r/Pokemondiamond

yeah so i finally am old enough to have spending money and finally get all the authentic pokemon games (still working on getting some). i just conquered ruby and it was amazing now it’s onto diamond then platinum but i have questions.

so i know there is the physical and special split but i shouldn’t have too much of a hassle with that. my main question is what are some of the best ‘mons to have on my team but listen to this first before you answer: in ruby my team consisted of pokemon with amazing combos and stall.

think skarmory with spikes and roar, gardevoir with calm mind and psychic, slaking with hyperbeam, facade and guts tailow, etc. it was truly remarkable how much my team had each others backs and worked with each other; it’s made me adore pokemon even more.

so yeah, i’m looking for some pokemon with that kind of dynamic and also some powerhouse ones. i keep reading about gengar and milotic and i know gen iv introduced bonus evolutions so if it helps i do have access to two nintendo ds and other gen iv games for the trade evolutions.

i have so many questions (i really want to try a blissey and garchomp out, what are the starters like) but not sure which pokemon are even available before the elite 4 so that’s why i’m asking for some heads up.

thanks all!

I haven't played platinum but I know that it does have some improvements(mostly a better post game), but are the original gen 4 games overheated? Diamond is my all time favorite pokemon game (sun and moon following closely behind), and I just wanted to get a consensus, as d and p get bashed to hell online

Ok so I am training my Pokémon for the league in diamond and my team is, infernape, staraptor, Luxray, garchomp, floatzl, but for my sixth Pokémon should I use steelix or dialga? Dialga is level 47 and steelix is 46, also should I trade out my luxray? I already have dark coverage with floatzl that has crunch and it seems like electric won’t be too important since all my other Pokémon have good coverage

I am like really lost right now. Im at the part where team galaxy blow up the lakes and im supposed to go to each lake to check on them. After doing the whole thing with the professor and dawn at Lake verity. I go to valor and talk to the commander. Im supposed to go to lake acuity to check on my rival but I need rock climb. And the only way to do that is to get the 7th badge, at snow city past the rock climbing in Mount coroner. But if im not mistaken I need to do the galactic hq part first regardless but im stuck there too. I went to the warehouse to talk to the grunt there for guidance on what i need to do but still stuck.