Should I use Spiritomb, Mamoswine, or Medicham for my Platinum team?

Which of Spirtomb, Mamoswine, and Medicham should I use? My team is Turtwig, Shinx, Starly, and a planned Houndor/doom. That leaves two spots, one will eventually house Giratina, but before then that still leaves 2 spots, and I’m wondering of these three, which two should I use, I’m pretty sure I want to use Medicham in the permanent slot, but if I’m wrong and I shouldn’t, please provide an alternative.

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Medicham is absolutely the way to go. Fighting is a useful type in-game, and it’s pretty easy to get a Meditite. By contrast, Mamoswine requires a Move Relearner and a Heart Scale, and Spiritomb is a complete chore to get. Both Mamoswine and Spiritomb also overlap types with existing team members (Torterra and Houndoom respectively) while Medicham is completely unique. It doesn’t get too many moves, but that’s okay — all you really need is Hi Jump Kick. Pure Power is an incredible Ability as well.

MedichamAbility: Pure Power- Hi Jump Kick- Zen Headbutt / Psychic / anything- Strength- (filler)

Your second choice doesn’t really matter. Neither of Mamoswine and Spiritomb are at all optimal to use, so just use something else that’s easier to get. I personally like Floatzel, as its physical movepool complements its high Attack and Speed; it also learns important HMs like Surf that you lack otherwise.

FloatzelAbility: Swift Swim- Waterfall / Surf- Ice Fang- Aqua Jet- Crunch

Hope I helped!

For your fifth team slot, I would pick Gyarados. It gets dragon dance, and a decent physical level up movepool to compliment it. It also has great stats. It beats Fantina with Bite, beats Gardenia with Bite(her Pokemon have low defense), beats everything on Byron’s team except Magneton, and can beat Candice’s team with Dragon Dance+Aqua Tail. For the E4, it beats Aaron with Dragon Dance, Ice Fang, and Aqua Tail respectively, beats Bertha with Dragon Dance+Aqua Tail, crushes Flint with just Aqua Tail(Dragon Dance is optional) and beats Lucian with Dragon Dance+Aqua Tail and can sweep Cynthia with Dragon Dance, Aqua Tail, and Ice fang respectively. Here is a moveset for Gyarados.Gyarados @ AnythingDragon DanceWaterfallBiteIce FangWhen you get Giratina, replace Luxray. It has mediocre matchups overall end game. Electric isn’t a good typing in late game Platinum. Like the other answer said, use Medicham. I don’t have enough time and am too lazy to put why you should use medicham, but I will put a moveset.Medicham @ AnythingHi Jump KickZen HeadbuttStrength / Elemental PunchFiller / Elemental PunchI hope I’ve helped!