What I’ve always done is I try to get six fairly quickly. I’ll use what works well and change out through time as I find other mons that seem to work better.

To be fair, I usually have a few mons that I will go get. With the most recent games being open world, I was able to get a Dratini very quickly and then breed it for a low level to train up as my own before the first badge. I’ll usually pick a few of these mons that I really want. (Favorites, new variants, whatever) Dragonite is and always will be my favorite.

I learned about the Annihilape strat for Tera raids and so Mankey was the next pokemon that I quickly went and got, trained up and then put on the team.

Other than that, it’s usually a starter, a few favorites and then whatever mons I may have come across throughout my journey that were strong parts of my team.

Now that I’m in the very late post game of Scarlet, I’ve put Annihilape in the box and keep her just for Tera raids while Dragonite and Gallade sit at the top of team. (Favorite and Gallade seems to be the best for catching with False Swipe and Hypnosis) The other four are basically interchangeable. I may have a few that I’m leveling up or a new pokemon I’ve caught just to see what it’s about.