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Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl Who's on your team? Where are you in the game?

Discussion in 'Switch Pokémon Games' started by Smooshie, Nov 20, 2021.

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Which starter did you pick?

  1. Turtwig

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  2. Chimchar

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  3. Piplup

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  1. Smooshie

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    Hey hey, Pokémon trainers! BDSP just dropped and I've been playing whenever I could! I'm curious, who's on your team currently? Do you have a plan for future teammates?

    Currently I'm on the way to Veilstone City and here's my current team:
    Prinplup Lv. 34
    Scyther Lv. 33
    Croagunk Lv. 31
    Houndoom Lv. 31
    Murkrow Lv. 28
    Egg

    I hope to get a Togepi for fairy and teach them an electric or grass move, but it's still a work in progress. Houndoom is also a tentative member and I'm keeping Scyther because Prinplup is such a poor physical attacker which is a pity.
     
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  2. WavePearl

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    Just arrived in Oreburgh City:

    Diddy the Chimchar
    Estrella the Starly
    Shine the Shinx
    Gaia the Budew

    UPDATE: Just as my Switch died in Eterna Forest:

    Diddy the Monferno
    Estrella the Staravia
    Shine the Luxio
    Gaia the Budew (trying to evolve)
    Tails the Buizel
    Niji the Beautifly (temporary; grinding for the Contests)
     
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  3. DuoM2

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    Currently headed up towards Snowpoint, team is just a Level 40 Manaphy because I don't like playing Pokémon with full teams anymore. Mon's really broken, I've been able to effortlessly beat almost everyone up to this point.
     
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  4. Smooshie

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    Aaay, that's a cool team! Is there someone in particular you're looking for to add to this team?

    Right now, I'm on the way to Celestic Town with this group:
    Ambrose the Empoleon
    Big Red the Scizor
    Circe the Murkrow
    Jellydonut the Toxicroak
    Eggroll the Altaria
    Poki bowl the Swinub

    Still unsure about the last two but let's see where this goes XD
     
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  5. Smooshie

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    I see. Are you enjoying yourself with just Manaphy?
     
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  6. WavePearl

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    @Smooshie

    My sixth member will eventually be the Riolu you get as part of the story, but I have a few placeholder mons until then
     
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  7. Jeydis

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    I am playing one of my themed nuzlockes and having a great time. The theme is Archeology so I am running only Ground, Rock, Steel and Psychic types or Pokémon that evolve into those, that means I started with my boy Turtwig! I have been journaling my run for funsies and here is the team so far right after taking down Gardenia and the Galactic building

    [​IMG]
     
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  8. DuoM2

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    I have been. It's cool to not just click big damage move when playing ingame, and Manaphy...kind of makes you deviate from that. I've been able to skip a lot of unimportant battles where that would be the case, but for a lot of important fights, I'll find ways to set up Tail Glow through Charm/Acid Armor or Supersonic and then blow past the opponent with a +6, STAB-boosted, Metronome-boosted Water move. It's not nearly as heavy on strategy as some other solo runs I've done where to beat it underleveled I'd need to think very carefully about TMs and X Item usage against even some regular trainers, but Manaphy's so broken that it makes it almost as fun.
     
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  9. Jonathan Trinh

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    Right now I'm still shiny hunting for starter Pokémon, currently turtwig! I really want to play the game so bad! But I want the shiny turtwig way more.
     
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  10. Smooshie

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    I wish you great luck in getting that shiny turtwig! It's such a lovely shade of green too!!
     
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  11. Smooshie

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    I'm on the way to the 8th Gym and my team is pretty set in stone for now for Brilliant Diamond:

    Ambrose the Empoleon
    Circe the Honchkrow
    Poptart the Togekiss
    Jellydonut the Toxicroak
    Fishstick the Garchomp
    Poki bowl the Mamoswine

    I've also started a second run for Shining Pearl, just left Jubilife City with:
    Ginko the Turtwig
    Mochi the Shinx

    I'm pretty excited for the SP run since I plan on making a team themed around magical girls, so my sights are set on Mew, Glameow, Misdrevious and a Blissey but we shall see how it all goes!
     
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    I used Infernape, Drifblim, Bronzong, Azumarill, Drapion, and Hippowdon. Most of the team was slow and there was a glaring weakness to ground type attacks. On top of that, there was no reliable coverage against water types. It certainly made battling Cynthia tricky.
     
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