Recreation Freak’s Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum had been extraordinarily modern in new strategies for finishing your Pokédex. From new evolution mechanics, legacy evolutions, new wild encounter strategies, and extra, the Era IV video games ushered in a brand new period of fascinating Dex completion. However, which Pokémon are the toughest to acquire?
With honey tree randomization, low catch charges, roaming legendaries, event-exclusives, previous sport necessities, and model exclusives, finishing your Sinnoh Dex might be far more troublesome than earlier (or generally, later) generations. Here is an inventory of probably the most troublesome ‘mons to seize, ranked from best to hardest.
10 Model Exclusives And Further Starters
Each Pokémon technology comes with some model exclusives — species that may solely be caught in a single sport or the opposite, on this case in Diamond or Pearl, however not each. Pokémon unique to Diamond embrace Seel, Scyther, Murkrow, Larvitar, and several other others, whereas Pearl will get entry to Slowpoke, Pinsir, Houndour, Bagon, Misdreavus, and others.
Starter Pokémon may also require you to have a pal or a second sport. You solely get to decide on one in every of Piplup, Turtwig, or Chimchar. To finish your Pokédex, you will want to achieve each the opposite two starters and the model exclusives of the other sport by buying and selling your pal (or your self).
9 Legendaries
Legendary Pokémon have at all times had low catch charges, which means there is a good probability they will get away of many of the balls you throw at them. It could usually be a protracted, tedious grind of decreasing well being, inflicting sleep and paralysis, and throwing extremely ball after extremely ball till you lastly add that single Dex entry.
Diamond & Pearl aren’t any exception to this. Dialga and Palkia, the mascots (extra model exclusives — groan), Heatran, Cresselia, The Lake Trio, and some others spherical out one of many longest lists of legendaries in collection historical past. Trying to catch the complete listing will take fairly just a few balls, so begin saving.
eight Beldum
This tiny steel pal has at all times had a fame for being a troublesome catch. For no matter purpose, the Pokémon Firm and Recreation Freak determined to present it a particularly low catch price. In most video games, together with the Era IV video games, Beldum has a measly catch price of three.
This places it on par with most legendaries, together with Mewtwo and Giratina. It may be an infuriating night time of grinding when making an attempt to catch this troublesome ‘mon. Fortunately, it has a excessive spawn price, so in the event you get too pissed off with one, you may knock it out and check out once more, releasing some anger within the course of.
7 Vespiquen
Whereas this buzzy bee isn’t obtainable within the wild, its pre-evolution, Combee, is. Nevertheless, Vespiquen might be extraordinarily troublesome to acquire for just a few causes. The primary is that it solely evolves from feminine Combee. The gender ratio of those Pokémon can be extremely imbalanced, with 87.5% of them being male, making it already troublesome to discover a feminine.
Add to this that Combee can solely be caught with the generally infuriating honey tree technique, the place the participant should slather honey on the 21 bushes across the Sinnoh area. You have to then wait 6 hours (real-time) for a Pokémon to seem, and it doesn’t have a 100% probability of being Combee. Whether it is, you then solely have a 12.5% probability of it being feminine. In consequence, Vespiquen can usually appear troublesome to acquire.
6 Mesprit And Cresselia
Ah, roaming legendaries. This mechanic has supplied a ton of stress to numerous trainers over time. Beginning in Gold & Silver with the legendary beasts, this method makes sure Pokémon “roam” across the area, showing on a unique route or space each time the participant goes by a transition display screen between areas.
Making an attempt to trace down these Pokémon might be enraging in the event that they continuously transfer away from you. Add to this the truth that they’ll usually run on the primary transfer, and it may be fairly the method to hunt them down. In Diamond & Pearl, Cresselia and Mesprit make the most of this mechanic, eluding the participant as usually as potential.
5 Regigigas
The chief of the legendary golems is a beast with a widely-hated capacity, however remains to be mandatory for a full Pokédex. There are two strategies to catch this ‘mon, each of that are troublesome and annoying.
The primary technique to discover this golem is now not accessible, being by a particular occasion. Now, gamers trying to fill a Sinnoh Dex might want to import Registeel, Regice, and Regirock from their Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald video games. Any coach value their salt is aware of that catching the three titans in these video games is irritating sufficient. As soon as they’re imported to the Gen IV video games, Regigigas might be accessed (albeit with a tricky struggle and low catch price, too).
four Kangaskhan
Bear in mind when older generations of Pokémon had designated Safari Zones? In case you do not, they had been principally a mini-area that allowed you to catch uncommon Pokémon inside a sure algorithm. Typically these zones would include Pokémon that could not be discovered wherever else. One in all these areas was Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum’s Nice Marsh.
Within the Nice Marsh, there is a set of binoculars that can be utilized to see which ‘particular’ spawns would seem in sure sections. These sections would rotate every day. One of many Pokémon that might solely be caught as a part of these particular spawns was Kangaskhan, and if it wasn’t there, you’d have to attend one other day to test once more. It is probablet that you could see the place this could go: frustration and impatience. Oh — and the binoculars price 100 Pokédollars to make use of.
three Feebas
Feebas, Feebas, Feebas, oh the way you allude us. This horrible fish is at all times a nuisance. It is a nuisance to seek out, it is a nuisance to catch, and it is a nuisance to evolve. In each sport, Feebas proves to be one of the hair-pulling, irritating ‘mons to seek out. This stays true in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the place this humorous fish can solely be discovered on 4 daily-rotating tiles in Mt. Coronet.
This may be a particularly tedious and prolonged hunt, and in the event you do not discover it in time, the tiles will rotate and you will have to start out yet again. Add within the truth that it will probably solely evolve by rising its Magnificence situation, which is not any simple feat itself, and you have got an actual robust one in your listing.
2 Manaphy And Phione
Manaphy and Phione, whereas undoubtedly cute and never the worst Pokémon on this planet, are extensively disliked, in the event you take web boards to coronary heart. These two, who’re in the identical evolution household (perhaps? It is unclear), however do not evolve into one another (cue confusion), are fairly troublesome to get your fingers on.
In case you’re trying to fill your dex, you will want a replica of Pokémon Ranger. From there, you will should unlock a particular mission with a code, rescue an egg, after which port it over to your Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum cartridge. You will hatch a Manaphy from the egg, who you’ll then must breed with a Ditto to acquire Phione. This technique is unusual and annoying, which can clarify why they’re disliked.
1 Munchlax
This little monster could also be on the prime of the listing for the toughest Pokémon to catch, no matter area or technology. Munchlax, the infant pre-evolution of Snorlax, defines frustration for a lot of Pokémon gamers.
Bear in mind Vespiquen and the honey bushes? You will be revisiting them for this little man. Slather your honey, wait six hours, and repeat till you discover Munchlax. Here is the catch, although: Munchlax will solely be potential as a spawn at four of the 21 bushes (primarily based in your coach ID and different elements), and it solely has a 1% spawn price. Placed on an audiobook, get some espresso, and begin searching.
