Well I am a shinx and torchic and I. Have found them very good but they don't have great defenses so just teach them good moves especially torchic it will help! Teach shinx thunder wave if you need to. But other than that you should be fine. Electric types are good and so are fire types so feel fine with it. oK so about restarting the game I was up to aegis cave which is very far in the game. And I Lost my game! So i got another game and
Then I got shinx and torchic and now I am at dark crater that is also very far in the but farther than aegis cave so deal with it if you have to restart your game. Good luck!