Pokemon Platinum Official Strategy Guide

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As you travel, you'll come across a number of machines that can be used to permanently train your Pokémon with new skills. These come in two forms: TMs, which are relatively common, and HMs, which are fairly rare. Once you are prepared, your next destination is to enter Mt. Coronet from the south entrance. You can either Fly to Oreburgh City and head north, or Hearthome City and head west, but the path from Oreburgh is faster.

If you chose Turtwig or Piplup, you should have no problem with Roark. If you chose Chimchar though, you should at least go and catch a Machop on Route 207. Save your best Pokemon for Cranidos, which is Roark's strongest Pokemon. Be aware also that he will use Potions if his Pokemon are low on health, so watch out. 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. Gyarados - Twinleaf Town, Lake Verity, Route 202, Route 203, Oreburgh Gate, Route 204, Ravaged Path, Route 205, Valley Windworks, Eterna City, Mt. Coronet, Route 208, Route 209, Route 210, Route 214, Pastoria City, Great Marsh, Route 212, Route 213, Celestic Town, Fuego Ironworks, Routes 219, Route 220, Route 221, Route 218, Canalave City, Iron Island, Lake Acuity, Route 222, Sunyshore City, Route 223, Victory Road and Pokémon League Gastrodon - Route 205, Valley Windworks, Pastoria City, Route 212, Route 213, Fuego Ironworks, Route 218 and Canalave City

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Saturn's team is the same as before but at higher levels, so the same tactics you used at Lake Valor should work here. Once you defeat him, Saturn will let you press the switch that will set Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie free. He mentions that Cyrus crafted a special Red Chain for capturing something on Mt. Coronet. 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. You can find two more hidden items here as well as two more Galactic Grunts. Take the stairs to 7F. Professor Rowan will then give you the Poké Radar, which will allow you to find non-regional Pokémon in tall grass. For it to work, you need to be standing in tall grass without being mounted on your bicycle. After one use, it takes 50 steps to recharge. 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 Points

Once you leave the Trainer's School and start heading north, a man will interrupt you and tell you about a promotion for the Pokétch. If you find the three clowns and receive all the coupons, you will be given a free Pokétch! Wingull - Route 213, Routes 219, Route 220, Route 221, Iron Island, Route 222, Sunyshore City and Pokémon League 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. On B3F, head towards the lower gray marker on the elevator to expose some hidden platforms and travel down to meet Cyrus. He reveals that the shadowy Pokémon abandoned him and went further below, and talks about DNA and how one thing cannot exist without the other. He theorizes that if someone were to defeat the shadowy Pokémon, this world should disappear and no longer interfere with his plans. For the puzzle on this floor, you must touch the gray markers on the floor to expose hidden platforms. Only one path will get you to B5F, and platforms here sometimes become visible or invisible.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.