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>Plan teams for hours and hours ahead
>No duplicate types, except sometimes one duplicate secondary is allowed if all other rules get met
>No duplicate natures
>No duplicate characteristics
>Characteristic must fit the nature/design of the Pokemon at least a little bit (Jolly + quick-tempered doesn't really work in my mind, etc.)
>Either 50/50 or 100/0 gender ratios
>Always nickname, usually try to make every name start and end with a different letter (all female names ending in -a looks dumb)
>Usually go for a thematic of some sort, trainer name/customization must also fit
>A lot of the time I come up with some sort of party dynamics between my Pokemon (eg. two of them could be friends/rivals/etc.)
>All Pokemon must be no more or less than 2 levels from eachother at all times
>All Pokemon must know at least one status/support move
Probably forgot about half the autism I go through with every egg team. I don't do tourneyshit and for Battle Tree etc. I tend to go with the usual OU-mons-with-optimal-stats-sort of approach.
Pic extremely related, it's my lizard team in Ultra Moon. My trainer's name is Elizabeth. I'm so goddamn clever.