#listen to me the idea of steven having a beloved and mischievous tinkaton on his team. drives me nuts

[metagrossiite]

official post on steven's team, since the manga only gives us metagross and i technically can do whatever the hell i want <3:

✦ skarmory♂ lv. 88 ability : sturdy nature : sassy characteristic : highly persistent

✦ aggron♂ lv. 89 ability : rock head nature : adamant characteristic : capable of taking hits

✦ excadrill♀ lv. 82 ability : sand force nature : jolly characteristic : likes to fight

✦ tinkaton♀ lv. 82 ability : own tempo nature : impish characteristic : sturdy body

✦ aegislash♂ lv. 81 ability : stance change nature : sassy characteristic : quick tempered

✦ metagross (shiny) lv. 90 ability : clear body nature : adamant characteristic : hates to lose

metagross was his very first pokemon and is his ace. the two met when steven had absconded and broke off from the family as a young teenager, both in seemingly awful condition and having befriended each other through shared hardship.

skarmory and aggron came next and were the ones who helped steven clear most of the gyms in the region. his reigning team had three others from the hoenn region, beloved by steven, however they do not accompany him post championship and remain with roxanne.

the rest of his team he met and befriended throughout his travels to other regions. excadrill in unova, aegislash in kanto, and tinkaton in paldea. the team composition above is the team he has settled on for battling and traveling, as they accompany him most of the time if not all.

steven has hordes of pokemon trained elsewhere, scattered across hoenn as well. probably will be a separate post on that one day.

#headcanon. #team. #listen to me the idea of steven having a beloved and mischievous tinkaton on his team. drives me nuts #ive also been testing out team comps all fucking day with my friends on showdown and LORD #this team fucks #dont get me wrong theres definitely weaknesses (steven now canonically HATES garchomp) but. whistles