on what is available on the routes...and the designs of the Pokemon in question. It was a huge relief to be able to use older generation Pokemon in Black 2, and in most of my second gen files I've had a Pidgey on my team instead of a Hoothoot simply because I find Pidgeot more useful than Noctowl.

 

[VisualJae]

"Equal Opportunity Trainer."

 

[Sun]

I tend to use regional Pokémon, they provide enough diversity for me. Electric, Water, Fire, Grass, Flying and a favorite Pokémon from that region for example Gardevoir, Flygon, Salamence (aka Seth haha), Garchomp and so on.

 

[classiccartoonsftw]

My teams usually contain Pokemon from multiple regions, not counting Black and White or any Kanto games.

 

[Judge Mandolore Shepard]

Whenever I start a new game, I find myself making a regional team. After that, I don't know.

 

[KetsuekiR]

I usually always go with a mixed team. Of course, I try to make sure that at least three are regional Pokemon because if you don't try out the new guys, what's the point! That said, I end up catching dozens of Pokemon and using most of them throughout the game so I end up using a lot of the regional Pokemon anyways.

 

[Bellsprout]

typically a mix unless its the first play through of a new game. then i'll try to make my team all from that region

 

[myystogan]

I honestly don't care about using the region's Pokemon, lol. My teams are always mixed. I prefer using my favorites, because I feel like that's the most enjoyable way to go through the main story anyway.