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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, 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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A well blanced team is a great way to beat a leader and the 4. I have a lv.70 Chimchar a lv.99 Evee a Lv.72.Merspit a lv.78 prinplup. I got most of my strong pokemon by trading and using the daycare. Use your own to beat leaders as long as you win and have fun. Try to get a level 100 pokemon to beat the chaimpon.
Try to get a female stater so you can breed a stater.
Get a turtwig because it can evolve to a Grass and Ground pokemon. No more luxios attacking your stater.
how do you get lvel 101 pokemon???????
Go underground find a bunch of shards go to the marsh and sell them to lady who will give you a TM. Go sell it to Pokemart. Battle to any thimg to get some money. Find some Rare candys and feed them to a high level pokemon to make it a lot more powerful. Buy Zincs and stuff like that for the pokemon. Now challenge the Leaders or the Four to kick thier butt.
what is the name of the balloon pokemon?
Use the Master ball on the lengend pokemon. Don’t use it on a hard to beat onix or something like that.
thers a guy on the road to sunshine city and i can not get through him what do i do,on dimond
I do not have this game but my cousin does and it rules!
How do you get 999 master balls and 999 rare candies??!!