wraith89 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 (edited) Fantina's gym was the hardest for me, at least back in D/P because of that Mismagius. In Platinum, I was disappointed to find her downgraded a lot. In Platinum, I guess it is Candice who destroyed 4/6 Pokemon in my team, with only Vaporeon and Empoleon surviving (the others were Gabite, Staraptor, Roserade and Gardevoir... no wonder, right? Gardevoir has the worst critical hit luck though because she gets hit by critical hits from EVERYTHING most of the time...). Volkner was a pushover. I swept his whole team with my level 48 Garchomp (yeah, blame me for using a Ground type in an Electric gym, but my Roserade would have done the job too). yeah! Good luck with cynthia there. If your highest is a level 53 I hope they are holding items and that you have a lot of healing items. Otherwise you might be experiencing a few minor fainting problems, best of luck though:D When I reached the E4 my Pokemon were like level 51-54. I don't know where everyone else is getting their level 63s and all... but 51-54 is usually fine. I had Empoleon, Staraptor, Roserade, Garchomp, Vaporeon, and Gardevoir... Edited April 21, 2009 by wraith89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4evil Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'd say the 8th gym. At that point your pokemon should be about lv. 45-48. Mine were still lv. 39 and 40! Thats because I rush through the storyline like an idiot! But the only reason I won is because I had Giratina lv. 49 with moves like shadow force and dragon claw and ominous wind! i went to catch 2 gravelers from the place where you are after defeating/caught giratina. both had earthquake = die to volker yeah! Good luck with cynthia there. If your highest is a level 53 I hope they are holding items and that you have a lot of healing items. Otherwise you might be experiencing a few minor fainting problems, best of luck though:D killed the elite four with like 2 pokemon, 3 if you count luxray just to kill milotic. . the other 3 were like my sacrefice pokemon for healing LOL. i used a latios + infernape. elite four 1: infernape elite four 2: latios elite four 3: latios elite four 4: latios that was basically it LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith89 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 i went to catch 2 gravelers from the place where you are after defeating/caught giratina. both had earthquake = die to volkerkilled the elite four with like 2 pokemon, 3 if you count luxray just to kill milotic. . the other 3 were like my sacrefice pokemon for healing LOL. i used a latios + infernape. elite four 1: infernape elite four 2: latios elite four 3: latios elite four 4: latios that was basically it LOL How'd you get Latios in this game before the E4? I think this topic assumes you used a Pokemon you got through legal manners with a normal team which you can acquire. And Latios even without a Soul Dew is terrifying... so think about him with Soul Dew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 why cant he have a latios, you can have any pokemon as soon as you can trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4evil Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 How'd you get Latios in this game before the E4? I think this topic assumes you used a Pokemon you got through legal manners with a normal team which you can acquire. And Latios even without a Soul Dew is terrifying... so think about him with Soul Dew... i asked my friend to help trade it from diamond? i told him i might need it for E4, which was true cuz my infernape was only lvl 60 something, and the rest are in the 40's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith89 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 i asked my friend to help trade it from diamond?i told him i might need it for E4, which was true cuz my infernape was only lvl 60 something, and the rest are in the 40's That's actually fine. I beat the league with only levels 51-54ish... without any legendaries or ubers. I mainly don't use ubers because they're too strong and that there is no awe factor... meaning you send out a Giratina... and that guy has a Bidoof... the guy should be staring in awe to see this Renegade Pokemon, but no... he just fights anyways.>_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wonder of platinum Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Honestly the seventh gym was tough, mainly because my only pokemon with attacks super effective against her pokemon was slow with low defense, so it was repeatedly killed. Crasher Wake didn't last long, Fantina was a lol'ing battle, and Byron couldn't even scratch me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith89 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 This is what happened after the battle with Candice: Gabite, Gardevoir, Staraptor and Roserade all got owned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illithian Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 I didn't lose to any of the gym leaders in Platinum. Then again, I played through the game with only Torterra and Staraptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith89 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 I haven't lost either. And Torterra is a great choice for a starter. But how'd you beat Candice? Oh right, Close Combat and probably highly insane level >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGfan Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Fighting gym was a hard challenge. meditite was a joke, but machamp could be a bit hard.Lucario, was the real challenge, though.it even ohkoed one member of my team! but seriously, all of them were easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncourt Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 For me, second gym was the hardest. I had to catch a ponyta and train it to lvl 16 in order to be able to drag myself through the trainer battles. Ponyta died against the leader =.=" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith89 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I beat the second leader... with a Zubat! Seriously... a Starly would have sufficed in this gym, but yeah, that Roserade is a pain. I switched in Budew first to take a few hits or something then had Zubat finish it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flygon Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 The fifth Gym Leader, Fantina was the hardest for Infernape to overcome because since Infernape is also a Fighting-type, the Pokemon kept on using Hypnosis, Confusion and Psychic. My friend gave me an unwanted Gengar at Lv. 42, and so I won with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith89 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 The fifth Gym Leader, Fantina was the hardest for Infernape to overcome because since Infernape is also a Fighting-type, the Pokemon kept on using Hypnosis, Confusion and Psychic. My friend gave me an unwanted Gengar at Lv. 42, and so I won with it. My thoughts exactly. Fantina is definitely no pushover She might be my favorite Gym Leader of Sinnoh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLOOTENKERP Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 The 8th gym leader was the toughest. Ice just destroys me in the game. At the moment I had weak Pokémon so I guess that's why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokemonfan Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 Fantina is definitely tough...(and my favorite with her drifblim ) especially because unless your playing diamond you dont have access to dark types really. On diamond there is murkrow and stunky. I love skuntank its my all time favorite dark type. Its gotten me through some tough times. _______ A recent wraith89 post..another clue to the whereabouts of the ghost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith89 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 The 8th gym leader was the toughest. Ice just destroys me in the game. At the moment I had weak Pokémon so I guess that's why. You mean 7th. Volkner is 8th. Yes, Candice was hard too... look earlier in this thread to see the result of what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless Eden Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Ha! hes' here proton pack activate *sucks wraith into the little tiny box* I said it before fatina is hard if you dont have the correct moves & pokemon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokemonfan Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 Actually wraith89 isn't at this thread..he recently posted in the thread "Pressure and levitate" in the pokemon franchise section. Lets go! *plays ghost buster theme song* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith89 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Guys, as fun as this is, please don't go off topic. The hardest in my opinion, once again, are Fantina and Candice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokemonfan Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 Dang, thanks for ruining the fun well I can see how candice can be tough especially with that medicham in d/p you wouldn't expect a psychic/fighting type to be with the ice pokes. It can really throw a wrench in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith89 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 O_O Congrats on your 777th post PF! It's not ruining the fun... you can still post stuff about catching me as LONG as you post stuff related to the topic afterwards (like telos did) >_> They just threw in Ice Punch on Medicham... because before they added the expansion to the Sinnoh Dex in Platinum, there wasn't many Ice pokes either. Same for Flint. Notice how there were only 2 Fire types in Sinnoh... and the rest were 3 random pokes with Fire Punch or Fire Fang or Will-o-Wisp. >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless Eden Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Ok wraith Candice never caused me any problems though and medi never caused a problem nothing i wasn't prepared for (thank you staraptor) But that fatina took a good few tries poor monferno keep falling asleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokemonfan Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 Well..dont forget cows! Gasp 777th post! I must have super luck now...maybe enough luck to catch the ghost... Anyway..I see what you mean. With all those non type pokemon in there it makes it difficult to throw a wrench into their gears. Hypnosis is a devestating attack to a sweeper like monferno. When he's out like that it gives pokes time to set up and destroy monferno. I better be careful. I plan to take down fantina this time with her own medicine gengar, drifblim, and mismagius are all officially higher then fantina's gym pokemon and since I've been to busy training I haven't even gotten to veilstone yet . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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