No problem! I'm doing VGC myself, so I can definitely help you out.
Have you ever done VGC before? Or is this your first attempt?

Definitely my first attempt! I've only done battles online and even then it was pretty casual.

Ok, that's cool. This is a pretty neat metagame, but it's also a little overwhelming. There are a lot of options, and it can be easy to get lost in them. So here's what we'll do to start out with.
Give me a list of the Top 5 pokemon you would want to build a team around, and we'll go over it together and see where we can head from there!

Aww! Thanks Izzi!