Like in all previous Pokemon best friend throughout the game. Time and time again, you will be relying on your starter to handle some of the toughest opponents. For that reason, it is important that you pick the best starter out of the three available choices. Do you take the Grass/Ground pokemon Turtwig, Fire/Fighting Chimchar, or Water/Steel Piplup?
The Stubborn and Snappy Turtwig 1441q
Being a part of a against Fantina in the third gym.
Unfortunately Turtwig and his evolutions are very slow, which can be annoying. As well, he has the usual weaknesses against Fire and Bug pokemon but, luckily, is immune to Electric attacks. As well, his third form comes the earliest, as he [KWLINK 14980]evolves[/KWLINK again at level 32. Turtwig is great for beginners and people looking for an easy time through the game.[/p]
The Agile Fire Monkey: Chimchar 3r5q1h
As noted in the header above, Chimchar is the fastest of the three starting Attack and Special Attack stat and evolves the earliest, turning into Monferno at level 14. He evolves again at level 36, which is the norm for starting pokemon.
Chimchar is brilliant in some elemental match up, acquiring both Fire and poor regular and Special Defense makes him a bit tricky to use throughout the game.
In Diamond and Pearl, many people picked Chimchar because of his general trading later, it might be better to select someone else.
The Stumbling but Lovable Piplup 383j2s
Piplup is the slowest to evolve overall, with his first evolution taking place at level 16 and the sneeze at either. Piplup learns a good variety of moves that are very handy to have.
Once Piplup evolves into Empoleon, he will be part gyms, Piplup would be a great choice for both beginners and experienced players.
Some Things to Consider 226v6n
If you have friends that also have Platinum, you should goal is to Catch 'Em All.
Some people really like to over and over until you get a female to start.
The Gyms 1n4z1q
Unlike some of the previous Pokemon games, the difficulty of the game won't be affected much by your choice of starter. You will be able to catch new pokemon early on and will have a chance to train enough to cover any elemental weakness that your starter has. However, your starter will usually be the strongest pokemon of your team, which does make it still somewhat important to pick a good one, just not as much as with the previous Pokemon games.
Platinum is different than Diamond and Pearl in that you will fight some gyms in a different order. Notably, the Ghost gym is now third, which means you will need to train up a good pokemon to take care of Fantina's Gengar. Here is a quick breakdown of the gyms and how the starters fare against them.
From this simple comparison, it is easy to see that Chimchar is probably the most useful for the majority of the game while Piplup won't see too much gym action. However, do that you will be able to pick up a lot of great pokemon along the way to make a well-balanced team so don't worry too much if you picked a different starter.
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