Okay here's how I view Pokemon in general...
The object is obviously to have the strongest Pokemon team, or have a wicked strategy, eg. poison- or paralysis-based Pokemon.
The faster Pokemon attacks first, thus giving you an instant advantage, being able to dish out damage immediately. Power can overcome strategy simply because of items you can use in battle, or held items (excluding linked battles). Also, attacks such as Rock Slide and Fly have 75% (Is it?) and 95% accuracy, as Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Earthquake, Psychic, Outrage, Crunch, Surf, Flamethrower, and Thunderpunch have 100% accuracy. Safeguard is fairly useless - why would you waste a turn for it rather than use Hyper Beam or Outrage? Put simply, you have a better chance winning using all-out power than not. By the way, my main fighting Pokemon do not use many of the HMs because they are not as strong as other moves. And Mewtwo is not even close to the speed of Electrode and Raichu...
If you want to suggest your battle style I'd be delighted to hear it.
NO LONGER CARES PLEASE DELETE THIS ACCOUNT