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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. rate meh team on emerald, lvl 100 sceptile lvl100 tyranitar(my strongest and most favorite one), lvl 98 groudon same with rayquaza, lvl 100 jolteon and lvl 100 mewtwo( surprisingly,my mewtwo isnt the strongest pokemon in my party)

    rate meh team 1 out of 10

  2. pokemondude545 // February 15, 2009 at 12:55 pm // Reply

    lol need darkrai really

  3. I for myself want to know how to get rare candies and masterballs

  4. I got my Shaymin by using Action Replay and using the cheat of walking through things.
    I got my Regigigas and Mewtwo by trading with my firend.
    Rate my team….
    Regigigas Lv.87
    Shaymin Lv. 68
    Mewtwo Lv. 90
    Infernape Lv. 89
    Garchomp Lv. 84
    Lucario Lv. 76 Im going for Heatran and Giratina as soon as i get my National Dex. =D

  5. Dragons teams are cool // February 4, 2009 at 11:53 am // Reply

    you get the reggies off the pokemon games set in Hoen in a underground cavern or a action repley or game shark (games shark is safer and game freindly)

  6. jazzy da pokemon master // February 3, 2009 at 9:38 am // Reply

    were do u get the reggies?
    🙁
    |-)
    coz i cant find them plz HELP!

  7. myestiria person // February 1, 2009 at 3:43 am // Reply

    i am 8 years old and i have completed pearl in 20 hours. i also have heatran,giratina,cressilia,PALKIA,uxie,mesprit,azelph,kyogra.can someone tell me where to get the azure float and shaymins letter. i also want to know where to get zapdos,moltras,artucuyno mew mew2 jirachu entei rakiou and zazukioun.

  8. poke king1 i can beat ur team look at mine

  9. i have 10 rare pokemon + 17 shinys

  10. come on someone plzz rate my team

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