What will your team be?

[Fayt_darkblade]

I'm not gonna. I'm not into it really and the memes are already starting to get old.

Alola Ninetales tho.....

Ugh I knooow Sandshrew has always been one of my favourite pokemon so to see little Igloo Sandshrew I can't resist >3<

 

[Sabrewulf238]

Hey everyone! Who's going to pick Shirodesuna (Sandcastle 'mon) for their team?? I certainly am. :o So that means Rowlett, Shirodesuna, and I'm not sure whether or not I was picking Drampa, but I'm kinda dropping him for another one. Hm. I do need a Water-type so Yowashi might be useful if it has decent base stats...

I don't know. I'd love to use him but I also have Mimikyu and Mudsdale on my list of potentials, so they're both in direct competition with the Sandcastle.

 

[Squirrel]

Right now I'll most likely be using:

• Rowlet
• Rockruff
• Cutiefly
• Togedemaru
• Salandit
• Pom-Pom Oricorio
• Alola Sandshrew

Not sure which one I'll get rid of but I love them all a lot haha. Probably Togedemaru because I've used the electric rodent variants faaaaaaaaar too much over my time playing Pokémon :p

So, out of curiosity (I kinda skimmed some of this thread, so I apologize if I missed it, somewhere), how many of you are planning on putting Alola Exeggutor in your team?

gurl u obsessed

 

[Rabid Poochyena]

Litten as a starter.

That's all I know for sure so far.

 

[skyburial]

I'm definitely thinkin:

Rowlet
Rotom Wash
Rockruff (leaving it with howl on an island to evolve sounds absolutely adorable)
Salandite (Fire/Poison Hype)
A Dark type
A Steel type

 

[Rivvon]

I like the screaming sandcastle, but not so much that I'm gonna go out of my way to put it onto my team. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna use Flamenco Oricorio and then switch it to Sensu style when that option becomes available to me, so I unless there happens to be another Pumpkaboo-esque Ghost-Type I think I've got my Ghost-Type covered already.

As for Alola forms, I never use older Pokémon on my team when I'm playing the first new game of a generation (I didn't even use the Kanto starter or any Mega Evolutions in X). So unless there's an absolutely outstanding "love-at-first-sight" Alola form (for me), I doubt I'll use any.

 

[Rivvon]

This is actually an interesting playthrough style. o.o Mind explaining why you don't use older Pokemon, normally? Is it for the, for lack of better words, "starting fresh" feeling in each new generation?

Yeah pretty much. Like, I feel if I use older Pokémon, I won't give the newer ones a chance. It's very easy to fall back on older ones you're used to instead of branching out. Like I remember in Pearl, I played with Rapidash on my team. Well, I didn't have much choice; I picked Piplup as my starter and there weren't a whole lot of Fire-Types available... But then in Platinum, I used Rapidash again. I do like Rapidash but seriously, I could have used Magmar and evolved it into Magmortar instead... I didn't like it much at first but after using it as my Egg hatcher in gen 5 it really grew on me. I can only imagine it would have made my Platinum playthrough even more unique and fun if I had used it back then. Or, even better, would have been to not use a Fire-Type at all and find a different Type of Pokémon to use and try to make my team balanced regardless. I would have had a fun challenge to work through and it could have given me a fun opportunity to use non-Fire-Types that still know Fire-Type moves, for example.

A similar thing happened to me with Emolga in Black. By using Emolga I really grew to love it when originally I didn't like it at all.

So instead of being like, "Oh cool Leavanny. I love Leavanny, I'm gonna use it!" I'd rather use a new Grass- or Bug-Type and give myself the chance to love it instead.

 

[Altairis]

Lunaris and Alola Ninetales are definitely going on my team :) Maybe Drampa too. I still don't know what starter I'm going to pick, though. Litten is what I'm thinking of right now, but if the leaks are real I'm not sure what I'm gonna do LOL. Maybe Popplio.

edit: Forgot about Salandit! I really like it, and I hope it gets an evolution.

Adding Alola Raichu to this list :)
Definitely using: Lurantis, Alola Ninetales, Alola Raichu
Maybe: Drampa, Salandit, Shirodesuna

Haven't decided on starters yet. Holding out for Litten.

 

[Hikamaru]

With the reveal of another cute Grass-type in Morelull, I feel very conflicted over which Pokemon to take my Grass-type slot - Bounsweet, Morelull or Lurantis? It would come down to the evolutions before I make a final choice.

Alolan Raichu is now making my plans of using a 7th Gen-only team even harder, as if there have already been some Alola Forms winning me over.

 

[Entermaid]

With the reveal of another cute Grass-type in Morelull, I feel very conflicted over which Pokemon to take my Grass-type slot - Bounsweet, Morelull or Lurantis? It would come down to the evolutions before I make a final choice.

Alolan Raichu is now making my plans of using a 7th Gen-only team even harder, as if there have already been some Alola Forms winning me over.

I know!!! At least a monotype grass team will be an easy choice. I can't wait to see bounsweet and morelull evolutions.

Actually, I am planning to so an alolan forme team on my second runthrough...and raichu and ninetails are definitely on board!

 

[Sirfetch’d]

Alolan Raichu is now making my plans of using a 7th Gen-only team even harder, as if there have already been some Alola Forms winning me over.

Since I am getting both versions I now plan to use a team of gen 7 only Pokemon on one and a team of alolan forms on the other.

 

[blue]

I may have to change my plans of using an all Alola Pokemon team in place of a couple of Alolan gen I Pokemon. I just really like the designs of Alolan Raichu & Alolan Marowak, enough to use them on my team.

 

[Count]

I have a feeling I'll have quite an unbalanced team, haha. My current favs would make a team with a great weakness to fire, poison and steel...

- Rowlet
- Alolan Ninetales
- Vikavolt
- Cutiefly
- Comfey
- Morelull <3.

 

[classiccartoonsftw]

I'll make a tentative team for now.

My starter will be Litten. Nuff said.

For slot 2, I'll have a Water type, because I love that type and I'm sure Alola will have lots of water. Candidates include Wishiwashi, Pyukumuku, Bruxish, and Slowbro.

For slot 3, I'll have an Electric type, because this generation has introduced a lot of interesting options. Candidates include Vikavolt, Togedemaru, Tapu Koko, and Alola Raichu.

For slot 4, I'm considering either Mudsdale or Palossand. But if the Ground/Fighting gorilla leak becomes true, then that'll take the spot instead.

The last two slots are wildcards for now. Currently, I'm considering Pikipek, Mimikyu, Comfey, Lurantis, Morelull, Crabrawler, Sensu Oricorio, and Alola Sandslash.

 

[thedestinedblade]

At this point, it's Popplio as starter and Bewear/Nuikoguma as far a cemented party spot. Seen a lot that I like, but not love as of yet. Still need to see the final evolved forms of few (namely Wimpod) before deciding. I'm leaning towards using the Alola Exeggutor though; it's design is just so out there I can't help but not like it.

 

[AmetsuCAT]

Mudsdale and Litten are the only Pokémon I'm sure of. Maybe Alolan Ninetails, and if Alolan Persian is a thing then it might earn a place.

 

[KipKipFox]

I already made a list in my head XD so much hype!

Litten
Pikipeck (I have an undying love for national birds.)
Rockruff
Salandit
Alolan Ninetales
Alolan Raichu maybe???
Lunala (obviously)

 

[Worldslayer608]

 

[Thunderflare]

Show of hands, who's going to nickname your Yungoose "Trump" and just make him your HM slave?

 

[L'Belle]

- Rowlet
- Alolan Ninetales
- Mimikyu
- Oricorio
- Lurantis
- I don't know yet