Pokémon Platinum - Tier Maker
Pokémon Platinum - Official Tier
Editorial placements for Pokémon Platinum, with the reasoning behind each list.
Pokémon Platinum - Blind Rank
The next character from Pokémon Platinum is drawn for you, so you never pick who comes next. Top 5 holds one per slot. The Tier List works like the regular board, with several characters in each row.
Pokémon Platinum - Versus
Run a fast elimination tournament for Pokémon Platinum and keep choosing winners until only one character remains.
Pokémon Platinum - Bracket
Build a championship bracket for Pokémon Platinum. Drag the seeds, or fill them at random. Click a fighter to send them through, or roll the match.
Pokémon Platinum - Alignment Chart
Arrange Pokémon Platinum in a grid or circle with up to 16 sections. Place characters freely, including between sections.
Pokémon Platinum - 0–10
Give each Pokémon Platinum character a score from 0 to 10. Same scores sit together, from 10 at the top down to 0.
Number keys set 0 to 9. Tap a character on the board to change that score.
Characters (210)
Pokémon Platinum's Best Story Team
A full run through Sinnoh rewards a team that covers the gyms early and still hits hard at the Pokémon League. The starters and Staraptor carry the opening hours, Garchomp and Lucario take over late, and the middle tiers are the reliable partners that fill gaps without demanding a detour.
Infernape
Empoleon
Torterra
Staraptor
Garchomp
Lucario
Luxray
Roserade
Floatzel
Magnezone
Gengar
Scizor
Gyarados
Alakazam
Machamp
Crobat
Weavile
Electivire
Rhyperior
Gliscor
Milotic
Bibarel
Kricketune
Pachirisu
Chimecho
Unown
Lopunny
Purugly
Platinum's Toughest Battlers
This board ignores rarity and asks a simpler question: what hits hardest when the battle starts? Giratina and the creation trio sit above everything, the fully evolved starters and Sinnoh's best attackers follow, and the lower tiers still belong to Pokémon that can decide a fight on the right turn.
Giratina
Garchomp
Dialga
Palkia
Lucario
Gengar
Infernape
Empoleon
Torterra
Staraptor
Alakazam
Scizor
Gyarados
Magnezone
Roserade
Electivire
Magmortar
Rhyperior
Gliscor
Milotic
Weavile
Crobat
Luxray
Floatzel
Machamp
Houndoom
Toxicroak
Drapion
Abomasnow
Froslass
Best Early-Game Platinum Picks
The first three badges decide how smooth a Platinum run feels. Starly and Shinx are on the first routes, Budew covers the early grass and poison matchups, and the starter you pick shapes everything after Jubilife. The lower tiers are still useful, but they need more patience than the top picks.
Starly
Shinx
Chimchar
Piplup
Turtwig
Budew
Bidoof
Abra
Machop
Psyduck
Zubat
Geodude
Ponyta
Buizel
Buneary
Cherubi
Shellos
Drifloon
Riolu
Gible
Hoothoot
Wooper
Kricketot
Pachirisu
Burmy
Combee
Glameow
Stunky
Chingling
Bonsly
Sinnoh's Rarest Encounters
Some of Platinum's best moments are the encounters you have to hunt for: the creation trio at Spear Pillar, the lake guardians, and the quiet oddities hidden around Sinnoh. This board ranks them by how much the hunt is worth, not by how often they appear in a normal playthrough.
Giratina
Dialga
Palkia
Azelf
Uxie
Mesprit
Manaphy
Rotom
Spiritomb
Feebas
Milotic
Unown
Happiny
Munchlax
Riolu
Eevee
Want to rank them yourself? Open the Tier Maker tab.
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