How do you decide your team?

I think I plan in the game. My thing is to have as many different types as possible so I try to have a varied team but I make it on the go.

 

Ia usually does the following for team:
Starter
Bird
Bug
Pokémon that knows Surf (if starter is not Watertype)
Strong attacker (usu. Fighting or Psychic)
And anything else that Ia likes~

 

I work on finding what I want or need to capture first and then go back for the rest.

 

I just keep catching Pokémon until I have a decent team put together. I usually have at least one full box in the PC by the time a playthrough is over.

 

I catch Pokémon according to the gyms I need to beat so that I have at least one Pokémon that is super-effective against the gym’s main type. I also select Pokémon based on whether or not they are able to learn HMs.

 

I generally just catch what I like, and whenever I encounter a difficult section like a gym leader or another boss, I just hope that I can dig into my box and find something good enough. If not, I'll begrudgingly catch something and, kind of like Leavanny in B2, find out that I enjoy something more than I thought I would. She's on my E4 team now even, only because I needed help against Clay.

 

I pick Pokémon that I like as long as they don’t have too many overlapping types with my team. I love Malamar, but no way will I use it if I already have a Psychic type.

 

Quite frankly I just use the Pokémon that I’m already fond of. Most of my teams are fairly similar

 

I usually just make it up as I go along. The Pokémon I pick are typically based on their typing and how much I like them. I like to have a mix of different types that don't share too many weaknesses, but if I find a Pokémon that I especially love, I'll usually try and bend the rest of my team just so I can use it.

 

I like to go with the flow and give all my Pokémon varied movesets so that I'm ready for anything.

 

I usually do this with a few self-imposed rules.

1.) No repeating types. If I already have a fire type, I cannot have a second fire type. Doesn't matter how cool the second one is, I've already committed to raising the first.

2.) If it's an in-game team, always have a Fire/Water/Grass core. The other three types can be whatever I want as long as they abide by rule 1.

3.) Only one legend/mythical/UB to a team.

 

I tend to choose the Pokémon i feel will be very underrated by others.

 

I choose Pokémon based on how much I like their design. I don't care about stats or anything like that since I'm only a casual player.

 

Usually I pick based on the connection I have with Pokémon, or which designs I like better

 

Typing and design are important for me, everything else like nature and stats are unimportant, because I never do competetive battling in the games (only on Showdown).

 

I pick my starter, who’s always on my team, then I catch a lot of Pokémon. Then I choose Pokémon I would be fine with using on a team. In Sun I made most of my team early on in the game so my team is Decidueye/ Toucannon/ Snorlax/ Ribombee/ Magnezone/ Slowbro. Unless it’s competitive, natures don’t really matter to me, since most of the Pokémon on my team have natures that are not good for the Pokémon (my Magnezone has naughty)