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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. sky pillar in ruby saffire emrald after you obtain the nation dex

  2. I have platuim and i love it there is new pokemon in the sinho dex

  3. got a rayquazza lv.100
    metagross lv.100
    kingdra lv.100
    blastoise lv.100
    dragonite lv. 100
    and a giratina lv.73
    beat that

    tip:catch unown and depending on how many u have the the tunnel south of veilstone city gets bigger untill it joins with the solacean ruins
    this is the only place u can catch hippotas

  4. how do u get rayquazer without cheating!

  5. where is trapinch

  6. MY TEAM IS A GUN BUT I CANT GET THE NATIONAL DECK … MY POKEMON ARE…..DIALGA (shinny) LV100 RAYQUAZA LV 100 AMPHAROS LV100 GARDEVIOUR LV 100 DARKARAI LV 100 AND CELERBI LV 100 …. WITH OUT NATIONAL DECK !!!

  7. that level 300 was no lie i got it off of a cheat code website

  8. this is no lie i have a level 300 garchomp lv 299 Palkia lv 249 Giratina and lv 145 arceus and lv 300 infernape how you do this is that you have to get some certain thing than you can go to Kanto region and raise them to level 300

  9. can cresselea learn jugement and what lvl

  10. bakugan321654987 // March 29, 2009 at 3:01 am // Reply

    try beat my team empoleon lv100 torterra lv100 infernape lv100 fearow lv100 palkia lv100 pelipper lv100 and raqazza lv100

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