Well welcome to Libelldra!
Aside from the lurkers that we have here (including me apparently) there are plenty *cough* of people to help you out with what you need to know.
By saying online poke-battles, I assume shoddybattle. I don't go there much any more but if I ever do my thing is Tom Cruise :)
Again, Welcome to Libelldra and I hope you can contribute soon :)