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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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To wolfgirl,
how did you get all the EEVEE stages
TO samabull
I KNOW HOW DO YOU GET DARKIRI IN THIS GAME!
from poke duuuuuuuuuuuude.
To infernape,
I do not think that action replay can glitch your game.
Does anybody know how to catch Zapdos? I could have got it from fire red, but it knew fly, so it couldn’t trasfer over to diamond.
Can you catch Deoxes in this game?
Where can i catch EEVEE.
To el Mike
Go to Mt.Coronet and get either Dialga or palkia then you can go to sunnyshore city and vs the 8 gym leader.
Get Cresselia in national pokedex
First you must get the national pokedex by beeting the elite 4.But i am talking about geting Cresselia.First fly to Canalave city.Then go the sailors house.
Then thare will be a sick boy thare walk up to him and press A and he will say. Dar…Dark…is… wathing me.Then go to the sailor and he will take you to Fullmoon island.Go upthe staris then keep going until you see a cave.Then you will see Cresselia.
i have a arceus groudon palkia dialga shaymin rotom absol giritina regigigas mesprit uxie azelf spiritomb heatran and i really want a raquaza and kyogre
Hey, Anonymous,
The fifth gym leader is Fantina, who is USUALLY in Hearthome, but there’s some stuff you’ll have to do before you can find and battle her. Sorry, i cant remember what exactly, but is there anything going on with Team whatever-they’re-called in your game?
ps–i have no problem with being part of a group adressed as “guys.” No need to write “girls,” too.
~pokemongirl