>>45175751Oh yeah, tentative swshit team. Can't decide whether I hate Inteleon or Cinderace less but my one starter rule demands one of them. If I change my 'no non-native mons' rule I'll move Whimsicott to Kalos.
>>45176509In order of importance
>use a starter>always have a full fire/water/grass core>never use a Pokemon more than once>must cover all HMs within themselves without needing extra slaves>have to be in the regional dex>no dupe types (exception for Kanto since fucking everything is poison, and exception for Sinnoh because Gyarados can't use Fly, hopefully Sinnoh remakes open up more options)>try to have a balance of males/females>try to have a mega-capable monAnd of course
>use Pokemon I likeUsed to have a 'Pokemon introduced in the ame gen only' rule, but that would fuck over some Pokemon and gens very hard. I still have a waiting list of mon I like but couldn't be fit into a main team. These aren't rules, but there are region-specific stuff that makes me pick some Pokemon over others, like
>use a psychic type in gen 1>use Gyarados in one of the Japanese regions because it's a very East-Asian themed mon>use Exeggutor because its found through headbutt, a Johto-unique mechanic>use Clefable because its from Mt Coronet, Sinnoh's extremely kinographic locale>use a Fighting-type in Unova since Gen 5 was the fighting meta>use Crobat in gen 6 since Lunalaa is also a bat and a major legendary>>45176480I like it up to gen 8, Dubwool and Alcreamie feel like boring choices. Unless you want to fuck Alcreamie, in that case you do you
