Who should I add to my team, Luxray or Roserade??

Ok, I’m going to start Pokemon platinum again (for the third time, but with chimchar as my starter). I’ve decided my team is going to be;

•Infernape: fire/fighting•Floatzel: water•togekiss: Flying(and normal??)•Lucario: Fighting/steel•Garchomp: Dragon/ground

I want to add another Pokemon to my team, and I can’t choose between Luxray and Roserade ( love them both and I couldn’t decide, so I thought, “Hey, why not just ask complete strangers on the Internet??” (No offence complete strangers)).Please help me choose, and also, what moves/ abilities should my team have??Thanks in advance!!

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Most defiantly a Luxray.

Poison strengths are all covered by steel/fire/ice (floatzel can learn ice, infernape fire, lucario steel).

Grass type strengths are covered by water and electric (floatzel, luxray).

Poison/Grass while a nice mix has many weaknesses. While electric only has one weakness. Also electric moves tend to provide more diversity and strength than poison.

Luxray can also learn several dark moves filling holes you appear to have against ghost/psychic.

Also togekiss is flying normal in gen 4 and can learn some grass moves if you really want that grass element (which you probably don’t need).

Grass types are super effective against ground and water and electric types are super effective against water and flying. Both types are even on strong points. The main factor would be which Pokemon would cover your team best. Luxray would compliment your team the best.

Luxray is weak to ground which is taken care of by FloatzelLuxray will help your team against water and flying types since your team doesn’t really cover these 2 types, except for possible ice moves on Floatzel for flying, or a grass move on Togekiss, which both aren’t dependable methods.Giving Luxray crunch will also help with psychics which seems like another potential weakness your team has.

Now moving onto moves for your team, the Pokemon you have are all very sweeping potential Pokemon so I’d recommend giving them all straight attacking movesets

Infernape@Life OrbAbility: Iron FistNature: AdamantEV’s 252 Atk 252 Spd 4 Def

Mach Punch: Great priority and works with iron fistFire punch: STAB, great physical fire move for InfernapeThunder punch: A cover up move against water and flying typesSwords Dance: Good first move to get this guys incredible attack higher

Floatzel@ Choice BandAbility: Water VeilNature: JollyEV’s 252 Atk 252 SDef 4 Spd

Waterfall: STAB, chance of flinching, good physical attackIce Punch: Covers his weakness, good ice type moveBrick Break: Removes screens, good coverage for other typesBulk up: Makes this guy a physical tank and great sweeper

Air Slash: Main go-to move. Great chance of flinching with king’s rock and super luck, STABAura sphere: Never misses, great coverage against steel and rock typesNasty Plot: Get that SpAtk up real highWater Pulse/ Shadow Ball/ Roost/ Thunderwave: Your choice, coverage, health, or status

Lucario@ Life OrbAbility: Inner FocusNature: ModestEV’s 252 Atk 252 Spd 4 HP

Aura sphere: Great STAB move, never missesPsychic: Good coverage against fightingDragon Pulse: Coverage against dragonsNasty Plot: To get special attack up

Garchomp@ Life OrbAbility: Rough SkinNature: AdamantEV’s 252 Atk 252 Spd 4 Def

Earthquake: STAB, high accuracy, crazy powerful moveStone Edge: Great power, covers ice weaknessDragon Rush: STAB, can cause flinching, covers dragon weaknessHone Claws: Set up and boosts accuracy which helps dragon rush and stone edge

Luxray@ Life OrbAbility: IntimidateNature: AdamantEV’s 252 Atk 252 Spd 4 HP

Thunder Fang/Wild Charge: STAB, pick between power and recoil or weaker power but no recoilIce Fang: Covers ground weaknessCrunch: Good coverage against ghosts and psychicsThunderwave/Light screen: Cripple opponent or assist the team

It has saved me multiple times against Fantina and Wake with it’s Bite and Spark moves.

It’s ability should be Intimidate to weaken Wake’s Gyarados and Floatzel.

It’s moves should be Thunder/Thunderbolt, Spark/Thunder Fang, Crunch, and Strength. I don’t care which nature, as long as it doesn’t lower luxrays offensive stats and speed.

I would replace Floatzel with Tentacruel due to its bulkiness. It has helped me a whole lot with Bertha and Flint.

Set: Waterfall, Surf, Poison Jab, (Whatever you want).

Togekiss is okay, but Fly won’t do a whole lot of damage. Instead I would replace it with Staraptor

Set: Fly, Brave Bird, Aerial Ace(For Aaron’s Yanmega), and Close Combat

Those Pokemon have helped me a whole lot when I played through Platinum, and they’ll help you too!(cheesy ending)

Hope I helped!

Luxray.will help you more against eilte 4 with its Crunch and Electric attacks

Roseradewill be no good at the eilte 4 cuz of lucian who use psychic typesand flint who use fire typesand you dont want to Waste time training Roserade who useless at that stagehope it helped