Pokemon Platinum Official Strategy Guide

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In the middle of the patch of land at the north-east corner of the lake in the south-west corner of the room (requires Surf) (hidden) As you move on in the game, your Pokémon will learn new skills. You can only learn four skills at a time, though, so if start learning enough skills, you'll eventually want to start having your Pokémon forget older skills in favor of the newer skills that pop up. Forgotten skills aren't forgotten permanently, though; you will eventually be able to use the Move Relearner to relearn forgotten skills, or learn skills that you didn't learn when your Pokémon levelled up. Using Types Now that Team Galactic is long gone, Lake Valor has been fully restored. Surf to the southeastern corner of this lake to find TM25 ( Thunder). Then, enter the cave and save your game before talking to Azelf. The secret to the puzzle of the Gym is to smash the snowballs on the ground is to slide in from above at a fast enough speed to smash them. Your main goal is that from the entrance, head straight to reach the Gym Leader, but only after you've smashed the snowballs that were in the way. Just slide around the Gym and predict which areas you need to slide down to smash those snowballs. Of course it will take some time to experiment until all the necessary snowballs are gone. You do not have to face all of the Gym Trainers in this Gym.

After the demonstration on how to catch a Pokémon, Dawn/ Lucas will give you 5 Poké Balls to get you started. Go further along the route, it's pretty straightforward. You can use the ledges to escape the grass if you need to heal, and after fighting through 3 Trainers, keep going west to find a Potion in a patch of grass. After this, head north to reach Jubilife City. You can find plenty of medicine scattered around the game world, inside Pokeballs that lie on the ground. In addition, the shops in towns will sell a number of restoratives for you to buy. The more gym badges you have, the more items you'll be able to buy. TMs & HMs Before each battle you must choose an event from the game board. Events include reducing the a Pokémon team's levels or HP, or inflicting a status condition. They may be applied to your or your opponent's Pokémon, so can be detrimental as well as beneficial. Battle Castle Manage Battles with Castle PointsTentacool - Route 205, Valley Windworks, Pastoria City, Route 212, Route 213, Fuego Ironworks, Routes 219, Route 220, Route 221, Route 218, Canalave City, Iron Island, Route 222 and Sunyshore City Here you select a team of 3 Pokémon and battle 7 trainers consecutively in each round. Battle Factory Win Consecutively with Rental Pokémon

After the battle Cynthia will praise you on the conviction you have with your Pokémon to become Champion. She'll then take you to the Hall of Fame where Professor Rowan will join you and all the Pokémon on your team are recorded into the Hall of Fame. After the battle, Cyrus will think it is hopeless since if Giratina is defeated, this world will disappear. However, Cynthia points out the problems are due to the Distortion World being forcibly merged with the real one, and by defeating Giratina the connection can be severed. Cynthia will then heal your team. Before going forward to face Giratina, you need to decide if you want to catch it now or later. Save your game before using the platforms to reach it. Once you move forward and see Giratina fly by, move forward again and then some invisible platforms will become visible, allowing you to reach Giratina.When you come out of Eterna Forest and return to Route 205, all you need to do is walk across the bridge. The Fishermen won't battle you unless you talk to them, so if you don't want the experience just go straight ahead to Eterna City. This time around, you do not have to worry about getting lost. Follow the path until you find the Griseous Orb. The Griseous Orb, when held by Giratina, will allow it to maintain its Origin Forme outside of the Distortion World. Goldeen - Twinleaf Town, Lake Verity, Route 202, Route 203, Route 204, Route 208, Route 209, Route 214, Route 212, Celestic Town and Lake Acuity As mentioned, you'll only have one Pokémon in your party at the outset of the game, but eventually you'll be able to fill it up with six Pokémon, not including the extras that you keep in the boxes in Someone's PC. A key thing to realize is that you're capable of switching Pokémon in between each round of a fight via the appropriately named "Switch" command. If the monster you're facing is too tough for your current Pokémon, or has an advantage in type, then you can use the Switch command to flip out the Pokémon for another member of your party. The large building in the southeastern corner of the city is the Vista Lighthouse. First, use the Dowsing Machine to find a hidden Zap Plate here. Inside, talk to Volkner and you'll leave him convinced to accept your challenge at the Gym.

Wurmple - Route 207, Route 204, Floaroma Meadow, Route 205, Valley Windworks, Eterna Forest, Route 206, Route 208, Route 209, Route 210, Route 215, Route 214, Route 212, Route 213, Fuego Ironworks, Route 221, Route 218, Route 211 and Route 222 There are two trainers in the Oreburgh Gym that you'll have to get through before you challenge the Gym Leader. Alternatively, you can take the long way around and skip the trainers entirely. Burmy - Route 207, Floaroma Meadow, Route 205, Valley Windworks, Eterna Forest, Route 206, Route 208, Route 209, Route 210, Route 215, Route 214, Route 212, Route 213, Fuego Ironworks, Route 221, Route 218, Route 211 and Route 222Obtained in the house to the left of the Poké Mart, from a man on the second floor if shown a Geodude The danger here is that Mars' Level 17 Purugly is tough to beat unless if your team was well prepared beforehand. If you started with Chimchar, having it evolve into Monferno (at Lv. 14) to learn Mach Punch is useful. Intimidate users, such as Staravia or Luxio, are also helpful. Upon defeat, Mars will gather her grunts and leave the Windworks after another Commander reminds her that they've already collected enough energy from the Windworks for their plans.

Her team is about the same as Saturn's team, but with the difference of Purugly instead of Toxicroak. Since your Fighting-type diversity has greatly improved since last time it shouldn't have been hard to have found a Fighting-type to use against her to defeat Purugly. Be careful since it is fast and can put you asleep with Hypnosis. After the battle, despite fretting about losing again, Mars is satisfied with having captured Mesprit. She also deduces that Saturn's operation of catching Azelf it made it easier to catch Mesprit due to it sensing that Azelf is in danger and made the cave appear to head out. Mars then leaves with the warning of the power they are about to possess.So you want to be a Pokemon Master, huh? Well, you've come to the right place! But there's much to learn before you can truly become a master in the fierce, competitive sport of battling Pokemon. But with our starter guide at your side, you should have no trouble climbing the ranks to become the ultimate Pokemon Master. Barboach - Oreburgh Gate, Ravaged Path, Route 205, Eterna City, Mt. Coronet, Route 210 and Great Marsh From here on out, Mt. Coronet is an enormous maze. You may want to use Super Repels in some areas, but the wild Pokémon are high-leveled enough to be good for training against. It would be a good idea to keep the Dowsing Machine app on the Pokétch screen, as there will be a lot of hidden items. You can find two more hidden items here as well as two more Galactic Grunts. Take the stairs to 7F.