To save you losing ten minutes of your life that you'll never get back by digging through my post history, I'll just say this much.
I've beaten this game something like thirteen times now. Maybe more. I've done theme teams (based on types, based on characters from books). I've done challenge teams (i.e., use only a group of four for the whole game, or only using manamon that I know are especially bad). I've never done a nuzlocke, but only because I think that idea is ridiculous in a game as ultimately random as this one (all the random misses and OHKO stuff and bosses that do stupidly overpowered things sometimes makes a nuzlocke unappealing to me, even though it's doable). I've also just used my favourites, too. A short list of my favourites specifically from manamon 2, in no particular order: Sirenea, Mightauras, Volanteril, Fowlusion, Wavotamus, Lantlare, Sylphantom, Symphonid, Mantasteel, Angillish, Maustadon and Bamboustica. Obviously I can't use all of those on one team, and some are better than others (looking at you, Maustadon) but they appeal to me, so sometimes I'll stick one or two on a team for fun.
Short answer: I don't have a standard playthrough team. I know what's good and what's not. I know the types that do best in the main game and I know how to absolutely crush virtually anything in the game. I was the dude who figured out that a Mightauras can damn near beat Pierre in the postgame all by itself, if you play carefully. Not saying I recommend the strat, but it works. Also, Fowlusion can pretty much wreck Hyper Tarboo, just as another example, since the only thing which will cause Fowlusion to take big damage is Audio Blast (immune to Earthquake, resists Storm Rush). Pity Hyper Tarboo doesn't also have Freeze Ray and/or Beyond Bolt and/or Dessicate Beam, or something like that, for better coverage. Would make the fight harder, that's for sure.
Actually, the hardest thing about this playthrough I've launched is that four members of my team are already level 25, which means if they gain even a single level, they're going to become unruly and difficult to control when I face the second stadium.
Check out my Manamon text walkthrough at the following link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z8ls3rc3f4mkb … n.txt?dl=1