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Of all Pokémon I favour Electric and Bug types, leaving my favourites as Lanturn and Yanmega.

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Before gen IV I did not think much about how I played the game, usually training one Pokémon alone and struggling a lot when I got to the Elite 4. Since Pokémon Diamond I have started thinking about moves, stats  and abilities as well as training a full team of six going by a principle that if the highest levelled Pokémon is over 4 levels higher than my lowest levelled Pokémon, that Pokémon is battling too much. Over the course of gen IV I adapted to these principles much better and by HeartGold have my best team ever.

When building a team I usually follow the same pattern {{Ash}} uses, a {{type|Grass}}, a {{type|Water}}, a {{type|Fire}}, a {{type|Flying}}, a Pokémon that can at least use an {{type|Electric}} move and a wild card. I favour fast Pokémon overall so you'd rarely see a Pokémon with base speed less than 70 on my team, that Pokémon must also have at least 90 base attack or special attack, I don't care for defence. Finally, that Pokémon must have a base stat total of at least 470. Legendary Pokémon since my Platinum version have been banded from my in-game teams. 9 times out of 10 a Pokémon on my team will know a STAB move for each of its types that are well balanced between Power and Accuracy, staying well clear of negative effects that for example {{m|Overheat}}, {{m|Hyper Beam}} and {{m|Volt Tackle}} have. My favourite moves to have on my team are those that cause Status ailments instantly; {{m|Hypnosis}} for sleep, {{m|Thunder Wave}} for paralysis, {{m|Will-O-Wisp}} for burn, {{m|Confuse Ray}} for confusion and {{m|Toxic}} for bad poison.

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