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 need advice i am trying to train all my pokemon to lvl 65 before the pokemon league exept for my kadabra wich i want al lvl 75 can someone please give me a place to train ot a glich that works.i am training ,
A LVL:
68 kadabra
50 palkia
50 graveler
47 luxray
47 golduck
50 infernape i want all exept kadabra to be lvl 65 and i want kadabra to be lvl 75 any tip’s?
how do u get to celestic town
how do you get to the celestic town to get the HM surf from Mt.Coronet
do u have to buy pokemon pearl diamond and something 30 or something times over to get all the acures
where do you get the HMsurf?
how do you get to fullmooon island or new moon island in order to catch darkia
can sum1 plz tl me if u can get eggs from the pokemon sent to u by pal park
how do get past the guy that talks about the black out i just past the boss in vielstone and freed the three pokemon in the three tanks where do i go?
how do you get through that guy that is talking about the black out. i just past the boss in the galactic vielstone building and i freed the three legendary pokemon (forgot names) i really need help with the game plz help me as fast as u can. Thank You
Which starter pokemon should I pick?
Turtwig, Piplup or Chim Char??
Please help!
I’m using a Turtwig for my nuzlocke, but honestly any work well. Turtwig is great for your first gym, and has been pretty relible for me so far. Chim-char was my starter for my platnium nuzlocke, having a fire type is really useful, and Infernape has the highest base stats out of all the final evolution starters. Never used piplup but i’ve heard they can be useful, empoleon’s steel type might be useful later in the game for the ice-type gym