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LipstickTraces July 15th, 2008 3:49 AM

A plan to become an online battler
 
Today is the day I recieved my Nintendo DS!! After months of wait its finally here :D I now own Pokemon Diamond.

Now, my question is this:

Since I've not even started the game, I feel perhaps now would be a good opportunity to ask how others have got to the level of battling online. So what did all you guys do? Did you play through the game to beat the Elite four, THEN train up an online battling team? Or did you train some monsters along the way of playing the story while hunting for more to use for your online team?

I'm going to check out the starter Pokemon online before I chose one on the game. I wouldn't want to make a mistake here :P

Sir Matt July 15th, 2008 3:52 AM

Eh, I beat the Elite four first, then I trained up my online battling team.

.Vaporeon July 15th, 2008 3:53 AM

Well to be honest.
I focused on getting up to the National Dex.So i completed the Pokemon League,ect,ect.
After that i grabbed myself a ditto.Started iv breeding and Ev Training.
What i recommend is look on Smogon.Empoleon can be a sweeper,Infernape can take down walls,ect,ect
I recommend getting Chimchar,but it's up to you.

LipstickTraces July 15th, 2008 4:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Lucario_Master (Post 3759061)
Well to be honest.
I focused on getting up to the National Dex.So i completed the Pokemon League,ect,ect.
After that i grabbed myself a ditto.Started iv breeding and Ev Training.
What i recommend is look on Smogon.Empoleon can be a sweeper,Infernape can take down walls,ect,ect
I recommend getting Chimchar,but it's up to you.

Yeah I've been reading up on them and Chimchar seems the coolest :) He looks vicious.

I'll have to get hold of a Ditto myself. Where is the easiest place I could find it? It'll be quite far into the game I imagine.

.Vaporeon July 15th, 2008 4:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crocadilius (Post 3759076)
Yeah I've been reading up on them and Chimchar seems the coolest :) He looks vicious.

I'll have to get hold of a Ditto myself. Where is the easiest place I could find it? It'll be quite far into the game I imagine.

Yea he's cool.
I can trade you one.
Just let me catch it.
You can get it East Of Canalave so yea pretty far.
You will need a PokeRadar.Which you can only get once you have the National Dex.

LethalTexture July 15th, 2008 4:09 AM

You can't catch Ditto in the wild until after you get the national dex, and even then it's with the PokeRadar. You can however get national dex Pokémon before the national dex is obtained, but their summarry screen will display their Dex number as ???. So I'm sure somebody can trade you a Ditto.

However, I would reccommend finishing the game first, getting the national dex and then breeding and raising your team. Check out some of the stickies in the Strategies and Movesets forum, and PM some of the forum regulars, I'm sure they'd be happy to help out a beginner.

Rogue_Ninja July 15th, 2008 4:21 AM

Definetly learn to EV/IV train or you wont stand a chance in wifi battles. Lesson i learned while watching my entire team get OHKO'd

LipstickTraces July 15th, 2008 4:29 AM

Cool, I'll go check that out now. Thanks :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogue_Ninja (Post 3759097)
Definetly learn to EV/IV train or you wont stand a chance in wifi battles. Lesson i learned while watching my entire team get OHKO'd

I'll be attempting to EV train as soon as I start to raise my battling team. Chances are I won't get it completley right first time round but worth it.

Animahngo July 15th, 2008 5:18 AM

Yeah it's probably better to beat everything first and THEN train up. Otherwise you don't really have the resources with which to train your pokes. Rare candies, abras, and dittos being the most crucial :P

Saltare. July 15th, 2008 6:09 AM

It all really depends, I have a wicked online team now so, I guess what I did was get every pokemon to hit their 3rd evolution stage (if they have one) then i beat the E4 then I trained

JKLAZ July 15th, 2008 6:55 AM

Well i didnt know what ev training was with my original party, so im training another (all from like level 20 and under) with no legends or starters

Mitchman July 15th, 2008 7:33 AM

I train my online team in game till the e4 beat it and go online. That simple.

paperfunk July 15th, 2008 7:52 AM

Basically what everyone else is saying. concentrate on beating the elite four first, then worry about IV breeding, EV training, etc.

Mitchman July 15th, 2008 8:09 AM

I dont even ev. I battle all ythe pokemon i need to get the right stats. Its simple. I mean i have a caculator for a head.


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