How to Become a Good Wi Fi Trainer in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Finish the Elite Four (you get more variances in Pokémon.

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   Step 2: Choose a good "Walled-Up" (sort of Invincible Team) team.

   If you're battling in the Wi-Fi Battle Tower, you get 3 Pokémon; in this case, a hard-hitting offensive approach is a good idea.
   
   If you're doing a Friend Battle, you get 6 Pokémon, so this offers more variety. ,, The best one out there is Kyogre; its rain-boosted Water Spout does more damage than most any other attack.
   
   Wobbuffet is another good choice, utilizing Encore, Shadow Tag, and Counter Coat to trap and KO attackers or switch out and set up on supporters. ,, This is more useful in Ubers, as most Kyogre cannot touch it). ,). , Also, the user, regardless of Special Ability, will be unaffected). , A Tyranitar, obtainable only by Diamond.
   
   A Salamence, Obtainable only by Pearl, but that's arguably Uber, etc. , If that person uses a Arceus and you are using a Uxie with 45 HP, and all other Pokémon are fainted, don't disconnect! Run like a man and acknowledge your defeat. , Newcomers will, for example, switch a Gliscor in to wall Lucario only to be one-shot by Ice Punch.
   
   Likewise, switching a Garchomp in on a Magnezone won't do much good if it Magnet Rises to dodge Earthquake and subsequently Explodes. , This is often exploited by using two Pokémon together; Gyarados lures in Thunder and switches to Electivire, whose Motor Drive blocks the attack, boosts its Speed, and allows it to sweep.
   
   Likewise, Scizor lures in a Flamethrower and switches to Heatran, who takes the attack with its Flash Fire and mauls everything with boosted Fire Blasts. , For example, if your opponent likes to switch their Gyarados in on your Garchomp to dodge Earthquake and weaken you with Intimidate, use Stone Edge on your opponent's Electrics to catch Gyarados with a super-effective hit.
   
   Protect, Baton Pass, and U-Turn are useful for this sort of thing. , For example, if your opponent's Exeggutor is using Solar Beam, and it's their first turn charging, switch to a Grass resist like Salamence, set up a Dragon Dance or two, and wreck their team.
   
   Or, predict the attack, switch in Tyranitar to cut the move's power in half, and take out Exeggutor with Crunch.
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   Step 3: Balance one Pokémon's move set

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   Step 4: 2 defense Moves and 2 offense moves.

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   Step 5: Choose some Ubers if your opponent is all right with it.

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   Step 6: Solid non-Uber choices are: Starmie

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   Step 7: Gengar

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   Step 8: Infernape (fast

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   Step 9: powerful

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    Step 10: nice movepool)

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    Step 11: Tyranitar

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    Step 12: Heatran

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    Step 13: Metagross (hefty and extremely powerful)

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    Step 14: Scizor (Technician Bullet Punch dents almost anything)

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    Step 15: Breloom (100% accurate sleep move)

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    Step 16: Some risky yet appealing choices are: Spiritomb (It technically has no weaknesses and is decently bulky

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    Step 17: but slow) and Shedinja (Wonder Guard only lets through super-effective hits

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    Step 18: status effects

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    Step 19: and other support moves

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    Step 20: but Shedinja has only 1 HP to lose.

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    Step 21: Choose Pokémon that have Status-Affecting moves (Darkrai for Dark Void in Ubers

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    Step 22: Heatran for Lava Plume

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    Step 23: Breloom for Spore etc.

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    Step 24: If battling in doubles

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    Step 25: use Effective Combo Moves Such as: Sunny Day

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    Step 26: Solar Beam (charges in one turn); Belly Drum/Swords Dance

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    Step 27: Psych Up (gets the stat boost of the Pokémon that uses Belly Drum

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    Step 28: Swords Dance); Protect

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    Step 29: Explosion (takes out both foes while your Pokémon is unscathed); Protect/Levitate

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    Step 30: Move that affects all Pokémon on field like Earthquake (the Pokémon that knows Protect will be protected or the one that Levitates will be unaffected.

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    Step 31: Use balanced Pokémon choices.

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    Step 32: Know when to quit.

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    Step 33: Know what Pokémon can use what moves.

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    Step 34: Likewise

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    Step 35: know what Pokémon have what abilities.

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    Step 36: Try to find out how your opponent responds to your actions and act accordingly.

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    Step 37: Take advantage!

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