Tips for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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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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i have 7 legendary pokemon in my game how about yours?
which game do you want to walk/run through walls cheat for?
need cheats to get shiny pokemon go check the web for the cheats but you have to have action replay
the electric gym is at sunnyshore city catch giritina i think then the man who says the sunnyshore city is on a blackout is gone then find your way to the gym and then enjoy your last gym leader battle
The game rocks. Its so fun I have alout of pokemon.
me to my favorite is my staraptor and infenape and arceus
to get darkrai in daimond(or pearl)use actionreplay to walk from fullmoon island to the right until you find an island and theres darkrai for you some where in the island9right thank you back on the comments for me
how do you get walk/run through walls cheat on action replay????????
i have diamond and i cant find the electric gym, now if you guys think im lame i lost my game for almost 1yr and i cant really remember what i was doing (and the journal doesn’t help
to get a arceus you must win 200 times at the battle tower. Then they will give you a azura flute go to spear pillar and play it a cave door will open and you can walk in arceus will be standing in the cave. Have fun with your battle!!!!!!!
200 times thats CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!
I need help how do u get shiny pokemon? How do u get the events to work when you live in Maryland? Help please
how do you cath dialga
to catch Dialga, first you must get a master ball and use that, but becareful, there is only one master ball in the game, unless you have the action replay