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Tips for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

I began my PokeQuest with Chimchar, the fire monkey, and soon added a Geodude, Shinx and Shellos to my crew. Geodude, who evolves into Graveler and then Golem, is a rock/ground Pokemon who is impervious to electric attacks and stands up well against flying and fire Pokemon. His Magnitude attack wipes out all kinds of opponents, but he is useless against water and plant enemies.

Chimchar

Chimchar, the Diamond and Pearl answer to Charizard, is a cute monkey with a flaming tail. When he evolves into Infernape, his hairdo goes flaming, too.

Hence, I also have Chimchar, who burns through plants. For fighting water Pokemon, I captured a Shinx, which evolved into a Luxio who evolved into a Luxray—a relatively competent electric Pokemon.

You should always strive to have the basics—fire, water, ground and electric—in your party. You can combine elements (Gyrados has fire and water, Infernape has fire and fight) but you need to cover your bases.

I generally do not carry ghost or psychic Pokemon. I know, there are a lot of you out there who will swear by Alakazam and Mewtwo. But you can teach Luxray Bite—a dark attack that wipes out psychic and ghost Pokemon in a hurry.

Get your water, electric, ground and fire attacks down pat, and you will have an answer for any situation.

Tips from Nintendo

In Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl, the way Moves affect opponents have changed. Physical Moves strike the opponent up close and use the Attack stat, where as Special Moves strike from afar and use the Special Attack stat. Knowing the difference between the two greatly improves your battle strategy.

Have your Pokemon learn moves that cover its weaknesses. For example, have a Fighting-type Pokemon learn a Ice-type or Dark-type move.

Pay attention to a Pokemon’s ability. Quite a few Pokemon have more than one available to them. A Pokemon’s ability like Levitate can make the difference in a battle.

If you have taught your Pokemon the wrong move, don’t fret! There are people in the Sinnoh that can help. Try looking for the Move Deleter or a Move Tutor. These are people who can help you with your troubles.

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10 Comments on Tips for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

  1. what is the action replay code to mewtwo at a low level

  2. i think pokemon is awsome and every player is 100% legend ….good luck

  3. Pokedude 2014 // June 23, 2008 at 6:56 pm // Reply

    This is to Z33K DA G33K, one you enter the little paradise houses and you meet a girl that lost her suite key you go back to the reception counter go up and exit. move up 1 step and look to the left you will find the suite key! hope this helped!

  4. Pokedude 2014 // June 23, 2008 at 6:53 pm // Reply

    tHIS IS TO RUBY RED. Tms and Hms are not ALWAYS GOOD BECAUSE There might be a pokemon that you capture that has a perfectly high attack stats but the Tm that you might have used is already used up so you can teach that pokemon a really good move(Giratina-Dragon Claw, etc.)

  5. Pokedude2014 // June 23, 2008 at 6:49 pm // Reply

    Pokemon Pearl is the most addicting game i have ever played. Piplup is the best starter because later on in the game when you reach stark mountain, You can battle HEATRAN which would be very weak to a Water\Steel type! Does anybody know how to get Mew without using an Action replay! Write Back

    L8R

  6. To beat the elite 4 i got 20 revives 20 Fullrestors 20 Maxrevives. The pokemon pokemon i had were Palkia LV.58, Infernape LV.50, Luxray LV. 53, Abomasnow LV.40, Pelipper LV.40, Garchomp LV.54 or 55. To beat the first of the elite 4 who has Bug pokemon, i used Infernape, Pelipper,and Abomasnow, Luxray For the second of the elite 4 who has ground and ground, water pokemon i used Palkia all the way. For the third who has fire pokemon i used Pelipper, and Palkia. For the fourth who has phycic i used all of my pokemon and for the last one i used all of my pokemon. And during the battels who ever fainted i left untell i won but i revived them right away but on the laast one i revived them during the battel.

  7. If you want to play play right use T.M.’s and H.M’s to teach your pokemon good moves to get strong!

  8. Win The Lottery-save in front of the lotto girl and turn it off than turn it back on if you lose turn it off again. do this until you’ve won.

  9. This still doesn’t tell me anything

  10. if you get dialga GOOD BOY ( or girl ) anyway if dialga has roar of time, dragon claw, and draco meteor DIE GARCHOMP DIE

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