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Now, can you spot the problem with this team? Sure, they're all powerful Pokemon, but there's a problem with them.

If you notice, they all share one common weakness, which is fire, followed by ground. If you were to take this team into
battle, all you would need is one fire Pokemon on the opponents team, and whatever you switch into will be vanquished
within a few turns.

Now, here is a well balanced team that would survive against an opponents team, since they all are balanced.

From this team, it's very well balanced considering weaknesses. You might point out that two Pokemon share a weakness,
being electric, but that's only two Pokemon compared to the 6 that we had earlier that were weak to Fire.

The plus side of the weakness to electric is that your opponent will try to hit you with an electric attack, and in which case
you can switch out that Pokemon with Tyranitar to absorb the hit. Another alternative could have been Hippowdon, in which
you would take no damage from the electric attack.

Any team that you use should follow these standards of being balanced, and in coherance with another. If you do so,
your team will be sucessful, and you'l win battes.

Tanks, Leads and Sweepers

So now that you've got a bit of an idea on what you're going to use for your team, we've got a suggestion for you.

Instead of using Random Pokemon, follow this standard, in which many pro battlers use.

- One Pokemon is up front and deals damage or sets up
-One Pokemon can absorb special hits (Special Tank)
-One Pokemon can absorb phsyical hits (Physical Tank)
-One Pokemon can deal high powered Special Hits (Special Sweeper)
-One Pokemon can deal high powered Physical Hits (Physical Sweeper)
-One Pokemon to fill your team up (Can be anything from another sweeper to a tank)

Following these standards, it gives you that much more a chance of being sucessful in battling.

Some leads are used to set up a move called Stealth Rock, in which you set down rocks and every time your opponent
switches into a new Pokemon, that Pokemon will get hit with damage from the rocks. This is especially useful if the Pokemon
has a weakness to Rock (Stealth Rock's type) - Take Charizard for example. Stealth Rock will deal over 1/2 damage to Charizard
just upon switching in! Taking that fire lizard down afterwards should be a piece of take.

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