Switch out my Pokemon on Pokemon Black 2?

Question

I'm midway through the game and I want to change my team a bit.
It's not that good since I have no water type for surf.
I just got a spheal, since I am going for a walrein.

My team is -
Zoroark
Arcanine
Eelektross
Lucario
Drapion
Flygon

I want to keep Eelektross, Arcanine and Flygon preferably, but I am thinking of switching the others out for one of these:

Walrein
Lopunny(gonna tm it a lot)
Absol

If you have any suggestions please tell me

My team is all around lvl. 40. Add or remove a few.

Answer 1

If I were to replace any of them, I would say Drapion.

We all love Drapion, and it's somewhat heartbreaking for me to say this, but he isn't doing much. Zoroark has the dark side covered, and Poison type moves are really not useful in BW2. From my experience with the game, I would say Drapion is good for a buffer Pokemon (as in when you just want a sixth Pokemon to complete an already set team), but if there is a better alternative, take it.

Also, Walrein is really good in Skyla's gym and in due course, Drayden's gym. Not that your team really needs Walrein to deal with them, but it's good to have back up.

Hope I helped!

Comments

Thanks , do you have any suggestions for an Hm slave?
Would starmie be better than walrein, or absol better than zoroark?

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In BW2, I never felt any strong urge for an HM slave, since my team mostly carries HMs around. On rare occasions I've used Golduck as it gets Strength/Rock Smash/Waterfall/Surf/Dive/Flash/Dig.

Starmie is definitely a better choice than Walrein and if you can get one, by all means go ahead. And Zoroark, in my opinion is better on this team than Absol since your team has a fair amount of physical attackers, and AIs often mistake Zoroark for a different pokemon. Also since it has N's OT, it gains boosted experience.

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Ok, thanks a lot,
I caught a staryu lvl 40 just right now, so ill evolve it.

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Do you have any suggestions for moves on my team because they are not very good right now

Right now, they are-
Zoroark lvl 42
Fury Swipes(xD), Faint attack, Foul play, Night slash
Arcanine lvl 40
Fire blast, Extreme speed, Fire Fang, Reversal(How do you get Wild charge on Arcanine?)
Staryu lvl 40
Gyro ball, Light Screen, Surf, Reflect type
Flygon lvl 46
Fly, Rock Slide, Dragon Tail, Earth Power
Elektross lvl 41
Tackle, Thunder Wave. Thunder, Crunch
Lucario lvl 41
Force Palm, Bone Rush, shadow claw, counter

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You should get by with those moves fairly easily (other than Staryu...). I guess I could make a few corrections though:

Zoroark- Give it Cut over Fury Swipes (lol). Also try getting U-turn on it, possibly over Foul Play. You can get it through move reminder by trading her a heart scale. Lastly when you get it's TM, put Flamethrower on it.

Arcanine- Good to go. Wild Charge can only be taught through TM, which can be found at Victory Road.

Staryu- I'm assuming you're gonna change that xD

Flygon- Good to go, replace Dragon Tail with Dragon Claw when you get it the chance.

Eelektross: Shame that you missed out Thunderbolt but oh well. Strength/Return over Tackle for days.

Lucario: Good to go, it really doesn't need more than a fighting move

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Starmie-
surf, recover, Blizzard, confuse ray

I have never trained a starmie so i don't really know what moves  to use for it. Which ability is better illuminate or natural cure? Im
guessing natural cure. Starmie or Jellicent

Does Flygon learn dragon claw naturally?

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Starmie is better, just put Ice Beam over Blizzard. And yeah, Flygon does get Dragon Claw naturally, but only when it's level 55.

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Thanks so much for your help,

I appreciate it

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No problem :)