Hello,
From what I've seen, this is a pretty great community for helping out more casual players with the challenges that come with Reborn, so thanks in advance for any help you can give. I've never done competitive battling or the like, but I'd like to think I've at least got a basic understanding of how to construct a decent team. With that being said, I could definitely use some help filling out my last slot and making a viable, balanced team. The one caveat (and the thing that makes this harder) is that I'm trying to do this only with pokemon that I've always liked the look of without using the cheat code that is Blaziken.
The team I'm currently building seems like it will probably work okay through the rest of the game, although it feels too sweeper heavy to fit well in the world of reborn. Before I get too into the weeds on my thinking and potential solutions, I'll post my current team along with the move slots I'm struggling with.
Note: None of my pokemon are EV trained yet, although most have pretty good IVs.
Froslass (Lead)
-Level: 80
-Ability: Cursed Body
-Nature: Timid
-IVs: 18,18,20,30,25,29
-Held Item: Bright Powder (Focus Sash for Big Battle)
-Moves: Shadow Ball, Blizzard, Destiny Bond, Spikes
Serperior (Subseed Annoyer/Special Sweeper)
-Level: 80
-Ability: Contrary
-Nature: Timid
-IVs: 23,14,17,20,4,25
-Held Item: Leftovers
-Moves: Leech Seed, Substitute, Leaf Storm, Giga Drain (should I replace with Toxic? Something else? HP is ground, so not worth it IMO)
Metagross (Offensive Tank)
-Level: 64
-Ability: Clear Body
-Nature: Adamant
-IVs: 31,26,26,31,31,30 - that took forever with a ditto that has a 31 in SpA, a 26 in Def, and garbage everywhere else
-Held Item: Lucky Egg (Assault Vest eventually)
-Moves: Meteor Mash, Bullet Punch, Zen Hedbutt, Hammer Arm/Thunder Punch/Toxic/Pursuit
Tyrantrum (Wallbreaker)
-Level: 80
-Ability: Rock Head
-Nature: Jolly
-IVs: 31,30,26,31,28,31
-Held Item: Wide Lens (Choice Scarf/Choice Band Eventually)
-Moves: Head Smash, Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Zen Headbutt (I now regret not breeding on one of the fang moves, but I thought I could get Superpower at the time)
Bisharp (Revenge Killer/Physical Sweeper)
-Level: 60
-Ability: Defiant
-Nature: Adamant
-IVs: 30,31,26,13,28,31
-Held Item: Exp. Share/Scope Lens (Black Glasses/Life Orb Eventually)
-Moves: Sucker Punch, Night Slash (7th Street Bug so no Knock Off), Iron Head, Swords Dance/Stealth Rock/Low Sweep
In Rotation (all lvl 80):
Magnezone (timid/sturdy) - love it but prefer metagross especially with no volt switch
Gardevoir (docile-whoops/trace) - always seems to be my backup to every pokemon
Emboar (impish/reckless) - no will-o-wisp to make him the defensive juggernaut I wanted
Flygon (adamant/levitate) - duplicative to Tyrantrum
Empoleon (calm/torrent) - the worst moveset and why no steel moves?!
6th Spot:
Feraligatr (Physical Sweeper) - Issues: yet another physical attacker which makes my team all offensive all the time.
-Level: 65
-Ability: Sheer Force
-Nature: Jolly
-IVs: 31,31,26,1,30,30
-Held Item: Life Orb
-Moves: Waterfall, Dragon Dance, 2 of Crunch/Ice Punch/Superpower/Substitute
Milotic (Defensive) - Issues: with no Scald/Ice Beam TMs, I'm not even sure what moveset I'd run with this, possibly Toxic?
-Level: Theoretical
-Ability: Marvel Scale
-Nature: Bold
-IVs: Theoretical
-Held Item: Leftovers
-Moves: Haze, Recover, ???
These two I just realized I could get now if I wanted, but I haven't done any of the catching/breeding.
Swampert (Defensive)
-Level: Theoretical
-Ability: ???
-Nature: ???
-IVs: Theoretical
-Held Item: Leftovers
-Moves: Stealth Rock, Earthquake, Surf/Muddy Water/???, Roar/Toxic/Protect
Slowbro/Slowking (Defensive) - Issues: I'm honestly not familiar with these guys as I've never used either one; however, they look like they'd be fun, still no Scald
-Level: Theoretical
-Ability: Regenerator
-Nature: Bold
-IVs: Theoretical
-Held Item: Leftovers
-Moves: ???
Is there anything else I'm not thinking of that would fit well with this team/a Pokemon that I already have that could do the trick? Mind you, I have no interest in Rotom, because as useful as it is, I just don't want an appliance in my team (no offense to Rotom lovers). Any help is really appreciated, thanks!