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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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if you want to catch dialga you will have to go t a secret hidden cave siome were in the game sorry that is all the help i can give you
i need help getting to Sunyshore City. Help me please. The road is blocked and I can’t get through.
my pokemon are Empolean level 58 and a Luxray level 54 a Dialga level 54 a Azelf level 50 a Uxie level 50 and a Chimacho level 45 i need help with the pokemon luegue badly im on the 4th person
i need help with the 4th pokemon luegue person he tough and its hard for me to get past him i have the pokemon a LUXRAY level 54 and a AZELF level 50 DIALGA level 54 and a EMPOLEAN level 58 UXIE level 50 and a CHIMECHO level 45 does any1 have any tips for me or anything that would help plz i need help :[
The three legendary pokemon: Arceus, Shaymin and Darkrai can not be obtained other than cheating or the nintendo mystery gift event. Arceus can be found in the Spear Pillar (Where you got Dialga or Palkia) only if you have obtained the Azure flute from an event or by action replay. Shaymin can be obtained only if you have Prof. Oak’s letter from an event or action replay (Prof Oak will tell you where Shaymin is (A flower garden). Darkrai can be obtained by the eon ticket from an event or action replay. It can also be obtained by a glitch but it is not recommended…
Dialga or Palkia can be found at the top of Mt. Coronet after you have defeat team galactic at veilstone and have freed the pokemon trio: Azelf, Mespirit and Uxie. The leader of Team Galactic will tell you he is going to Mt. Coronet where you two first met. He will summon either Dialga(If you have pokemon Diamond) or Palkia (If you have pokemon Pearl). Make sure you have visited the celestic ruins in celestic town first and have visited the celestic ruins. The pokemon league champion Cynthia will give you a parcel which you must deliver to her grandmother in exchange for the hm surf. Then go to Mt. Coronet when this is complete. The shortest way to Mt. Coronet is from Oreburgh City (east). You must have a pokemon that knows surf, rocksmash, strength and rockclimb. Dialga or Palkia will be on the very top of Mt. Coronet. You must battle your way there through Team galactic grunts, the commanders of galactic and the boss. After you defeat the boss, Professor Rowan will come in and tell you that you must catch or defeat Dialga or Palkia in order to calm it down. (This will resolve the blackout problem in sunyshore and after you have captured or defeated Dialga or Palkia) The legendary trio: Azelf, Mespirit and Uxie will be avaliable for capture that you freed from Veilstone. They will be in their respectful lakes. ( The three lakes you have visited).
could you help me on where to catch palkia
to fatigued master unfortunatly no u cant trie getting pokesav on ya com then hack iv never done it like but ive watched other people do it
i would pick piplup or chimchar because chimchar has a better advantage bc he can learn more moves bc he is also a ground/fighting/fire pokemon. or piplup bc it has a better advantage.
hint hint if u dont know how to catch a pikachu or get an egg here is how- to get an egg u have to have 2 of the same pokemon one girl and one boy im not sure if they have to be on the same level but just incase do so. then leave them at the daycare in solaceon town then wait about 15 minutes an u get an egg but make sure u have enough room for it and before u get the egg u have talkto the dude out side of the daycare then he gives u the egg. to get a pikachu or pichu u have to go to trophy gaardens outside of i dunno but ya some were nere the middle/begining of ur trip do good luck and hope it helped 🙂
I’ve repeated this before in comments 89-90 but ok.. Sunyshore city is avaliable after you have gone to Mt. Coronet which is where you catch the legendary pokemon Dialga(Pokemon Diamond) or Palkia (Pokemon Pearl) you must defeat team galactic first before you can engage in battle. But make sure you’ve freed (Azelf, Uxie, and Mespirit) from the veilstone galactic headquarters first and that you have have gone to the celestic ruins in Celestic town ( Where you get hm surf). Shortest way to Mt. Coronet is going east from Oreburgh city. After you have gotten your 8th badge from Volkner you will receive the hm rockclimb you will also be granted the passage to the pokemon league which is blocked my the gym leader Jasmine from the johto region until you have earned the badge.