Question

-Six Pokemon are required and while legendaries can be suggested, do remember that many people do not like using them because of how easy it makes the game. You might also want to keep the starter.
-Moves are required for each Pokemon.
-You should make sure to take into account that some people cannot trade, nor do they want to use cheating devices such as AR. As such, suggesting Porygon is not the best idea.
-Items, EVs, and Natures are not required.
-Please provide ample explanation.

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SoulSilver: Meganium, Zigzagoon, Groudon, Mewtwo, Latios, Skitty
 
Meganium, Overgrow, @Rose Incense (starter)
 Magical Leaf, Petal Dance, Rock Climb, Body Slam

Zigzagoon, Pickup, @Chesto Berry (surfer, can get you free items, headbutt for trees)
 Headbutt, Surf, Rest, Belly Drum
(zigzagoon is my fav, always have one)

Groudon, Drought, @Wide Lens (pokemon that can make other Pokemon faint quick)
 Fissure, Solarbeam, Eruption, Fireblast

Mewtwo, Pressure, @Leftovers (good attack, hp restored easy)
 Psycho Cut, Psychic, Recover, Aura Sphere

Latios, Levitate, @Metronome(The flyer)
 Fly, Luster Purge, Dragon Pulse, Psychic

Skitty, Normalize, @Silkscarf (normal, with normal attack, good power, good for caves)
 Flash, Assist, Attract, Dig

Answer 1

Meganium, Steelix, Machamp, Gengar, Dragonite, Slowbro

Meganium: Petal Dance, Return, Magical Leaf, Cut
-Petal Dance is STAB. Since you can switch out after KOing, it can be used for ingame. Magical Leaf is also included, as your starter is usually your main fighter and will be attacking a lot. Magical Leaf has solid damage, 20 PP, and ignores accuracy and evasion, which is helful when your enemy doesn't seem to know about clauses. It also can be used if you don't want to be trapped in a move. Return is a high powered attack. Cut is an HM. Meganium has a poor offensive movepool, so I'm forced to give it an HM.

Steelix: Earthquake, Gyro Ball, Rock Slide, Crunch
-Earthquake and Gyro Ball are extremely high powered STAB. Rock Slide and Crunch are coverage. Through a glitch, you are able to obtain Pokemon that evolve by trade without needing to trade. An Onix can be obtained early on the game through trading, meaning you get the experience boost. It proves very helpful early on again the Falkner, Bugsy, and Whitney, resisting and being super-effective against their Pokemon. Its high defense allows it to wall Miltank. While Onix sucks later in the game, Steelix ends up proving very helpful with Steel and Ground typing and decent attack.

Machamp: Dynamicpunch/Rock Smash, Stone Edge, Strength, Rock Smash/Rock Climb
-As I said, trade glitch. You have a choice of either getting Machop before the 3rd Gym through a trade, helping out against Whitney and also getting that experience boost, or waiting till about the 4th Gym to get a Machop with No Guard. Dynamicpunch should only be used with No Guard, as otherwise it has too low accuracy to be of any use. If using a Guts Machamp, give it Rock Smash instead, an HM with high PP and a 50% chance of lowering the defense of the foe. Stone Edge is coverage and Strength is an HM. Rock Smash should be used along with Dynamicpunch to give a move with high PP. Rock Climb can be used on the Guts set to provide an HM.

Gengar: Shadow Ball, Sludge Bomb, Thunderbolt, Hypnosis
-Can be obtained through the trade glitch. It has excellent offenses, one of the best abilities in the game, and good ingame typing. Shadow Ball and Sludge Bomb are STAB while Thunderbolt is coverage (just be good at Voltorb flip). Hypnosis is for helping to catch wild Pokemon. You can get a Gastly before the 1st Gym, which is great for ingame.

Dragonite: Outrage, Flamethrower, Fly, Thunderpunch
-While obtainable late in the Johto part of the game and evolving at a very high level, it proves very helpful in the Kanto part of the game. Before getting it though, carry around a random Flying type to Fly for you. Outrage is 120 base power STAB off of 134 base attack. This KOs so many foes in the game. You can switch out Dragonite after the KO, so there is really no drawback to using this. Flamethrower and Thunderpunch are coverage. Fly is STAB that is one of the best HMs in the game.

Slowbro: Surf, Whirlpool, Psychic, Ice Beam
-Obtainable early in the game, Slowbro fills the role of your Water type. Surf is STAB and the most useful HM in the game. Whirlpool also is STAB, but is more of an HM. Psychic is STAB. Ice Beam is type coverage.

Answer 2

This is my team and it works very well (At least for me)=
Typhlosion=
Ability=Blaze
-Eruption=Good move when HP is full.
-Blast Burn/Fire Blast=A nice 150 BP but needs to rest after or Fire Blast still good BP of 120 but not very good accuracy
-Flamethrower=One of the best FIRE type moves
-Focus Blast=Coverage against Rock types.

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Crobat=
Ability=Inner Focus
-U-Turn=Good bug move and for a little bit of damage and then switch out.
-Fly=Very good for in-game and makes you able to Fly in any familiar town.
-Toxic=Bit of damage every turn
-Roost=More health.

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Exeguttor=
Ability=Chlorophyll
-Sleep Powder=Puts foe to sleep
-Sunny Day=Charges Solar Beam up and works well with ability
-Psychic=Good psychic type move
-Solar Beam=Good grass type move and has a very nice base power of 120.

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Lapras
Ability=Shell Armor/Water Absorb
-Hydro Pump=Good and strong water type move
-Surf=Good water type move and very handy in-game
-Ice Beam=Ice move
-Protect=No damage.

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Ampharos
Ability=Static
-Signal Beam=A very common move on Ampharos
-ThunderBolt=Elettric move with 95 BP and 100 accuracy
-Thunder Wave=Cripple some fast Pokemon
-Flash/Light Screen=Flash will come in handy in the game and is for cutting foes accuracy or Light Screen for making your team more resistant (In Special Defense) for 5 turns.

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Nidoking/Dragonite
This is your choice and which one you like the most.I really would go for Nidoking because you don't have enough elettric coverage but is still your choice.
Nidoking
Ability=Rivalry
-Earth Quake=Must have ground type move 100 BP and 100 Acc.
-Megahorn=Good for him and gives you coverage against grass types
-Stealth Rock=I Know what you are thinking but this could be very handy when beating
The Elite Four and Red.
-Poison Jab=For the poison type that he has.

Dragonite
Ability=Inner Focus
-Earthquake=Coverage against Ice and Rock.
-Roost= More health
-Outrage=Good dragon move but after use it makes you Confused
-Dragon Dance=Boosts Speed (+1) and Attack (+1).

Hope that this helps out.

Comments

For typhlosion, I'd dump blast-burn/fire blast and add solar beam. Giving exegutor heat rock would be great

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yep
that could work too
xD

Answer 3

Typhlosion, Steelix, Machamp, Gengar, Dragonite, Slowbro

Typhlosion: Flamethrower, Sunny Day, Solarbeam, Cut
-Poor ingame movepool unfortunately, forcing the use of Sunny Day+Solarbeam. Flamethriwer is STAB and is boosted by Sunny Day. Solarbeam loses the need to charge with Sunny Day and is excellent coverage. Cut is an HM, because of that poor movepool.

Steelix: Earthquake, Gyro Ball, Rock Slide, Crunch
-Earthquake and Gyro Ball are extremely high powered STAB. Rock Slide and Crunch are coverage. Through a glitch, you are able to obtain Pokemon that evolve by trade without needing to trade. An Onix can be obtained early on the game through trading, meaning you get the experience boost. It proves very helpful early on again the Falkner, Bugsy, and Whitney, resisting and being super-effective against their Pokemon. Its high defense allows it to wall Miltank. While Onix sucks later in the game, Steelix ends up proving very helpful with Steel and Ground typing and decent attack.

Machamp: Dynamicpunch/Rock Smash, Stone Edge, Strength, Rock Smash/Rock Climb
-As I said, trade glitch. You have a choice of either getting Machop before the 3rd Gym through a trade, helping out against Whitney and also getting that experience boost, or waiting till about the 4th Gym to get a Machop with No Guard. Dynamicpunch should only be used with No Guard, as otherwise it has too low accuracy to be of any use. If using a Guts Machamp, give it Rock Smash instead, an HM with high PP and a 50% chance of lowering the defense of the foe. Stone Edge is coverage and Strength is an HM. Rock Smash should be used along with Dynamicpunch to give a move with high PP. Rock Climb can be used on the Guts set to provide an HM.

Gengar: Shadow Ball, Sludge Bomb, Thunderbolt, Hypnosis
-Can be obtained through the trade glitch. It has excellent offenses, one of the best abilities in the game, and good ingame typing. Shadow Ball and Sludge Bomb are STAB while Thunderbolt is coverage (just be good at Voltorb flip). Hypnosis is for helping to catch wild Pokemon. You can get a Gastly before the 1st Gym, which is great for ingame.

Dragonite: Outrage, Flamethrower, Fly, Thunderpunch
-While obtainable late in the Johto part of the game and evolving at a very high level, it proves very helpful in the Kanto part of the game. Before getting it though, carry around a random Flying type to Fly for you. Outrage is 120 base power STAB off of 134 base attack. This KOs so many foes in the game. You can switch out Dragonite after the KO, so there is really no drawback to using this. Flamethrower and Thunderpunch are coverage. Fly is STAB that is one of the best HMs in the game.

Slowbro: Surf, Whirlpool, Psychic, Ice Beam
-Obtainable early in the game, Slowbro fills the role of your Water type. Surf is STAB and the most useful HM in the game. Whirlpool also is STAB, but is more of an HM. Psychic is STAB. Ice Beam is type coverage.

Comments

wouldn't Rock slide > stone edge be a better choice on Machamp? Since PP is a big factor In-game?

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Rock SLide is already being used on Steelix.

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hmm... alright.

Answer 4

Feraligatr, Steelix, Machamp, Gengar, Dragonite, Alakazam

Feraligatr: Surf, Waterfall, Ice Punch, Return/Cut
-Surf and Waterfall are HMs, both gaining STAB. Waterfall is going to be your main offensive option due to your higher attack stat though. Ice Punch is coverage. You can use Ice Fang until you get it though. Return is a high powered attack. However, you can use Cut if you need the HM.

Steelix: Earthquake, Gyro Ball, Rock Slide, Crunch
-Earthquake and Gyro Ball are extremely high powered STAB. Rock Slide and Crunch are coverage. Through a glitch, you are able to obtain Pokemon that evolve by trade without needing to trade. An Onix can be obtained early on the game through trading, meaning you get the experience boost. It proves very helpful early on again the Falkner, Bugsy, and Whitney, resisting and being super-effective against their Pokemon. Its high defense allows it to wall Miltank. While Onix sucks later in the game, Steelix ends up proving very helpful with Steel and Ground typing and decent attack.

Machamp: Dynamicpunch/Rock Smash, Stone Edge, Strength, Rock Smash/Rock Climb
-As I said, trade glitch. You have a choice of either getting Machop before the 3rd Gym through a trade, helping out against Whitney and also getting that experience boost, or waiting till about the 4th Gym to get a Machop with No Guard. Dynamicpunch should only be used with No Guard, as otherwise it has too low accuracy to be of any use. If using a Guts Machamp, give it Rock Smash instead, an HM with high PP and a 50% chance of lowering the defense of the foe. Stone Edge is coverage and Strength is an HM. Rock Smash should be used along with Dynamicpunch to give a move with high PP. Rock Climb can be used on the Guts set to provide an HM.

Gengar: Shadow Ball, Sludge Bomb, Thunderbolt, Hypnosis
-Can be obtained through the trade glitch. It has excellent offenses, one of the best abilities in the game, and good ingame typing. Shadow Ball and Sludge Bomb are STAB while Thunderbolt is coverage (just be good at Voltorb flip). Hypnosis is for helping to catch wild Pokemon. You can get a Gastly before the 1st Gym, which is great for ingame.

Dragonite: Outrage, Flamethrower, Fly, Thunderpunch
-While obtainable late in the Johto part of the game and evolving at a very high level, it proves very helpful in the Kanto part of the game. Before getting it though, carry around a random Flying type to Fly for you. Outrage is 120 base power STAB off of 134 base attack. This KOs so many foes in the game. You can switch out Dragonite after the KO, so there is really no drawback to using this. Flamethrower and Thunderpunch are coverage. Fly is STAB that is one of the best HMs in the game.

Alakazam: Psychic, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Charge Beam/Shock Wave
-Another Pokemon obtained through the trade glitch. And one with very high Special Attack and Speed. Between it and Gengar, your foe won't be able to take a Special hit, while Machamp and Dragonite use their incredible Attack to destroy any physical foe. Psychic is STAB. Shadow Ball and Energy Ball are coverage. Charge Beam can be used as coverage, having a good chance to raise SPecial Attack. However, battles do not really last long, so Shock Wave might be better than the 50, 90 Charge Beam, having higher power and never missing. The never missing is helpful when the foe starts to lower your accuracy or use evasion boosting moves.

Answer 5

Here are a preview of the team: Feraligatr, Furret, Crobat, Sunflora, Aggron, Arcanine/Ninetales.

Totodile(Water) Lv18 → Croconaw(Water) Lv30 → Feraligatr(Water)
Ability: Torrent
Moveset: [Surf][Waterfall][Earthquake][Ice Beam]

He will be your starter and the surfer of the team. Surf is the best Water-type move I think. Waterfall is HM. Earthquake to cover Electric-type weakness. Ice Beam to cover Grass-type weakness.

Sentret(Normal) Lv15 → Furret(Normal)
Ability: Run Away
Moveset: [Rock Smash][Whirlipool][Cut][Strength]

Nothing to say. He is only a slave.

Zubat(Poison/Flying) Lv22 → Golbat(Poison/Flying) Lv↑ with high friendship(220) → Crobat(Poison/Flying)
Ability: Inner Focus
Moveset: [Fly][Cross Poison][Steel Wing][Shadow Ball/U-turn]

He will be you flyer. Fly helps you to travel around Johto and Kanto(after NationalDex). Cross Poison gains STAB. Steel Wing is Rock- and Ice-type coverage. Shadow Ball or U-turn is Psychic-type coverage. It's your choice. He may help you A LOT because Aggron is really, really weak to Fighting-types and Ground-types. Fighting-types is 4x not very effective in Crobat and Ground-types don't affect the Crobat!

Sunkern(Grass) Sun Stone → Sunflora(Grass)
Ability: Chlorophyll
Moveset: [Sunny Day][Solar Beam][Earth Power][Hidden Power(Rock)/Return]

I like this Pokemon. Sunny Day may help you get a little of speed and attack normaly because she is really slower... Solar Beam + Sunny Day = Great Combo. Earth Power to get some Steel-, Fire- and Poison-types. Hidden Power(Rock) is to coverage Ice-, Fire-, Bug-, Flying-type weakness or Return if you can't get Hidden Power (Rock).

Aron(Steel/Rock) Lv32 → Lairon(Steel/Rock) Lv42 → Aggron(Steel/Rock)
Ability: Rock Head
Moveset: [Solar Beam][Rock Climb][Head Smash][Iron Tail]

Your rock climber. Solar Beam is for Ground- and Water-types. Try to get the rest of Sunny Day of Sunflora, Arcanine/Ninetales and k.o. in 1 turn. Rock Climb is HM. Head Smash gains STAB plus Rock Head protects him from being k.o.ed by recoil. Iron Tail gains STAB too. I would recomend use Zoom Lens as a item making Solar Beam 120% accuracy, Rock Climb 105% accuracy, Head Smash 100% accuracy and Iron Tail 95% accuracy that will help you so MUCH.

Growlithe(Fire) Fire Stone → Arcanine(Fire)
Ability: Flash Fire
Moveset: [Solar Beam][Fire Blast/Flare Blitz/Heat Wave/Flamethrower][Dragon Pulse][Sunny Day]

He is for HeartGold. Solar Beam is to coverage Water-, Ground- and Rock-type weakness. Fire Blast is a strong move but have low accuracy. Flare Blitz is other strong move but takes recoil. If you don't like recoils or missing you may put Heat Wave or Flamethrower that have more accuracy but with a bit lower power compared to Heat Wave. Dragon Pulse is to help attack the Dragon-types. Why need Dragon Pulse for Dragon-types? Is because Solar Beam and Flare Blitz or Heat Wave are not very effective on Dragon-types... Sunny Day is to support your Fire-type attack and to make Solar Beam in 1 turn.

Vulpix(Fire) Fire Stone → Ninetales(Fire)
Ability: Flash Fire
Moveset:[Solar Beam][Fire Blast/Flare Blitz/Heat Wave/Flamethrower][Extrasensory][Sunny Day]

She is for SoulSilver. Solar Beam is to coverage Water-, Ground- and Rock-type weakness. Fire Blast is a strong move but have low accuracy. Flare Blitz is other strong move but takes recoil. Heat Wave is other option if you don't like recoils and missing. Flamethrower will be other option. Have more accuracy than Heat Wave but have a bit lower power than Heat Wave. Extrasensory is much good because have base 80 power and with 30 pps! Sunny Day is for help the Solar Beam and the Fire Blast or Flare Blitz or Heat Wave or Flamethrower.

Need to say where are the Pokemon and when/where you can get the move/tm/hm? If need is just put a comment saying: "need" to I put here.

Comments

thanks!...
I guess ill just keep using iron tail untill I can get into the frontier building lol.

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er..... Is good change Sunflora to Ariados?

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Depends, what would you give it?

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Hm...
Poison Jab
Bug Bite
Dig
Sucker Punch

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That could work....
Except now what are you going to do vs Water types?

Answer 6

Typhlosion: Ability: Blaze Nature: Adamant/Jolly

.Eruption: Good move when Health full STAB

.Flamethrower: Epic move! STAB

ThunderPunch: Use for Water types.

Earthquake/Dig: Good move. Use for Rock Types.

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Tyrinatar: Ability: Sand Stream Nature: Adamant/Jolly

Rock Slide: STAB Good move. Hit mutliple targets.

Earthquake: One of the best moves ever.

Payback: STAB Use Curse for KOhit. Good move if its critical hit.

Curse: Use for Payback and others. Good move for Defense and Attack increasing.

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Dragonite: Ability: Inner Focus Nature: Adamant/Brave

Fire Punch: Use for Ice types.

Dragon Dance: STAB Use for increasing stats.

Outrage: STAB Great move to use. Use a Persim Berry to recover your confusion.

Dragon Rush: STAB Great move to use. Great move and use it to KOhit some Dragon types and use it also to switch the Pokemon.

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Gengar: Ability: Levitate Nature: Modest/Quiet

Hypnosis: Use it for Dream Eater

Dream Eater: Use Hypnosis to drain the foe's HP.

Shadow Ball: STAB Use it for Ghost types. Gengar has alot of SPAtk so it might KOHit.

Destiny Bond: STAB Since Gengar dies sometimes quick. Use it for the foe's Pokemon could die.

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Nidoking: Ability: Posion Point Nature: Adamant/Jolly

Earthquake: Ultimate attack. STAB

Posion Jab: STAB Great attack.

Megahorn: Ultimate attack also. Great pwning.

Thrash: Same as Megahorn and Earthquake. Could KOHit.

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Scizor: Ability: Swarm Nature: Adamant/Jolly

X-Scissor: STAB Use it for alot of enemies. For example Magikarp.

Bullet Punch: STAB Use it also for alot of enemies. It always go first and might KOHit.

Swords Dance: Increases Attack and use Bullet Punch and X-Scissor for KOHit also.

Iron Head: STAB I guess you could use it. Great attack.

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I hope this helps you.

Answer 7

For SoulSilver:
Meganium - Starter
Ability: Overgrowth

• Cut - Needed to make game simple
• Rock Slide - Helps against Flying, Ice, & Fire types
• Giga Drain - Strong and restores health, but obtained late in game
• Petal Dance - Powerful and learned early in game

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Ampharos
Ability: Static

• Power Gem - Type coverage, strong, accurate
• Signal Beam - Type coverage, strong, accurate
• Discharge - Gets STAB and has a 30% chance to paralyze
• Charge - Raises Special Defense and doubles Discharge

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Entei - Legendary, but can be obtained early in the game
Ability - Pressure

• Strength - Needed outside of battle, powerful type coverage
• Dig - Help against Rock types, powerful
• Fire Fang - Gets STAB and may cause flinching
• Flamethrower - Powerful, accurate, gets STAB

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Gyarados - Red Gyarados
Ability - Intimidate

• Waterfall - Gets STAB and is needed outside of battle, may cause flinching
• Ice Fang - Helps against Dragon types (Lance), may cause flinching
• Bite - Type coverage, may cause flinching
• Surf - Necessary move to complete the game

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Lugia - Legendary, but you're gonna catch it anyway, right?
Ability - Pressure

• Psychic - Gets STAB and is powerful
• Aeroblast - Signature move, powerful STAB
• Fly - Makes getting around easy, STAB
• Earthquake - Type coverage

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Snorlax - Does well against powerful Psychic teams
Ability - Thick Fat

• Rest - Restores health
• Sleep Talk - Moves during sleep
• Return - STAB, keep Snorlax walking with you and this move is powerful
• Giga Impact or Crunch - I prefer Giga Impact, but Crunch provides coverage

Thank you

Answer 8

Here is my suggestion:

Typhlosion
Ability: Blaze
-Eruption
-Flamethrower
-Extarsensory
-Hidden Power[Grass]
Eruption for power when life is full, Flamethrower for power when life is lower than half, Extrasensory is type coverage, and HP Grass is to cover weaknesses.

Dragnoite
Ability: Inner Focus
-Dragon Claw
-Earthquake
-Brick Break
-Aqua Tail
Dragon Claw is for Dragon types, and while Outrage is more powerful, I find Dragon Claw more reliable. Earthquake and Aqua Tail are for type coverage, and Brick Break covers Ice weakness.

Ampharos
Ability: Static
-Thunderbolt
-Signal Beam
-Power Gem
-Hyper Beam
T-bolt is coverage against Flying and Water types, Signal Beam is coverage against
Grass, Dark, and Psychic types, Power Gem is coverage against Fire, Ice, Flying, and Bug types, and Hyper Beam is just for the heck of it.

Togetic
Ability: Serene Grace
-Ancient Power
-Fly
-Wish
-Shadow Ball
Ancient Power takes advantage of his Ability, Fly so you can fly to other cities, Wish to regain health, and Shadow Ball takes advantage of his Ability and covers types

Poliwrath
Ability: Water Absorb
-Waterfall
-Earthquake
-Dynamic Punch
-Ice Punch
Waterfall helps cross waterfalls and is powerful, E-quake is for covering Electric weakness, Dynamic Punch is awesome, and Ice Punch covers Grass weakness

Umbreon
Ability: Synchronize
-Faint Attack
-Moonlight
-Last Resort
-Confuse Ray
Faint Attack is a good Dark move, Moonlight recovers healths, Confuse Ray confuses the target(duh), and Last Resort is kill after doing all moves

That is my input

Answer 9

SoulSilver Team:

Typhlosion Adamant/Jolly

Fire Punch : Gives high power and high accruary. STAB

ThunderPunch: Coverage for Water Types.

Shadow Claw: Cool move and decent power.

Quick Attack: Not very useful but good for KO Hiting 1 HP Pokemon.

Honchkrow Adamant/Jolly

Fly: Important but useful move. STAB

Night Slash: Gives good power. STAB

Wing Attack: Good move. STAB

Brave Bird: YSOSTRONG? ( Why so strong? ) STAB.

Tyranitar Adamant/Naive

Rock Slide: STAB Good move when flinched.

Earthquake: UMAD?

Payback: Good move because Tyranitar has low speed and gives more power when slow speed.

Curse: Raises Attack and Defense and gives a good power for Earthquake and Payback.

Swampert Adamant

Waterfall: STAB Gives it a good coverage for Fire types.

Ice Punch: Gives a good good coverage for Grass types.

Earthquake: STAB Best move EVER!

Hammer Arm: Great for Rock types.

Venusaur Modest/Adamant

Leaf Storm: STAB Good move. Hold a White Herb if you hate lowering stats.

Sludge Bomb: STAB Good move. I'll rather get Modest.

Anemsia: Good move for raising the SP.Def.

SolarBeam: STAB Good move. Or should I say GREAT move.

I'll do more later.

Answer 10

Typhlosion / Starmie / Tangrowth / Dragonite / Gengar / Mamoswine
Did my playtrough of SS with this team. And it works amazingly.

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Typhlosion

Ability: Blaze

• Flamethrower
• SmokeScreen/Mud Slap
• Strength
• Dig

Typhlosion has a horrible movepool unfortunately, though this set proves it's worth.

Flamethrower is STAB. Until you can have the tutor teach it Mud Slap, have it learn SmokeScreen. Sort of like a filler, but lowers the opponent's accuracy, which is great ingame. Strength is a HM necessary for completing numerous puzzles throughout the game. Dig allows you to escape from caves and whatnot, and is decent coverage.

Get Cyndaquil as your starter. Evolve it.

Starmie

Ability: Natural Cure

• Surf
• Psychic
• Thunderbolt
• Waterfall/Whirlpool/Ice Beam

A classic that I use whenever I get the chance.

Serves as your Surfer, which is necessary to cross water. Psychic and Surf are STAB, with the latter allowing you to cross water. Thunderbolt is coverage. The last slot is your choice of HMs, or Ice Beam, which provides wonderful coverage. It also possesses one of the best Abilities in the game; Natural Cure.

Find Staryu at Route 47. Use a Water Stone on it. Use another Pokemon to Surf until you find it.

Tangrowth

Ability: Leaf Guard

• Energy Ball
• Synthesis
• Growth
• Sludge Bomb

Another one of my favourites.

Energy Ball is STAB. Synthesis heals you, which can keep you from using too many Potions and such. Growth gives you a nice little boost to your Special Attack, allowing you to hit extremely hard. Cut is a useful HM. Tangrowth itself completes the Grass / Water / Fire synergy, which is very helpful ingame.

Find a Tangela on Routes 21, 28, and 44. Level it up with AntientPower learnt. You may also find it at Mt. Silver, but that is much later in the game.

Dragonite

Ability: Inner Focus

• Dragon Dance
• Dragon Claw/Outrage
• ExtremeSpeed
• Fly

Yes. It's a Dragon...

Dragon Dance is still a wonderful boosting move ingame, and means trouble to anything that doesn't resist your STAB moves. Dragon Claw and Outrage are a choice. Dragon Claw is solid damage, while Outrage does more but it's side effect isn't too appealing ingame, though it is a more viable option since you can switch when you beat a Pokemon ingame. ExtremeSpeed is exclusive to the Dratini received in Dragon's Den, and provides Dragonite with priority. Fly is one of the most helpful HMs in the game; and what's more is that Dragonite gains STAB from it.

Dratini can be found whilst Surfing in Dragon's Den. Evolve it. Though the gift Dratini from the same location gets the valuable ExtremeSpeed if the questionnaire is answered 100% correctly, so make sure you use that one.

Gengar

Ability: Levitate

• Confuse Ray
• Sludge Bomb
• Shadow Ball
• Rock Smash/Pain Split

A Pokemon available early in the game, and screws over Bugsy :D

Confuse Ray is my choice over the usual Hypnosis, due to it's accuracy. Confuses the opponent, very helpful. Sludge Bomb and Shadow Ball are STAB, and are a relatively obvious choice. Rock Smash is another HM, and fills for Gengar's lowly movepool. Pain Split may also be used, but it isn't nearly as effective as it is competitively ingame.

Capture a Gastly at Sprout Tower at Violet City and evolve it.

Mamoswine

Ability: Oblivious

• Ice Shard
• Ice Fang
• Earthquake
• Stone Edge

Amazing Pokemon. And screws Clair and other annoying Dragons.

Ice Shard is priority and one of the few decent Physical Ice moves around. Ice Fang isn't really preferred, but it's improvable power is made up for somewhat by it's chance to freeze. STAB. Earthquake is more STAB. Stone Edge is coverage.

Find a Swinub at Ice Path, just before you fight Clair in Blackthorn City. Evolve it.

Answer 11

my team is this, and i'm really succsesful, so it's probably good.
typhlosion:
eruption
focus blast
flamethrower
cut

ampharos:
rock climb
thunder
power gem
flash

quagsire:
surf
whirlpool
waterfall
earthquake

ho-oh:
fly
rock smash
sacred fire
recover

lugia:
fly
areoblast
dragon pulse
recover

metagross:
earthquake
strength
take down
hammer arm