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@CynthiaLover Your Post is incredibly helpful! Thanks!
I had pretty much intended the star-line to be my fly-usersince Bibarel cannot fly. And I do have the TM return, with Staravia having high friendship so I'll be teaching it the move asap! Close Combat is nice to have, since fragile speedsters are the kind of Pokémon I'm most comfortable with.
Your advice on Infernape is noted. I plan on it running a mixed set with Flamethrower, Mach Punch, Brick Break and coverage.
Is Flash needed a lot after Hearthrome city? I currently don’t have any other Flash user so I'd like to plan with that in mind.Strength will help in the HM departmentsince I'm straining poor Bibarel too much.
As for the sixth team member, I'll be keeping Tangrowth under consideration. I'm not particularly fond of its design (specially since we’ve seen what it could have been with the Gold/Silver beta) but I don’t have much choice on the grass type.
I also recently obtained Eevee, so is leafeon a viable option?
Flash isn't needed after Wayward Cave, hence why it was demoted to TM status this gen. In other words, you only need Flash once in the entire game, so your free to remove it. Plus you can always buy another one at the Veilstone City department store, so it's not like it'll be gone for good in case you decide you want it. As for Leafeon, sadly, it's not as viable as it would like to be. It's best move is Leaf Blade, which it doesn't learn until Lv75, way beyond the time it's needed. And since it's a physical attacker, moves like Giga Drain and such are almost useless on it. If you did decide to use it, you'd have to relearn Razor Leaf via the Move Reminder in Pastoria, which it'll have to use for pretty much the entire game, and that move is only so-so overall, so Leafeon's viability is only moderate at best. I tried raising one once in another Platinum run myself, only to learn of all this the hard way, meaning I pretty much wasted my Eevee at the time. If you don't like Tangrowth, Roserade is another option, though you'll need to raise Roselia for a while before evolving it via a Shiny Stone, since, like most stone evos, it stops learning new moves after evolving, and Roselia is fairly frail. If you do decide to go that path, then moves like Sludge Bomb, Giga Drain, Shadow Ball, and Stun Spore are good options for it, since Roserade is a better special hitter than physical. Fortunately, you can catch Roselia on both sides of Hearthome City, so if you do decide that Roserade is for you, you won't have far to look for one. Hope this helps.