Quick Question and Answer Thread / Breeding Questions

[The Roshi]

Your platinum might be counterfeit =P That happened to me when I bought off ebay. Then I just buckled down and bought the game in full. Now I have a flash card with a platinum rom and my platinum game is in my closet @_@.

 

[Aaron40]

For growlithe, just evolve him. You'd be better off (at least I think) teaching it fire blast(buy TM from veilstone dept.), flamethrower, extremespeed, and whatever other move.

For pikachu, since you can buy the TM for thunder, don't bother waiting for him to learn it. For him, I'd say go with thunderbolt and thunder, and the other 2, whatever. If you want to level him to 37 for discharge, thats fine too.

I think it's better to let them learn all there moves and teach the tms to Pokemon that can't learn the move

More Questions:

I just got to Celestic Town and beat Cyrus and now apparently I'm in need of a water Poke. I do want one to use and to have a strong one but I don't want a bunch of HM slaves and Surf isn't a bad move either. Is their any good water Pokemon around my area (Celestic town) or anywhere I could fly to and quickly onbtain one. All I have for a HM Slave is Bidoof and he can't learn it...

If you have the old rod you could catch a magikarp and evolve it in to Gyrados

 

[Panfisha]

Whats in the rest of your team? You've told us you a growlithe and a pikachu.
I use quagsire, simply because hes got good defense, his only weakness is grass, and ground type moves come in handy with the last 2 gyms. And he learns earthquake at lvl 36(good if you didn't choose turtwig.)
But on the other hand, gyarados is an absolute power-house.

 

[Syked]

Toretta
Staraptor
Raichu
Arcanine

Need movesets, etc?

Have an Eevee ready to involve into Vaporeon (If needed, for surf or I could go catch a Magikarp)

 

[Mimikyu402]

Question: When should I evolve my Pikachu and Growlithe.

My Growlithe is lv.36 (I know if I evolve him I'll learn Extremespeed at 39 but if not I will later learn Fire Blitz and Overheat I think?) also with Pikachu I just caught and is now lv.25 and I could hold off until I reach lv. 45 and learn Thunder and then evolve him?

I have both stones and I am preparing to battle Wake on Platinum. Let me know your thoughts.

You should wait until growlithe learns flare blitz and crunch you can always relear extreem speed at the heart scale guy in pastoria when you evlved it

 

[Wichu]

For Pikachu, just buy the TM at Veilstone. There's no need to hold off evolution for Thunder.

 

[Syked]

Well I did evolve them pretty shortly after.

My Arcanine knows Flame Thrower, Fire Blast, Extremespeed, Rock Climb (Going to get removed, I wish though I waited and learned Fire Blitz)

 

[Phaux]

Question for Platinum:
I have the national dex now, yet the Elite Four is still using their weaker line-up, aren't they suppose to have stronger pokemon now?

 

[Phaux]

Platinum card, don't even have any R4 cards.

 

[Fire Wolf]

In Platinum to rebattle the Elite 4 with them having higher levels, you need to do the Stark Mountain sidequest.

 

[Phaux]

Ah, I see, alright I'll have to go do that then...

 

[Hana~]

If I have a Pokémon with Pokérus and Power Lens at the top of my party, encounter a Gastly, and switch to another Pokémon, will I get 10 EVs for the Pokérus Pokémon?

 

[jigglyppuff8]

Yes. That's how I've done all my EV training, so I can confirm it.

 

[Panfisha]

I'm training my team for the elite four. 3/6 are up to par, the rest, not so much. I was wondering where I could train them(I literally don't know, only had platinum 2 weeks.)
I trained my torterra/quagsire/magnezone at victory road, it was easy since they knew moves that easily beat the rock and flying types in there.
Where are some strong wild pokemon they could train on, or some high level trainers that I could use vs seeker on?
I need to train my:
lvl 50 rapidash
lvl 49 umbreon
lvl 49 crobat

 

[Dark Destiny]

Erm, quick question. I got a bad Cresselia (Wrong RNG XD).
It's in Pearl, so if I kill it, will it respawn like in Platinum?

 

[david1993]

Stuck in pearl

Yes I know im a Noob but I need some help.

I am stuck on my Pokemon pearl and i really dont know what to do.

I currently have 4 Gym badges and im trying to get into the Heartstone one but of course she isent there. This is because i havent got that potion for the psyducks because cythia isent at the lake.

Now from my very reliable source I have learnt that this is because I first need to empty the Veilstone Team galactic building BUT....

I dont have the HQ key.


Where and if not how can i find a way of doing this.


Thanks

Ok, i think you should go to the eastern entrance of the galactic veilstone HQ, and speak to a guy standing in front of the building next to a sattelite receiver. I dont know for sure, could be something else, but it´s worth a try.

Here you are,

 

[jigglyppuff8]

Erm, quick question. I got a bad Cresselia (Wrong RNG XD).
It's in Pearl, so if I kill it, will it respawn like in Platinum?

No. Only Platinum and on baby you do that.

 

[Amore]

Ok...so, i have a question.

I've got my 20 win streak to get to Dalia, but i lost, i KO'd two pokes, but Medicham swept me (although Feraligatr was lv.36, he did well in other games). This is the team i used:

Electivire:Thunder,Fire,Ice Punch, Cross Chop
Lucario:Dragon Pulse,Aura Sphere, Water Pulse (for E4 Flint),Vacuum Wave
Feraligatr:Waterfall,Dragon Dance,Crunch,Ice Fang


Is there any pokes with certain movesets i can swap in?(preferably not egg moves, as Electivire wasn't mine-lucky GTS trade)
Also, with Lucario, he's staying special-based if you can recommend better movesets.

 

[TwilightBlade]

Unidentified Flying Aces

Electivire: Thunder, Fire, Ice Punch, Cross Chop

This looks fine, although you could swap Ice Punch for Earthquake for more coverage (Feral has Ice).

Lucario: Dragon Pulse, Aura Sphere, Water Pulse (for E4 Flint), Vacuum Wave

Ditch Water Pulse for Shadow Ball (for Medicham). Your concern is the Battle Frontier, not the E4 now.

Feraligatr: Waterfall, Dragon Dance, Crunch, Ice Fang

This looks fine, but why did you say that Feraligatr is level 36? Surely it must be level 50 in the Battle Arcade... Level it up if not.

Your team appears to focus on sweepers... As you have two physical sweepers, I suggest that you ditch one (probably Feral, lower base stats IIRC) and pick up a bulkier Pokemon, such as Cresselia. Her ability, Levitate, complements Vire's/Lucario's weakness. If you foresee Earthquake, switch out to Cress and take no damage.

A good Cresselia set would be:

Bold
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
~ Reflect
~ Moonlight / Rest
~ Ice Beam
~ Thunder Wave / Psychic

Reflect helps with your teams mostly physical weaknesses, Ice Beam takes over from Feral, T-Wave helps your somewhat slow sweepers, and Moonlight is for Cress to obviously heal.

Be sure to abuse the game board in Arcade to your advantage...

If you're already caught a Cress and she isn't Bold or another suitable nature, maybe try GTS or the Trade Corner. :(

 

[Syked]

Where is the guy who teaches you deleted moves in Platinum?

I need to teach my Gyrados Dragon Dance...what move should I delete from his moveset: Waterfall, Dragon Pulse, Blizzard, Avalanche...

And what is the ideal moveset for these Pokemon:

Absol, Raichu, Torterra, Staraptor (Knows Fly), Arcanine, and Gyrados...my team.