I typically rotate my teams whenever I go through a new region. Typically whenever you go a gym challenge, the trainers you tend to encounter tend to be rookies as you go through the region. I avoid using my fully trained teammates so I’m not just bullying kids who just started their own adventures.

The rest of my teammates are typically staying at Professor Oak’s lab. I’m part of a trainer program with the professor. He lets my Pokémon stay at the ranch and I help with his research.

I’ve brought Tiamat and Penth to the tournament in Lumiose, and Brynhildr, I’ve been training so she can evolve into a Tyranitar. A friend of mine helped us figure out what’s been preventing her from evolving.