Holy shit guys, why do Diamond and Pearl have such a shitty selection of Pokemon? I was planning on starting a new save file in Pearl but I'm having huge trouble in coming up with a team. It seems that you can mostly find shitmons and nothing else during the first half of the game. Here's how it always goes:
>Well, what could be my final team member... Rotom? Nope, post-game only in Pearl. Gliscor? Scyther? Rhydon? Gardevoir? Lickilicky? Houndoom? Yanmega? Oh wait, they're all Platinum-only
My current team is Empoleon, Staraptor, Sudowoodo, Medicham, and Bibarel the HM slave. Are there any decent Pokemon in Pearl that I could add to this team? No, Kricketune is not decent and Stunky is exclusive to Diamond.

>inb4 play Platinum, it's infinitely better

I know, but my girlfriend is playing it so I have to play Pearl.