Best Team for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl 

So Sudowoodo is here because I didn't want to get 1 specific Pokemon on the team for 1 gym leader. Luxray doesn't do all that great on the board. Grass types are only good for a few battles then thats it. Also keep in mind that, this isn't a team of the 6 ABsolute best pokemon. I build these teams with synergy in mind and I felt Sudowoodo was a great filler spot for the last 1. I also like the diversity it has and I wanted to do something new so if you wanna yell at me that's fine lol. Roserade is a great Pokemon I just feel I wanted to take a different approach.

if we ever get the diamond and pearl remakes , there needs to be a feature where we could get our revenge at that trainer mindy who trades you a haunter with an everstone

me : *thinks about how nostalgic diamond and pearl was* also me : *gets nightmare flashbacks to seeing that trainer that traded me a haunter with an everstone*

Inferneape Type: Fire/ Fighting How to obtain: Your Starter Moveset: Close Combat -Learned at level 41 -Use Mach Punch before get it -Great Fighting STAB Flare Blitz -Learned at level 57 -Use any other fire types before get it -Great Fire STAB Shadow Claw -TM obtained after defeating Fantina -Great Psychic coverage Stone Edge -TM found in the Victory Road -Great Flying coverage Staraptor Type: Normal/Flying How to obtain: Found in the First routes in the game Moveset: Fly -HM found in the Team Galatic Warehouse -Used to travel in Sinooh, but also can be used in battle. Brave Bird -Learned at level 49 Great Flying STAB but aslo has some recoil -Use Aerial Ave before get it Close Combat -Learned at level 34 -Great Rock and Ice coverage Return -TM found in Lost Tower -Great Normal STAB Gyarados Type: Water/Flying(Its Flying type is pretty useless) How to obtain: Fishing Magikarps with the old Rod Moveset: Surf -Even tough Gyarados is a pyshical attacker, you nerd Surf in your playtrought -HM gived to you by Cynthia's grandma in Celestic Town Waterfall -Great pyshical Water STAB -HM gived to you by Jasmine after defeating Volkner Ice Fang -Learned at level 32 -Great coverage for Dragon and Grass pokemons, also dealing 4x damage for Cynthia's Garchomp Dragon Dance -Learned at level 44 -Great status move, boosting Gyarados' attack and speed Bronzong Type: Steel/Psychic How to obtain: Exploring Cycling Road Moveset: Flash Cannon -TM gived to you after defeating Byron -Great for Steel STAB Psychic -TM found in route 211 -Use Extrassensory before get it (learned at level 19) -Great for Psychic STAB Gyro Ball -Learned at level 38 -Coverage for Bronzong's low speed Hypnosis -Can only be used via move releraner on Pastora City Garchomp Type: Dragon/Ground How to obtain: Using strengh to find the secret area in Wayward Cave Moveset: Dragon Claw -Learned at level 33 -Great pyshical Dragon STAB Earthquake -TM found in Wayward Cave -Great Ground STAB Crunch -Learned at level 48 -Great coverage Fire Fang -Learned via Move Relearner -Great for Ice coverage Sudowoodo(?????) Type: Rock(yes he is not Grass) How to obtain: evolves bonsly, found in... trophy garden??? Sorry i didnt get that part Moveset: Rock Slide -Learned at level 33 -Great for Rock STAB -Use Rock Throw before get it Sucker Punch -Learned at level 31 -Great priority move Brock Break -TM found in Oreburgh Cave -Needs Rock Smash Wood Hammer -Needs a Heart Scale -Great for Water Coverage Sorry If my english bad im Brazilian and I still a child

I actually think in a remake the trainer with a haunter would say "Oh I forgot to give an everstone to my haunter" and you actually evolve your Haunter

'Mystic putting Sudowoodo on the team.' Me: Say sike right now.

plot twist:ash also had a everstone in his pocket thats why he never aged

Alright the last Pokémon was a shock, but we need to replace it with Roserade because A) We need water coverage and Sudowoodo with wood hammer is not going to cut it 2) You can get it much earlier than Sudowoodo 3) It can learn toxic to stall fools

He forgot about everyone's favorite HM slave Bidoof

Imagine if gamefreak could have given Gyarados, acrobatics in future generations...

Okay, this was another good team you put together. Nice work, as always. Glad I joined the premiere. Looking forward to more alternate starter best teams in the future. I'll also check out Mystic Zora soon. Keep up the great work! :) Edit (9/8/20): Did a little research, and found that Bronzor will be at Level 15 when you catch it on Route 206, meaning it will probably have Hypnosis already on there, so a Heart Scale for it won't be necessary. Also, you can catch Bonsly on routes 209 and 210 in Pokemon Pearl, along with finding it in the Trophy Garden. Edit (9/8/20): One more thing, catch a Bonsly with the ability Rock Head, and you won't have to worry about the recoil from Wood Hammer because Rock Head prevents recoil damage.

I thought that sudowoodo was a joke but when i see his moveset i was surprised that it was part of the team

2:34 is the starting point. Yw

Who else is watching this after Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl got announced?

Omg iv been waiting for this for ages I’ll love the playthroughs

I must say this is a well thought out team Mystic, my recent playthrough of Diamond had me using Infernape, Luxray, Bronzong, Floatzel, Garchomp and Honchkrow👍🏼

I love this channel def relaxes me after long day at work can escape from my real world issues and just chill.

I just bought a copy of Diamond yesterday from a garage sale, so perfect timing!

Glad to be in the premiere. Overall, that team was not too bad, but quite unexpected with Sudowoodo.

This is great! I was planning to play this Diamond, since Platinum was the one I first tried.

The Team: *(SUGGESTION: Play Pearl if you need Bonsly easily)* *INFERNAPE (Fire/Fighting)* Obtained: *Starter* Moves: *Close Combat* *Lvl.41. , Start with Mach Punch* *Flare Blitz* *Lvl.57. , Keep other fire moves till you get Flare Blitz* *Shadow Claw* *TM.65. Given by Fantina, 5th Gym Leader, after defeating her* *Stone Edge* *TM.71. Found in Victory Road* *STARAPTOR (Normal/Flying)* Obtained: *Route 201* Moves: *Fly* *HM.02. Found in Galactic Warehouse, can be used after defeating Maylene, 3rd Gym Leader* *Brave Bird* *Lvl.49. , Start with Aerial Ace* *Close Combat* *Lvl.34.* *Return* *Found in Lost Tower in Route 209* *GYARADOS (Water/Flying)* Obtained: Catch Magikarp using old rod(given by fisherman West of Jubilife city) Moves: *Surf* *HM.03. Given by Cynthia's grandmother in Celestic City* *Waterfall* *HM.07. , Given by Jasmine In Sunyshore City* *Ice Fang* *Lvl.32.* *Dragon Dance* *Lvl.44.* *BRONZONG (Steel/Psychic)* Obtained: *Catch Bronzor in Route 206* Moves: *Flash Cannon* *TM.91. Given by Byron, 6th Gym Leader, after defeating him* *Psychic* *TM.29. Found in Route 211 (Need Rock Climb and Rock Smash)* OR *Extrasensory* *Lvl.19.* *Gyro Ball* *Lvl.38.* *Hypnosis* *Need Heart Scale(Found near Route 212)* *GARCHOMP (Dragon/Ground)* Obtained: *Route 206(Need HM.06. Strength)* Moves: *Dragon Claw* *Lvl.33.* *Earthquake* *TM.26. , Found in Wayward Cave* *Crunch* *Lvl.48.* *Fire Fang* *Needs Heart Scale(Search it somewhere in Sinnoh or don't teach Bronzong Hypnosis and teach it something else and use this Heart Scale for Fire Fang)* *SUDOWOODO (Rock)* Obtained: *Route 209, Route 210, Trophy Garden in PEARL* *Trophy Garden in DIAMOND* (BTW we find *Bonsly* in above locations, evolve by level up learning mimic and *Bonsly* already knows mimic, so just level up after catching it) Moves: *Rock Slide* *Lvl.33. , Start with Rock Throw* *Sucker Punch* *Lvl.41.* *Brick Break* *TM.31. , Found in Oreburgh Gate(Need Rock Smash and Bike)* *Wood Hammer* *Needs Heart Scale (Found near Route 214)* *TIPS FOR HEART SCALE* Catch Luvdisc, they have 50% chance of having Heart Scale Hold Item. You're Welcome

that moment when you remember using sudowoodo in hgss and then finding out it's on this team. haha im gonna go replay soul silver and use sudowoodo again, thank you for the memories

sinnoh fans here check?

Lol this team is basically just a 6-part, gigantic physical bicep and I love it.

Mystic: "And for those who say I am running out of ideas" Me: "what are you thinking about us genwunner?"

Hey Mystic, great Video, and a nice Team you put together. Now, are you going to get to Empoleon & Torterra before Remakes of Gen 4 are announced, or not?

Huh, Sudowoodo and Gyarados are pretty interesting choices. Honestly, I would throw rock slide on Garchomp instead of Fire Fang, but that is also a really good option for it. Overall, I'm pretty impressed with the differences the team has, plus I just love the fact you threw in Sudowoodo.

I’m kinda disappointed Roserade isn’t here. Besides Bronzong, there’s almost no Special attacker here.

I just completed dp a few weeks back, so i guess ill compare my team that i used to complete dp to this team. I used empoleon, staraptor, luxray, roserade, garchomp and lucario. Quite a stark contrast.

Next member is: steel/psychic ME: METAAAAGRRROOOOS- HIM: BROONZZOONNGG

Something worth noting about bronzong: because of its abilities (heatproof and levitate) and the gen 4 type chart it always only has one weakness and you get to pick which it is (fire or ground)

Can't wait to see the future gameplays!!!..

I just started playing Pearl Wednesday and I just traded around with Heart Gold to get all the starters and then added Crobat and two Bibarel, for hm's

Cant wait to re play these games

Okay, since I haven't seen anyone else mention this, I will. Sudowoodo can have the ability Rock Head in Generation 4, which makes it so that recoil moves don't do recoil. This is really good for Sudowoodo, since Mystic decided to give it Wood Hammer. So it gets a good counter for rock, ground, and water types, such as Wake's Quagsire, without taking any recoil damage.

Mystic, you can also get Bonsly on route 209 to the east of hearthome city. I was going through another pearl play through and was going through the grass to get an item and found Bonsly. Also I’m using your team for the play through except I’m switching Infernape for Rapidash and Torterra for Sudowoodo. But while I’m waiting for Garchomp I might as well use Sudowoodo.

In pearl there's sudowoodo near the GBA park and there's bonsly all the time above solaceon town, handy if you wanna catch them at a higher level

If you don’t wanna wait for garchomp and want to have a ground type that’s ohysocally strong and bulky, use hippowdon, you can get one on the maniac tunnel very early on

I played Diamond and Pearl recently and the entire time I was dreading how much I missed Platinum’s improvements

13:53 Mystic has trolled us all!

So funny you put this video up just a few days after I decided to replay pearl. Current team is Empoleon Staraptor (shiny) Roserade

I freaking love diamond it was my very first Pokémon game and introduction to the franchise as a whole. I’ve done so many play throughs and my personal favorite team was infernape,gastrodon,roserade,garchomp,honchkrow,and luxray

I bet this videos gonna get rewatched

Id love to see some best possible teams. Like maybe limit to pokemon from that gen but with no limitations about when you get them. (We can just trade over eggs afterall) I always like to plan ahead and breed a team for the other version after playthrough 1.

great team glad to see sudowoodo get some love

When it comes to bronzong’s ability; what do you recommend levitate? Or heatproof? Thanks mystic!

This video is extremely relevant now!

Diamond and pearl had issues with early game Pokémon selection that was only fixed in platinum

Hey, Mystic, Ik you very much dislike Torterra. But I just wanted to say it was really fun making a Ground Pokemon team..!

I always go with crobat for my flying Pokémon. Once you get subway to level 13 for bite stops being shitty, and having a crobat by level 24 is amazing. It’s immune to poison and poison loses its weakness to ground.

bet this is a gonna be a pretty good one with some real surprises!

Me: *fine with sudowoodo on this list* Everybody else: wHaT dO yOu meAn?!

Another comment: while your choices of moves for Bronzong are definitely good and play to its strengths, I have suggestions for additional type coverage that it can learn: Shadow Ball (you currently lack a Ghost move) and Charge Beam (same for Electric, plus the potential power boost). Also, since I already commented on Sudowoodo being basically exclusive to Pearl, if you don’t want to wait for Weavile, then Roserade is a great option, as you said. With the move set you gave before, I presume (Petal Dance, Sludge Bomb, Shadow Ball, and Stun Spore (although Grass Whistle and Toxic are also options)).

I wouldn't mind seeing pokemon teams for anime characters.

I would like to offer some changes to this one that I think may make this team easier to use. I would give Infernape Flamethrower over Flare Blitz. Simply because the recoil can be a big issue for in-game usage, but then again maybe Flare Blitz is necessary to deal with Lucian's Bronzong (good thing he has Levitate and not Heatproof). Shadow Claw and Close Combat are great choices which I won't change. I'd honestly go so far as to give him Grass Knot over Stone Edge. We need Gastrodon, Quagsire, and Whiscash coverage, and Sudowoodo is slower than all three. Staraptor I won't change at all. I personally prefer Gastrodon over Gyarados due to its much better special attack, but I like this moveset. Garchomp I would give Rock Slide or Brick Break over Fire Fang. Instead of Bronzong, I would find Mr. Mime way easier to use, with access to Thunderbolt for Gyarados coverage and an amazing special attack. Great for Maylene, Crasher Wake, Fantina's Drifblim and Gengar, all the Golbats and Croagunks of Team Galactic, Cyrus's Honchkrow and Gyarados (may not be able to outspeed his Crobat and Bite though), Flint's Infernape and Drifblim, and Cynthia's Roserade. And instead of Sudowoodo, I'd like to use Drapion. I wouldn't level up a Skorupi to get one though, I'd try to get him through the Great Marsh daily Pokémon. If that's possible, I think he's a great choice to fight Fantina as well. With Crunch and X-Scissor, I think he'd do pretty well especially against Candice and Lucian. Against Cynthia, he resists most of Spiritomb's attacks and all of Roserade's. Thunder Fang to deal with Cyrus and maybe even for Gyarados coverage. If I got a Sniper Drapion, then Cross Poison is worth it. Otherwise, Fire Fang for Aaron.

Day 7 : Top 10 strongest pokemon according to the pokedex

Infernape somewhere on there

Sudowoodo can get the Rock head ability, so Wood hammer shall not damage him back. Also you kept showing Bertha's Platinum team instead of her Diamond and Pearl's one :P

That mindy.... Childhood nightmares oncoming

I am a little disappointeed Mystic.We needed an apes movie where Ceasar would spit fire

I used a team of , Alakazam,Gengar,Infernape, Starapter,Steelix and a Lucario which was pretty badass and went so good.

Infernape-fire fighting Staraptor- normal flying Floatzel-water Garchomp-Dragon ground Weavile-dark ice Leafeon-grass Use this

Tysm i’ve been struggling against Cynthia

Who says he’s running out of ideas. Best team videos are so necessary for learning players and there each entertaining for experienced players

I’m currently on my 3rd run through! My current team is Infernape, Luxray, Staraptor, Abomasnow, Garchomp and Palkia. I struggle against the elite four because I’m under level on a few key Pokémon, but should be okay when I take on Cynthia

Holy shit! I have that exact same moveset for gyarados on my soulsilver!

Sudowoodo definitely was a surprise but it made some sense when he explained it

Damn, perfect timing.

I’m doing a diamond play through now... I’m going to give this team a shot

I’m doing my 2nd play thru on pearl, 1st since childhood..I’ve played the first 3 gens multiple times, but without a ds emulator on my phone, limits me. Feels like a new game with new Pokémon 😅

Here after the announcement of D&P remakes to refresh myself...

Dude im wearing your merch right now.

Nobody talks about Gyarados anymore Me: *sees it everywhere spamming Max Airstream with Moxie*

brilliant 2 mins i ve messed up already !!

Great video

Am I the only person who finds it incredibly hard to get the TM for Earthquake in this game? I can only do it on an emulator with slowed speed.

Please do alternate teams as well, I wanna try using Empoleon hihi

I remember waiting in line for diamond when it came out and getting all the event pkmn and remember trading with friends to get a charmander and trading it online at lv50 for a lv100 shiny black charizard. It was so Op. Unfortunately after a couple years it was stolen from me :(

I think you should do this same video but with the alternate starters

Maybe instead of stone edge, thunder punch may be better as that counters water type aswell as the flying type, after stone edge may be better as it packs a huge hit (just saying it may be easier for thunder punch until then🙂)

Poor flygon, always forgotten in the shadow of garchomp, he can have the same move set as garchomp except that flygon actually learns fire punch which is better than fire fang

Infernape 2:40 Moves: 4:48 Staraptor 5:02 Moves: 7:22 Gyarados 7:34 Moves: 9:31 Bronzong 9:47 Moves: 11:36 Garchomp 11:46 Moves: 13:45 Sudowoodo 13:56 Moves: 15:52

You can also find heart scales in the mine that was only in diamond pearl and platinum

I started doing something new, I started not using the starters to have an extra slot for another

Surely. It would make more sense to give the infernape thunderpunch instead of stone edge. You can get thunderpunch if you go to the move relearner west of pastoria city with 6 blue shards. Stone edge allows infernape to counter flying types, but thunderpunch would allow him to cover flying and water types.

A very interesting team

I had to re-start Diamond and started a new team just to counter Lucian and Cynthia. The only Pokémon I had in common with yours was Infernape and Bronzong. My bird of choice was Honchcrow, to deal with Medicham, and my water Pokémon was Gastrodon, because Water/Ground is such a good typing. My other picks were Roserade and Luxray.

Would love to see a Togekiss on one of these 4th gen teams. Such an underused Mon and it's so strong. With Aura Sprere, Air Slash and ancient power it's unstoppable. Reflect also great on it. It's a bit of a pain to train togetic but so worth it. I'm doing a plat playthrough now and my current team is Infernape Gardevoir Gyrados Luxray Togekiss Sneasel Just finished 4th gym. Likely gonna replace luxray with garchomp or ambipom before E4 and currently trying to catch a Feebas for Milotic to replace gyrados (never used it in-game and it's easy-er to evolve in Plat). Trying to make a team of pokes I never used in gen 4 before and having a blast rn.

What if in diamond the mansion owner doesn’t tell you when there’s a pokemon in his garden till the elite four? Or does he start to tell you towards the 7th badge, which would make sense to sudowoodos effectiveness being so late game.

Literally I used sudowoodo in pearl this year and it did great

I also don't like two Steel-type attacks on a Steel Pokemon so I replaced Flash Cannon with Payback which also takes advantage of Bronzong's slow speed by doubling in power because everything will attack it first and it's really good against Lucian because it hits with 120 base power against most of his psychics. Also replaced Hypnosis with Confuse Ray as confusion works better with this set.

Interesting team, I knew Infernape was going to be the starter, but I never expected Gyarados. I I was actually expecting Floatzel. I was also expecting Luxray, but I’m glad Sudowodo made it onto the team.

Where can u get that magicarp early on i didn’t understand it in the video

every single one of my ounce of being screamed reaplace sudowudoo with lucario

Floatzel is Good too Mystic. But i am not complaning about Gyrados tho

Can you tell me what program you use to make these videos please? :(

I'm pretty sure the trophy garden doesn't change it's encounters until the after the elite four

I was really waiting on the "Jk this pokemon sucks" when you got to sudowoodo...

What pokemon do yall recommend to best Roark gym leader if I have chimchar and starly in pokemon brilliant diamond? Those are the pokemon I have so far.

just discovered this video like a week into my diamond play through...........