Bug is fairly effective (Dark and Psychic), so generally Leavanny (risky but possible), Escalvier, Galvantula, Accelgor, and even Durant are useful.
Fighting is easy with a good Psychic or flying (better to go with a hard hitting Psy though). Reniculus and Sigilith can be great, but others are great as well like Gothitelle and even Musharna. Bird types that are leveled enough put a good dent into them too.
Ghost is pretty self-explanatory. Some good Dark types like Scrafty, Krookidile, Bisharp; good list of choices if you pick the right ones.
Champion is pretty weak to Fire due to the amount of bugs in his team. Volcarona (after beating Plasma) can be really useful, but so can a few good flyers like Braviery or the Pidove final evo (ironically much more useful here). The rest of his team just needs good coverage from everyone else (which you should have enough of with a little tweaking).
Generally, the main game dragons are useful in general along with Terrakion, Hydreigon, and most high-level Pokemon out there in Unova that require intense training.
Ice and Dragon use to be the most valuable attacks in E4 battles due to Dragon usage. This has changed considerably this time around. Focus on the "unique" types in terms of strength (especially the second time through).
That is, if you haven't already beat the E4 and Champion again by now. Then this whole article is null-and-void.
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