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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. you have to get national pokedex first to do that get see every pokemon in sinnoh regiion then you get the evee

  2. How do you get to sun shine city in pokamon diamand

  3. always start with piplup

  4. hi i lovfe pokemon ive got every single game its ace at the moment ive got addicted to pokemon xd gale of darkness for gamecube im so close to captureing dark lugia can any one give me some tips because ive completeed all my pokemon pinball games and the rest apart from gale of darkness and pokemon snap

  5. how do u get suncurn to evolve into sunflora in pearl

  6. accualy you get deoxys from the guy in these games, ruby, sapphier, and emerald…

    the space place location where you get beldum. you need to catch all pokemon in order to get deoxys!!!!! and when you go to proffeser you get jarichi but you may have to battle i did

  7. blazikenboi123 // October 29, 2008 at 10:02 am // Reply

    haha wer do u get a deoxys from anyway???? is it on emerald if it is hook me up an answer my bladdy question jokes (Y)

  8. legendary pokemon capturer, get a social life! no offence but . . . . gahhh!!!

  9. plz tell me

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