The Official DPPt Recent Happenings Thread (Remade ~ READ THE FIRST POST OR ELSE)

[PkmnTrainerJ]

Pearl: Have been trying my hand at shiny PokéRadar chaining to no avail. But I've boxes full of Kricketot, Starly, Shellos & Zunat for Hayley on Ranch tomorrow.

[PkmnTrainerJ]

Pearl: Caught Drifloon at Valley Windworks as well as a male Combee off the tree. Might rest Pearl for a bit, besides daily things and Ranch.

Platinum: With Movie 08 Regigigas with me, I went to catch Regice, and it took me 20 Ultra Balls, and a U-Turn and Pursuit from Flutters (Yanma). Regirock next I think, after I get some more money to afford to buy stuff.

Ranch:
Hayleys wanted
Kricketot - Caught and traded for her Pachirisu I think
Garchomp - No chance Hayley.
Roserade - No shiny stone, so also no chance
Barboach - Easy enough, so yes, she'll likely get that

Ranch expands again tomorrow

[Cruisin']

So I beat the elite four on my first run through. Had to Max-revive once against Cynthia but meh, they use full restores...

Afterwards I only had to see two more pokemon to get to 210. Rotom was easily seen through the TV at the Old Chateau, and I knew the last was Porygon. I planed to use this Porygon as my EV trained one that I will trade to Soul Silver to use for the in-game experience. So I waited until I had access to the Battle Frontier to find out his IV potential.

Yaayy. After about 50 or so soft resets, I finally got a Timid, Alert to sounds Porygon, with superior overall IV's and a perfect Speed IV. I'll EV train him in Sp. Attack and Speed later.

So now I can finally get the National Dex and continue exploring Sinnoh!

[TheGreatDragonite]

I've just started a new Platinum. I am just about to battle Maylene, and am really enjoying playing it again. My team is:

Monferno 31
Mothim 35
Gabite 31
Porygon 25 (only just got it)
Roselia 30

[Cruisin']

- Got my national Dex upgrade and got to meet Professor Oak. Heard of the legendary birds roaming the Sinnoh region for some strange reason. Have ran into Moltres and Zapdos but not yet Articuno. Mesprit is still out there as well. Dragon Trio has been caught, and I have met the Regigigas statue, but I am going to have pal park the legendary golems from my future emerald version to catch him. Cresselia, I'm not sure about yet. I'm thinking I need to progress the story before she begins to roam around Sinnoh like the rest of um'.

- When on a berry planting spree (The EV draining ones) all over Sinnoh, and bought tons of honey and slathered every tree in Sinnoh with honey. Looking for the damn female Combey. Also re-explored a few nooks and crannies with the Dowsing machine with my two HM slaves in party to clear the way of obstacles and annoying waterways.

- Was about to explore the battle Zone to get a super rod, when I ran into a fisherman right outside the entrance. Now I can finally catch a Feebas! Now I can train a pokemon I've been very interested in since I first saw it in Emerald. Milotic!!! I'll breed one to be Modest and Mischievous, with superior over-all IV's and a perfect Sp. Attack IV. Her Sp. Attack and Speed stats will be EV trained to the max.

- Am now going to figure out which four spots Feebas can be caught in that pool inside Mt. Coronet.

[Meowth City]

Pearl:

~ Defeated Volkner and got my eighth and final badge.
~ Met Jasmine and got HM07 Waterfall.
~ Arrived at the Victory Road.
~ Reached the Pokemon League.
~ Defeated Barry at the entrance.
~ Witnessed Mesprit at Lake Verity.
~ Caught Uxie at Lake Acuity.
~ Caught Azelf at Lake Valor.
~ Currently training my team.

Penta ♂ - Level 48
Sky ♀ - Level 48
Mars ♂ - Level 47
Buster ♂ - Level 47
Taylor ♀ - Level 47
Snowy ♂ - Level 47

[Aggro]

Just caught a shiny Sneasel. Jolly nature. Its IVs are good, except sp.def, speed and sp. atk (I don't care about it, though). 19th chain, not so bad. I'm gonna chain more.

[Meowth City]

Pearl Team:
(Before the League)
Penta ♂ - Level 48 - Moves: Aqua Jet, Metal Claw, Surf, Peck.
Sky ♀ - Level 48 - Moves: Aerial Ace, Take Down, Close Combat, Fly.
Mars ♂ - Level 48 - Moves: Crunch, Flamethrower, Fire Fang, Faint Attack.
Buster ♂ - Level 48 - Moves:Quick Attack, Jump Kick, Bounce, Dizzy Punch.
Taylor ♀ - Level 48 - Moves: Spark, Swift, Quick Attack, Discharge.
Snowy ♂ - Level 48 - Moves: Swagger, Wood Hammer, Ice Shard, Blizzard.

First of all, I stocked up on a lot of healing items. Then I defeated the Elite 4 (Aaron, Bertha, Flint and Lucian) with hardly any problems. My biggest challenge was the unbelievably close battle with the Champion who happened to be my stalker, Cythnia. I did a lot of stalling and healing, but I defeated her with only Snowy left. I got lucky with Blizzard which froze Milotic - her last Pokemon - had this not happened, I might have lost the battle. My Pokemon and I were recorded into the Hall of Fame. I viewed the credits. THE END!

[Cruisin']

Finally found a Feebas patch! Took four freakin' days, although it's not like I play all hours of the day... but still.

Now I'm gonna catch as many as I can. Maybe like 30, or even 50, to get the nature I like, which is Modest of course, and luckily with good IV's. I had enough patience finding the ugly fish, I can easily take my time catching as many as I want. I'll breed to get the one I prefer of course, I just hope Feebas ain't a baby pokemon. I don't think it is though. I'll check Bulbapedia.

A super awesomely trained Milotic is within my grasp!

[Roulette Dares]

Yay, I love these kinds of threads. Well, this morning I decided I would restart Diamond. I'm not too far, but I'm still playing as I type this up. I'll probably post daily in the form of a log.

Well, first thing's first in a journey. I chose my starter, named my character, etc. I went with Chimchar this time. It's my standby starter in the 4th gen, and I rarely choose anything else. Infernape is one of my favorite Utility Pokemon to date, and I think that its movepool and playstyle really compliment playing through a game's story. After getting all of the basic stuff finished, I was able to actually start playing.

I head to Sandgem Town and do everything that needs to be done there (get the Pokedex, Dawn teaches me to catch Pokemon), and now I'm finally free to explore a little bit uninterrupted. I take the time to train Chimchar a bit. I get him to around Lvl 10 on wild Shinx and Starly, which should make fighting the local trainers pretty easy. I catch a Bidoof as well to use as an HM Slave later so I don't have to waste move slots on my more useful Pokemon. I go through Jubilife, get my Poketch, deliver the package to my rival, battle the Trainer School students, and obtain TM Hidden Power from them. I decide that I want to catch member #3 of my party, so I look through my dex to see what I've encountered. Abra catches my eye, so I head east to look for one.

First I have to battle my rival, who is easily handled by Chimchar. After defeating him I start looking around for Abra. Now, if you've ever tried catching one, you know how tedious it can be. I probably spent 20 minutes searching before encountering my first one. Not knowing my Chimchar's strength, I accidentally KO'd with Scratch. Luckily, all the searching had caused Chimchar to grow a lot from battling the wild Pokemon. Through the process he learned Taunt. Remembering that Abra always uses Teleport to run from battle, I quickly taught it to Chimchar. After a few more random encounters I finally found a Male Lvl 4 Abra. Chimchar Taunted it, forcing it to Struggle its health away. I threw a Pokeball and caught it on my first try.

Once the battle was done I used my recently acquired TM Hidden Power on Abra, since it doesn't get any attacking moves until it evolves. I evolved Chimchar into Monferno sometime before heading to Oreburgh, and managed to get Abra to about lvl 12. I did everything in Oreburgh, which mainly consisted of visiting the mine. This just left battling the gym. With Abra leading, I easily took down the two gym trainers. The second victory gave enough EXP for Abra to evolve into Kadabra, and learn Confusion as well. Still not knowing my Hidden Power type, I was glad to have a good STAB move. Kadabra OHKO'd Geodude, but I switched Monferno in to fight Cranidos. Mach punch 2HKO'd it, and 3HKO'd Onix, letting me defeat Roark easily and obtain TM Stealth Rock and the Coal Badge.

I left the gym and headed back toward Jubilife. I taught Bidoof Rock Smash first, and then headed north. Professor Rowan and Dawn were waiting for me, talking to some Galactic Grunts. Dawn and I battle them, and Kadabra handles both Pokemon (Wurmple and Zubat) pretty easily with Confusion.

This is where I stopped to take a break. I'll probably play more tonight, and I'll try to update again tomorrow

The Team:

Monferno-
Level 16
Male
Moves
Fury Swipes
Mach Punch
Ember
Taunt

Kadabra-
Level 16
Male
Moves
Teleport
Hidden Power-???
Confusion

Bidoof-
Level 2
Female
Moves
Tackle
Rock Smash

Current Location: Jubilife City
Badges: Coal

[Macho Pichu]

Platinum: Caught a Chingling, raised its happiness and evolved it.

Diamond: Started a new file, and chose Chimchar.

[Roulette Dares]

Huzzah, time for entry #2

From Jubilife to Eterna

After defeating the grunts pretty easily, it was time to head toward Floaroma Town. I always forget how time consuming this portion of the game can be, which is why I didn't make it that far in this entry. With Monferno, Kadabra, and Bidoof, I set out to rid the Windworks of Team Galactic.

The task was simple enough. I did everything Floaroma had to offer, which was mostly gathering a few berries and getting a sprayduck can. Once I beat Team Galactic I headed north toward Eterna Forest. If you've played the game, you know how monotonous this section is. Fighting the same Pokemon over and over again alongside Cheryl's incompetent Chansey took me forever. However, it was a great way to grind a little bit of EXP before arriving at Eterna, so I managed to get Monferno and Kadabra to about Lvl 23. I skipped over the fisherman outside the forest in case I caught another Pokemon while exploring the areas around Eterna; they would be good for some extra EXP. I decided this time to go straight for the gym instead of doing the Team Galactic mission.

The gym trainers were easy enough. I cycled Kadabra and Monferno, trying to get them even amounts of EXP. They both hit lvl 24 while at the gym, giving me quite an edge over Gardenia. I used Monferno as my lead, who easily OHKO'd her Cherubi and Turtwig. Roserade was somewhat more difficult, but her Stun Spore didn't work out, so Flame Wheel 2HKOd. I got TM Grass Knot and the Forest Badge, and headed back out to Eterna.

Once I did all of that, I decided I would explore a previously blocked off area, The Old Chateau. I got HM Cut from Cynthia and headed back west toward the mansion. I skipped the fishermen again, instead taking the sideroute above them to pick a few berries. The first Pokemon I encounter inside the Old Chateau is an interesting one who I've never had experience with using: Gastly. I love Gengar, but I've never actually used one in a playthrough. I figure that now is as good a time as any, so I go for the catch.

Using Monferno, I go with the same strategy I used with Abra. I taunt, but I'm not as lucky this time when it attacks. Since both of my Pokemon more than double its level, I decide that I might as well just start throwing Pokeballs. My first choice, a regular Pokeball, works just fine, and Gastly is mine. I move him to the front of my party so I can get him some experience while I explore the rest of the building. I got the few items out of the building and then left, battled the fishermen, and then headed back to Eterna. I guess this is where I'll stop for today.

The Team:

Monferno-
Level 24
Male
Moves
Fury Swipes
Mach Punch
Ember
Taunt

Kadabra-
Level 24
Male
Moves
Teleport
Hidden Power-Dragon?
Psybeam
Disable

Gastly-
Level 16
Male
Moves
Lick
Night Shade
Mean Look
Curse

Bidoof-
Level 2
Female
Moves
Tackle
Rock Smash
Cut

Current Location: Eterna City
Badges: Coal, Forest

[PkmnTrainerJ]

Pearl: Caught a few things to stick on Ranch, and got defeated by a Swords Dancing Pinsir when I wasn't paying attention.

Ranch:
Hayleys wanted
Barboach - Easy enough, so yes, she'll likely get that
Oddish - Easy to get
Starly - I don't know why, there's tons at the Ranch

Ranch expands again tomorrow

[Cruisin']

My Milotic is a beast. The strongest pokemon I have ever trained. Took me a while to hatch the Feebas I wanted, but it was well worth it.

She ( Mihoshi ) is Modest and Mischeivous, and has outstanding overall potential, with perfect IV's in both Special Attack and Special Defense. Maxed her Speed and Sp. Attack EV's, and now she is so freakin' powerful.

For now, these are her moves:

Hydro Pump, Blizzard ( Want to replace with Ice Beam later on somehow, since it's so inaccurate) Aqua Ring, and Attract. I got the Shell Bell on her like Palmer.

Ditched some of my early team and re-trained a perfectly EV trained in Speed and Attack, Jolly, Likes to thrash about Charizard ( perfect attack IV ). I really, really wanted an Adamant one, but damn platinum version makes it a pain in the *** to breed for a specific nature if all you have are males...that's why I love HeartGold/SoulSilver.

I am now outside the cave at Stark Mountain about to finish off Team Galactic once and for all with my awesomely EV trained trio of Milotic, Garchomp, and Charizard.

[Aggro]

I've had a sleepless night.. what to do? Chain!
I've chained two shiny Houndours.

[Cruisin']

Decided that I need a Gallade for my battle tower team. Charizard is weak to water/ice types and electirc, like Milotic and Garchomp, so that won't work.

So I finally hatched a Jolly Alert to sounds Ralts, who I ev trained in Speed and Attack obviously. Leaf Blade, Close Combat, Psycho Cut and X-Scissor are his moves for now. Stone Edge will be taught to him as soon as I can afford it, to one shot the Flying types.

About to explore the survival area.

[PkmnTrainerJ]

Pearl: Caught a ton of Illumise & Volbeat for Ranch.

Ranch:

Hayley bought Absol and traded my Starly for her Croagunk.

Hayleys wanted
Starly - Easy
Oddish - Okay, maybe
Quagsire - Also simple

[Creeper]

Restarted Platnium, and having fun. Barry won me, Dawn dragged me everywhere, and Rowan gave me TM 027, Return.

Team ATM:



Chili the Chimchar, LV 5.

[Cruisin']

Damn.

Finally got to face Palmer the second time, and I swear I had him beat.

It was the most epic fight I've ever had.

My Garchomp, Gallade, and Milotic, vs his Regigigas, Cresselia, and Heattran. Cheatin' ******* using legendaires that I already caught, and that there are only one of!...haha anyway

Garchomp went out first, and so did his regigigas. I switched out to Gallade to try one one shot him with Close Clombat. Didn't work...then he kills me some how I forget...but I know I killed his Regigigas with Garchomps Earthquake.

Now his Cresselia comes out, and I hit her with Outrage, she stays in the green...then one shots me with ice beam..

Now I'm worried. My last pokemon vs two of his. Milotic vs Cresselia. I start with Hydro Pump, it misses of course...then I use Aqua Ring to stay alive. I spam Hyro pumps till one finally hits critical..but of course it still left her with one hp....Damn it all.

So I Ice beam and kill her, after she hits me one more time with psychic... then he brings out a pokemon that I loved to see, Heatran!!! Awesome. My water type should beat this thing with relative ease....

Damn you Focus Sash!!!!! You have saved me so many times but why does Palmer have it on his Heatran!!!

Anyway, I was in the yellow, had like 84 hp, and one of Cresselias psychics lowered my Sp. Def, which is already perfect on my milotic, just not ev trained.

Heatran holds on with 1hp and uses Earth Power. At this point I think Milotic can hold on, having awesome Sp. Defense and knowing earth power is not stab boosted...but of course her lowered sp. defense from the previous psychic was enough for her to die....

So close, so damn close...

Also got a 98 streak at the Battle Hall, and would've faced the Brain again, if that damn Poliwrath's Hypnosis didn't hit.

Gallade had Close Combat, Pshyco Cut, Leaf Blade and X-scissor. He was raping everything in his path with his trusty focus sash on ( tried choice scarf for a while, but i still couldn't one shot certain high defense guys, he is Jolly alert to sounds after all... so decided to take the safer route...), and all I had to do was beat this last water type.

Leaf Blade brought him down to yellow, cuz i wasn't sure if the STAB boosted Pshyco Cut would have done any more damage. And of course his hypnosis hits and i don't wake up in time to kill him while he's drowning my Blade with Surfs. Even with his great sp. defense, he couldn't wake up.

So yea, this team of mine in the strongest Battle Tower/Hall team I have ever had. Garchomp is a freakin' beast, Gallade is fast enough and strong enough, and extremely versatile to one shot opponents with his SE attacks, and my Mystic Milotic is a survivor with a uber powerful Hydro Pump.

Nothin' left to do but to try, try again.

[jasoncola100]

I'm about to battle the seventh gym leader in both Pokemon Pearl and Platinum, and my team for both games are:

Pearl:

Platinum: