Oh, so you're a competitive player? That's awesome, I'm a cheerleader of sorts for you competitive types. I'm really amazed by all the studying, research and effort that competitive players put in to the game. I've always been a casual player for the most part. I pick and choose my Pokemon natures and breed for that, but I don't pay attention to IVs or Hidden Abilities or anything like that. I do browse Smogon occasionally just to skim the Pokemon-specific articles and get a good feel for their strengths and weaknesses.
I tend to pick the Pokemon I love simply because I love them, and raise them carefully. My favorite Pokemon types are Dragon and Dark, so my team is usually pretty unbalanced and heavily saturated with those types. Right now my team has Honchkrow, Bisharp, Lapras, Noivern, Garchomp, and Haxorus. I want to bump Garchomp and Haxorus off the team (they're so powerful!) and replace them with Pokemon of non-Dragon and non-Dark typing, to better cover my weaknesses... I hate running into Fairy-type trainers with the team I have now, haha.
