My team changed since I posted last. The team I ended up using to beat the Elite 4:
Staraptor (Nickname: Pontius)
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Love this guy. I had planned to keep Talonflame as my designated bird/flying Pokemon because it had Fire as a secondary typing which on paper makes it a little more useful than Staraptor's Flying/Normal typing, but I just couldn't help myself. Staraptor is my favorite bird Pokemon and as soon as I caught a Staravia I just had to put it on my team.
Pyroar, Male (Nickname: Nigel)
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Not the most effective Fire type, but I needed/wanted a fire type on my team after I gave up on Talonflame and Gen 6 doesn't actually have a lot of fire types available in the early stages of the game, so I went with Litleo/Pyroar
Lucario (Nickname: Graham)
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Love this guy. He has an impressive list of moves with no repeating types, which isn't always a good thing but for him I find it works. His move list includes: Aura Sphere (Fighting), Flash Cannon (Steel), Extreme Speed (Normal) and Earthquake (Ground).
Lapras (Nickname: Lokey)
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I had never used one before during a playthrough, and really fell in love with it. It has great HP, is a duel water/ice typing (one of my favorite typings) and became my regular Dragon slayer once it learned Ice Beam <3
Raichu (Nickname: Thundora)
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I adore this little guy <3. I've never used a Pikachu since my first playthrough of Pokemon Yellow like 18 years ago, so I was excited to capture one as early as I did in this game.
Drapion (Nickname: Ivy)
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This one is kind of a random choice, but I needed a poison type to help take out all the Fairy Pokemon in Valerie's gym. I had Venasaur but he had more grass moves than Poison. I also liked the fact that Drapion could learn False Swipe because that move comes in handy when you are trying to catch lower leveled and/or legendary Pokemon, so yeah.