Hey,

So to do what the kinky lady from the elite four in gold/silver told me, I will go and try to win with my favourites.

Now then... Those would be:

Charizard
Luxray
Tyranitar
Sandslash
Gyarados
Alakazam

Still I'm thinking of keeping my all time favourite Sandshrew out of the team, and just let him be my pet pokemon I sometimes take to contests. What type of pokemon would I then use to fill the gap he leaves?