Dartu-san

Well on a team full of fast mons I think it could fit well. Also give that robot an assault vest and full special attack and hp investment (or split it a bit with speed) and you are looking at a pretty solid fighter right there.

I wouldn't be surprised if Blastoise had a fast move like spinning on its shell though. Also his burst mode with the mega evolution could give him extra range and damage on his hydro pump/water pulse or whatever ranged attacks.

Raichu is definitely the weakest member of the squad and those are some good suggestions. There's always Magnezone aswell which can be offensively while still retaining tankiness due to it's great typing. I'm also a fan of Heliolisk since it can get some pretty good moves and has a Water immunity aswell.

Hmm yeh I agree with that. Even offensive teams need a little bit of utility and a scout with a good typing like Crobat would be of more use for the team.

Both those 'birdies' are really strong indeed. Looking at your team and based on what the ladies have said I too agree that you should add a steel type on there and well since your team is indeed an all-out offensive Staraptor and Excadrill definitely fit that archetype better. Crobat is still a good option though since it does also have decent offensive presence.

Alright so in order to get them in the main games you have two options. Ever since Sun and Moon it has been a lot easier for lazy people (such as myself). The original way to get them is to have your pokémon fight only against Pokémon that give out evs (which stand for effort values) of a specific stat you want. For instance if you want to train an offensive Pokémon like Greninja for example you'll have to make him defeat pokémon that give speed evs and others that give the specific attacking stat you want (physical or special). The other, much easier way is to use the Poké Pelago Island feature. As for stuff to use online you can use the tiers in smogon to get a general idea of which mons are considered 'top tier'. You should always try to go for a balanced team if you are starting out like having 3 physical oriented Pokémon and 3 special attackers.

I only started actively breeding for competitive purposes in Sun and Moon myself but I've been battling competitive for a few years now by using Pokémon Showdown Online. It's a great tool to learn. You should also check the Smogon University site since it has nifty information like 'sets' for each Pokémon and tips on how to use them. If you have any specific questions I could also try and answer them for you Anyway here are the sites I mentioned: http://www.smogon.com/ https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/

Indeed you can clearly see what I'm going for with it at this point, but I'll try to came up with something interesting as the story goes.

Well I'll keep switching things up for sure, diversity is what makes the Normal type fun in the first place, but there will be a main squad at some point. Expect Zetsubear and Staravia/Staraptor in ever major battle though since they are the team's mascots.

Hmm I'll keep that in mind. It is a 'simple' strategy, and that just makes it better for roleplay purposes.

Chapter I.5: Battle for the Volt Badge - The Bombastic First Gym After leaving the factory the group took a moment to breathe. Julia's unhealthy love for explosions proved itself to be both useful and dangerous as one might expect but it got the job done. With that Fern remarked: "Well I've got stuff to do and places to go unlike Stanley who keeps dawdling, see you loser!" As he left Stanley sighted and then looed at Julia and Florinia and asked: "Can we all agree on how much better Fern would be if he couldn't talk?" - "Yes" they both replied. Florinia then talked about the existence of field effects and installed a useful app on Stanley's Pokegear. It came with data on Julia's gym field which made her say: "Oi! Rini that's not fair, are you trying to give him and advantage?" - Instead of answering directly she merely stated ho she needed to get back to Obsidia to deal with the issue at hand an then left. Sad with the emotional unresponsiveness of her best friend Julia looked down steadily and said: "I wish she would talk to me more you know. I know Fern is a jerk for saying it but she really does act like a robot sometimes. I only want my friend to be herself again..." Stanley puts his hand on her should and she sighs but suddenly she jumps and the air and says: "Buuuuuuuuuut I won't let this take me down. I need some coffe though... anyways come by my gym when you are ready and then we can battle! Thanks for you help Stanley byeeeeeeee~" With this our hero went backk to the Pokémon Center and made a few substitutions to his team. He took a moment to proudly look at how many Normal Type Pokémon he had already: He then proceeded to the next destination, the Neo-Circuit Power Plant, Aka the first gym. Once inside he found a telecommunicator wwhich he accessed out of curiosity, and from the other side he heard none other than Ame's voice: "Stanley! Glad to see you are making some progress already. I hope you are prepared for your first gym battle in Reborn. It certainly will be a challenge". She then gave Stanley some advice regarding Julia's field and fighting style, something which she mentioned she'd keep doing for the next gyms. She also said: " Well good luck. I heard from your school's principal that people around there started calling you the 'Ultimate Lucky Student', let's see if you live up to it uh ahah". And with that she hang up. Stanley thought to himself: "Right, I'd rather not have that as my trainer title but since I'm just starting out I guess I'll need a little bit of luck indeed. I hope I do well". Afterwards he challenged the trainers around the gym for some extra last minute experience and proceeded to solve the 'puzzle'. After blowing up 4 gates with help of the local Voltorb and a trip back to the Pokémon Center our hero stood in front of the door that led to the gym leader's room. He browsed at his team and though: "Right, let's do this guys!" He walked in and at the back there she was, the shockingly explosion lover cheerleader herself, Julia. They changed a few words, with her mentioning a little bit more of her background and how she as the Cheer Captain at the Onyx Trainer School in the Obsidia ward. With the pleasantries out of the way it was time. She gave Stanley a playful look and suddenly her expression changed and her eyes, they were filled with... DETERMINATION: She leads with her Minun, which was frankly the least threatning member of her team but could still pack a punch with electric terrain boosted charge beam. After that was taken care of Voltorb came out. The classic little boomie was ready to blow up on its mistress's command, and blow up it did. Then came one of the big boys, her shiny Alolan Geodude. Let me tell why this thing is a pain. Galvanize + Electric Terrain boosted Tackles and Self-Destruct that's why! It also doesn't help that it's part Rock Type and that Stanley only uses Normal types eh. Anyway the only thing I could due to safely check it was send in Zetsubear ho hit with an Ice Punch (dealing about 45% of its health in damage) and then switch out to Zigzagoon (the weakest Pokémon of the team) in order for it to get taken down together with Geodude's suicide attack. With 3 of them out Julia sends in her Plusle (just to keep you thinking positive ^-^) which hits harder than Minun but also takes more damage from attacks, still it was dealt with with relative ease. Her penultimate mon shows itself. The most perfect Pokémon to go with Julia design wise - Oricorio Pom-Pom Style. This thing's Air Cutter dealt significant damage to any Pokémon in the team, however it lacked electric type moves so the best matchup was Staravia who's Double Edge and Quick Attack combo took it down. Now the problem with this battle is having your team healthy enough to take on her Ace, Daddy Electrode. And even after a couple tries it was indeed Stanley's 'talent' that allowed him to win, his luck. After Zetsubear held it's own for a while against Electrode (even freezing it once with Ice Punch, which turned out to be useful cause it defrosted right away) thisbear fell and the task of beating the Big Ball was left to the only non fainted member of the party: Linccina the Minccino (who was without a doubt the mvp of this fight, taking down almost half of Julia's team (with some help from the others of course). In the end after an intense duel, Julia (even though clearly a woman) lost in a rather ironic way - A slap in the balls. Stanley did gasp a couple times during the clutch situations he went through during this match but in the end his luck brought him victory. With that Julia congratulated our hero and gave him his Volt badge and the TM56 - Charge Beam. She then proceeded to go for a 'power nap' and Stanley though: "Hey I don't blame her. After all, what a day this was." He then walked to the gym's entrance and left. Victoria was just outside (almost lookked like she was waiting for him really). When she noticed him she waved and said "Hey Stanley! So did you just have your gym battle? You won right? I knew you would. I was planning to go challenge Julia myself now but the situation in Obsidia has gotten worse, so I need to go there and see if there is anyway I can help. Anyway I've got to run. See you later Stanley". - "Hm bye". He couldn't even properly awnser her but that was alright. He had started admiring Victoria for how she would constantly think of others before herself. She was so thoughtful and kind to everyone she met. He then scratched his head and started thinking of what she said and thought: "Trouble in the Obsidia Ward hm? Well I think I had heard something about it on the news today. It was something regarding plants attacking the buildings or something...Gah I guess I should go check it out aswell". *Sigh* "All I wanted was a Normal day". And there you have it folks! With the Volt Badge in his grasp Stanley and his team went back to the Pokémon Center for a well deserved rest and to prepare for the journey back to the Opal Bridge in order to access the Obsidia Ward which housed not only more desp... destruction, but also his next adventure. Stay tuned for the next Chapter. See you!

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen to this Normal Monotype Run. Last time our main character was introduced, along with the two partners that will join him in his adventures in the Reborn region. Without further ado I present to you the next chapter of Stanley's tale. Chapter I: A Life-or-Death trip – The End of Normality From his seat, Stanley looked around. The other 5 aspiring trainers he had met at the station were all siting in the same carriage as him. A few moments later a beautiful woman came through the door. She had long white hair and a distinct look about her. She then sat in front of one of the others and proceeded to introduce herself and ask him a few questions. Since Stanley was sitting at the back it took a while before it was his time to chat. While waiting, he brought his Starly out of its Pokéball to keep him company as he looked through the window. The Pokémon quickly jumped to his shoulder and sat there, as he usually did whenever the two were together. Outside stood a large desert that streched farther than Stanley's eyes could reach. It was an almost desolated landscape coated by yellow sand and rocky formations that sprung from it. A few palm trees were also visible here and there, some of which were walking around! They were Exeggutor. These long necked plants (who were strangely enough also known as dragons) kept moving about, their large feet stomping the sand as they walked. He even saw a Flygon in the sky circling the area, which somehow made him feel nostalgic. And then he saw it. Sitting atop a cliff there it was...an Absol. Their eyes met for a moment as the train quickly passed through the area. Absol's intense look made him feel uneasy, as if something wasn't right. He turned to Starly, who had a frightened look on its face and said: "Calm down buddy. I know we are traveling through strange lands but I'm sure we'll meet some nice people when we get there". After that the white haired beauty finnaly aproached him and sat down on the opposite side of the table he was at. She crossed her legs and extended her arm in his direction: "Hi. My name is Ame. I'm one of the officials of the Reborn League. So, what's your name?" He took out his shades and shook her hand, replying: "Stanley. I came here to try and get stronger as a Normal Type trainer. This little one here on my shoulder is Starly, he's been with me ever since he's hatched. Nice to meet you". "I see." said Ame. "Well I suppose you don't want to choose another Starter Pokémon when we get there then, since none of them have that type. Nonetheless I'll take care of your registration and get you started on your League challenge... you see Reborn is kinda of in a bad state right now. A lot has been going on lately and many catastrophes have been ravaging the region. There are many people who have left and even the Pokémon population has dwindled significantly. Anyway I wish you good luck and I... wait, Stanley do you hear something?" Suddenly the Pokéball on his waist started shaking erratically and Stufful came out of it by itself. It looked around for a moment and then it started doing a strange sound: "Pupupu... zetsu pupupu" Just then Stanley felt a presence right behind his back. Ame had a shocked expression on her face. Stanley asked: "Stufful, did you just... laugh?" He then felt a chill and looked over his shoulder. A tall black figure with bright red eyes was there, a few centimeters behind him, looking at him. Then it looked at Stufful, and when gazes met and they procceded to grin at each other with the mysterious figure then vanishing in thin air. Ame said: "Something's wrong, the train should be decelerating right now, and... it suddenly feels hot in here. Oh no! Stanley, jump!" She ran in his direction grabbed his arm and they both jumped through the window. For a while all Stanley saw was darkness. It was as if he was deep into a void, unable to find his way out. Then he heard a voice. First it was only a distant sound, but it kept getting closer and clearer. It was calling his name. He also felt a slight peck on his arm and suddenly he opened his eyes and looked around. Starly was standing next to him with a concerned look. Ame too was close, crouching next him with a similar look on her face: "Thank god! You are awake! Are you feeling alright, did you hurt anything?" Stanley answered "Yeah, I feel pretty beat but I didn't break anything. Hey what about Stufful? And the others?" Ame sighted and sadly looked at him and said: "I'm afraid e were the only ones who made it. No one else seems to have been able to leave the train in time... as for your Stufful, it's strange. It looked like as if he knew something bad was going to happen. Before I reached for your arm he jumped and Tackled the window right next to you, breaking it, and then quickly rushed for your Pokéball. After that well... you know the rest." Stanley gasped "So they all... died. It can't be why did this happen?! Why must we feel this anguish this des... no I have to stay calm. Ame, what now?" - "Don't worry, I'll get to the bottom of this. Seems like it wasn't a coincidence, someone must have planned this attack. I did hear an explosion right after we jumped after all." As she said this a loud voice echoed: "Did someone said EXPLOOOOOSION~?" A green haired lady in yellow clothes skipped around in our direction with a jolly expression in her face. "Julia! Did you do this? Are you aware of what you just caused?" Said Ame. "Hmm but it wasn't me I swearies! I was just drinking some coffe back at the gym when I heard a big BOOM, so naturally I came running as fast as I could cause you know, no one blows stuff up without me around~". They both kept talking for a bit and Stanley looked at his Starly who was really scared by the wwhole turn of events. He called him back to its Pokéball and then said: "So Ame, what should I do now? She turned to him and said "Oh sorry about that Stanley. This here is Julia. I'll head back into the Grand Hall so we can take care of your registration. Meet me there alright? Just keep heading east until you reach the big round building, you can't miss it. Well then be seeing you Julia, try to not cause much trouble alright?" "Oooookay" she answered. With that our hero introduced himself to the explosion loving girl. Shen then replied "Hmhm alright. Well then I'll be seeing you very soon then. If you are taking on the Reborn gym challenge you most likely be coming to my gym here in Peridot for your first badge. Me and my boomies will be waiting for you! Now go, run like a Jolteon and get to the Grand Hall. Buh byeeee~" She did a cute cheerleader pose and then left. Even though he couldn't stop thinking about how he couldn't actually meet the other trainers whose lives were cut short by the incident Stanley decided to head for his next destination, hopefully with a much more normal arrival than his last. He spoke to the few people he found on the streets on his way there and quickly came to realize how much sadness truly was being felt by those folks. Some even lost family, friends or other loved ones to that damn explosion. Besides the completely unrecognizable Peridot Train Station, he also noticed how badly the other buildings were looking. The police was blocking the access to the lower part of the ard which also upset some people who couldn't return home for the time being. When he reached the Grand Hall there was a robed kind looking girl standing at the entrance. She noticed him and said "Oh hi there! You're also here to register for the League right? Ame just passed by me and mentioned you were coming so I stayed here to introduce myself. My name is Victoria, it is really nice to meet you". He shook her hand and answered "The name's Stanley and likewise. So we should go take care of those papers right? Let us walk together then". They both entered the Hall and walked to its back where Ame was waiting behind a counter. "Ah there you are" she said. "So Victoria you said you'd like to receive a Starter Pokémon is that right?" - "Yes Ame, Kiki said it would be good for my training if I started anew with a another partner." - "Well while they are usually only meant to be given to new aspiring trainers in the region I think I can make an exception for Kiki this time". - "Thank you very much!" Victoria replied. - "Well then since you already have a Starter of your own would you mind waiting a bit while I go with Victoria Stanley?" - "Sure Ame, that's fine. Have fun Victoria". - They both climbed the stairs to the second floor. While waiting for them to return Stanley noticed that a funny looky guy (?) with purple hair was looking at him and so he aproached him and asked: "You need something mate?" - "Oh! Sorry I was staring wasn't I eheh. Name's Cain. I couldn't help it but hear that you are a new trainer who's taking the league challenge. I too am starting over for some personal reasons so I was wondering if you'd mind giving me and my buddy a little bit of exercise." - "A battle eh? Well sounds good to me. Bring it on Cain!" And here we go, the first battle of our run: After the battle Cain exclaimed: "Stanley was it, well damn! Not only are you cute, you are also a pretty good battler~" - "Thanks. Seems like both our Pokémon need a little rest eh?" - "Indeed. Follow me, the Pokémon Center is right down here". The both changed a few more words after healing their partners when Ame and Victoria came back: "Oh hi Ame I was looking for you". - "Ah Cain, I forgot you were coming by today. You also want to register for the league challenge right? Follow me". - "With pleasure master~. - "Hm right". said Ame while rolling her eyes. As they both left Victoria asked: "Hey Stanley I know Cain probably just grabbed you for a battle, but would you mind being my opponent aswell? I'd like to see how the little guy does". - "Sure, I'm up for one more let's go." Battle number two begins: With that out of the way they both went back to Ame who does her job like a goddess and had already registered the three of them. Cain leaves and winks at Stanley who just goes "Dude, come on...". Ame then gets the formalities out of the way by giving Stanley and Victoria the standard (that's a good word) trainer gear. She adds: "We've found out who the culprit of the bombing was and it turns out he wasn't working alone. I'll get back to the questioning to see hat we can get from him. Good luck you too, be seeing you". Before leaving Victoria gave a few Pokéballs to Stanley and said: "I'm sure you've already heard but with all the disasters that have happened it's difficult to get more Pokémon through normal means. They are still around though, you just need to look in the right places. I'm leaving for the Azurine region south of here to talk with my Sensei Kiki. Feel free to drop by when you can, I'm sure everyone will enjoy getting to know you. "Thanks Victoria, see you soon". After that Stanley took his time to talk with everyone in the Grand Hall in order to get a few more leads and get to know what the people there were up to. In the process he got scammed by a pair of scrubs when he just wanted to buy a damn Magikarp. He left the Hall and started going around the grass to see what he could find. He did not leave that spot until he had caught EVERY Normal type Pokémon available there (These included: Pidgey, Rattata, Meowth, Hoothoot, Bidoof and Patrat). Happy with his progress he left the area and though: "Well from what I've heard there are other ways for me to spice up my roster around here. Time to look for some events happening around here". And so he did. Battling every trainer he could find he searched the Opal Bridge first, ending up finding some thugs bullying a Zigzagoon: "Not on my watch you pricks!" After saving it, the Pokémon was thankful and seemer eager to go with Stanley, and he gladly accepted it into the squad: By this point, with all the battles he had our hero started noticing some more weird things about the Stufful he got from that strange woman back in his region. That encounter by chance which felt like destiny in a sense was what brought these two together: A trainer with high hopes for his future and thisbear. The weird black and white bear cub who had aparently laughed moments before the tragic life-or-death situation at the train was revealing itself to have a twisted personality indeed. Stanley observed concerned how the Pokémon fought so violently against its opponents, mercilessly beating them to a pulp and grinning at the sadness of their trainers faces all the while laughing in that strange manner. Stanley had heard before how most Pokémon emitted sounds similar to what they endedp up being named, but this Pokémon, a Stufful said no such syllabes as 'stuf' or 'ful'. All he ever muttered aside from those strange laughs were the occasional 'zetsu' which Stanley felt as if he had heard it before but he wasn't sure. After being done with the Opal Bridge he proceeded to the lower part of the Peridot Ward which was not being blocked by the Police officers anymore. There he fought a whole bunch of trainers in every part of the ward and found two other Normal type Pokémon in different conditions: A lone Whishmur who was inside an empty house close to the train station, whom he had to fight in order to capture it, and a Minccino which was scared by itself in another house which was being blocked at first by a hobbo who was asking for money (I sure hope the guy didn't to anything to it O_O). Before he went further north of the Peridot ward he stopped by the Name's Rater House and decided to nickname his Stufful since it mostly didn't react to its species given name anyway. Based on what he was constantly hearing Stanley decided to give it a new name - 'Zetsubear'. This seemed to please the little guy who kept grinning in a creepy manner. He also visited Julia's Gym in Lower Peridot, but it's door was locked and in it as a letter addressed to her which mentioned a rendezvous at a nearby Factory. With that lead he kept heading to northern part of the Peridot Ward beating every trainer he could find (and taking their lunch money). He came across another Pokémon that caught his interest: A black Teddiursa that kept roaming the streets. Stanley thaught to himself: "Damn what's up with all these weird bears I keep meeting, please let this one have a more bearable personality". It showed itself to be a little bit michievous aswell as it wanted to play Hide-and-seek all around the Peridot Ward, with Stanley chasing after it everytime it ran away. Eventually he manage to corner it near the ruins of the train station and after a battle he managed to catch it. He also came across the goons that had escaped with the Pokémon he was promised back at the Grand Hall. As expected the salesman and the thug were in cahoots and then proceeded (after receiving an extra 500 cash that Stanley unwillingly gave them) to challenge him to a double battle. This proved to be a big mistake because aside from all the chaos and destruction, Zetsubear also seemed to enjoy money quite a lot so it proceeded to trash the hell out of those two's Pokémon. They ran off having mentioned that one of them got ripped off for real by a kid who ran to the Obsidia Ward (this is gonna be one hell of a journey to get a stupid fish ins't it?). Before heading to one of the factories which was located at the far west of the northern part of the ward he met a woman who was worried that her Igglibuff would get stolen by a couple of ruffians who were near the area. She asked him to leave and he did, but still he couldn't help but try and search for the criminals she mentioned. He found two mysterious strangers in an abandoned house near one of the alleys and overheard theirs plans to steal a Pokémon off from a lady nearby. When they noticed Stanley's presence they warned him to stay out of their business and vanished. Having learned beforehand what their target was he followed them to the woman's house and proceeded to beat them in a double battle (while they did not blast off again or had a Meowth or Wobbufet to help them in their antics, they had a motto of their own which would make good 'ol Team Rocket proud). Aparenlty grunts of the shady Team Meteor, still relatively unknown villains of the Reborn region, the two then left understandably upset at their defeat. Thankful but still worried the lady asked her young savior if he could take Igglibuff along with him and protect it from further harm. Stanley accepted this request and left. When he reached the entrance of the factory he had the displeasure to meet a certain green haired gentleman who was rambling about not being told which factory to meet at. Noticing Stanley behind him he introduced himself and not much after challenged our protagonist to a battle: With the 'sasshole' beaten (and mad) we came to the conclusion (already had but whatever) that this was not the factory mentioned in the letter, so Stanley went back to the Gym. Julia came out of the front door and after briefly explaining the situation she invited our hero to help her and her friends raid Mosswater Factory which was located near the train tracks and was aparently where this so called Team Meteor had made their base. I followed her to said place and after she bombastically got us a way in her friends joined us, one of which was Fern (goddamit). When then entered the factory, ready to show those dingus not to mess with this city. Once inside our party bisected to cover both sides of the factory, with Julia pairing with her other friend, Fern's sister, Florinia (whom she affectionately calls Rini) and me getting stuck with Smug Leaf. We ventured deeper into the factory meeting many Meteor Grunts throught the way. After defeating the first couple grunts our partner Starly evolved! Most grunts didn't pose a treat at first but then they started using a few decent Rock and Steel Type Pokémon which at this point in time made Stanley's life a lot less easier. The biggest threat they faced were the grunts that had Minior and Crabrawler (also because Fern wasted 3 turns in a row trying to paralyze the crab while he laid waste to my team with Rock Smash). Once we reached the main area of the factory Julia asked us to aquire some boomies for her and after that was done we (didn't) burst into the room where the big baddies were waiting for us. This very serious (^_^) man which acted like their admin ordered a pair of grunts who had more authority than the others so far, their names Aster and Eclipse, to deal ith me and Fern while he himself dealt with the gym leaders. Zetsubear was able to tank everything the Rock doggos threw at it and in return brutally swing himself across the battlefield, hurting every pokémon, even Fern's (Yes!) and winning the battle. The ??? man was disappointed by how quickly his 'special' grunts failed to stop us and admited that fighting 4 trainers with a Seviper was probably not a good idea. With that they smokescreened the hell out of the place. Julia, in order to satisfy her explosive needs then proceeded to wire the control room of the factory (Which we were in mind you!) and went with her signature "Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" before we were forced to leave the place. That's it for this post everyone. Thank you for your patience and I hope you have a good read. I will make a different post for the Battle with Julia right away (In order to not exceed the file attachment amount).

Ech the Shadows always return (Damn I feel edgy xD).

Since Darkness is out of the table I'll protect the next best thing... SPOOKS Grass: 7 Steel: 3 Ice: 9 Ghost: 14 Bug: 19 Poison: 13

Oops nevermind this post.

I usually don't really listen to 'Western Music' but I have to leave this mashup here

Upupupupu thank you~ It is indeed almost un'bear'ably cute (yeah expect a lot of these from me in the future ^-^')

Ahah indeed. They are gone now but I did notice they were there for a couple days. I didn't wanna call the little guys rejects, but they were certainly not the best babies I have seen ahahahah.

I kinda feel like a parent aswell. A few of these little ones seem to have been laying cogwebs around one of my boxes at some point, but since I'm only gonna use them good 'ol Normie types this time around the little cute critters wouldn't have a part to play on my story. Hope you guys and gals give them a new home indeed

Welcome mate. Keep enjoying your stay.

Heya! Enjoy your stay, I too am in my third year of College and know the hardships you must be going through. Damn exams are a huge blow on one's sanity. Anyway welcome and have fun! Be seeing you.

Grass: 9 Steel: 14 Ground: 8 Ice: 18 Ghost: 17 Dark: 4 Bug: 19 Poison: 13

Hmm I usually avoid nicknames aswell (when I was younger I did name some though like Leon the Sceptile, my first starter in emerald), however occasionaly I do come up with a few that I end up enjoying. In one of my Reborn files I actually did give nicknames to most of my team members. Some that I recall are Godfeather (Honchkrow), Gunkuro (Shiny Toxicroak), Kaeshin (Greninja), Jackeline (Gourgeist), Amaterasu (Arcanine), Quancho (Pangoro) and Jawgles (Granbul). In the new Normal monotype run I started the only mon I'll nickname is Stufful, and only when it evolves anyway -> Zetsubear. Yeah I usually end up using japanese words as inspiration. Oh yeh when I played Sun and Moon I also named Alola Sandslash Slicicle since to me the original name didn't fit anymore .