What should I replace my floatzel with?

Question

I am playing Pokemon platinum and my my floatzel can no longer keep up with the team, but hr is my only Pokemon with surf and waterfall. What can I replace it with?

Comments

Are you asking “what is a good hm user for platinum?”

(Wouldn’t this fall under 1.4 for lack of detail/guidelines?)

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Gyarados

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You can also just give it an exp. share. Floatzel has 105 base physical attack, so it should be able to catch up pretty fast.

Answer 1

Gyarados. This is the single best Pokemon for any in game playthrus especially in nuzlockes due to how much value it offers and said value often eclipses everything else in its area. Magikarp is a very common Pokemon in the games it is available in, except for bw2 I guess, and that's why Gyarados is just that good. It has intimidate which is often considered as the best ability in the game, a resistant latent typing, and high stats. It can even easily keep up late game because it learns dragon dance naturally. Nuzlocke or regular playthru, Gyarados is often the best Pokemon

When in doubt, use Gyarados