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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yeah, the action replay got me enough master balls to last me a few years o-o and my pokemon have leveled from 38 to 60 in about ten minutes. its really helpful, just be careful if you use it. it CAN glitch your game… if you use too many at a time.
but i suggest getting it if you want shaymin, arceus, darkrai and manaphy.
I FINALLY CAUGHT CRESSELIA!!!!
Thanks for the tips, guys.
Oh, and Doctor–save that Master Ball for Cresselia, she’s REALLY hard to catch. I caught both my Cresselia and Mesprit with Darkballs, they’re really good too, but only at night, so it took me a while.
~pokemongirl
An Action Replay is a thingy that lets you use cheats. There are some pokemon you can only get with an Action Replay.
~pokemongirl
this is my first tip^_^.Dialga and Palkia don’t have to be caght with the master ball.I caght my dialga with a nest ball, but i had to weaken him first.BY!^_^
To D.C:
An Action Replay is something used for cheats–you put it into your DS, put the game into a slot in the Action Replay, turn the DS on and you can use cheats. It costs like 10-20(?) dollars and you can get it at most places that sell DS games. There are some pokemon you can only get using the cheats on an Action Replay.
~pokemongirl
i keep looking for burmy but i cant figer out if thay live in a tree
Good idea.
~pokemongirl
What is a Action replay.
well i got it from online and nobody gave me the instructions o-o i can try to look elsewhere though…
Ummmmmm…doesnt it TELL you which buttons to press? Look REALLY carefully, maybe there are instructions somewhere… Then again, i’ve only used one once…
~pokemongirl