Online Matchmaking thread

[Symphony]

The thing is, going into online battles without past experience is just impossible for me.
I can understand IVs/EVs just fine, but with the current 600+ (have we reached that number yet?) pokemons and moves, I simply have NO idea where to start building a team and/or strategies as I'm also assuming it's far different from the old link-cable times where we'd just spam attack moves until the opposite team was down.

If I'd sticked to pokemon throughout the generations, I might just have had the experience needed to go for it. But from my state, I'd take months to learn how to play properly; and I don't have those months =/