How to build a good Pokemon team?

[Mnementh]

irstupid said:

Mnementh said:

I'm pretty much a newbie in Pokemon. I tried first Pokemon with Black and White 2 but didn't play far, because of work stress and the announcement of X/Y. I completed Y now and are workinbg my way to complete the Pokedex and get all TM. But as I tried a few times online battle, I could see I'm not in the least competitive. So I want to learn to build a competitive team. It have not to be the perfect team, only good enough to win some battles and lose others. So I need some tips, how to uild a better team. Remember I'm a complete newb, don't start with advanced stuff , I want work my way up from he basics.

I will ask the first batch of questions in the first post, so that I can gather answers/tips in the OP.

For a noob its simple.   Open up this page and look at the weakness/strong against each type.  http://www.serebii.net/xy/typechart.shtml

Grab any pokemon you like, don't worry about using the best, just choose ones you like.  Then teach them moves that are good that cover types.  Don't teach a fire pokemon ONLY fire moves.  Teach him some flying moves, psychic moves, ect.  Whatever he can that is also good.

Look at the chart I posted again and see what types you are missing stil.  Don't have any water covered, find a pokemon you like that is either water type or can learn a good water move.

Just cover your bases basically.  Then start playing.  As you play you will adjust your team accordingly.  Whether you see the opponent do a move you found worked awesome, then teach it to someone on your team.  Or if you found out one of your moves just flat out sucks, remove it and teach new move.  If you find a pokemon you were using sucks, change it, or see a pokemon they using you liked, ect.

But there is no quick road to pokemon champion.  But best start is to just cover your bases and then build from there.  You may end up with a nice diversified team or maybe you just go all out one type and rock the Sunny Day or other weather effects ect that improve your whole team.

There is a ton you can do.  I hope you don't just copy/paste someone else's uber team.  The more variety on the online battles the funner the game.  No noe likes to see the same exact pokemon a million times or the same moves.

Worry about EV/IV/items later.  No point burning yourself out doing some insane training and then finding you hate that moveset/pokemon/ect.  Find what you like first then pimp them out.

This seems like a goos advice to start. I also don't like copying other teams too much (would do it, if everything else fails though). And IV breeding seems hellishly complicated. First try out the Pokemon and IV breed the ones I like later seems like a good way to it.

 And as I wrote in the OP, I don't want to be a champion, I simply want to stop being a punching bag. So I don't want to invest too much time into a perfect team - yet.