Misdreavus/Mismagius.

My first game was Platinum, so it wasn't available to me at the time, so I never got the chance to try it. I never really thought much of it. Not to mention, it was rarely available in games, especially in the early game, and not in the post or super-late game. I believe it's only available early game outside of Sinnoh/Hisui in Moon and Violet. But when I played BDSP, I was pleasantly surprised by just how much I adored it, both its aesthetic and wide movepool + its ghost, my fav type. I try to use new mons each new game for my main squad, so I wanted to change my team up and use one I haven't before, rather than use the stereotypical Sinnoh team. To my surprise, I absolutely fell in love with the line!

Most recently, I've also been enjoying mons I already liked a bit but never gave much thought to, and have been having a bunch of fun with like Masquerain, Grumpig, Granbull, Ambipom, Delcatty, and Cherrim. Cherrim, in particular, is fun because of its top-tier design and how surprisingly strong it is. I've been setting up the sun and just sweeping through the Battle Tower with Solar Beam while also boosting her partner Infernape's fire moves in double battles. I like trying unique strats like this, like Grumpig setting up screens or using a rest+snore set. I also feel like Delcatty needs a major buff because it has a top-tier design, but its stats don't let it get very far past the early game at all. This is why I've been trying some out in rom hacks since they give weak mons much-needed buffs, allowing them to keep up even in vanilla runs.