Pokemon Platinum:

[cobraSting]

I have played through Pokemon Platinum (fun game btw) a few times now, and I have found myself sticking to identical strategies in the playthrough. I want to know if the community here has any suggestions to assemble a good all around team of 6 pokemon that fit these criterion:
1) Must be available before 1st Elite 4 victory
2) Do not need to be traded (either for access or evolution) or breeding to reach evolution (i.e. Mamoswine) or access to Underground
3) Are not the following: Gyarados, Kadabra, Chimchar-line, Bronzong, Starly-line, Magnemite-line, Togepi-line; I have consistently used these almost every time
4) I would rather not use these unless they work with a totally unique team: Gible-line, Riolu-line

Thanks, and I look forward to new and interesting ideas.

[FGDireito]

well i beat my Platinum with:
Torterra lv53 razorleaf gigadrain earthquake crunch
Staraptor lv49 fly bravebird takedown closecombat
Luxray Lv51 thundefang thunder strength crunch
Floatzel Lv51 surf waterfall razorwind crunch
Rapidash Lv53 flamethrower fireblast takedown bounce
Garchomp LV51 dragonclaw dracometeor dig crunch



now my team is:
Torterra Lv100 earthquake crunch woodhamer gigadrain
Blastoise Lv100 surf hydropump icebeam skullbash
Arcanine Lv100 heatwave flareblitz extremespeed crunch
Tyranitar Lv100 crunch stoneedge eathequake hyperbeam
Salamence Lv100 dragonpulse fly dracometeor zenheadbutt
Giratina Lv100 dragonclaw aurasphere earthpower shadowforce

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[Rashid]

Magikarp
Magikarp
Magikarp
Magikarp
Magikarp
And my wild-card.. Feebas

[cobraSting]

Edit: No trolls please.

@shadow thanks for the input.

Keep them coming pl0x.

[Luis]

Rampardos: Zen Headbutt, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Iron Tail
Garchomp: Stone Edge, Dragon Rush, Giga Impact, Earthquake
Salamence: Fly, Ice Beam, Flame Thrower, Earthquake
Crobat: Fly, Sludge Bomb, Poison Fang, Shadow Ball
Floatzel: Dragon Claw, Shadow Claw, Iron Tail, Waterfall
Claydol: Ice Beam, Thunder Bolt, Psychic, Earth Power

Online Team:

Won't tell you exactly (just incase)

Mewtwo
Deoxys
Rampardos
Garchomp
Kyogre
Infernape

And a whole lot more >:)

PM me if anyone wants a challenge.

[Pinko]

Rampardos: Zen Headbutt, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Iron Tail
Garchomp: Stone Edge, Dragon Rush, Giga Impact, Earthquake
Salamence: Fly, Ice Beam, Flame Thrower, Earthquake
Crobat: Fly, Sludge Bomb, Poison Fang, Shadow Ball
Floatzel: Dragon Claw, Shadow Claw, Iron Tail, Waterfall
Claydol: Ice Beam, Thunder Bolt, Psychic, Earth Power

Online Team:

Won't tell you exactly (just incase)

Mewtwo
Deoxys
Rampardos
Garchomp
Kyogre
Infernape

And a whole lot more >:)

PM me if anyone wants a challenge.

Luckily, about your online team, OPs can't play in Ladder matches, and 50% of your team are labelled as OP while Infernape and Rampardos are UU, so your only OU is Garchomp.:P

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I want to get off Mr. Igiss' wild ride.

[cobraSting]

GENTLEMEN:

Infernape
Crobat
Luxray
Drapion
Mamoswine
Floatzel

[Pinko]

GENTLEMEN:

Infernape
Crobat
Luxray
Drapion
Mamoswine
Floatzel

Why no one ever does Bug-types only teams?

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I want to get off Mr. Igiss' wild ride.

[Disparagess]

You don't need anything to beat the elite 4, really. I mean, no strategy. All you need is a powerful sweeper team and they will all be dead in no time.

Any pokemon party with a decent type coverage and attacks should get through it easily.

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[cobraSting]

Aw but half the fun is pretending that you are a covert ops agent about to destabilize a crime syndicate:Dyou've got to have some strategy there:D